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March 2, 2012 – Three tornadoes occurred in West Virginia. Including an EF3 tornado (the same tornado that severely damaged West Liberty, Kentucky which crossed the state line from Kentucky into West Virginia, causing damage to the Cove Gap area before dissipating in Lincoln County near Ranger. A second EF1 tornado tracked through the central ...
February 2012 was more active than normal in terms of the number of tornadoes, with a total of 50 confirmed. While the first three weeks of the month were unusually quiet, the pattern changed abruptly with a major tornado outbreak, which struck the region less than 72 hours prior to this storm, killing 15 people, including 8 in Harrisburg, Illinois alone, the result of an EF4 tornado.
The year began with an unusual number of tornadoes during January 2012. The first major tornado outbreak occurred on January 22–23, when a spring-like system moved across the southern Mississippi valley, producing at least two dozen confirmed tornadoes across Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama. As a whole, January was the ...
It maintained its intensity as it reached the Ohio River early in the evening, and the only reported (but unconfirmed) tornado associated with the system occurred in association with the derecho's bookend vortex, and did minimal damage in comparison near Newcomerstown, Ohio, at 6:20 p.m. EDT. [7] As the derecho reached the Ohio-West Virginia ...
Pages in category "Tornadoes in West Virginia" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
Some of the most notorious twisters in U.S. history were wedge tornadoes, including the EF5 that leveled Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011, and the El Reno tornado, which was a jaw-dropping 2.6 ...
A total of 64 tornadoes were confirmed; two were rated EF4, both of which were produced by the same supercell, which also produced an EF3 tornado, all within the High Risk area. Another EF3 tornado tracked for over 80 miles (130 km) through eastern Kentucky and southwestern West Virginia. The high risk was discontinued at 0100Z. April 14: 2012
This article's lead section may be too long. Please read the length guidelines and help move details into the article's body. (August 2024) Tornadoes in the United States 1950-2019 A tornado strikes near Anadarko, Oklahoma. This was part of the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak on May 3, 1999. Tornadoes are more common in the United States than in any other country or state. The United States ...