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Historically, tornadoes are relatively common in north Alabama, where Huntsville and Madison County are located. [3] The region was affected by the April 3–4, 1974, Super Outbreak and records show that Madison County has had 25 tornadoes from 1950 through October 1989.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — It has been 35 years since a destructive F4 tornado tore through Madison County producing millions of dollars in damage. ... In 1989, meteorologists were using WSR-74C ...
1989 was an average year in terms of numbers of tornadoes and fatalities. May and June both saw over 200 tornadoes and after the usual summer lull, a significant November outbreak led to the devastating Huntsville, Alabama F4 tornado.
The first documented tornado to strike Huntsville occurred in April 1822. [1] An F2 tornado struck on the evening of April Fools' Day 1884. The tornado was on the ground for 82 miles, traveled through five counties, and caused 2 known deaths. [2] 3 tornadoes struck the city in 1967: An F2 tornado struck in the early afternoon of November 24 ...
November 1989: November 1989 tornado outbreak ; November 1992: November 1992 tornado outbreak [1] March 1994: 1994 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak (8 counties) [1] May 1995: May 1995 Tornado Outbreak Sequence (Huntsville) [1] April 1998: April 1998 Birmingham tornado [1] December 2000: December 2000 Tuscaloosa tornado [1]
On November 15, 1989, a tornado destroyed much of the businesses along Airport Road including numerous houses in the heavily populated residential areas around the road. Twenty-one people died, 463 were injured, and it caused an estimated $100 million in damage.
List of Central American tornadoes: Huntsville, Alabama: 1989 November 15: 21 463 F4 November 1989 tornado outbreak: Picher, Oklahoma—Racine/Neosho, Missouri: 2008 May 10: 21 350 EF4 This was one of the catalysts that made Picher a ghost town. It was already mostly abandoned due to mining waste that had sickened many of its residents.
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