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The 2011 Super Outbreak was the largest tornado outbreak spawned by a single weather system in recorded history; it produced 367 tornadoes from April 25–28, with 223 of those in a single 24-hour period on April 27 from midnight to midnight CDT, [4] [11] fifteen of which were violent EF4–EF5 tornadoes. 348 deaths occurred in that outbreak, of which 324 were tornado related.
A study published last month in the academic journal Earth’s Future modeled the effects of warming on the creation of “convective environments” that can lead to tornadoes. The researchers ...
The study, “Mid-century climate change impacts on tornado-producing tropical cyclones”, found the number of tornadoes increased between 56% and 299% when those storms were modeled in a future ...
This was the fourth-most violent outbreak in U.S. since 1950 with 11 F4 tornadoes, most intense ever in Arkansas. F4 tornadoes that struck Judsonia and Cotton Plant killed a total of 79 people. Other F4 tornadoes struck Tennessee and Northern Mississippi. The event marked the first time the word "tornado" was used during a public television ...
One of the deadliest and costliest tornadoes in Canadian history. The number of casualties was most likely higher. 1985 Barrie tornado: Bouctouche, New Brunswick: 1879 August 6: 8 F3 Anywhere between 5 and 8 fatalities have been reported, “many” others were injured. This is the easternmost strong tornado ever to occur in North America.
The most active day for tornado reports was April 26, 2024, when a series of storms across the U.S. produced more than 100 tornadoes. Expensive and deadly: Near record number of tornadoes reported ...
The high risk was issued at 1630Z for a 30% probability of significant tornadoes. Although most of the tornadoes that touched down were relatively weak and short-lived, seven of them were more than 1 ⁄ 2 mi (0.80 km) wide, including one that reached a peak width of just over 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 mi (2.0 km) wide, and multiple tornado emergencies were ...
The most powerful, or EF-5, have winds above 200 mph and usually cause catastrophic damage. The tornado that flattened a swath of Iowa in May was an EF-4 tornado, and one of the deadliest of 2024.