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Costliest tropical cyclone-related tornado in history struck the Austin area. 1981 West Bend tornado: April 4, 1981: Wisconsin: 1: 3 fatalities: One of the strongest anticyclonic tornadoes on record, rated F4. Tornado outbreak of May 22–23, 1981: May 22–23, 1981: Great Plains: 43: 0 fatalities: Multiple strong tornadoes touched down across ...
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.
Tornado History Project Searchable US tornado database overlaid on a Google Map; Weather data archives. Severe Thunderstorm Events (SPC) Various (NCDC) Various Archived 2012-12-11 at archive.today (Plymouth State University) Various (Iowa State University) Radar and weather data Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine (McGill University)
The deadliest tornado in modern U.S. history struck Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011. It was the deadliest tornado since SPC records began in 1950. Nearly 1,000 were injured. The EF5 tornado had ...
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Across the country, 271 people were killed and over 1,500 were injured, making it the fourth-deadliest tornado outbreak in U.S. history. Tornadoes hit Ohio from June 5-6, 2010
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 ...
The deadliest tornado on record was the Daulatpur–Saturia tornado which occurred in the Dhaka division of Bangladesh on April 26, 1989. With a rating of at least F3 from the World Meteorological Organization and top winds estimated at greater than 200 mph (320 km/h), the tornado killed an estimated 1,300 people and injured at least 12,000 others.