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The tornado reportedly killed three people, and passed through the villages of Welbourn, Wellingore, Navenby and Boothby Graffoe in Lincolnshire, and leveled large portions of each village. It is the strongest tornado on record in the British Isles. [150] This tornado is not documented by the European Severe Storms Laboratory. Jun 17: 1946 ...
Powerful drill-bit tornado that was the strongest of the April 30-May 4 outbreak sequence. [116] 2024 Robert Lee, Texas tornado: 140 mph (230 km/h) May 3, 2024 0 Texas: NWS: Traveled 3.53 miles (5.68 km) and peak width of 350 yd (320 m). Tornado was originally rated high-end EF1 before getting upgraded in late August due to new damage findings ...
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.
The most notable tornado outbreak of 2023 was the deadly and now historic outbreak that impacted large portions of the Midwest, South, and East U.S. on March 31 and April 1.
In late 2023, American meteorologist and tornado expert Thomas P. Grazulis created the Outbreak Intensity Score (OIS) as a way to rank tornado outbreaks. [1] [2] For the score, only significant tornadoes are counted: F2/EF2 tornadoes receive 2 points each, F3/EF3 tornadoes receive 5 points each, F4/EF4 tornadoes receive 10 points each, and F5/EF5 tornadoes receive 15 points each. [1]
One intense long-tracked supercell moved from southeast Arkansas northeastward across the entire state, producing four tornadoes. The strongest was a low-end EF2 tornado that struck Sage, Arkansas and injured six people, including one seriously. Homes and outbuildings were damaged or destroyed in the Sage area, and many large trees were snapped ...
In the United States, the year started off somewhat slow with a below average number of tornadoes through the first three months. However, the El Niño pattern that was in place during that period weakened in April; the pattern shift caused the more traditional Tornado Alley zone to rapidly become extremely favorable for tornado outbreaks, and several large outbreaks occurred in late spring.
It's well known as one of the strongest tornadoes to ever be recorded in history," Timmer said. On June 24, 2003, an F4 tornado destroyed the community of Manchester, South Dakota , touching down ...