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A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, ...
This page documents all tornadoes confirmed by various weather forecast offices of the National Weather Service in the United States in January 2025. Tornado counts are considered preliminary until final publication in the database of the National Centers for Environmental Information. [1]
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 ...
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 ...
Tornadoes can occur anywhere in the U.S., according to the National Weather Service.Tornadoes are “most common in the central plains east of the Rocky Mountains and west of the Appalachians.”
Thousands of tornadoes sprout up across the United States each year, causing billions of dollars in damage and killing scores of Americans. The storms occur across the country throughout the year ...
1972 – An F2 tornado hit Fort Rucker and two nearby trailer parks that housed army dependents, killing 4 people and injuring 88. This was the first of three significant tornadoes to hit the fort in two years. Another F2 tornado destroyed several homes and injured 21 people near Wadley and Waynesboro, Georgia.
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 ...