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The National Weather Service offices in Jackson, Mississippi and Nashville, Tennessee, along with the National Severe Storms Laboratory and the University of Oklahoma's CIWRO publish a joint damage survey and analysis on the tornado. [20] Researchers with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory conducted a case study and detailed damage survey of the ...
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 ...
This tornado touched down and tore the roof off a small cabin, moved a shed, and caused significant roof and porch damage to a nearby house. A modified mobile home was shifted off its foundation and widespread tree damage was observed. The tornado continued into a wooden ravine before dissipating near the Jackson County line. [19] EF1 SE of ...
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 ...
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.
Tornadoes' damage varies based on their wind speeds and where they strike. The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies a tornado by its damage and then uses that classification to estimate the tornado's wind speed. For example, if it causes very little damage, then it is classified as an EF0 tornado and likely had very low winds. If damage from the ...
A damaged home is seen in the aftermath of severe weather, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, near Prattville, Ala. A large tornado damaged homes and uprooted trees in Alabama on Thursday as a powerful ...
EF3 damage after an intense tornado struck Nashville, Tennessee in 2020.. This article is a list of tornadoes that have impacted the central business district (downtown or city center) of a large city (that is, one having at least 50,000 people, not counting suburbs or outlying communities, at the time of the storm).