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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.
It is also one of the most intense tornado outbreaks to affect Appalachia. The F2 tornado that struck Rye Cove, Virginia, is the deadliest tornado in Virginia history [3] [4] and tied for the thirteenth-deadliest to hit a school in the United States, with all 13 deaths in a school building. [5]
The Xenia, Ohio, F5 tornado of April 3, 1974.This was one of two tornadoes to receive a preliminary rating of F6, which was downgraded later to a rating of F5. [1]This is a list of tornadoes which have been officially or unofficially labeled as F5, EF5, IF5, T10-T11, the highest possible ratings on the various tornado intensity scales.
Tornadoes are among the most powerful natural disasters and can wreak havoc on communities, organizations and businesses. ... On March 18, 1925, the deadliest tornado in U.S. history, the Tri ...
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 ...
May 1989 tornado outbreak; November 1989 tornado outbreak; Tornado outbreak of November 21–23, 1992; 1993 Virginia tornado outbreak; Tornado outbreak of June 2, 1998; Tornado outbreak of September 24, 2001; Tornado outbreak of April 27–28, 2002; List of tornadoes in the May 2003 tornado outbreak sequence; Tornado outbreak sequence of May 7 ...
The most powerful, or EF-5, have winds above 200 mph and usually cause catastrophic damage. ... The single deadliest tornado in U.S. history was an EF-5 twister that killed 695 people in 1925.
This outbreak sequence produced what may have been one of the most intense F5 tornadoes in US history that killed 10 people in Fargo, North Dakota. An additional fatality occurred in South Dakota from an F2 tornado. (7 significant, 1 violent, 2 killer) Tornado outbreak of November 7–8, 1957: November 7–8, 1957: Southeastern United States: 20