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A destructive tornado outbreak struck a wide swath of the Southern and Eastern United States as well as Canada on November 15 and 16, 1989. It produced at least 40 tornadoes and caused 30 deaths as a result of two deadly tornadoes. The most devastating event was the Huntsville, Alabama F4 tornado, which killed 21 on the afternoon of November 15.
The first tornado was an F1 that lasted for 8.5 miles, and the second was an F2 that lasted for 13 miles. [9][10] An F4 tornado struck the southern portion of the city on November 15, 1989, resulting in 21 deaths. [11] The Anderson Hills tornado, also an F4, struck the northern suburbs on May 18, 1995. An EF2 tornado struck downtown, including ...
A destructive tornado outbreak affected a large swath of the southern and eastern United States as well as Canada in Mid-November. It produced at least 40 tornadoes, with 30 deaths coming as a result of two deadly tornadoes. The most devastating tornado occurred in Huntsville, Alabama, when an F4 tornado killed 21 people on the afternoon of the ...
November 1989: November 1989 tornado outbreak (Huntsville) November 1992: November 1992 tornado outbreak [1] March 1994: 1994 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak (8 counties) [1] May 1995: May 1995 Tornado Outbreak Sequence (Huntsville) [1] April 1998: April 1998 Birmingham tornado [1] December 2000: December 2000 Tuscaloosa tornado [1] November 2001 ...
November 1989 tornado outbreak: November 15–16, 1989: Southeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States: 40: 21 fatalities: Produced a deadly F4 that struck Huntsville, Alabama, at rush hour. Strong tornadoes touched down as far north as Quebec. (10 significant, 1 violent, 2 killer)
1825 - Southern Advocate and Huntsville Advertiser newspaper in publication. [2] 1835 - A large fire near the Courthouse Square destroys about a dozen buildings. [5] 1840 - Population: 2,496. 1844 - Huntsville was chartered as a city. [6] 1855 - Memphis and Charleston Railroad begins operating.
Damage. $1.29 billion (2011 USD) (7th costliest tornado in US history) Areas affected. Hackleburg, Phil Campbell, Tanner, Harvest in Alabama and Huntland, Tennessee (part of a larger outbreak) Part of the 2011 Super Outbreak and Tornadoes of 2011. The 2011 Hackleburg–Phil Campbell tornado was a large, long-lived, and devastating EF5 tornado ...
Since its initial usage in May 1999, the National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States has used the tornado emergency bulletin, an unofficial, high-end classification of tornado warning—sent through either the issuance of a warning or via a "severe weather statement" that provides updated information on an ongoing warning—that is issued when a violent tornado (confirmed by radar or ...