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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.
This was one of the largest tornado outbreak sequences at the time. Several long-tracked tornadoes touched down in Texas, Arkansas, and Iowa and violent tornadoes touched down in Iowa, Texas, Oklahoma. (50 significant, 3 violent, 2 killer) [42] Tornado outbreak sequence of May 30 – June 3, 1954: May 30–June 3, 1954
The DOW documented the largest-ever-observed core flow circulation with a distance of 1,600 m (5,200 ft) between peak velocities on either side of the tornado, and a roughly 7 km (4.3 mi) width of peak wind gusts exceeding 43 m/s (96 mph), making the Mulhall tornado the largest tornado ever measured quantitatively. [3] 1946 Timber Lake tornado
Here are the top 10 deadliest tornadoes to strike in the United States, according to the Storm Prediction Center. On March 18, 1925, the deadliest tornado in U.S ... the largest death toll in a ...
10 1 1986: 765 0 354 271 116 21 3 0 1987: 656 0 340 239 62 12 3 0 1988: 702 0 283 311 81 24 3 0 1989: 856 0 369 364 102 10 11 0 1990: 1,133 0 537 385 155 41 12 3 1991: 1,132 0 688 295 103 39 6 1 1992: 1,313 0 699 427 129 44 13 1 1993: 1,173 0 733 324 80 30 6 0 1994: 1,082 0 694 272 81 30 5 0 1995: 1,185 0 822 234 98 20 11 0 1996: 1,173 0 743 ...
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 ...
10 100 F4 Tornado outbreak sequence of May 25 – June 1, 1917, (Grazulis, p. 753) Louisville, Mississippi: 2014 April 28: 10 84 EF4 List of tornadoes in the tornado outbreak of April 27–30, 2014: Koontz Lake—LaPaz—Lakeville—Wyatt, Indiana: 1965 April 11: 10 82 F3 List of tornadoes in the 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, (Grazulis, p ...
With 55 tornadoes in 2024 as of Thursday, Iowa has seen the most tornadoes this year. A graphic from AccuWeather depicting the number of tornadoes each state has seen so far in 2024.