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The first tornado of the day, rated EF2, touched down west of Waynesboro, Mississippi just after 12:00 p.m. CDT on March 17, causing major damage to chicken houses and trees. [15] In the Burnsville, Alabama , area another strong EF2 tornado destroyed multiple mobile homes, heavily damaged a frame home, and injured two people.
Tornado outbreak of March 2–3, 2012 – Another outbreak that produced several deadly, long-tracked tornadoes in Kentucky almost ten years earlier; December 2015 North American storm complex – The last time before this outbreak a violent tornado (EF4/EF5) occurred in the United States in December
A widespread, deadly, and historic [5] tornado outbreak affected large portions of the Midwestern, Southern and Eastern United States on March 31 and April 1, 2023, the result of an extratropical cyclone that also produced blizzard conditions in the Upper Midwest.
On the morning of March 25, 2021, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey declared a state of emergency for 46 counties as the National Weather Service predicted a major severe weather outbreak and possible tornado outbreak. [93] On March 25, a large EF3 tornado in Ohatchee, Alabama killed six people and damaged at least 30–50 structures. The tornado ...
This was the fifth consecutive year to include a violent tornado in March, tying the record longest streak of five from 1963 to 1967. The outbreak on the last day of March, which continued into April 1, was especially large with 116 tornadoes, which represented just over 60% of the tornadoes from the entire month.
Following isolated tornado activity on March 16, a rare high risk outlook was issued by the SPC for March 17 in Mississippi and Alabama, including a 45% risk area for tornadoes, the first of which since May 2019. [50] Forecasters noted the potential for violent, long-tracked tornadoes to occur in the risk area, though this did not occur.
April 2, 2023 at 7:33 AM. 1 / 6. Here we go again: 2nd tornado outbreak in 5 days looms for Midwest.
An intense low-pressure system produced widespread impacts across the United States in early March 2023. Additionally, an outbreak of 35 tornadoes affected 12 states from the Southern United States to the Great Lakes. In all, the storm system killed 13 people due to flooding and strong winds. At least 17 other people were injured.