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Tornado outbreak of April 6–8, 2006 – Only known high risk to include a 60% tornado contour, the highest level issued by the SPC. [233] It was also the first of only two known occurrences (the other being April 14, 2012) in which a Day 2 high risk outlook was issued, and the High Risk persisted for the entire Day 1 Outlook cycle.
A home damaged by an EF3 tornado in Forney, Texas on April 3, 2012. The city of Kennedale was one of the first to declare itself a disaster area on April 3, 2012, just a few hours after one of the first tornadoes to hit the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex area struck their town. Kennedale made the disaster declaration official on April 4, 2012. [17]
A high-end EF3 tornado also caused major damage to many homes in businesses in Salyersville, Kentucky, killing two people along its path. Another high-end EF3 tornado touched down at 8:03 pm. This storm tracked into Haralson County, Georgia, and Paulding County, Georgia, where it caused major damage in the Dallas area before dissipating. There ...
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said more than 300 responders and 180 assets, including search-and-rescue teams, have been deployed to help support the state's storm response. "Texas state agencies are ...
A reported tornado in Convent, Louisiana, downed trees and power poles late Thursday, the Storm Prediction Center said. Parts of Texas and western Louisiana are under a rare Level 4 of 4 high risk ...
Severe weather jolted parts of Texas and Louisiana on Thursday and Thursday night, spinning up multiple tornadoes to kick off a stretch of stormy weather for the Gulf Coast states. Two tornadoes ...
The deadliest storm of the year was Typhoon Bopha, which killed 1,901 people and left US$1.16 billion in damage after it struck the Philippine island of Mindanao on December 3. [ 2 ] [ 18 ] As the year ended, there were two tropical cyclones that lasted into early 2013 – Cyclone Freda in the South Pacific Ocean, and Tropical Cyclone Dumile in ...
The storm causes strong rip currents and minor overwash of the coast. [121] September 13, 2008 – Hurricane Ike makes landfall at Galveston as a large Category 2 hurricane. Its large size contributes to a storm surge that is as high as 20 ft (6.1 m), [122] which inundates many of the barrier islands off the Texas coast.