Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Tornado activity continued into early April 5, where an EF2 tornado in Dodge County, Georgia, resulted in one fatality. A couple tornadoes, EF1 and EF2, struck Pulaski County, Virginia, on April 8, ahead of a second outbreak from April 9–11.
The 2011 Super Outbreak was the largest, costliest, and one of the deadliest tornado outbreaks ever recorded, taking place in the Southern, Midwestern, and Northeastern United States from April 25 to 28, 2011, leaving catastrophic destruction in its wake.
Several tornadoes from the outbreak were exceptionally long-tracked. Three tornadoes on April 27 travelled over 120 miles (190 km), with a fourth traversing 97 miles (156 km). Seven tornadoes–the Vilonia tornado on April 25 and six tornadoes on April 27–stayed on the ground for over an hour.
This long-tracked high-end EF2 tornado followed a similar but much longer path than the 16:48 UTC tornado that moved through the same area earlier in the day. Numerous houses sustained roof and structural damage, and mobile homes were heavily damaged or destroyed, including as the tornado moved through Nanafalia .
From April 14–16, 2011, a tornado outbreak, among the largest recorded tornado outbreaks in U.S. history, produced 178 confirmed tornadoes across 16 states, resulting in severe destruction on all three days of the
April 2011 tornado outbreak, thunderstorms winds and flood. Direct deaths: 34 direct deaths (31 from tornadoes, 2 from thunderstorm winds, 1 from flood) Direct injuries: 418 (all from tornadoes)
Clockwise from top: A view of Joplin, Missouri 10 days after being hit by a catastrophic EF5 tornado; Damage caused by a strong EF4 tornado on April 27; A destroyed house in Smithville, Mississippi after a fast-moving EF5 tornado; A long-tracked tornado seen on a tower cam; An EF5 tornado seen taking the appearance of a "wedge"; A powerful tornado at EF5 intensity after exiting the town of ...
A cone tornado near Seymour, Texas, on April 10, 1979. (NOAA Photo Library, NOAA Central Library; OAR/ERL/NSSL) ... 2011, and the El Reno tornado, which was a jaw-dropping 2.6 miles wide as it ...