Portal:Tornadoes

The 2008 Atlanta tornado outbreak was a destructive and deadly tornado outbreak that affected the Southeastern United States on March 14–15, 2008. The most infamous tornado of the outbreak occurred on March 14 when an isolated but strong EF2 tornado caused widespread damage across Downtown Atlanta, Georgia, including to the CNN Center and to the Georgia Dome, which was hosting the 2008 SEC men's basketball tournament. Other buildings that were damaged include the Georgia World Congress Center, Philips Arena (now State Farm Arena) during an Atlanta Hawks game, and the Omni Hotel, which was evacuated after many windows were blown out. The Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel suffered major window damage. The image of the building with all its windows blown out became famous and for a time was a symbol of the tornado. Centennial Olympic Park, SunTrust Plaza (now Truist Plaza) and historic Oakland Cemetery were also damaged.

One man was killed near Downtown Atlanta and 30 others were injured. Two other deaths took place on March 15, in the northern Atlanta suburbs, from a second, larger round of severe weather and tornadoes. In total, 46 tornadoes were confirmed over the 24-hour period, from eastern Alabama to the Carolina coast, with most of the activity concentrated in the Metropolitan Atlanta area, the Central Savannah River Area and the Midlands of South Carolina. (Full article...)

This is a list of all tornadoes that were confirmed by local offices of the National Weather Service in the United States from July to September 2012. (Full article...)

From the evening of May 16, 2024, to midday May 17, 2024, a derecho struck the Gulf Coast of the United States from Southeast Texas to Florida, causing widespread damage, particularly in the city of Houston and surrounding metropolitan area. At least seven people were killed by the storms, dubbed the Houston derecho by the National Weather Service, which brought winds up to 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) along with four tornadoes. (Full article...)

October 4

• 1998 – A late-season tornado outbreak hit Oklahoma. A half-mile (800 m)-wide F3 tornado caused significant damage around Prague, injuring one person and overturning a truck carrying hazardous materials. Several other tornadoes touched down near Prague. An F2 tornado severely damaged and destroyed homes in Moore. This was the first of several significant tornadoes to hit Moore in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, including a devastating F5 tornado that would strike the following year.
• 2013 – A strong storm system spawned tornadoes in the Upper Midwest. An EF4 tornado caused major damage in Wayne, Nebraska, where 15 people were injured, and destroyed 2 hangars and 15 aircraft at the municipal airport. Another EF4 tornado struck near Pierson, Iowa and an EF3 tornado caused significant damage to the municipal airport at Creighton, Nebraska.
• 2015 – Tornadoes spawned by Typhoon Mujigae hit Guangdong, China. A multiple-vortex EF3 tornado struck Foshan where it destroyed factories, a warehouse, and metal transmission towers, killing 4 people and injuring 89. Another tornado, of unknown intensity, killed 3 people in the suburbs of Guangzhou and injured 134.

October 5

• 1906 – An outbreak produced strong tornadoes in parts of Louisiana and Alabama. An F3 tornado killed a family of three at a boarding house in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana and destroyed homes in Slaughter and near Zachary. Another F3 tornado killed four people and injured thirty as it destroyed homes near Ponchatoula, Louisiana.
• 1970 – An F4 tornado tore though Shawnee and Prague, Oklahoma. Shawnee suffered extensive damage with 564 homes, 157 businesses, and 27 other buildings damaged or destroyed. Four people in Shawnee were killed and 80 were injured. The tornado lifted and touched down again before striking Prague, leaving no time for sirens to sound.

October 6

• 1900 – A F3 tornado hit the northern and northwestern parts of Biwabik, Minnesota, killing ten people and injuring 70. Six people died in one family when their home was blown away northwest of town.
• 1941 – A tornado outbreak affected portions of Iowa and Missouri. The most significant member of the outbreak was an F3 tornado that killed four people and injured 135 on the east side of Kansas City, Missouri. One small house was carried 700 feet (200 m) and destroyed; two occupants, a mother and infant, were carried another 500 feet (150 m) and killed.
• 1981 – NLM CityHopper Flight 431 flew into a tornado while passing through clouds 8 minutes after takeoff from Rotterdam Airport in The Hague, Netherlands. Part of a wing detached and the plane crashed, killing all 17 passengers and crew.

• ...that the 2013 Moore tornado that struck Moore and Newcastle, Oklahoma, is the most recent EF5 tornado?
• ...that the 2021 South Moravia tornado, an IF4 tornado with winds between 207–260 mph (333–418 km/h), was the strongest tornado to hit the Czech Republic in modern history?