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A tornado near Anadarko, Oklahoma, in 1999
Tornadoes are violently rotating columns of air that are in contact with the Earth and either a cumulonimbus or a cumulus cloud. Tornadoes are often referred to as twisters, whirlwinds, or cyclones. While most tornadoes attain winds of less than 110 miles per hour (180 km/h), are about 250 feet (80 m) across, and travel a few miles (several kilometers), the wind speeds in the most intense tornadoes can reach 300 miles per hour (480 km/h), are more than two miles (3 km) in diameter, and stay on the ground for dozens of miles (more than 100 km). Various types of tornadoes include the multiple vortex tornado, landspout, and waterspout. Other tornado-like phenomena that exist in nature include the gustnado, dust devil, fire whirl, and steam devil. Most tornadoes occur in North America (in the United States and Canada), concentrated in a region nicknamed the Tornado Alley. Tornadoes also occur in South America, South Africa, Europe, Asia, and Oceania.

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The Moore–Southeast Oklahoma City tornado hitting the GM motor plant on May 8.
From May 3 to May 11, 2003, a prolonged and destructive series of tornado outbreaks affected much of the Great Plains and Eastern United States. Most of the severe activity was concentrated between May 4 and May 10, which saw more tornadoes than any other week-long span in recorded history; 335 tornadoes occurred during this period, concentrated in the Ozarks and central Mississippi River Valley. Additional tornadoes were produced by the same storm systems from May 3 to May 11, producing 363 tornadoes overall, of which 62 were significant. Six of the tornadoes were rated F4, and of these four occurred on May 4, the most prolific day of the tornado outbreak sequence; these were the outbreak's strongest tornadoes. Damage caused by the severe weather and associated flooding amounted to US$4.1 billion (US$5.8 billion in 2016), making it the costliest U.S. tornado outbreak of the 2000s. A total of 50 deaths and 713 injuries were caused by the severe weather, with a majority caused by tornadoes; the deadliest tornado was an F4 that struck Madison and Henderson counties in Tennessee, killing 11. (Full article...)
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These are lists of all tornadoes that have been confirmed by local offices of the National Weather Service in the United States in 2009.

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Damage from the 1974 Xenia tornado

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Recent tornado outbreaks

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July

  • July 1
A violent EF4 tornado hits Mountain View County, Alberta, Canada, becoming only the third EF4 tornado in the province's history. (Northern Tornadoes Project)
  • July 12–13
Several tornadoes occur in the Midwestern United States and Central Canada, including an EF1 tornado that passed through the suburbs of Chicago. (NWSChicago)
  • July 16
A rare EF1 tornado touches down in Aguada, Puerto Rico, significantly damaging two houses. (Iowa State University)


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Tornado anniversaries

October 24

  • 2001 – A tornado outbreak primarily affected the Great Lakes Region of the United States. An F3 tornado up to 0.75 miles (1.21 km) wide hit Crumstown, Indiana and killed one person and injured another northwest of South Bend. An F2 tornado killed one person in a trailer east of Laporte, Indiana. An F1 tornado injured 14 people when the wall of a factory in Warsaw, Indiana collapsed.
  • 2002 – Three tornadoes struck near Corpus Christi, Texas. The worst damage was caused by an F2 tornado which caused extensive damage to Del Mar College West Campus killing one person and injuring 20. Another tornado (rated F2 by the Corpus Christi NWS office but listed as F1 in Storm Data) formed to the east and significantly damaged several buildings, injuring six people. A third tornado, rated F0, is not listed in Storm Data.

October 25

  • 1925 – A long-track F4 tornado destroyed homes in rural communities in southern Alabama, killing 18 people and injuring 60. This included 7 deaths north of Troy. Another person was killed by an F2 tornado in Woburn, Massachusetts.
  • 1965 – A tornado struck Vichadero, Uruguay, killing a child and injuring 12 other people.

October 26

  • 1921 – A short lived F2 tornado hit southeastern Sacramento, California, destroying 2 homes, damaging 24 others, and injuring five people. Cars were rolled up to 100 yards (about 100 meters).
  • 1941 – A significant tornado outbreak affected parts of Arkansas and Louisiana. An F4 tornado cut a narrow path through Hamburg, Arkansas, destroying 53 homes, killing 15 people, and injuring 75. Another F4 tornado killed four people as it destroyed 20 homes in Dardanelle, Arkansas and struck rural areas near Chickalah and Pottsville. An F2 tornado killed a man north of Mansfield, Louisiana and carried his bed a mile (1.6 km).

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The California Closets Warehouse that was severely damaged by the tornado

The 2006 Westchester County tornado was the strongest and largest tornado in Westchester County, New York since the 1904 Chappaqua tornado. It touched down there on Wednesday, July 12, 2006, and traveled 13 miles (21 km) into southwestern Connecticut during a 33-minute span through two states. The tornado touched down at 3:30 p.m. EDT (19:30 UTC) on the shore of the Hudson River before becoming a waterspout and traveling 3 mi (5 km) across the river. Coming ashore, the tornado entered Westchester County and struck the town of Sleepy Hollow at F1 intensity. After passing through the town, it intensified into an F2 tornado and grew to almost a one-quarter mile (400 m) in diameter. The tornado continued through the county, damaging numerous structures, until it crossed into Connecticut at 4:01 p.m. EDT (20:01 UTC). Not long after entering the state, it dissipated in the town of Greenwich at 4:03 p.m. EDT (20:03 UTC). When the tornado entered Westchester County, it was the eighth known tornado to either touch down or enter the county since 1950.

Two barns and a warehouse were destroyed, and a large stained-glass window was shattered. Numerous homes and businesses were damaged and thousands of trees were uprooted. There were no fatalities and only six minor injuries were associated with the storm. The cost of damages was estimated at $12.1 million. (Full article...)

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