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Category: Tornado History
May 3-4, 1999 tornado outbreak and the Bridge Creek-Moore F5
It was the biggest tornado event in modern Oklahoma history.
The Natchez, Mississippi tornado of 1840
This tornado is considered the second deadliest in U.S. history.
Historic outbreak sequences: Eight days of mayhem in late May and early June 1917
The 1917 case is perhaps the most relentless of all the outbreak sequence events that that will be covered in…
Top U.S. tornado videos of 2016
While it was light on overall numbers, the year was packed with incredible tornadoes.
Tornadoes have scoured the landscape on Election Day before
One of the most turbulent U.S. elections ever is coming to a close. It could be worse.
Joplin, Missouri: Five years after the EF5 tornado of May 22, 2011
The return to normalcy in Joplin was slow after the massive tornado in 2011, but it's a place that can't…
A list of instructions for observing tornadoes during the late 1800s
While these spinny winds are not unique to our country, they are very much a part of the American experience.
Historic outbreak sequences: Five major tornado events during the second half of May 1896
For the first case study on outbreak sequences, we examine two weeks of nearly nonstop tornadoes. Twisters brought devastating results…
Examining outbreak sequences: The building blocks of a multi-round tornado event
Every so often, tornado outbreaks come in volleys. In the first part of a series on outbreak sequences, we look…
Spring madness: The most extreme tornadoes of the 1990s
We narrowed down the most memorable tornadoes of the 1990s. You helped decide which one ended up the winner of…
New Jersey’s deadliest twister and the first scientific tornado study in the United States
Even in the 1830s, a large tornado between New York City and Philadelphia drew crowds in its aftermath.