February 28th - March 1st Tornadoes and Severe Storms.November 30th-December 1st: Damaging Winds and Tornadoes.August 19th: Tornadoes and Severe Storms.May 19-20th: Tornadoes, severe weather and flooding.May 2nd-3rd: Severe Weather and Tornadoes.April 13th: Severe Weather and Tornadoes.December 28th: Damaging wind and tornado.October 20th-21st: Severe storms and tornadoes.March 24th: Severe storms with large hail.February 5th-7th: Severe Storms and Ice.May 14th-15th: Severe Storms and Flooding.January 10th-11th: Tornadoes, severe storms, flooding and Winter weather.December 5th - Tornado and Severe Storms.October 24th - Tornadoes and Severe Storms.If the event was focused mainly on flooding it will be found under the 'Flooding' section. Tornadoes, hail, wind damage, and flooding impacts can be found in these summaries. was the 'Tri-State Tornado' which killed 695 people across Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana in March 1925.The following summaries cover 'significant' or widespread thunderstorm outbreaks and tornadoes. The deadliest tornado on record for the U.S. (back to 1875), the Joplin tornado currently ranks as the seventh deadliest tornado on record. In the entire history of tornado fatalities across the U.S. since modern tornado record keeping began in 1950. The tornado surpassed the June 1953 tornado which killed 116 people in Flint, Michigan as the deadliest single tornado to strike the U.S. Damages from the tornado are currently estimated at between one and three billion U.S. The tornado struck the heavily populated southern part of Joplin, resulting in at least 138 deaths and over 1,000 injuries. The tornado was on the ground for approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) and had a maximum width of 3/4 mile (1.2 km). The National Weather Service rated the tornado an EF-5, with winds in excess of 200 mph (320 km/hr).

This supercell thunderstorm spawned a strong tornado over Joplin, Missouri resulting in devastating damage. The most destructive of the storms tracked from southeastern Kansas into southwestern Missouri during the late afternoon.

On May 22 nd a severe weather outbreak occurred across the central Plains and the Midwestern United States, and several of the storms generated tornadoes across the region. (back to 1875), 2011 currently ranks as the seventh deadliest year on record. In the entire history of tornado fatalities in the U.S. There have been 525 tornado related fatalities during the same period, which currently ties as the most annual fatalities in the modern period of record (since 1950) with 1953. The previous record for January–May tornadoes was in 2008, when 1,224 tornadoes occurred during the period. It should be noted that the numbers reported here are preliminary and are subject to change.įor the year-to-date period (through May 31 st), there have been 1,409 preliminary tornado reports, which ranks as the highest on record. There were 156 tornado related fatalities during May, with 138 of the fatalities due to the EF-5 tornado which ripped through Joplin, Missouri. During May there were 355 preliminary tornado reports across the country, which is above the 1981-2010 average of 253. May is climatologically the most active tornado month of the year, but the total number of tornado reports and tornado-related fatalities was significantly less than April. May 2011 brought a continuation of active severe weather across the U.S., which began in April.

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