Portal:Tornadoes

Map of tornado warnings and confirmed tornadoes from the outbreak

A large, major, and deadly tornado outbreak occurred across the Central and Southern United States from May 6–10, 2024, as a result of a slow-moving trough that was moving across the country. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) issued a tornado-driven high risk convective outlook for portions of central Oklahoma and extreme southern Kansas early on May 6. Millions of people were put under a particularly dangerous situation (PDS) tornado watch later that evening, as many tornadoes were reported across the region, particularly in Oklahoma, where a violent EF4 tornado struck the towns of Barnsdall and Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Severe and tornadic weather spread eastward over the Mississippi, Ohio, and Tennessee Valleys over the next two days, with a nocturnal outbreak occurring in the latter on May 8, as tornadic supercell thunderstorms produced many tornadoes across the states of Tennessee, northern Alabama and western Georgia. The system responsible for the outbreak finally moved offshore by May 10 after producing several more tornadoes across the Southeast, including two EF2 tornadoes and hurricane-strength straight-line winds that moved through Tallahassee. This large outbreak came less than two weeks after a similarly large and deadly outbreak occurred across most of the same regions.

Five fatalities directly linked to the tornadoes were confirmed from the outbreak: two in Oklahoma on May 6, one in Tennessee on May 8, and two in Florida on May 10. Three non-tornadic deaths related to straight-line winds also occurred. In addition, during the outbreak, tornado emergencies were issued for three consecutive days between May 6–8 for damaging tornadoes; the last time that this phenomenon had occurred was exactly 21 years prior, when tornado emergencies were issued for four consecutive days between May 6–9, 2003, during a similarly large outbreak.

August 31

• 1977 – An F4 tornado moved across the Wausau Metropolitan Area in Wisconsin, injuring 10 people. It moved at treetop level in Wausau and caused its worst damage in Rib Mountain, where 15 homes were destroyed. There was damage to 60 farms.

September 1

• 2021 – Several strong tornadoes spawned by the remnants of Hurricane Ida hit the Mid-Atlantic States. An EF2 tornado moved through the northern suburbs of Philadelphia, killing one person in Upper Dublin and injuring two. An EF3 tornado destroyed several homes in Mullica Hill, New Jersey, injuring two people.

September 2

• 1947 – An F3 tornado moved along the road between Burgettstown and Eldersville, Pennsylvania, killing 2 people and injuring 20. Debris from one home was carried 4 miles (6.4 km). An F2 tornado killed one person in Brockton, Massachusetts.
• 2002 – A small tornado outbreak hit Wisconsin. An F3 tornado tore through downtown Ladysmith, destroying 40 buildings and injuring 27 people. Damaged totaled $25 million. A poorly-anchored church was swept away. One other person was injured by an F1 tornado near Wausau. An F2 tornado caused $3.9 million in damage in Gilman.

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• ...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?