Tornado Outbreaks

The April 3, 2012 Dallas/Fort Worth Tornado Outbreak Compared to Past Events

As seen in the map posted yesterday, if it's April, north Texas sure looks like a hot spot for tornado…

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NWS Fort Worth Discusses What Caused the April 3, 2012 Outbreak

The text below was included in the Area Forecast Discussion from the Dallas/Ft. Worth National Weather Service this morning. It…

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Videos of the April 3, 2012 Tornado Outbreak

An historic local tornado outbreak hit the Dallas metropolitan area and surrounds. Luckily, most of the tornadoes that impacted the…

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The March 13, 1990 Central U.S. Tornado Outbreak and the Hesston/Goessel F5s

Before April 27, 2011, this 1990 outbreak was the last to produce two or more F5/EF-5s. We look at the…

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How the March 2012 outbreak ranks against other deadly March tornado outbreaks

Reports currently indicate nearly 40 people were killed by the March 2-3, 2012 tornado outbreak. An examination of other March…

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Radar images from the March 2012 tornado outbreak

At least 54 tornadoes have been confirmed thus far (as of late yesterday) with the March 2012 tornado outbreak. Its…

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March calendar day tornado records and the March 2012 outbreak

As the March 2, 2012 tornado outbreak was kicking into high gear today, I shared the image below on Twitter…

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Videos from the Historic March 2, 2012 Tornado Outbreak

This March tornado outbreak struck the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys as well as parts of the South. Two violent tornadoes…

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The Mississippi Valley Outbreak of 1971 and February’s only F5 tornado

Nineteen tornadoes struck from Texas to Ohio and North Carolina on February 21-22, 1971. The greatest concentration of them was…

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