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Two Days Of Destructive Tornadoes

"AccuWeather.com Meteorologists are forecasting a significant tornado outbreak which could include 50 or more tornado reports..."



The tornado threat will increase across the Plains today as another round of potentially deadly storms take shape.
AccuWeather.com Meteorologists are forecasting a significant tornado outbreak today which could include 50 or more tornado reports, most of which could occur across eastern Oklahoma and eastern Kansas.
The greatest threat of tornadic activity lies in the corridor from Oklahoma City, Okla., to Wichita, Kan., to already hard-hit Joplin, Mo.
This also includes the cities of Dallas, Texas, Topeka, Kan., and Tulsa, Okla.
Any tornadoes that develop will have the to potential to be long-lived and long tracked, even more so than the tornado that destroyed Joplin.
Thunderstorms will first erupt during the afternoon hours across central Kansas, central Oklahoma and north-central Texas. These thunderstorms will quickly turn severe, producing potentially devastating tornadoes.
Although these storms will occur during the day, tornadoes may still be difficult to see. As was the case with the Joplin tornado, any of these twisters that become wrapped up with rain will be tough to distinguish.
Besides tornadoes, these storms will also bring large and damaging hail and torrential downpours which could lead to flash flooding.
Travel could also be restricted due to debris on Interstates 70, 40, 44 and 35.
These storms will then track eastward late on Tuesday afternoon into Tuesday night bringing the threat for destructive tornadoes into the middle-Mississippi River Valley for the nighttime hours.
Residents should be advised that tornadoes that occur at night are the most dangerous due to the simple fact that most people are asleep. Persons are urged to keep tuned to local media outlets during this severe weather outbreak and have a plan of action prepared should severe weather strike.
This region has been hit hard over the last several days. On Sunday, a deadly EF-4 tornado struck Joplin, Mo., while numerous areas had hail and damaging winds on Monday.

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This year's tornado death toll now stands at 482, making it the deadliest year for tornadoes in the U.S. since 1953, when 519 people died. That year, three heavily populated cities received direct hits by violent tornadoes. Waco, Texas (114 killed), Flint, Michigan (115 killed), and Worcester, Massachusetts (89 – 94 killed) all were hit by violent F-4 or F-5 tornadoes. A similar bad tornado year occurred in 1936, when violent tornadoes hit Tupelo Mississippi (216 killed), and Gainesville, Georgia (203 killed.)

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Op dinsdag 24 mei 2011 19:52 schreef Frutsel het volgende:
Joplin was een EF 4?

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A violent high-end EF-4 tornado with winds of 190 – 198 mph carved a 7-mile long, ¾ to one mile-wide path of near-total destruction through Joplin beginning at 5:41pm CDT Sunday evening. In nine terrifying minutes, the tornado killed at least 116 people, injured 500 more, and obliterated huge sections of the town. Damage from the tornado is so severe that pavement was ripped from the ground, and the level of damage is so extreme that this is likely to surpass last month's Tuscaloosa-Birmingham tornado as the costliest tornado of all-time.