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4 deaths – Crossed into North Carolina. Storm traversed rugged terrain. $13 million (1974 USD) in damage, with massive timber damage. Tornado destroyed utilities and 45 homes in a neighborhood at Murphy. F1: NW of Maysville: Mason: KY: 01:25 0.1 miles (160 m) F1: N of Aberdeen: Brown: OH: 01:30 4.1 miles (6.6 km) 100 yards (91 m) F4
Midwestern and Southern United States, Ontario, Canada. Part of the tornado outbreaks of 1974. The 1974 Super Outbreak was the second-largest tornado outbreak on record for a single 24-hour period, just behind the 2011 Super Outbreak. It was also the most violent tornado outbreak ever recorded, with 30 violent (F4 or F5 rated) tornadoes confirmed.
North Carolina: 7: 4 fatalities: Produced a long-track F4 that struck Raleigh, North Carolina, killing four people. A few other less significant tornadoes occurred as well. (3 significant, 1 violent killer) May 1989 tornado outbreak: May 5, 1989: Mid-Atlantic – Southeast U.S. 16: 7 fatalities: Produced three killer F4s in the Carolinas.
From April 14–16, 2011, a tornado outbreak, among the largest recorded tornado outbreaks in U.S. history, produced 178 confirmed tornadoes across 16 states, resulting in severe destruction on all three days of the outbreak. A total of 38 people were killed from tornadoes and an additional five people were killed as a result of straight-line ...
North Carolina tornado outbreak of April 2014. Tornado outbreak of February 23–24, 2016. Tornado outbreak of October 20–22, 2019. 2020 Easter tornado outbreak. Tornado outbreak of February 5–7, 2020. Tornado outbreak of March 21–23, 2022. Tornado outbreak of March 29–31, 2022. Tornado outbreak of January 12, 2023.
Since its initial usage in May 1999, the National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States has used the tornado emergency bulletin, an unofficial, high-end classification of tornado warning—sent through either the issuance of a warning or via a "severe weather statement" that provides updated information on an ongoing warning—that is issued when a violent tornado (confirmed by radar or ...
The tornado killed 20 people and injured hundreds more along its 48-mile (77 km) path across Catoosa, Hamilton, Bradley, Polk, and McMinn counties. The tornado was given a rating of EF4 with peak wind speed of 190 mph (310 km/h). The damage path of the tornado was 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km) wide.
2Time from first tornado to last tornado. The May 1989 tornado outbreak occurred on May 5, 1989. The outbreak spawned 16 tornadoes in Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia, and was responsible for a combined total of $169 million in damage in the four states. It also caused 7 deaths and 168 injuries.