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'Amazing' Oklahoma tornado was largest in U.S. history 'Amazing' Oklahoma tornado was largest in U.S. history. In this May 31, 2013 file photo a tornado forms near Banner Road and Praire Circle in El Reno, Okla. The National Weather Service says the deadly tornado that struck near Oklahoma City late last week was another top-of-the-scale EF5 that packed winds reaching 295 mph. The weather service also says the twister's 2.6-mile width is the widest ever recorded.
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North Carolinaâs largest tornado outbreak â April 16, 2011 North Carolina’s largest tornado outbreak – April 16, 2011. Apr 16, 2013 by Kathryn Prociv in Tornado Maps. Tornado-warned supercell approaching downtown Raleigh, NC. Photo courtesy of Casey Letkewicz.
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Largest Tornado In US History Largest Tornado In US History. By garylezak, on June 4th, 2013. Good afternoon bloggers, The El Reno Tornado, that developed Friday night and killed three Discovery Channel Storm Chasers, has been upgraded to and EF-5 with maximum wind speeds of 295 mph.
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Paris Missouri may be fifth on the list of average number of big tornadoes per year (2.2), but the town of Joplin was struck by one of the deadliest tornadoes in U.S. history. On May 22, 2011, the Joplin Tornado — with winds that exceeded 200 mph — killed 158 people and injured more than 1,000.
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10 deadliest U.S. tornadoes 10 deadliest U.S. tornadoes – 8. The Amite/Pine/Purvis Tornado killed 143 people and injured 770 on April 24, 1908. The storm left only seven houses intact in Purvis, Mississippi, and also caused damage in Amite, Louisiana.
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Longest tornado path length 18 March 1925. The longest tornado path length travelled at least 352 km (218 mi) through the US states of Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, on 18 March 1925. On 18 March 1925 a tornado travelled at least 352 km through the US states of Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. It killed 695 people, more than any other tornado in US history.
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How Carbide Wears How Carbide Wears. Carbide Wear. From the book Building Superior Brazed Tools Buy the Book. Typically people think that carbide is worn away. There are other considerations that are often much more important. How long a material runs for depends on what you are doing and what you mean by sharp. For more articles that may help explain other reasons carbide fails, cracks, or properties of carbide refer to the Carbide and advanced material Index. Assume that the tip on the left is sharp. As the tip wears the edges round. If you measure sharpness by edge radius then you reach a point where the tip continues to wear but it doesn’t show up as indicated by the two tips on the right. How Carbide Wears-Typically, the more carbide wears the faster it wears.
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12 Extreme Facts About Tornadoes The April 26-28, 2011 Superoutbreak holds the record for the most tornadoes from a single outbreak. At least 349 tornadoes touched down across 21 states in the three days combined. April 27 was the peak day with nearly 200 tornadoes confirmed. Four of those tornadoes were rated EF5, the highest rating possible.
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- Map showing weather situation and storm track of Tri-State Tornado. Black line is tornado track. The Tri-State Tornado was the longest-lived and had the longest path of any recorded tornado. It traveled over 300 miles from SE Missouri to Indiana and killed over 600.
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Mammoth Oklahoma tornado was widest ever recorded â almost strongest, too View Caption. The tornado that ripped through El Reno, Okla. , on Friday was the widest tornado ever recorded and had winds that hit nearly 300 miles per hour, close to the highest wind speed ever measured, the National Weather Service reported Tuesday.
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The 10 Deadliest Tornadoes in World History The continuous 219-mile track it left was the longest ever recorded in the world. Over three-and-a-half hours, the tornado traveled from southeastern Missouri, through Southern Illinois, then into southwestern Indiana. When it was over, 695 people were dead.
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- Doppler radar measures 318 mph wind in tornado. By Jack Williams, USATODAY.com. Scientists measured the fastest wind speed ever recorded, 318 mph, in one of the tornadoes that hit the suburbs of Oklahoma City on May 3, 1999.
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Tornado Information for Morris, Oklahoma Tornado Information for Tulsa, Oklahoma. Tulsa, OK is a Very High Risk area for tornados. According to records, the largest tornado in the Tulsa area was an F5 in 1960 that caused 81 injuries and 5 deaths. *Tornado risk is calculated from the destruction path that has occured within 30 miles of the location. Risk Level: Very High.
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- It varies widley. In most cases the coast of damage does not exceed  a few hundred thousand dollars. However, in a large, violent  tornado moving through a city, damage can … exceed $1 billion. The  costliest tornado on record caused $ 2.8 billion worth of damage  when it struck Joplin, Missouri on May 22, 2011.
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Tornado Facts and MythsA Student's Guide Tornado! Although tornadoes occur in many parts of the world, these destructive forces of nature are found most frequently in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains during the spring and summer months. In an average year, 800 tornadoes are reported nationwide, resulting in 80 deaths and over 1,500 injuries.n area of rotation, 2-6 miles wide, now extends through much of the storm. Most strong and violent tornadoes form within this area of strong rotation. A lower cloud base in the center of the photograph identifies an area of rotation known as a rotating wall cloud. This area is often nearly rain-free.
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Tornado outbreak for the record books: how did deadly, destructive event happen and what does it mean? For that reason, NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center’s historical tornado record, dating back to1954, makes a mathematical adjustment. The adjusted tornado count for 1974 is 404. And for April 1957, another active tornado year, the adjusted total is even higher, at 407.
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Which US state has the most tornadoes each year? Kansas has the most tornadoes per area (or per square mile). Recall that Texas has a lot more area than the other states in tornado alley. It is Texas that records the most tornadoes, with an average total of about 135 a year. Kansas has the most tornadoes per area (or per square mile).
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2011 tornado information The record number of tornadoes during the month of May was 542 tornadoes set in May 2003. The average number of tornadoes for the month of May during the past decade is 298. May is historically the most active month for tornadoes. This was the deadliest May since 1933.
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How often do tornadoes touch down in Montana? The largest tornado in Montana was a category EF3, producing winds of 136 mph to 165 mph. EF3s have occurred four times, the last time in 2014 in Carter County. “Really any place in Montana can have a tornado,” Syner said. “But most tornadoes in Montana tend to be on the weaker side. Typically, some of the more stronger tornadoes that have occurred have occurred in the eastern half of the state.”.
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List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks The most intense and largest November outbreak on record in U.S. history. Produced strong tornadoes from Texas to North Carolina and into the Ohio Valley, including a long-track F4 tornado that impacted Brandon, Mississippi, and killed 12 people. A series of destructive tornadoes (including one rated F4) devastated the Houston metro area as well.
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Tornado Information for El Paso, Texas Tornado Information for El Paso, Texas. El Paso, TX is a Very Low Risk area for tornados. According to records, the largest tornado in the El Paso area was an F1 in 1972 that caused 0 injuries and 0 deaths. *Tornado risk is calculated from the destruction path that has occured within 30 miles of the location.
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Tornadoes We really only have measurements of the winds inside weaker tornadoes. Mobile Doppler radars can measure wind speeds in a tornado above ground level, and the strongest was 318 mph measured on May 3, 1999 near Bridge Creek/Moore, Oklahoma.
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Tornado records The deadliest tornado in world history was the Daulatpur–Saturia tornado in Bangladesh on April 26, 1989, which killed approximately 1,300 people.
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2011 TuscaloosaâBirmingham tornado 2011 Tuscaloosa–Birmingham tornado. The 2011 Tuscaloosa–Birmingham tornado was a large and violent EF4 multiple-vortex tornado that devastated portions of Tuscaloosa and Birmingham, Alabama, as well as smaller communities and rural areas between the two cities, during the late afternoon and early evening of Wednesday, April 27, 2011. It is one of the costliest tornadoes on record.
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Tornado Facts The deadliest tornado in American history was invisible. In 1925, the Tri-State Tornado ravaged a mile-wide path for 220 miles across Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana at 60 to 70 mph—twice the forward speed of the average tornado.