On June 23, 1944, a historic tornado outbreak occurred across the Appalachians. This outbreak featured the deadliest tornado to ever strike Pennsylvania and the deadliest ever recorded in West Virginia.
Just two days after a tornado outbreak affected Pennsylvania and New York, another tornado outbreak ripped through the East Coast. Pennsylvania was the hardest hit. Guest writer Nick Wilkes documents 20 tornadoes from this event. 17 of which were in PA.
A total of 46 tornadoes occurred on May 31, 1998. The focus of this summary will be on the 32 tornadoes that ravaged parts of New York and Pennsylvania. 22 Tornadoes ripped through Pennsylvania, and 10 through New York. The 22 tornadoes on this day in PA is a state record.
This summary give an overview of one of the largest fall tornado outbreaks in the US. It occurred from November 21 through November 23 in 1992.
In today’s summary, we look at an outbreak of 8 tornadoes to hit parts of Arizona on October 6, 2010. This was the largest number of tornadoes to hit the state in a single day since records began in 1950. Per the NCDC, Arizona on average receives four tornadoes annually.
148 Twisters in 24 Hours.
An outbreak of 56 tornadoes across 11 states occurred on this day in 1982. (Note: the SPC database has 55 tornadoes listed. Storm Data in their summary of the event states there were 56 tornadoes).
March of 1990 was extremely active with a total of 86 tornadoes occurring. 78 of them during the period of March 11 through March 15th. The most active day: March 13.
A Funnel Feature by Guest Writer Lon Curtis analyzing the tornadoes produced by Hurricane Allen in Central TX in August of 1980.
A Funnel Feature by Guest Writer Nick Wilkes about the violent tornado outbreak that hit parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and Ontario on May 31, 1985.
