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The 1997 Jarrell tornado was an exceptionally violent and destructive multi-vortex tornado that struck the community of Jarrell, Texas in the afternoon hours of May 27, killing 27 people and injuring a further 12. [ 1] The tornado caused $40.1 million (1997 USD) in damages, and was the subject of multiple well-known photographs, earning the ...
The 2013 El Reno tornado was an extremely large, powerful, and erratic tornado [ a] that occurred over rural areas of Central Oklahoma during the early evening of Friday, May 31, 2013. This rain-wrapped, multiple-vortex tornado was the widest tornado ever recorded and was part of a larger weather system that produced dozens of tornadoes over ...
Further aloft at the level of the jet stream, there were two nearby wind speed maxima over northern Mexico and the central Mississippi Valley; this led to strong divergence of air over Texas. [c] Wind shear was negligible within the lowest 6 km (3.7 mi) of the atmosphere contrary to typical tornado outbreaks. [d] [3] [9]
Weather portal. v. t. e. A dust devil (also known regionally as a dirt devil) is a strong, well-formed, and relatively short-lived whirlwind. Its size ranges from small (18 in/half a metre wide and a few yards/metres tall) to large (more than 30 ft/10 m wide and more than half a mile/1 km tall). The primary vertical motion is upward.
Nevertheless, the El Reno tornado is one of the two strongest tornadoes ever recorded in terms of maximum wind speeds, the other being the 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado which doppler radar measured 321 miles per hour (517 km/h) mph, later revised to 301±20 mph. The 1997 Jarrell tornado was a multiple vortex tornado. The infamous “Dead ...
These low humidities, combined with the warm, compressionally-heated air mass, plus the high wind speeds, create critical fire weather conditions. The combination of wind, heat, and dryness accompanying the Santa Ana winds turns the chaparral into explosive fuel feeding the infamous wildfires for which the region is known.
The Rainsville tornado exiting town at EF5 strength. The 2011 Rainsville Tornado was a catastrophic EF5 tornado that struck parts of northeast Alabama on the late afternoon of April 27, 2011. It was the fourth and final EF5 of the historic 2011 Super Outbreak, the largest tornado outbreak ever recorded. The multi-vortex tornado remained on the ...
Damage. $1.29 billion (2011 USD) (7th costliest tornado in US history) Areas affected. Hackleburg, Phil Campbell, Tanner, Harvest in Alabama and Huntland, Tennessee ( part of a larger outbreak) Part of the 2011 Super Outbreak and Tornadoes of 2011. The 2011 Hackleburg–Phil Campbell tornado was an extremely deadly, violent, and long-tracked ...