- May 1995 Tornado Outbreak Sequence
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The May 1995 Tornado Outbreak Sequence An F3 tornado that occurred near Lincoln, Illinois on May 9.
Date of tornado outbreak: May 6, 1995 - May 27, 1995 Duration1: 3 weeks Maximum rated tornado2: F4 tornado Tornadoes caused: approx 300 Damages: >135 million (1995 figures) Fatalities: 11 Areas affected: Central and Southern US 1Time from first tornado to last tornado
2Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita ScaleThe May 1995 Tornado Outbreak Sequence is a series of tornado outbreaks that occurred from May 6 through May 27, 1995. Eleven deaths occurred due to the outbreak. Nearly 300 tornadoes occurred during this period from the Central US through the Southeast and into the Mid-Atlantic. The main event days were May 6 - May 7, May 9, May 13, May 18, and May 27.
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May 6 and May 7
The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center issued a high risk for Texas due to the possibility of a violent tornado outbreak. The Amarillo, Texas area was hit by an F2 tornado. An F3 tornado hit Sunset, Texas. This portion of the outbreak resulted in 2 fatalities including one in the Amarillo area. A tornado also hit the heavily populated northern sections of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex area causing damage to about 500 structures across Tarrant including in Watauga, Grapevine and Colleyville.[1]
May 13 tornadoes in the Midwest
Another tornado outbreak which the National Weather Service issued a high risk for occurred in Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky. The tornadoes that occurred on this day resulted in three deaths all from the same tornado that move through Montgomery and Boone Counties in Indiana just west of Indianapolis. A tornado also hit the eastern sections of the Indianapolis area causing damage to dozens of structures but no injuries.[2] Several destructive tornadoes also touched down south and west of the Peoria, Illinois Metro Area including two F4s that resulted in 50 injuries.[3][4]
May 18 tornado outbreak
This is the tornado outbreak responsible for the Anderson Hills Tornado which killed 1 person. Also in southern middle Tennessee a tornado in Lawrence County, TN and Giles County, TN killed 3 people. The National Weather Service weather forecast office in Nashville, TN said that May 18, 1995 was the 3rd worst tornado outbreak to hit middle Tennessee. Nearly 80 tornadoes touched down during that day. In addition to the two killer tornadoes, three tornadoes touched down in and around the Bowling Green, Kentucky area destroying numerous structures including inside the city limits.[5] Other tornadoes struck the Knoxville and northeastern Nashville areas. Nearly 30 people were injured in Sumner County, TN northeast of Nashville.[6][7]
Confirmed tornadoes
Main article: List of May 1995 Tornado Outbreak Sequence tornadoesConfirmed
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F5279 137 84 39 14 4 0 See also
- List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
- 1998 Nashville tornado outbreak
- March 2006 Tornado Outbreak Sequence
References
- http://www.spc.noaa.gov/archive/severe_archive/
- http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-win/wwcgi.dll?wwevent~storms
- http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ohx/tornado.html
- Major Tornado Outbreak in East Tennessee - May 18, 1995
Tornado events in Alabama Enigma (1884) • Palm Sunday (1920) • May 1929 • March 1932 • April 1936 • Birmingham (1956) • April 1957 • Super Outbreak (1974) • January 1975 • Birmingham (1977) • Huntsville (1989) • November 1992 • Palm Sunday (1994) • Huntsville (1995) • Birmingham (1998) • Tuscaloosa (2000) • November 2001 • Veterans Day (2002) • Hurricane Katrina (2005) • November 2005 • September 2006 • November 2006 • March 2007 • January 2008 • Super Tuesday (2008) • April 2009 • April 2010 • April 2011Categories:- F4 tornadoes
- Tornadoes of 1995
- Tornadoes in Texas
- Tornadoes in Oklahoma
- Tornadoes in Tennessee
- Tornadoes in Alabama
- Tornadoes in Illinois
- Tornadoes in Indiana
- Tornadoes in Kentucky
- 1995 in the United States
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