Dallas tornado outbreak of April 1957
- Dallas tornado outbreak of April 1957
Infobox tornado outbreak|name=Dallas tornado outbreak of April 1957
date=April 2-4, 1957
image location= 1957 Dallas multi-vortex 1 edited.jpg
duration=~2 days
fujitascale=F4
tornadoes=50
total damages (USD)= unknown
total fatalities=19
areas affected= Southern United StatesThe Dallas tornado outbreak of April 1957 was a deadly tornado outbreak that struck most of the Southern United States from April 2 to the early hours of April 4, 1957. The outbreak was most notable due to a tornado that hit a densely populated area of the Dallas Metropolitan area, while other deadly tornadoes struck portions of Mississippi, Texas and Oklahoma. The two-day outbreak killed at least 19 across 3 states and produced 50 tornadoes from Texas to Tennessee.
Meteorological synopsis
On April 2, a low pressure system was situated over the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles with a warm front stretching into central Arkansas and a cold front stretching into western Texas east of El Paso, Lubbock and ular storms across the region. [ [http://www.srh.noaa.gov/fwd/daltor50.htm National Weather Service Forecast Office - WFO, Ft. Worth, Texas ] ]
The Dallas tornado
ee also
*List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
References
External links
* [http://www.1957dallastornado.net/descrip.html Narrative Description of the 1957 Dallas Tornado]
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