The of April 25-28 2011. There were over 350 tornadoes in the whole outbreak with 207 in a 24 hour period on April 27.
That title goes to the Super Outbreak of April 3-4, 1974, which had 97 tornadoes rated as strong (F2 or higher).
It is the tornado outbreak of April 25-28, 2011 which produced 359 tornadoes, of which 207 occurred on April 27.
The 1974 outbreak was not a single tornado but series of 148 tornadoes. It is famous because it was the most intense as well as one of the deadliest and until recently the biggest of all tornado outbreaks on record.
It is difficult to determine, as until the 1990s we did not have an accurate count of weak tornadoes. The largest number of recorded weak tornadoes tornadoes in an outbreak would probably go to the Super Outbreak of April 25-28, 2011 with 264 tornadoes rated as weak. This outbreak also holds the record for most tornadoes overall at 349.
Tornado do happen near and on the coast. It just so happens that the areas that get strong tornadoes (the tornadoes that get all the attention) happen to be inland. The strong thunderstorms that produce most tornadoes form most easily when warm, moist air collides with cool and/or dry air along with a few other conditions. These meet most ideally in inland areas but tornado outbreak along coasts have also ocurred.
That title goes to the Super Outbreak of April 3-4 1974, with a total of 30 violent tornadoes. Officially, 7 tornadoes were rated F5 and 23 rated F4.
False. Tornadoes can occur almost anywhere; Tornado Alley is just where strong tornadoes are most common.
That depends on which tornado record you are referring to. Here are a few records:Largest tornado: the El Reno, Oklahoma tornado of May 31, 2013 (2.6 miles wide)Longest lived tornado: the Tri-State tornado of March 18, 1925 (3 hours, 29 minutes)Longest damage path: the Tri-State tornado of March 18, 1925 (219 miles)Costliest tornado: the Joplin, Missouri tornado of May 22, 2011 ($2.8 billion)Deadliest tornado: The Daulatpur-Saturia, Bangladesh tornado of April 26, 1989 (1,300 dead)Fastest winds: the Oklahoma City tornado of May 3, 1999 (302 mph)Largest tornado outbreak: the Super Outbreak April 25-28, 2011 (351 tornadoes)Costliest tornado outbreak: the Super Outbreak April 25-28, 2011 (~ $5 billion)Most tornadoes in 24 hours: April 27, 2011 (208 tornadoes)Most violent tornadoes in an outbreak: the Super Outbreak of April 3-4, 1974 (24 F4, 6 F5)
A supercell tornado is a tornado that forms from thunderstorm called a supercell. A supercell is a powerful thunderstorm that has a strong rotating updraft called a mesocyclone. Supercells are the strongest thunderstorms on earth. Most strong tornadoes are supercell tornadoes.
yes they are strong especially Oklahoma but most of them are weak of EF0 or EF1
Not really, tornado alley is one of the areas most frequented by the strongest tornadoes, rated EF4 and EF5. However, even in tornado alley you are unlikely to be hit by such a strong tornado.
Most Tornadoes are weak. There is about a 69% chance that a Tornado will be an F0 or an F1, a 29% chance that a Tornado will be an F2 or an F3, and a 2% chance that a Tornado will be an F4 or an F5.
Yes. On average Michigan is hit by about 15 tornadoes per year. Most of these tornadoes are weak, but strong ones do occur. Three tornadoes in Michigan history were strong enough to be rated F5.