The worst tornado in U.S. history was the Tri-State tornado of March 18, 1925. This F5 tornado carved a 219 mile damage path across parts of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 and injuring over 2,000.
As of January 17, 2013 the last tornado in the U.S. was an EF1 near Poplarville, Mississippi on January 13. It was one of four weak tornadoes to occur in the southern U.s. that day.
The last tornado to be rated on the Fujita (F) scale in the United States was an F1 that hit San Marcos, Texas on January 13, 2007. The Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale went into effect on February 1, 2007.
The Tri-State tornado of March 18, 1925. The tornado killed 695 people, 613 of them in Illinois.
The first recorded tornado in the US was in Rehoboth, Massachusetts in August of 1671.
The worst tornado in U.S. history was the Tri-State tornado of March 18, 1925. This F5 tornado carved a 219 mile damage path across parts of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 and injuring over 2,000.
As of November 9, 2012 the last large tornado to hit the U.S. occurred northwest of the town of Newton, Mississippi. The tornado was rated EF3 and got up to half a mile wide.
As of November 23, 2015 the last fatal tornado in the US killed one person near Cameron, Texas on May 25. It was rated EF2.
The deadliest single tornado in history was the Daultatpur-Saturia, Bangladesh tornado of 1989. We don't know how big it was (probably and F5), but we do know it killed 1300 people, probably more. The deadliest tornado in US history was the Tri-state tornado of 1925. It was an F5 and killed about 700 people. The most destructive tornado in terms of the value of property destroyed was the Joplin, Missouri tornado of 2011, which causes $2.8 billion worth of damage.
As of January 17, 2013 the last tornado in the U.S. was an EF1 near Poplarville, Mississippi on January 13. It was one of four weak tornadoes to occur in the southern U.s. that day.
The tri-state tornado hit the states of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana in the US.
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Tornadoes hit the U.S. every year.
The last tornado to be rated on the Fujita (F) scale in the United States was an F1 that hit San Marcos, Texas on January 13, 2007. The Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale went into effect on February 1, 2007.
Oklahoma has had the most F4 and F5 tornadoes. Though it is tied with Texas, Iowa, and Alabama in terms of F5 tornadoes in the past 60 years.
thunderstorms happen all the time all over the place...there are no two that have significantly affected anything
The worst tornado to strike the United States was the Tri-State tornado of March 18, 1925. This F5 tornado tore a 219-mile-long path of destruction across parts of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, ravaging many towns and killing an estimated 695 people.