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The 1998 Comfrey–St. Peter tornado outbreak was an unseasonably-strong tornado outbreak which affected the Upper Midwest region of the United States on March 29, 1998. A strong area of low pressure combined with a warm front and favorable upper-level dynamics to produce 16 tornadoes across the region—14 in Minnesota and two in Wisconsin. Thirteen of the tornadoes in Minnesota were spawned by a single supercell thunderstorm. This supercell remained intact for approximately 150 miles (240 km) as it moved across the southern part of the state during the late-afternoon hours.
Over $235 million in damage (1998 US$) was recorded from the tornadoes, two people were killed, and 21 others were injured. Most of the damage was caused by three tornadoes—one rated F4 on the Fujita scale that hit the town of Comfrey, Minnesota, an F3 that hit St. Peter, Minnesota, and an F2 that hit Le Center, Minnesota. Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter was especially hard-hit, with several buildings damaged or destroyed, 2,000 trees lost, and nearly 80% of the windows on the campus shattered. In Comfrey, 75% of the structures in the town were damaged or destroyed, including the local K–12 school. Seven counties in southern Minnesota were later declared federal disaster areas. (Full article...)Selected tornado list - show another
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This page documents the tornadoes and tornado outbreaks of 1958, primarily in the United States. Most tornadoes form in the U.S., although some events may take place internationally. Tornado statistics for older years like this often appear significantly lower than modern years due to fewer reports or confirmed tornadoes.
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2024 tornado activity
This page documents all tornadoes confirmed by the European Severe Storms Laboratory or various governments or universities across Europe during 2024. Unlike the United States, the original Fujita Scale and the TORRO scale are used to rank tornadoes across the continent.
According to the European Severe Storms Laboratory, there have been 129 confirmed tornadoes in Europe in 2024, resulting in 13 injuries. (Full article...)Tornado anniversaries
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- 1930 – One of the few known F5 tornadoes outside the United States struck Volpago del Montello, and devastated several other communities in Veneto, Italy, killing 23 people and injuring 110. Even sturdy masonry buildings were destroyed.
July 25
- 1934 – An F3 tornado, spawned by a hurricane, struck north of Edna, Texas, killing five people. Four people died in the destruction of a farmhouse. A farmhand was killed a few hundred yards from the house.
- 2000 – A tornado outbreak hit parts of Minnesota and South Dakota. Most tornadoes from this event were rated F0, but an F4 tornado hit Granite Falls, Minnesota, killing one person and injuring 15. An F2 tornado damaged farm buildings and killed livestock east of Magnolia, Minnesota.
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- 1890 – An F3 tornado struck the south side of Lawrence, Massachusetts, killing 8 people, injuring 150, and leaving 500 homeless. This storm was part of a tornado family that also produced multiple F1 tornadoes.
Did you know…
- ...that the 2013 Moore tornado that struck Moore and Newcastle, Oklahoma, is the most recent EF5 tornado?
- ...that the 2021 South Moravia tornado, an IF4 tornado with winds between 207–260 mph (333–418 km/h), was the strongest tornado to hit the Czech Republic in modern history?
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- Image 1Major structural damage to a house near Hartford (from 2021 Western Kentucky tornado)
- Image 2A multi-ton freight car that was thrown from the tracks in Barnsley (from 2021 Western Kentucky tornado)
- Image 3A liquor store that was destroyed in the western part of Bowling Green, Kentucky. (from Tornado outbreak of December 10–11, 2021)
- Image 4Derecho moving across eastern Nebraska and western Iowa (from December 2021 Midwest derecho and tornado outbreak)
- Image 5Widespread devastation in a residential area of Dawson Springs (from 2021 Western Kentucky tornado)
- Image 6High-end EF3 damage to homes in the Creekwood subdivision in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Numerous fatalities occurred in this area. (from Tornado outbreak of December 10–11, 2021)
- Image 7Radar 3D volume scan of the supercell showing debris lofted over 30,000 feet (9.1 km) in the air as the tornado struck Mayfield (from 2021 Western Kentucky tornado)
- Image 8Low-end EF4 damage to a business in downtown Cayce (from 2021 Western Kentucky tornado)
- Image 9Trees that were completely debarked and denuded near Buckeye, Arkansas. (from Tornado outbreak of December 10–11, 2021)
- Image 10Debris and destroyed homes along Alexander Street in Dawson Springs (from 2021 Western Kentucky tornado)
- Image 11Radar collage of a supercell that spawned a tornado family during the outbreak (from Tornado outbreak of December 10–11, 2021)
- Image 12High-end EF4 damage to a house in Bremen (from 2021 Western Kentucky tornado)
- Image 13A satellite view of the extratropical cyclone that was responsible for the tornado outbreak on December 11. (from Tornado outbreak of December 10–11, 2021)
- Image 14EF3 damage to businesses in downtown Dresden, Tennessee. (from Tornado outbreak of December 10–11, 2021)
- Image 15Aerial view of EF3 damage in Mayfield the day after the tornado (from 2021 Western Kentucky tornado)
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Accompanying Hurricane Katrina's catastrophic coastal impacts was a moderate tornado outbreak spawned by the cyclone's outer bands. The event spanned August 26–31, 2005, with 57 tornadoes touching down across 8 states. One person died and numerous communities suffered damage of varying degrees from central Mississippi to Pennsylvania, with Georgia sustaining record monetary damage for the month of August. Due to extreme devastation in coastal areas of Louisiana and Mississippi, multiple tornadoes may have been overlooked—overshadowed by the effects of storm surge and large-scale wind—and thus the full extent of the hurricane's tornado outbreak is uncertain. Furthermore, an indeterminate number of waterspouts likely formed throughout the life cycle of Hurricane Katrina.
The outbreak began with an isolated F2 over the Florida Keys on August 26; no tornadoes were recorded the following day as the storm traversed the Gulf of Mexico. Four weak tornadoes were observed on August 28 as the hurricane approached land, each causing little damage. Coincident with Katrina's landfall, activity began in earnest on August 29 with numerous tornadoes touching down across Gulf Coast states. Georgia suffered the greatest impact on this day, with multiple F1 and F2 tornadoes causing significant damage; one person died in Carroll County, marking the first known instance of a tornado-related death in the state during August. A record 18 tornadoes touched down across Georgia on August 29, far exceeding the previous daily record of just 2 tornadoes for the month throughout the state. Activity diminished over the subsequent two days as the former hurricane moved northward. Several more tornadoes touched down across the Mid-Atlantic states before the cessation of the outbreak just after midnight local time on August 31. (Full article...)Topics
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