Tornados

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• Xenia Ohio Tornado
• 8 June Topeka Tornado

Tornados Disasters

Kansas, Oklahoma

Storm cellar.

Tornados strike with little warning. Weathermen have tried to forecast them with minimum accuracy since the 1950's in Texas. When humidity and different temperatures meet, In the United States, warm, wet winds travel north from the Gulf of Mexico, spring and summer, where they meet cooler, dry, south-moving Canadian fronts.

Beginning in late 1800's people began constructing storm shelters to withstand the storms in the midwest. They went to the storm shelter each time a rainstorm occurred.

THE TORNADO in JUSTIN, TEXAS

May 15, 1896 a tornado struck Justin, Texas. The Cate family had a storm cellar, which they always took refuge in. This time it was good they did. With all safe in the cellar, Maude's dad, David Cate stood at the door watching the progress of the storm until the last minute, he closed the door. ^[1] The tornado blew the remains of their house on top of the door. The Railway men took shelter in the train station. This tornado left one half of the train. leaving the men sheltering in the "lucky end" of the train station safe. They went through town, uncovering storm cellar doors and aiding the people. Most of the town and the school were destroyed. The twister/tornado twisted the railroad tracks. ^[2] This article mentions that storm. Tornado in Justin, Texas

• Mary Cate
• David Cate
• Sidney F Cate
• Florence Cate
• Lee Cate
• John Cate
• Maude Cate

• • Tornado in Justin, Texas

May 27, 1997, Near Jarrell, Texas, Interstate 35 is a north/south multilane highway. The tornado of Jarrell could be seen from the Interstate. The highway became a parking lot as cars stopped, trying to take refuge. The tornado blew away the town of Jarrell, Texas. This was the second time in 8 years. On 17 May 1989, Jarrell was struck by a tornado^[3]

Jarrell, Texas F-5 Wedge Tornado - May 27, 1997 - YouTube

Jarrell, TX, I-35.

Joplin, Missouri - an EF 5 multiple- vortex struck Joplin, Missouri, 2011.

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Tornado

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In Spring 1999, 152 tornadoes touched down (including one in Canada), more than half of them on May 3 and 4 when activity reached its peak over Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas, and Arkansas.

Tornados from space, courtesy Nasa and weather NOAA.

• 1998 Tornado, F4

This April 15–16, 1998 tornado outbreak extended 2-days, affecting the Midwest, was a two-day tornado outbreak that affected portions of Mississippi and Tennessee Valleys ( 13 were in Tennessee. The worst occurred on April 16 with 13 tornadoes.. 2 tornadoes caused damage, Nashville.

• 2011 F4, 280 mile length, multi-tornados Greene county, Tuscaloosa/Birmingham, F4 tornado created severe damage in Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, and Greene Alabama from Mississippi into North Carolina.

Are tornadoes increasing or News reporting increasing?

Tornado Alley

March 3, 2020 Tennessee, Ten tornadoes touched down across Tennessee in the late night hours of March 2 and into the early morning of March 3. They ranged from EF0 to EF4 on the Fujita scale. Called "The Path of Terror" 25 people were killed, including 5 children. https://www.tennessean.com/pages/interactives/news/graphics/march-2020-tornado-path-nashville-cookeville-putnam-tennessee/

April 12, 2020 Mississippi, 2 EF5 tornados touched down. This EF-5 in Mississippi looks to now be the most destructive tornado since the one in Joplin, Missouri in 2011 that reached a maximum width of 1 mile.

Sources:

1. ↑ First hand family history from Mary Cate as shared with granddaughter, Mary Richardson
2. ↑ Justin, Texas Tornado
3. ↑ Myerson, Allen R. New York Times article

• Disasters - 2015
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_15–16,_1998_tornado_outbreak