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- Overall, 24 twisters were reported. Three tornadoes rated as F4′s accounted for most of the deaths and destruction.
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1971: 4: 0: 0: 0: 0: $52,530: 1970: 1: 0: 0: 0: 0: $2,500: 1969: 11: 3: 0: 0: 0: $580,560: 1968: 8: 1: 0: 0: 0: $57,810: 1967: 11: 5: 0: 0: 0: $452,530: 1966: 10: 8: 0: 0: 0: $90,030: 1965: 19:...
This interactive map, which contains data from January 1950 to January 31, 2024, pinpoints where a cyclone touched down and traces its path of destruction. For more recent tornadoes, clicking...
Numbers for 1971 were above average for the 1950–1970 period, having a total of 889 confirmed tornadoes. Several very deadly tornadoes occurred, bringing the death total up to 159 people for the yearly total. Over 2700 people were injured by the end of 1971. [1]
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Aug 31, 2023 · Since counties can vary in size, they are ranked by the number of tornadoes per 100 square miles. Counties that experienced less than five tornadoes are not included. The counties that encounter the most tornadoes aren't all in the infamous Tornado Alley.
Apr 14, 2020 · 1924: On April 30, two tornadoes struck the state, killing 77 people and destroying 465 homes. Both storms stayed on the ground for at least 100 miles, one of them on a track from Anderson County ...
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Feb 21, 2012 · February 21, 2012 Ian Livingston. Nineteen tornadoes struck from Texas to Ohio and North Carolina on February 21-22, 1971. The greatest concentration of them was in Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, and especially Mississippi. The outbreak was responsible for 123 deaths and nearly 1,600 injuries.
A tornado is a violently rotating column of air extending from a cumulonimbus cloud to the ground. Wind speeds in a tornado range from about 75 miles per hour in weaker tornadoes to about 300 miles per hour in the most violent tornadoes. South Carolina's strongest recorded tornadoes are estimated to have produced winds around 185 mph.
