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- Mainly the southern part of the city was affected, with most structures in the area either damaged or destroyed. 158 people were directly killed by the tornado, with at least eight more indirect fatalities, making it the deadliest United States tornado since 1947 and one of the deadliest single tornadoes ever recorded.
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This is a list of all tornadoes that were confirmed by local offices of the National Weather Service in the United States in June 2011.
Tornado outbreak: Duration: June 18–22, 2011: Tornadoes confirmed: 78: Max. rating 1: EF3 tornado: Duration of tornado outbreak 2: around 4 days: Fatalities: 0 fatalities, 4 injuries: Damage: $44 million (2011 USD) Areas affected: Great Plains, Midwest, Central United States
Ef#LocationCountyEF1EF0EF1EF1- June 18–22, 2011
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The June 1 st, 2011 tornado moved across the southside of downtown Springfield, where it destroyed several buildings. The tornado was responsible for three fatalities in Springfield, and up to 200 injuries over its entire track. The tornado prompted 9,500 insurance claims totaling 175 million U.S. dollars in damage.
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On May 30, two days before the outbreak, the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) noted the possibility of a severe weather event in the Northeastern United States in their outlook. A storm system was forecast to draw warm, moist air (with dew points over 60 °F (16 °C)) from the south, ahead of a driving cold front. In light of this, the SPC issued a slig...
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A large, long-lived tornado left a swath of major damage through Hampden County into Worcester County in Western Massachusetts. The tornado proved to be unusually persistent, remaining on the ground for one hour and ten minutes along a path 37.6 miles (60.5 km) long, the second longest on record in Massachusetts. The damage path reached a width of 0.5 miles (0.80 km). The city of Springfield was devastated by the June 1, 2011 tornado, as was the southern portion of the Springfield Metropolita...
Immediately following the storms, four people were reported dead. That number was later reduced to three as one Springfield man was found to have died of an unrelated heart attack prior to the tornado's impact. Hundreds of people were admitted to hospitals with injuries ranging from lightning strikes to trauma, and almost 500 people were forced to ...
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Jun 1, 2021 · On June 1, 2011, a powerful tornado carved a path of destruction through western Massachusetts. Winds of up to 165 mph destroyed hundreds of homes, injured 200 people, and left three people...
Tragically, that question was answered in late April of 2011, as a monstrous tornado outbreak ripped across the southeastern United States. While forecasts for the event were extremely accurate and arrived almost a week ahead of the storm, there were still hundreds of fatalities.
Apr 25, 2017 · The 2011 Tornado Super Outbreak by contrast, had 362 confirmed tornadoes. A powerful low-pressure system combined with moist and unstable atmospheric conditions to produce this now-infamous tornado outbreak.
