This year has been the most deadliest of terms of super tornadoes such as the case of this weekend's Joplin/Minneapolis super outbreak. Even here in Iowa there was a tornado on the ground to the north and west of North Liberty at around 3:45 PM. If we thought the Tuscaloosa/Birmingham was bad, the Joplin tornado slammed into the Joplin Hospital and it looked like something out of nuclear bomb destruction. Today, Greg Forbes has given a 9 on a 10 scale to the area from east of Oklahoma City to Kansas City. I have included the ten most deadliest and the ten biggest outbreak of Tornado Days. The deadliest ones are here.
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Mar. 18, 1925 (Tri-State Tornado): 695
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May 6, 1840 (Natchez, Miss.): 317
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May 27, 1896 (St. Louis, Mo.): 255
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Apr. 5, 1936 (Tupelo, Miss.): 216
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Apr. 6, 1936 (Gainesville, Ga.): 203
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Apr. 9, 1947 (Woodward, Okla.): 181
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Apr. 24, 1908 (Amite, La., Purvis, Miss.): 143
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May 22, 2011 (Joplin, Mo.): 156
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Jun. 12, 1899 (New Richmond, Wisc.): 117
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Jun. 8, 1953 (Flint, Mich.): 115
And now the 10 biggest outbreaks
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April 27, 2011 (Ala., Tenn., Ga., Miss., Va.): 315
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April 3, 1974 ("Super Outbreak"): 307
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April 11, 1965 ("Palm Sunday Outbreak"): 260
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March 21, 1952: 202
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June 8, 1953 (Flint, Mich., etc.): 142
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May 11, 1953 (Waco, Tex, etc.): 127
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Feb. 21, 1971: 121
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May 22, 2011 (Joplin, Mo...Mpls./St. Paul, Minn.): 119
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May 25, 1955 (Udall, Kan., etc.): 102
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June 9, 1953 (Worcester, Mass.): 90
Here's hoping that this won't be needing any updates.
- The Joplin Tornado is now number 7 on the list of most deadly tornadoes.
