North Carolina Tornadoes - Super Outbreak, List of Super Outbreak Tornadoes, March 2009 Tornado Outbreak Sequence (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 190. Not illustrated. Chapters: Super Outbreak, List of Super Outbreak Tornadoes, March 2009 Tornado Outbreak Sequence, May 2009 Southern Midwest Derecho, List of 1999 Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak Tornadoes, 2004 Hurricane Frances Tornado Outbreak, Enigma Tornado Outbreak, November 1992 Tornado Outbreak, 1984 Carolinas Tornado Outbreak, Mid-May 2008 Tornado Outbreak Sequence, Mid-November 2006 Tornado Outbreak, November 2008 Carolinas Tornado Outbreak, List of Tornadoes Spawned by Hurricane Earl, 1994 Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak, February 1971 Mississippi Valley Tornado Outbreak, 1998 Gainesville stoneville Tornado Outbreak, May 1989 Tornado Outbreak, 1993 Virginia Tornado Outbreak, April 1957 Southeastern United States Tornado Outbreak, 1988 Raleigh Tornado Outbreak, 1936 Cordele-Greensboro Tornado Outbreak, April 1924 Tornado Outbreak. Excerpt: Super Outbreak - The Super Outbreak is the largest tornado outbreak on record for a single 24-hour period. From April 3 to April 4, 1974, there were 148 tornadoes confirmed in 13 US states, including Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and New York; and the Canadian province of Ontario. It extensively damaged approximately 900 square miles (1,440 square kilometers) along a total combined path length of 2,600 miles (4,160 km). The Super Outbreak of tornadoes of 34 April 1974 remains the most outstanding severe convective weather episode of record in the continental United States. The outbreak far surpassed previous and succeeding events in severity, longevity and extent. Surface map at around 6:00 pm CST on April 3, 1974A powerful spring-time low pressure system developed across the North American Interior Plains on April 1. While moving into the Mississippi and Ohio Valley areas, a surge of very mo...