However, the Super Outbreak inspired various interesting studies looking for more in-depth answers. Notably, one study looked at how smoke may have contributed to the outbreak. Research showed some indication that smoke transported from Central American into the southern part of the U. He said this research brought up the question of whether this smoke modified the environment or amplified what happened.
This study concluded that the Central American biomass burning smoke could increase tornado severity in the U. Researchers from the study said they hope the findings encourage meteorologists to consider air pollution as a risk factor when making tornado forecasts. Additionally, the Super Outbreak led to many social science research on how we can better communicate severe weather and tornado risks to communities. Topography and population density make Dixie Alley even harder to track. While a tornado in Kansas may touch down in an empty field, a tornado in Alabama has a much greater chance of hitting people, businesses, and homes.
This puts a greater emphasis on the importance of weather technology and equipping individuals with an accurate forecast. Staying ahead of and tracking the weather is the first step people can take to stay safe. Download our app. April 27, 5 min read. The three fatalities occurred in northwest Kemper County when a strapped down doublewide mobile home was thrown a distance of approximately yards into a treeline, and then obliterated with the debris and framing scattered many hundreds of yards down the path.
There was no indication of ground impacts between the original site of the mobile home and where it ended up to indicate that the mobile home bounced extensively as it traveled. One of the four EF5 tornadoes on April 27, raked through Smithville, Mississippi, with peak winds estimated at mph. They were the first 5-rated tornadoes there since March 3, The Tennessee Valley Authority's electrical generation and distribution took a massive hit from the Super Outbreak.
Over transmission towers were mangled on April Power outages lasted for days in Huntsville, Alabama, affecting everything from gas stations to traffic signals. Doppler radar led the way to improved severe weather nowcasting, including increasing lead times for tornadoes. On April 27, a Doppler radar succumbed to a massive tornado. The radar was directly in the path of this wedge tornado as it tracked into Limestone County.
Both the radar and radome encasing the radar were blown off and destroyed, leaving just the tower standing. A comprehensive study of lofted tornado debris in from the April Super Outbreak was the first such study to utilize social media.
A team led by John Knox at the University of Georgia pored through hundreds of pictures of debris transported downstream by the outbreak's massive tornadoes to map out start and end points of individual pieces of debris. It's quite common for violent EF4 or EF5 tornadoes to transport debris tens of miles downstream, mainly paper such as canceled checks and photos. The Super Outbreak and several other tornado outbreaks pushed April 's U.
This was almost four times the April average , and also greater than the combined average of the three most active months, April through June This story does not necessarily represent the position of our parent company, IBM.
Daily 12 Today. Tornado Central. By Jonathan Erdman April 27, At a Glance One of the nation's worst tornado outbreaks occurred in late April Almost tornadoes tore through the U.
Some damage left behind stunned even experienced meteorologists. Notes: 1 Tornadoes are rated based on the worst damage along its track, which is almost always not representative of all the damage along its path. Tornado tracks, Enhanced Fujita scale ratings and county fatalities on Apr.
An unprecedented -- and record-breaking by a large margin -- 62 tornadoes touched down that day, impacting dozens of counties along and north of U. Many counties were hit by more than one tornado over the course of the event, which lasted about 18 hours in Alabama. Let this sink in: Marshall County was hit by 15 different tornadoes. The afternoon radar look from April 27, , in Alabama is bone-chilling. SuperOutbreak pic. Many of the 62 tornadoes were strong to violent and long-track that were responsible for injuring and killing people.
Maximum winds in that deadly tornado reached an unfathomable mph. The tornado tore a mile path of destruction, killing A total of fatalities occurred across multiple states, including in Alabama. Those fatalities were the most in a tornado event since April , More than 3, others were injured during the multi-day outbreak.
Of those, at least 2, were in our state. Severe weather and tornadoes occurred on all four of the outbreak days, but April 27th was in a class of its own. No other day was anywhere close to measuring up to what transpired on the 27th. In total, there were about tornadoes that touched down across 26 states -- marking a new record for a continuous outbreak.
The tornadoes that tore across Alabama alone carved a total path length of about 1, miles. This event is not only impossible to forget due to its tornado count, violent tornado count, death toll, and injury count, but its costliness as well.
That makes the April Super Outbreak the costliest tornado outbreak in U. Skip to content. Watch Live. Latest Video.
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