User:ChessEric/Tornado outbreak of February 14–18, 1956
Appearance
Type | Tornado outbreak |
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Duration | February 14–18, 1956 |
Tornadoes confirmed | 16 |
Max. rating1 | F3 tornado |
Duration of tornado outbreak2 | 5 days |
Fatalities | 2 fatalities, 64 injuries[1] |
Areas affected | Southern United States |
Part of the tornado outbreaks of 1956 1Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita scale 2Time from first tornado to last tornado |
Confirmed tornadoes
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0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
Thomas P. Grazulis lists an additional F3 tornado, which does not appear in official records, as striking Sardis, Arkansas, where it injured seven people.[2]
May 3 event
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May 4 event
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May 5 event
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May 6 event
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May 7 event
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- ^ "February 14-18 Storm Summary". National Centers for Environmental Information. National Weather Service. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- ^ Grazulis, Thomas P. (1993). Significant tornadoes, 1680-1991: A Chronology and Analysis of Events. St. Johnsbury, Vermont: Environmental Films. p. 991. ISBN 1-879362-03-1.
- ^ Brooks, Harold E. (April 2004). "On the Relationship of Tornado Path Length and Width to Intensity". Weather and Forecasting. 19 (2). Boston: American Meteorological Society: 310. doi:10.1175/1520-0434(2004)019<0310:OTROTP>2.0.CO;2. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
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: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) - ^ "Climatological Data National Summary Publication | IPS | National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)". www.ncdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
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