DEERFIELD, Tenn. – An historic tornado outbreak of at least 13 tornadoes struck Middle Tennessee on April 16, 1998. Many of these tornadoes were strong or violent and tracked long distances, killing 4 people and injuring nearly 100 people, while causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damage. The most infamous tornado during the outbreak…
April 11, 1965 – Indiana’s deadliest tornado outbreak occurred on this date
April 11, 1965 – It was 52 years ago today the deadliest tornado outbreak in state history occurred. Sadly, 137 Hoosiers died as 10 tornadoes crossed 18 counties in only a matter of a few hours. 37 tornadoes would touch down in six states that day, killing 258 and injuring 3,000. The historical image of…
Rooks Co. town part of Kansas tornado history
TOPEKA–May 20 will be a day of some note for the small Kansas town of Codell in Rooks County. It was on that date exactly 100 year ago that an F3 tornado passed just east of the town. What makes this particularly memorable is that the year before, May 20, 1916, an F2 tornado passed…