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#1141 Postby HarlequinBoy » Fri May 30, 2008 10:42 pm

2008 so far..
Super Tuesday Outbreak - 57 fatalities, 84 tornadoes
May 10-11 Tornado Outbreak - 24 fatalities, about 60 tornadoes
2008 Plains Tornado Sequence - 11 fatalities, 62+ tornadoes
May 1-2 Tornado Outbreak - 6 fatalities, 50 tornadoes
January Tornado Outbreak Sequence - 4 fatalities, 72 tornadoes
Atlanta Tornado Outbreak - 3 fatalities, 29 tornadoes

Looks like May 10-11 and the late May sequence will have to battle it out for second place behind Super Tuesday. May 10-11 killed more, but late May had an EF5, so take your pick.
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#1142 Postby snoopj » Wed Jun 04, 2008 4:38 pm

Damn. Official death count for the Iowa EF-5 is now 8.

http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/19531654.html

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#1143 Postby CrazyC83 » Tue Jun 10, 2008 8:34 pm

Major increase to the numbers forthcoming. NWS Dodge City confirmed at least 50 tornadoes (seriously!) in its forecast area on May 23 ALONE!!! The details are still being worked out.

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crnews/display_ ... 9&source=0
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Re: Memorial Day Weekend Outbreak 2008

#1144 Postby brunota2003 » Tue Jun 10, 2008 8:40 pm

Major Severe Weather Events May 22nd, 23rd, 25th, and 26th!

...Including the Significant Tornado Outbreak of Friday, May 23rd --

*** UPDATED June 10 ****

There were 50...THAT IS NOT A TYPO...confirmed tornadoes in the Dodge City forecast area on May 23rd alone! A map of those tornadoes will be compiled and posted by the end of the week. There were other tornadoes on the 22nd, 25th and 26th. There were four tornadoes that produced EF3 damage...some long tracked and extremely large (wide). Again, details will be available by the end of the week. Check back often.


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That is from the DDC site...Wow
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#1145 Postby Cyclenall » Wed Jun 11, 2008 12:31 am

I'm not surprised by 50 confirmed tornadoes, there was countless tornado warnings issued that night and I was thinking when they would document all of them.
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#1146 Postby Bunkertor » Wed Jun 11, 2008 12:35 am

I am surprised, because i didn´t believe the survey teams were able to get the whole work done in time - as to severe weather went on the following days.
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#1147 Postby Bunkertor » Tue Sep 09, 2008 1:34 am

CrazyC83 wrote:Quinter: 3 houses destroyed (sounds like EF3)


How fast it was moving...

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=XM-0yYfmdv0
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