April 2011 tornado info. numbers and a map.

uppityperson

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Sun May-01-11 10:56 AM
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April 2011 tornado info. numbers and a map.

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/april_2011_tornado_information.html

NOAA's preliminary estimate is that there were 288 tornadoes during the entire outbreak from 8:00 a.m. EDT April 26 to 8:00 a.m. April 28, 2011. During the 24-hour period from 8:00 a.m. EDT April 27 to 8:00 a.m. EDT April 28, The National Weather Service (NWS) estimates there were a total of 211 tornadoes.
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Expert NOAA analysis of the fatality information indicates that at least 344 people were killed during the entire outbreak from 8:00 a.m. EDT April 26 to 8:00 a.m. April 28. There were 334 fatalities during the 24-hour-period from 8:00 a.m. April 27 to 8:00 a.m. April 28.
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NWS’s preliminary estimate is that there have been more than 600 tornadoes thus far during the month of April 2011.

The previous record number of tornadoes during the month of April was 267 tornadoes set in April 1974. The previous record number of tornadoes during any month was 542 tornadoes set in May 2003.
The average number of tornadoes for the month of April during the past decade is 161.
The overall monthly average number of tornadoes for the past decade is 106....(more@lini)

Bright reds, oranges and yellows show tracks of where rotation was strongest as detected by NWS Doppler radars during the April 27, 2011 tornado outbreak.

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Warpy

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Sun May-01-11 10:59 AM
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1. Brace yourselves, kids

because there's another strong storm in the southern Rockies--wind is screaming and the drains are gurgling--and that usually means trouble downstream.

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uppityperson

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Sun May-01-11 12:06 PM
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2. :(

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MuseRider

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Sun May-01-11 12:07 PM
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3. I feel so badly for all of you

Edited on Sun May-01-11 12:07 PM by MuseRider

who are having to deal with this. What devastation and loss. I certainly hope you get the help you need.

Tornado season starts here today (I guess there is a start and stop date for them now? j/king) and the intensity of the storms you all have suffered are making me a little nervous about it all. I usually look forward to the great storms but if it is anything close to what has happened there I think I would like to skip. An F5 took out my town when I was 12 from one end to the other, 1/2 mile wide. It takes forever to recover from that. Sending calmness and peace because that is what it is going to take just to get through enough days for the shock of it all to wear off.

EDIT: Sorry, I meant to reply to the OP

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Warpy

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Sun May-01-11 11:13 PM
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4. I don't know how good the news is, but this storm seems to be

heading up north of Dixie, so they'll get a break and be able to clean up instead of hunkering down under more of them.

But yes, I hate to see strong storms this time of year because I know what they'll do on the other side of the Rockies.

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