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GLIDE Record
(758 of 8171)
Event:
TO Tornadoes
Number:
2021-000199
Country:
USA United States
Location:
AR, KT, MS, & TN
Date (YMD):
2021-12-10
Time:
Duration:
1
Magnitude:
EF-4
Information Source:
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billions/events/US/2021?disasters[]=all-disasters (NOAA NCEI)
Comments:
Historic December tornado outbreak across several southeast and central states caused devastating damage across many towns and cities. This outbreak produced two long-tracked EF-4 tornadoes across Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee and Kentucky. The longest tornado track was nearly 166 miles across Kentucky and a small portion of Tennessee. This was the longest-tracked tornado on record in Kentucky and was a U.S. record tornado track length for the month of December. There were over 800 total miles of tornado path length on December 10. The peak intensity from this outbreak was EF-4 rated wind speeds of 190 mph in Mayfield, Kentucky. This day was also the deadliest December tornado outbreak recorded in the United States surpassing the Vicksburg, Mississippi tornado of December 5, 1953, which caused 38 fatalities. US$4.1b
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