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Debris Fallout
Debris fallout refers to debris lofted into the air by a tornado that falls back to the ground, and that can persist well after a tornado has lifted. Debris lofted by stronger tornadoes has been known to travel significant distances, upwards of on rare occasions. Debris fallout events can be detected on radar using dual polarization products, notably correlation coefficient. Most debris in excess of is not moved a great distance; however, lighter objects—especially paper goods—can be absorbed by the storm's updraft and moved into its Supercell#Forward-flank downdraft (FFD), forward-flank downdraft where they can be transported further by non-tornadic downdraft winds. Mechanism The basic mechanism of debris fallout is debris lofted by a tornado's updraft winds high into the atmosphere. Charles E. Anderson completed the first study focusing on debris fallout on the F5 Tornado outbreak of June 7–8, 1984#Barneveld–Black Earth, Wisconsin, 1984 Barneveld tornado, which produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tornadic Debris Lofted Over 30,000 Feet
A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with the surface of Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. It is often referred to as a twister, whirlwind or cyclone, although the word cyclone is used in meteorology to name a weather system with a low-pressure area in the center around which, from an observer looking down toward the surface of the Earth, winds blow counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. Tornadoes come in many shapes and sizes, and they are often (but not always) visible in the form of a funnel cloud, condensation funnel originating from the base of a cumulonimbus cloud, with a cloud of rotating debris and dust beneath it. Most tornadoes have wind speeds less than , are about across, and travel several kilometers (a few miles) before dissipating. The Tornado records#Highest winds observed in a tornado, most extreme tornadoes can attain wind speeds of mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Super Outbreak
The 2011 Super Outbreak was the largest, costliest, and one of the deadliest tornado outbreaks ever recorded, taking place in the Southern, Midwestern, and Northeastern United States from April 25 to 28, 2011, leaving catastrophic destruction in its wake. Over 175 tornadoes struck Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee, which were the most severely damaged states. Other destructive tornadoes occurred in Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, New York, and Virginia, with storms also affecting other states in the Southern and Eastern United States. In total, 368 tornadoes were confirmed by NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) and Government of Canada's Environment Canada in 21 states from Texas to New York to southern Canada. Widespread and destructive tornadoes occurred on each day of the outbreak. April 27 was the most active day, with a record 224 tornadoes touching down that day from midnight to midnight CDT (05:00–05:00 UTC). Four of the tornadoes were rated EF5, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Racine, Wisconsin
Racine ( ) is a city in Racine County, Wisconsin, United States, and its county seat. It is located on the shore of Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Root River (Wisconsin), Root River, south of Milwaukee and north of Chicago. It is the List of cities in Wisconsin, fifth-most populous city in Wisconsin, with a population of 77,816 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Racine metropolitan statistical area (consisting only of Racine County) with 197,727 residents. The Racine area is part of the greater Milwaukee metropolitan area#Combined statistical area, Milwaukee combined statistical area. Racine is the headquarters of several industrial companies, namely Case IH, Dremel, InSinkErator, Modine Manufacturing, Reliance Controls, and S. C. Johnson & Son. Historically, the Mitchell & Lewis Company began making motorcycles and automobiles in Racine at the start of the 20th century. Racine was also home to the Horlicks malt factory, where ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Rochelle–Fairdale Tornado
Throughout the evening hours of April 9, 2015, an extremely violent and long-lived multiple-vortex tornado tore through the communities near Rochelle, Illinois, Rochelle and in Fairdale, Illinois. Part of a larger severe weather event that impacted the Central United States, the tornado first touched down in Lee County, Illinois, Lee County at 6:39 p.m. CDT (23:39 UTC). It progressed through the counties of Ogle County, Illinois, Ogle, DeKalb County, Illinois, DeKalb, and Boone County, Illinois, Boone before finally dissipating at 7:20 p.m. CDT. Along the tornado's path, numerous structures were heavily damaged or destroyed, especially in the small town of Fairdale where two fatalities and eleven injuries were recorded. A few well-constructed homes were swept completely away, indicative of peak winds near , the upper bounds of an Enhanced Fujita scale, EF4 tornado. In the aftermath of the event, hundreds of citizens assisted in cleanup and recovery efforts. E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Center, Indiana
Royal Center is a town in Boone Township, Cass County, Indiana, United States. The population was 861 at the 2010 census. History Royal Center had its start in the year 1846 by the building of the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad through that territory. It was supposedly named after a place in New York. Geography According to the 2010 census, Royal Center has a total area of , all land. Royal Center is the fourth-largest town by population in Cass County, and the third-largest town by land area. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 861 people, 342 households, and 234 families living in the town. The population density was . There were 374 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 97.4% White, 0.8% African American, 0.3% Native American, 0.5% Asian, and 0.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.3% of the population. There were 342 households, of which 37.4% had child ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joplin, Missouri
Joplin is a city in Jasper County, Missouri, Jasper and Newton County, Missouri, Newton counties in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Missouri. The bulk of the city is in Jasper County, while the southern portion is in Newton County. Joplin is the largest city located within both Jasper and Newton Counties – even though it is not the county seat of either county (Carthage, Missouri, Carthage is the seat of Jasper County while Neosho, Missouri, Neosho is the seat of Newton County). With a population of 51,762 as of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, Joplin is the List of cities in Missouri, 12th most-populous city in the state. The city covers an area of 35.69 square miles (92.41 km2) on the outer edge of the Ozarks, Ozark Mountains. Joplin is the main hub of the three-county Joplin-Miami, MO-OK MSA, Joplin-Miami, Missouri-Oklahoma Metro area, which is home to 210,077 people; this makes the city the fifth largest metropolitan area in Missouri. In May 2011, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Joplin Tornado
The Joplin tornado, also referred to as simply the Joplin EF5, was a large, deadly and devastating Enhanced Fujita scale, EF5 tornado that struck the city of Joplin, Missouri, United States during the evening hours of Sunday, May 22, 2011, causing catastrophic damage to it and the surrounding regions. As part of a Tornado outbreak sequence of May 21–26, 2011, larger late-May sequence of tornadic activity, the extremely violent tornado began just west of Joplin at about 5:34 p.m. CDT (UTC–05:00) and quickly reached a peak width of nearly as it tracked through the southern part of the city, before later impacting rural Jasper County, Missouri, Jasper and Newton County, Missouri, Newton counties and dissipating after 38 minutes on the ground at 6:12 p.m. CDT (UTC–05:00). The tornado was on the ground for a total of . The tornado devastated a large portion of the city of Joplin, damaging nearly 8,000 buildings, and of those, destroying over 4,000 houses. The damage� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenoir City, Tennessee
Lenoir City is a suburban city located in Loudon County, Tennessee. The population was 10,117 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Knoxville metropolitan area in East Tennessee, along the Tennessee River southwest of Knoxville. History Native Americans were living in the Lenoir City area for thousands of years before the arrival of the first European settlers. On Bussell Island, which lies across the Tennessee River to the south, archaeologists have discovered evidence of habitation dating to as early as the Archaic Period (8000–1000 B.C.). The island is also believed to have been the location of "Coste", a village visited by Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto in 1540. The Cherokee called the Lenoir City area ''Wa'ginsi'' and believed it to be the home of a large serpent that brought bad luck to anyone who saw it. By the early 19th century, an early East Tennessee pioneer, Judge David Campbell, had laid claim to part of what is now Lenoir City, where he built a log ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Campbell, Alabama
Phil Campbell is a town in Franklin County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 992. It is one of two towns in Alabama to have the first and last name of an individual; the other being Susan Moore. It is the largest city in southern Franklin County. Geography Phil Campbell is located in southeastern Franklin County at . Alabama State Route 13 passes through the town, leading north to Russellville and south to Haleyville. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town of Phil Campbell has a total area of , of which , or 0.37%, is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,091 people, 458 households, and 317 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 535 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 98.99% White, 0.27% Native American, 0.18% from other races, and 0.55% from two or more races. 0.82% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 458 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elkmont, Alabama
Elkmont is a town in Limestone County, Alabama, United States, and is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the population of the town was 434, down from its record high of 470 in 2000. History Elkmont began as a stop known as "Fort Hampton" along the newly-constructed Tennessee and Alabama Central Railroad in 1859. The name was changed to "Elkmont," after the elk that once flourished in the area, in 1866.Loretta Merrell Ellis,Limestone County History" Limestone County official site. Accessed: September 21, 2017. The Tennessee and Alabama Central eventually became part of the L&N Railroad system, which built the current depot (now used as a community center) in 1887.Kelly Kazek,Scenes from Elkmont: Surprising Location of Alabama's 'Goat Cheese Capital'" AL.com, October 27, 2014. The railroad tracks have since been removed, and are now part of the Richard Martin Trail. Elkmont incorporated in 1873. During the Civil War, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hackleburg, Alabama
Hackleburg is a town in Marion County, Alabama, Marion County, Alabama, United States. It incorporated on August 23, 1909.Christopher Maloney,Hackleburg" ''Encyclopedia of Alabama'', July 16, 2018. At the 2020 census, its population was 1,425, down from 1,516 at the 2010 census. History Hackleburg developed in the early 19th century as a stop along Jackson's Military Road. It was named by the early drovers of sheep who passed through the region while ''en route'' to market in Tuscumbia, Alabama, Tuscumbia, and whose sheep encountered a thorny plant growing in abundance in that area and known locally by the name Xanthium strumarium, hack burrs (often corrupted to "hack berries") and which same plants were often fatal to sheep, besides being destructive to their wool. A post office opened in the town in 1885. Hackleburg incorporated in 1909 following the construction of a branch line of the Illinois Central Railroad through the area. Hackleburg marks the highest point (some 931 fee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Hackleburg–Phil Campbell Tornado
During the afternoon hours of April 27, 2011, a large, long-lived and deadly EF5 tornado, commonly known as either the Hackleburg tornado, the Phil Campbell tornado, or simply Hackleburg–Phil Campbell, devastated several towns in rural northern Alabama before tearing through the northern suburbs of Huntsville. It was the deadliest tornado of the 2011 Super Outbreak, the largest tornado outbreak in United States history. The second of four EF5 tornadoes to touch down on April 27, along with the Philadelphia, Mississippi, Smithville, Mississippi, and Rainsville, Alabama tornadoes; the tornado reached a maximum width of and was estimated to have had peak winds of , and a total path length of about , making it the third-longest-tracked tornado of the entire outbreak after the Cordova–Blountsville EF4 tornado and Enterprise, Mississippi EF4 tornado. Along with the El Reno–Piedmont, Oklahoma tornado that occurred a month later and the 2013 Moore tornado, it is the highest r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
