JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) – Twenty-two years ago on Jan. 21-22, Arkansas saw its largest tornado outbreak in history. On that date, 56 tornadoes touched down. The National Weather Service in Little Rock issued 48 tornado warnings that day alone. Most of the tornadoes that formed did so along the Interstate 30 and Highway 67 corridor…
The first ‘tornado emergency’: Two decades ago, a worst-case scenario spawned 70 tornadoes that ravaged Oklahoma
May 3, 1999, started like so many other days in Oklahoma. Temperatures hovered in the mid-60s, low clouds and fog hung in the air, and a stiff southerly breeze continued to drag in moisture from the Gulf of Mexico. It was a stark contrast to later that evening, when parts of central Oklahoma were forever…
Cincinnati is no stranger to deadly April tornadoes. Could an outbreak happen again?
Every April, Greater Cincinnati remembers two deadly anniversaries. The tornado outbreaks in April 1974 that hit Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, and the Blue Ash and Montgomery tornado in April 1999 killed hundreds and destroyed huge swathes of our communities. The two storm systems are etched in the minds of the community, but April is only…
20 years later: 1999 tornado ‘a defining moment’ for Montgomery, mayor says
MONTGOMERY, Ohio — Two decades ago, an EF4 tornado smashed into the heavily populated communities of Montgomery, Blue Ash and Symmes Township destroying 92 homes and 40 businesses in its path. Four people lost their lives, and 94 homes suffered major damage, officials said. Twenty years later — on a calm, sunny day at the…
Remembering an EF-3 tornado that devastated Clarksville, twenty years later
CLARKSVILLE, TN (WSMV) – January 22 will be remembered for devastation in Middle Tennessee. Tuesday marked 20 years since an EF-3 tornado tore through part of Clarksville. It was one of the strongest tornadoes to ever hit the state, more than 120 buildings were reduced to rubble. Several hundred more were damaged. The storm had…