50 years later: Remembering the deadly tornado Super Outbreak of 1974 the United States was assaulted by 148 tornadoes, several of which Savage Kentucky. Anna Brandenburg took a direct hit about ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The 1974 Super Tornado Outbreak is known as one of the worst tornado outbreaks in U.S. history — and the second largest tornado outbreak on record for a single 24-hour period.

Prior to the spring of 2011, the record number of tornadoes in a single month was 542, set in May 2004, while the record for April was only 267.The 2011 Tornado Super Outbreak by contrast, had 362 ...

A storm scientist explains what's been driving deadly tornado outbreaks and how tornado season has been changing.

51 years ago today the 1974 Super Outbreak began. At the time the largest and deadliest in U.S. on record. The two-day tornado outbreak produced 148 tornadoes across 13 states. 21 in Indiana.

Tornado damage from the Super Outbreak of 1974. The National Weather Service While Wednesday’s weather event isn’t projected to be as devastating as the Super Outbreak, there is a still a high ...

NORTHEAST Tenn./SOUTHWEST Va. (WJHL) —It has been 14 years since the April 2011 super tornado outbreak struck northeast Tennessee and southwest Virginia. One week after the tornadoes, News ...

Less than two weeks later, the late April 2011 Super Outbreak spawned 199 tornadoes in one day on April 27 and 349 twisters in 72 hours from April 25-28. This rash of tornadoes killed 321, injured ...

Columbus, Ga (WRBL)- 14 years ago today, the worst tornado outbreak of a generation was occurring. The 2011 Super Outbreak would go on to claim the lives of 321 people. The First Alert Weather Team… ...

Less than three weeks after a major outbreak, another rash of tornadoes tore across parts of the South and Midwest in early April 2025. That included 40 strong twisters.

It was “one of the rarest” tornado outbreaks on record, says a tornado expert, but “things like that are possible.” ...