Costliest Tornadoes
The Storm Prediction Center’s web site has a wealth of information about severe weather in the United States. Looking through some of the information, I ran across the table below, and I thought it would be interesting to Alabama residents. Two of the top ten costliest tornadoes since 1950 occurred in Alabama, both of them on April 27, 2011. This certainly underscores the magnitude of the tornado event on that day and why we refer to it as a generational event.
The tornado count for Alabama for Monday night and early Tuesday stands at 21, 15 in Central Alabama and 6 in the Tennessee Valley counties. I have not seen a count for the counties served by the Mobile or Tallahassee NWS offices yet. But unlike April 27, 2011, most of these tornadoes have been rated EF2 or less with only a handful of EF3 tornadoes.
-Brian-
DATE |
LOCATION(S) |
ACTUAL $ |
INFLATION
|
|
1 |
22 May 2011 |
Joplin MO |
2,800,000,000 |
2,907,000,000 |
2 |
27 April 2011 |
Tuscaloosa AL |
2,450,000,000 |
2,543,690,000 |
3 |
8 Jun 1966 |
Topeka KS |
250,000,000 |
1,797,810,000 |
4 |
11 May 1970 |
Lubbock TX |
250,000,000 |
1,502,960,000 |
5 |
3 May 1999 |
Oklahoma City OK |
1,000,000,000 |
1,401,730,000 |
6 |
27 Apr 2011 |
Hackleburg AL |
1,290,000,000 |
1,339,330,000 |
7 |
3 Apr 1974 |
Xenia OH |
250,000,000 |
1,183,600,000 |
8 |
6 May 1975 |
Omaha NE |
250,603,000 |
1,084,430,000 |
9 |
10 Apr 1979 |
Wichita Falls TX |
277,841,000 |
893,853,000 |
10 |
3 Jun 1980 |
Grand Island NE |
285,050,000 |
807,953,000 |
Table Source: Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK
Category: Alabama's Weather
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Brian Peters is one of the television meteorologists at ABC3340 in Birmingham and a retired NWS Warning Coordination Meteorologist. He handles the weekend Weather Xtreme Videos and forecast discussion and is the Webmaster for the popular WeatherBrains podcast.Subscribe
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