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Gloucester County also has two middle schools that start at 7:45 am with homeroom and end at 2:46 pm. The schools' names are Peasley ( Lions ), and Page ( Eagles ). [7] [8] On April 16, 2011, part of Page Middle School was destroyed by a tornado that passed through the area.
The state with the highest number of tornadoes with deaths at schools is Alabama at 8 events. Illinois is second with 6 tornadoes. Missouri and Oklahoma are tied for third with 5 tornadoes. Fifth is Georgia with 3 tornadoes. Sixth are Texas, Tennessee, Indiana, Nebraska, Mississippi, and Arkansas, each with 2 events.
Part of the tornado outbreak sequence of May 21–26, 2011. The 2011 Joplin tornado was a large and devastating multiple-vortex tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri, United States, on the evening of Sunday, May 22, 2011. Part of a larger late-May tornado outbreak, the EF5 tornado began just west of Joplin and intensified very quickly, reaching ...
Part of the tornado outbreaks of 2012 and 2011–12 North American winter. On March 2 and 3, 2012, a deadly tornado outbreak occurred over a large section of the Southern United States into the Ohio Valley region. The storms resulted in 41 tornado-related fatalities, 22 of which occurred in Kentucky. [2] Tornado-related deaths also occurred in ...
Six people are dead after tornadoes, thunderstorms and strong winds ripped through Clarksville, Madison and other parts of Middle Tennessee on Saturday afternoon and evening. Dozens of other ...
Part of the tornado outbreaks of 2021 and 2021–22 North American winter. A deadly late-season tornado outbreak, the deadliest on record in December, produced catastrophic damage and numerous fatalities across portions of the Southern United States and Ohio Valley from the evening of December 10 to the early morning of December 11, 2021.
A tornado is a violently rotating column of air, in contact with the ground, either pendant from a cumuliform cloud or underneath a cumuliform cloud, and often (but not always) visible as a funnel cloud. [18] For a vortex to be classified as a tornado, it must be in contact with both the ground and the cloud base.
The tornado outbreak of April 9–11, 2009 was a tornado outbreak that affected large portions of the Southern United States on April 9–11, 2009. At least 5 people were killed by tornadoes including three in Mena, Arkansas and two in Murfreesboro, Tennessee just south of Nashville. A total of 85 tornadoes were confirmed over the two days.