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FUNNEL CLOUD IN HATTIESBURG
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A TORNADO STRIKES HATTISBURG, MISSISSIPPI (USA)
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2013
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THE 2013 TORNADO SEASON HAS STARTED
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2013
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WILL THE TREND OF 2010, 2011 AND 2012 CONTINUE
IN 2013?
BOTH SPRING AND WINTER WEATHER ARE CREATING FAVORABLE
CONDITIONS FOR DEVASTATING TORNADOES
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MISSISSIPPI (bottom, center”) IS IN ZONE IV
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MAP OF THE USA’s “TORNADO ALLEY”
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TORNADO SEASON
• The peak of the annual tornado season is usually late winter through midsummer,….
• But tornadoes can happen any time of the year when the atmospheric conditions are right.
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EFFECT OF LA NINA
• Tornado outbreaks in recent year’s could be a consequence of La Nina, the cooling of the Pacific Ocean, which can cause the jet stream (and weather patterns) around the USA and the world to change.
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A tornado touching down and moving along one of
Hattiesburg’s main streets uprooted trees and damaged
buildings, including some at the University of Southern
MississippiINJURIES, BUT NO DEATHS
REPORTED
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FUNNEL CLOUD IN HATTIESBURG
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FUNNEL CLOUD IN HATTIESBURG
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WIND DAMAGE: UNIV. OF SOTHERN MISSISSIPPI
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HIGHLIGHTS OF NOTABLE TORNADOES OF 2012
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2012’S TWISTERS TOUCHED NEARLY ALL AREAS OF LIFE FROM THE GULF COAST TO THE GREAT LAKES TO THE
EAST COASTOver 10 million people were at
risk
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WHAT IS A DEVASTATING TORNADO LIKE?
Based on experiences in the USA
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ANATOMY OF A TORNADO
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SUDDENLY - - -
• With little of no warning, you hear a loud noise
• You turn to walk back to the house and it’s gone.
• You are alive, but homeless.
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2012’s SOCIETAL IMPACTS
• Homes, schools, fire stations, trailer parks, shopping malls, churches, hospitals, prisons, senior centers, resorts and complete towns were damaged and destroyed by high winds and hail.
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WITHOUT EARLY WARNING AND PROTECTION, THE DEATH TOLL (about 38) WOULD HAVE BEEN
HIGHER, BECAUSE OVER 10 MILLION PEOPLE WERE AT RISK
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SUDDENLY - - -
• You’re in the middle of an eerie state of confusion.
• You’ve lost everything.• So have your neighbors.
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AND ALMOST AS SUDDENLY - - -
• People you’ve never met before are giving you food, water, clothing, and medicine, and helping you find the will to start over again.
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FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR CREATION OF TORNADOS
• Strengthening winds
• Daytime heating• Low-level
moisture return along and ahead of cool front
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HAIL
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AN EF-4 TORNADO IN INDIANA: MARCH 2, 2012
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ES-4 TORNADOES HAVE WIND SPEEDS OF AT
LEAST 277 KPH (166 MPH)
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EARLY 2012 TORNADOES RIPPED THROUGH 6 STATES
• Homes, trailer parks, shopping malls, churches, hospitals, and resorts were damaged and destroyed by high winds as tornadoes touched down in Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, and 3 other Midwestern states.
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HENRYVILLE, INDIANA: DAMAGE AT JR – HIGH SCHOOL
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STORM APPROACHING ATHENS,GEORGIA AREA
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DAMAGE: HARRISBURG, IL: FEB. 29, 2012
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WIND DAMAGE: BRANSON, MISSOURI
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WIND DAMAGE: BRANSON, MISSOURI
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MARCH 2 STORMS STRETCHED FROM THE GULF COAST TO GREAT LAKES
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WARNING MESSAGES ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS
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WIND DAMAGE- TONEY, ALABAMA; MARCH 2
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WIND DAMAGE- HARVEST, ALABAMA; MARCH 2
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WIND DAMAGE- HARVEST, ALABAMA; MARCH 2
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WIND DAMAGE- HARVEST, ALABAMA; MARCH 2
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WIND DAMAGE- HARVEST, ALABAMA; MARCH 2
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DAMAGE: OOLTEWAH, TN
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BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY: MARCH 2
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TORNADO IN NEW PEKIN, INDIANA
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OVER 100 TORNADOES DEVASTATED MIDWESTERN
STATES: KANSAS, NEBRASKA, IOWA, AND, OKLAHOMA,
Saturday, April 14 - Sunday, 15, 2012
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PREDICTED TORNADO OUTBREAK: APRIL 13
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THE APRIL 14-16 TORNADO DISASTER
A SEVERE WEATHER SYSTEM THAT MOVED EAST ACROSS THE USA ON APRIL 14-16 SPAWNED
NEARLY 100 TORNADOES IN OK, AR, MS, AND AL, DAMAGED
COMMUNITIES, AND KILLED 17 PEOPLE IN THREE DAYS.
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THE SEVERE WEATHER SYSTEM SPAWNED 5 TORNADOES IN OKLAHOMA: APRIL 14TH
AFTER A TORNADO LEFT A ½ MILE WIDE AND 7 MILE LONG PATH OF DESTRUCTION IN THE TOWN OF TUSHKA, OK, THE SYSTEM MOVED ON INTO ARKANSAS
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TUSHKA: DAMAGE FROM TORNADO
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TUSHKA: MOBILE HOME DESTROYED
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TUSHKA: HOUSE DAMAGED AND CAR OVERTURNED
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IMPACTS IN ARKANSAS
• The same weather system also spawned tornadoes with 130 kph (80 mph) winds in Arkansas, killing seven.
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IMPACTS IN ALABAMA
• The same weather system spawned tornadoes in six counties in Alabama Friday, causing at least eight deaths.
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IMPACTS IN MISSISSIPPI
• Tornadoes spawned by the same system caused major damage in the town of Clinton, near Jackson, the capitol of Mississippi..
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120 TORNADOES ON SATURDAY, APRIL 14TH
The Storm Center in Norman, Oklahoma logged 120 storms on Saturday, with 98 of then in Kansas
5 deaths in Woodward, OK, mainly due to siren malfunction
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SOCIETAL IMPACTS
2-day losses in Kansas alone reached an $283 million
Wide-spread power outages, mobile home communities damaged, hospital in
Iowa , McConnell Air Force Base, and Boeing plant damaged, 12 counties in
Oklahoma declared disaster areas.
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SALINA, KANSAS: APRIL 14, 2012
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SOLOMON, KANSAS: APRIL 14, 2012
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NO DEATHS, BUT 75 % OF THURMAN, IOWA DAMAGED: APRIL 14, 2012
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THURMAN, IOWA: AM. RED CROSS SURVEYS DAMAGE; APRIL 15, 2012
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OKLAHOMA GOV. MARY FALLIN, DECLARES STATE OF DISASTER: APRIL 15, 2012
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IMMEDIATE RESPONSE
Cots, food, water, medical supplies, and personal hygiene supplies were
rushed to impacted areas in each state.