User:HurricaneGonzalo/May 26-29, 1973 tornado outbreak

The May 26–29, 1973 tornado outbreak was a catastrophic tornado outbreak sequence that took place in the South on May 26–29, 1973. The severe weather event was the largest and the deadliest outbreak sequence in 1973. At least 105 confirmed tornadoes caused 22 deaths, 801 injuries, and approximately $274 million (1973 USD) in damages. The deadliest tornado of the entire event was a large, violent, long-tracked tornado that crossed the state of Alabama on May 27, killing seven and injuring about 200. The tornado, which tracked for almost 140 mi, was rated F4 on the Fujita scale and largely destroyed the small town of Brent. A day earlier, on May 26, another long-lived F4 tornado in Arkansas caused the highest single-tornado injury total in the outbreak sequence, with 289 people injured. The tornado caused severe damage to the city of Jonesboro and killed three people. Other notable, deadly tornadoes struck Kansas and Oklahoma on May 26, including an F1 in Kansas that killed three and a violent F4 that killed five in Muskogee County, Oklahoma. The outbreak on May 27 was reportedly the most severe to affect the U.S. state of Alabama since March 21, 1932.