User:Tropics23Tracker/sandbox

This page documents the tornadoes and tornado outbreaks of 2020, primarily in the United States. Most tornadoes form in the U.S., although some events may take place internationally.

January
There were 54 Tornadoes Confirmed in the US in January.

January 3
A few touchdowns occured on January 3rd, 2020 in Alabama and Mississippi, as a line of supercells went across the states. No Fatalities occured during the outbreak.

January 22
Many Tornadoes touched down on January 22nd, 2020. A violent tornado lasting from 5:45-6:28pm struck parts of Shreveport, Louisiana causing severe damage and the death of one person in the city, and many other tornadoes would damage other towns across the states of Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas.

February
There were 23 Tornadoes Confirmed in the US in February

February 7-9
Every tornado in February occured during these dates. Significant outbreaks from Feb 7th-9th occured mostly in Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi. A EF2 struck the town of Fisherville near Memphis, and caused significant damage in the town.

March
There were 34 tornadoes confirmed in the US in March.

March 22
A large violent tornado struck the town of Pleasant Hill in Mississippi, causing a severe amount of damage and leading to the deaths of 4 people. Another large tornado struck Sherwood in little rock a few hours before, causing EF2 damage and leading to the deaths of 2 people.

March 28
A large and extremely dangerous tornado struck Indianapolis, causing EF4 Damage, and caused extreme damage across the city, with most buildings impacted being reduced to rubble. Another Large and dangerous tornado hit Columbus, Indiana causing severe destruction, and later was rated EF4. Another EF4 also hit the town of Hagerstown. All in all, this outbreak caused the deaths of 3 people.

April
There was 200 tornadoes confirmed in the US in April.

April 1-2
A powerful EF4 hit Branson, Missouri on April 1st directly causing huge amounts of destruction across the town and the deaths of 2 people. An EF2 hit Lebanon, Missouri on April 1st causing significant damage. A very large and dangerous EF4 tornado struck the outskirts of El Reno, causing significant damage to a large court building. A EF3 struck Yukon just outside of Oklahoma City causing a single death and severe damage. A extremely large tornado struck Oklahoma City, causing the deaths of 45 people, and injuring 650, and was rated EF5.

April 4-6
A Violent EF4 tornado hit Canton on April 4, Texas and killed 1 person. On April 4, An EF2 tornado struck Longview, Texas just 15 minutes after the Canton tornado. A Large tornado struck Mayflower on April 5, and got an EF4 rating after destroying parts of the town and causing the death of one person. At 12:30pm CDT April 4th, a High risk was issued for April 5th, however this overall busted as all tornadoes occured outside the high risk area. A violent tornado touched down near Memphis, Tennessee, and hit the town of Collierville near Memphis at 5:32pm CDT, April 6th. It caused EF3 damage and resulted in the death of one person after there car was thrown half a mile.

April 12
Many tornadoes touched down on April 12th, most of which were brief spin ups and weak ropes lasting only seconds, but a few violent tornadoes touched down such as the Katie-Wynwood EF4 on April 12th, at 5:48 CDT-6:19 CDT which levelled many houses and threw many cars whilst also leading to the deaths of two people, one in each town. At 6:42 CDT, yet another large tornado touched down near Mineola, TX and struck a few buildings in rural areas near the town and was rated EF3, The tornado dissipated at 7:05 CDT. Later at roughly 8:35 CDT, a wedge tornado hit areas near Bowie, TX and caused EF3 damage. Yet again another large tornado touched down at 9:44 and dissipated at 10:12, causing EF3 damage to some farm houses near Hugo, Oklahoma.

April 13 (Germany)
A EF2 struck the city of Berlin, missing the city centre just to the west, resulting in the deaths of 5 people and injuring 23 people.

April 17-20
A Fairly Significant sequence of tornado outbreaks occured between April 17th and April 20th. On April 19th, at 6:11pm a tornado touched down near Wellington, Kansas and caused EF3 damage to many buildings near the town and caused the death of one person.

April 26-29
Alabama and Mississippi both reported many tornadoes from April 26th-29th, and particularly on April 27th, the 9th anniversary of the April 27th 2011 super outbreak, where 6 violent tornadoes touched down. An EF4 struck the city of Tuscaloosa at 4:34pm CDT, and caused major damage and the deaths of 11 people, and another EF4 hit the town of Tupelo on the same hour, causing the deaths of 12 people. 58 people were injured and 23 people died during this outbreak.

May
There was 511 tornadoes confirmed in the US in May. A Tornado formed on every single day of the month, and many would cause significant damage across the united states.

May 1-9
At 5:22pm CDT May 1st, a large and violent tornado struck the town of LoveLady, Texas and was responsible for levelling many homes completely and the death of 2 people and injuries of 20 others. The tornado was rated an EF4 a couple days later. On May 3rd, at 6:22pm CDT, A EF3 Tornado hit the city of Little Rock Arkansas, however missed downtown 1 mile to the west, and caused severe damage to many homes and injured 58 people. On May 4th, at 2:38pm CDT, a large tornado struck the town of Jackson in Missouri, and got rated EF4 after levelling buildings and killing 5 people and injuring 31 others. On the same day at 5:32pm CDT, another EF4 tornado hit Mt. Vernon in Indiana. It caused large amounts of damage to many homes and killed 1 person and injured 7 others.

Many other violent tornadoes hit farm buildings and 3 other people would die from EF3s in Santa Claus, Indiana and Frankfort, Kentucky. Houston would take a direct hit from a EF1 tornado on May 7th, at 6:09 CDT. The same supercell spawned a tornado near Fannett, and was rated EF2 after tearing roofs of some homes.

May 14-16
A lot of tornadoes formed in Texas and Oklahoma in May 14th to May 16th, however not many were significant. A EF2 tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma On May 15th, and caused the death of 1 person.

May 17-30
228 tornadoes formed from a sequence of tornado outbreaks that occured from May 17-30th and a few violent tornadoes also occured. An EF5 tornado hit Joplin and then Carthage in Missouri on May 19th, causing total damage and the deaths of 28 people, and caused the injuries of 88 others. This tornado caused EF4 damage in Joplin, and EF5 damage in Carthage. It finally dissipated after being on the ground for roughly 75 minutes. A EF4 tornado formed near Dennis Kansas on May 24th, and grew to over a mile wide near the town, and caused EF4 damage to buildings and lead to the death of 1 person. The supercell would then drop a tornado near Mccune Kansas, which was rated EF3 after killing one person, severely damaging many homes near the town, and injuring 5 people.

Another EF3 would occur on May 26th, near West Grove, Iowa and would damage many homes, however no fatalities or serious injuries were reported. Yet Another EF3 would form near Blairsville, Indiana and would eventually damage many buildings in Warrenton, Indiana and cause 12 injuries. Many other tornadoes would cause damage, however none were rated EF3 or higher.

June
There were 94 tornadoes confirmed in the US in June.

June 11
Several tornadoes touched down on June 11th, Including a tornado which would pass near Lovelady Texas, And injured 5 people.

June 17-19
A tornado touched down near Ringling, Oklahoma on June 18th, and eventually caused major damage to buildings near Wilson, Oklahoma and resulted in the death of 1 person and injuring 7 others. No other significant tornadoes occured.

June 25
A EF2 tornado hit downtown Beatrice, Nebraska and caused one fatality. Another tornado was very close to the Beatrice Tornado and Hoag about 21 minutes before, also causing EF2 damage.

July
There were 74 tornadoes confirmed in the US in July

July 7th
A EF3 tornado hit Bokchito, Oklahoma caused severe damage and injured 23 people after hitting the town directly. Another EF2 would hit the town and injured 10 people.

July 20th (UK)
A lot of tornadoes touched down in the UK, including the Birmingham tornado, which killed one person and injured 17 others. The Tornado tore off many roofs and flipped cars.

July 25th
A EF2 hit Vicksburg and injured 23 people. It hit the Walmart Supercenter and caused some roof damage to the structure.

August
There were 112 tornadoes confirmed in the US in August

August 13-15th
An EF4 tornado hit Vilonia, Arkansas and destroyed parts of the town, resulting in the injuries of 20 people. Another EF4 also hit Vilonia, Arkansas, and injured 20 people.

September
There were 73 tornadoes confirmed in the US in September

September 3-4
A EF2 tornado went through downtown Orlando and caused $25 Million in damages, and several injuries occurred.

September 15
A large and violent tornado hit south of Worcester, Massachusetts which lead to over 50 injuries.