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When and where are tornadoes most common in Texas?
That’s well above second-ranked Hale County, north of Lubbock, which had 133 ... either F0/EF0 or F1/EF1. Violent tornadoes — those rated F4/EF4 and F5/EF5 — are much rarer.
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10 Times Tornadoes Flattened Entire Towns in the Midwest
curid=131947506. Image via Wikipedia On May 11, 1970, Lubbock, Texas, faced the wrath of a devastating tornado that reached F5 intensity. The tornado flattened miles of urban infrastructure, destroyed ...
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On Today's Date: An F5 Tornado Roared Through Jackson, Mississippi
Tornadoes in the U.S. typically increase sharply in spring. Unfortunately, a few of those can be violent tornadoes, particularly in the South. On March 3, 1966, 59 years ago today, an F5 tornado ...
Thousands without power in Lubbock, Amarillo areas during high wind dust storm
Powerful winds and blowing dust on Friday have triggered thousands of power outages and contributed to poor driving ...
Sweeping March storm system threatens U.S. with tornadoes, blizzards and wildfire conditions
A huge storm system crossing the U.S. threatens to unleash tornadoes Friday in the Mississippi Valley, blizzards in the ...
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Lubbock health officials confirm first measles case in county found in unvaccinated child
Mere hours after Texas state health officials confirmed a total of 48 measles cases in West Texas in recent weeks, Lubbock health authorities confirmed the first case involving a Lubbock County ...
The worst type of tornado hasn't hit the US for over a decade, perplexing experts
Researches found little evidence that tornadoes were getting weaker. Instead, it appears that a subjective tornado grading ...
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The worst type of tornado hasn't hit the US for over a decade, perplexing experts
"It’s likely that several of these tornadoes would have been rated F5 using the legacy Fujita scale." Thus, the lack of EF5-rated tornadoes in the past decade is "less due to a weakening of ...