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Appearance
Type | Tornado outbreak |
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Duration | April 22-23, 1883 |
Tornadoes confirmed | = 17 |
Max. rating1 | F4 tornado |
Fatalities | = 92 deaths, = 412 injuries |
Damage | Unknown |
Areas affected | Southern United States |
1Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita scale |
The April 1919 tornado outbreak occurred on April 8-9, 1919 in the Southern Great Plains, producing numerous strong tornadoes and killing at least 92 people.[1]
Confirmed tornadoes
FU | F0 | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | Total |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | = 22 |
April 8 event
F# | States | Location | County | Time (UTC) | Path length | Damage |
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F4 | TX | Near Blue Ridge to NE of Ravenna | Collin, Fannin | 2345 | 30 miles | 18 fatalities, 60 injuries Violent night time tornado moved NNE and due N at times, devastating rural communities like Blue Ridge, Delba, Trenton, and Ector. Near Blue Ridge 6 of 8 family members died. At Ector two boys died running from the tornado in a field. 25% of Ravenna was destroyed. |
April 9 event
F# | States | Location | County | Time (UTC) | Path length | Damage |
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F2 | TX | E and NE of Bells | Grayson | 0030 | 12 miles | 2 fatalities, 20 injuries Two dozen homes destroyed E of Bells in Canaan community. Moved mostly due N the tornado hit and derailed a freight train, killing one worker |
F4 | TX, OK | SE of Whitewright TX to Mulberry OK | Grayson TX, Fannin TX, Bryan OK | 0045 | 25 miles | 8 fatalities, 50 injuries Tornado moved NNE and devastated towns of Mulberry TX and Yarnaby OK |
F2 | OK | Near Albany | Bryan | 0100 | unk | 1 fatality, 3 injuries Woman killed when home was destroyed in Albany |
F2 | TX | Near Mullin | Mills | 0110 | 2 miles | 1 injury, damage to 20 homes and a bank in Mullin |
F3 | OK | SW of Roberta to NW of Durant | Bryan | 0145 | 10 miles | 9 fatalities, 35 injuries All deaths in Roberta, where damage was significant |
F2 | OK | Armstrong area | Bryan | 0200 | unk | 5 injuries, houses and oil tanker hit, trees downstream were coated with oil |
F3 | OK | NW of Bromide to E of Durant | Coal, Pontotoc | 0230 | 20 miles | 1 fatalities, 4 injuries Homes damaged SE of Jesse |
F4 | TX | N of Eustace SE of Grand Saline | Henderson, Van Zandt | 0330 | 30 miles | 17 fatalities, 60 injuries Most of Eustace was wiped out. Tornado may have been up to 1.5 miles wide or had multiple funnels |
F4 | TX | SE of Mineola W of Mount Pleasant | Wood, Camp, Titus | 0415 | 50 miles | 24 fatalities, 100 injuries Continuous path of catastrophic destruction up to one mile wide. Entire families were injured or killed as hundreds of homes were obliterated. |
F2 | TX | SW to NE of Oak Grove | Red River, Bowie | 0500 | 10 miles | 4 fatalities, 15 injuries Significant damage in Oak Grove. Three more people may have later died from injuries. |
F3 | TX, AR | NW of Texarkana TX to N of Columbus AR | Bowie TX, Little River AR, Hempstead AR, Howard AR | 0715 | 30 miles | 8 fatalities, 59 injuries Killed two in Texas before crossing into Arkansas and devastating the community of Ogden. Four more died in [Saratoga, Arkansas|Saratoga]]. |
See also
References
Bibliography
- Grazulis, Thomas (1993), Significant Tornadoes 1680-1991: A Chronology and Analysis of Events, St. Johnsbury, Vermont: Environmental Films, ISBN 1-879362-03-1