[71] However, that basically busted as little severe weather happened as the cap held up in most areas. February 1, 2007 marked the changeover from the Fujita Scale to the Enhanced Fujita Scale. [9][10], The activity continued farther east into Georgia and the Carolinas on January 5, with at least one, and likely more, possible tornadoes. An EF0 tornado touched down briefly (track length 50 yards (46 m)) near the intersection of Durand Road and M-21 in eastern Shiawassee County, Michigan at around 5:23 pm EDT, while another EF0 tornado touched down for 3 miles (4.8 km) in Salem Township, Washtenaw County at around 6:02 pm EDT. There were no injuries from any of the tornadoes. [127] The SPC forecast a potential severe weather event, possibly a major outbreak, beginning October 17 across much of central and eastern North America. Uptown, Westwego, and Gentilly all suffered damage. The most severe damage was around Elie, Manitoba where several houses were flattened and numerous others damaged or destroyed. Extended Outlooks The area was hit with extensive severe weather over the past few days which included torrential rains that caused significant flooding across the region as well as hail and wind. A moderate risk of severe weather was issued by the Storm Prediction Center as widespread severe weather, including tornadoes, were expected throughout the afternoon and evening. In New Orleans ist bei einem Tornado ein Mensch ums Leben gekommen. This storm caused considerable damage in many areas of the city and the island. Seven tornadoes were reported in the U.S. in November, all of which were confirmed. An electrical substation was destroyed, leaving the area without power for several days. Education Program At least one person was confirmed dead in Owensboro, Kentucky. [64] The activity weakened in the late evening, but not before the last tornadoes were reported in Iowa in the overnight hours. The National Weather Service office in Grand Rapids, Michigan also confirmed that two EF1 tornadoes hit rural Montcalm County near Cedar Lake. An EF1 tornado touched down in the Belfast Lough area of Northern Ireland. One person was injured. As of March 1, there were at least 53 tornadoes reported that day. On May 21, four tornadoes were reported in North Dakota and Nebraska. Slidell Radar It was up to 3⁄4 mile (1.2 km) wide at times and took down 14,000 acres (57 km²) of forest, damaging dozens of buildings. Two of the tornadoes were rated EF3 on the new Enhanced Fujita scale. Tuesday, February 13, 2007. [130] In total, 46 tornadoes were confirmed. Autoplay is paused. [115][116] Later that evening, an EF2 tornado touched down near Reynolds, North Dakota, snapping numerous trees near the Red River, and flattening a flag pole and an antique windmill to the ground. Farm fields in this area were heavily scoured, and mature corn stalks in one field were snapped at the base and flattened to the ground, with husked ears of corn found scattered about. The majority of the wind reports were from a bow echo that developed across central Kentucky and Tennessee during the evening hours and causing damage to trees, power lines, antennas and trailers. [118][119], An undeveloped tropical low over the Gulf of Mexico, which later became Tropical Depression Ten, spawned one confirmed and several possible tornadoes late on September 20 and early on September 21 over parts of central Florida, not far from areas devastated on February 2. The area primarily affected was the southern High Plains. The risk of tornado damage in New Orleans is much lower than Louisiana average and is higher than the national average. However, the supercells redeveloped into a hybrid derecho across Central and North Texas that evening, stretching from the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex to south of Waco and extending eastward to about Longview. Some roofs were blown away and destroyed, windows were smashed and power lines as well as telephone lines were seriously damaged. [87] Another tornado hit McHenry County, North Dakota; it was an EF1 with moderate damage, mainly to trees and farm buildings.[88]. Many of the families affected had just finished rebuilding their houses that were practically washed away by hurricane Katrina…how sad. A sudden string of supercells developed across eastern Iowa early in the afternoon of June 1 and tracked into northwestern Illinois and southwestern Wisconsin. A total of 10 tornadoes were confirmed; all of them were EF0 or EF1. A moderate severe weather event and tornado outbreak took place on February 23 and 24 across the south-central United States. Following tornado outbreaks, data were collected from individuals in regions surrounding New Orleans, LA, and Springfield, MO, using in-depth interview guides. In the final review of 2007, three EF0 tornadoes were confirmed on April 27. Office History Six mobile homes were destroyed, along with an athletic park. 2007 started quickly in terms of tornadoes, with the first tornado fatalities taking place in the first week of January. Please try another search. In the early morning hours of February 2, four separate tornadoes ran across Central Florida. Note: January tornadoes were rated using the old Fujita scale, but are included in the chart above by matching the F rating to the related EF scale rating. A volatile setup for severe thunderstorms was realized in far southeast Saskatchewan by late afternoon and resulted in two long lived supercells that moved southeast into southwest Manitoba and eventually far northeast North Dakota by nightfall. 152 tornadoes were reported in the US in June, of which 128 were confirmed. Six tornadoes were confirmed; five in North Dakota and one in South Dakota. A tornado also hit the areas of Dunboyne and Ashbourne in County Meath (eastern Ireland) and caused light damage to roofs in this area. River Forecasts [7], Just two days after the first Indonesia tornado, two separate tornadoes touched down in South Sulawesi. To avoid this, cancel and sign in to YouTube on your computer. While tornado occurrences are very rare, the Colombian capital Bogotá was hit by its second tornado of the year. Several houses collapsed, several trees downed. More tornadoes occurred on June 23. Hurricane Katrina devastated the city of New Orleans on August 29, 2005, and caused extensive damage to the New Orleans Arena. A powerful tornado touched down Tuesday in the New Orleans East neighborhood, flipping cars, smashing homes and injuring several dozen people, some seriously. Six were reported in the city of New Plymouth, Taranaki, devastating many houses and part of the Central Business District. [61] Another person was killed when a tornado destroyed structures in Ottawa County, Kansas, and another died in Stafford County, Kansas for an outbreak total of 14. The spring was also fairly active, with several significant tornado events in April and May, including a major outbreak in the first weekend of May producing the first ever EF5 tornado (and first F5 tornado on any scale in the 21st century). Another severe weather outbreak took place on April 3. While most of the activity on April 15 was straight-line winds, an isolated EF3 tornado touched down in Sumter County, South Carolina that morning. [58] City administrator Steve Hewitt said that 90% of Greensburg was destroyed and at least 16 people were critically injured, according to Fox. The SPC also issued a moderate risk for severe storms over parts of central Kansas and northern Oklahoma on May 6. Environment Canada also issued a risk of severe thunderstorms with possible tornadoes for all of northwestern Ontario and a severe weather watch was issued early Thursday morning from the Manitoba border towards the north shore of Lake Superior [69][79], There were 14 tornado reports that day. A slight risk was issued for most of Southern and Northeastern Ontario. One tornado hit a subdivision of New Orleans that was still recovering from the effects of Hurricane Katrina, which hit the region in August 2005. It was the first such issuance since April 7, 2006. [141] One person was killed near Ashburn, Georgia, when his eighteen-wheeler was thrown off I-75 by an EF1 tornado. However, in June 2001 a tornado killed six people and injured 350 in the town of Barranquillia in extreme northern Colombia. On May 1, a tornado hit the village of Vershinino in the central region of Tomsk (Tomsk Oblast) in central-southern Siberia. This tornado was detected by radar from numerous Flint and Detroit-area television stations' radar systems as upper level cyclonic rotation. The tornado was rated an EF5 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale,[60] the first since the new scale was implemented and the first F5 or EF5 tornado since the Bridge Creek tornado during the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak on May 3, 1999. However, no one was injured. Hail as large as baseballs were also reported.[23]. The second tornado touched down at 2:30 PM destroying several houses. [62], On the morning of May 5, the Storm Prediction Center issued a high risk across central Kansas and Nebraska. An elderly woman was injured in the house, and a family of five was injured in the mobile home. More severe weather was expected on October 18 across the Ohio Valley and the Great Lakes region. [128] The activity turned deadly overnight as an isolated tornado developed in the overnight hours near Paris, Missouri. A sharp cold front with low-topped supercells triggered a small outbreak of tornadoes across a portion of the central United States, particularly in the central Mississippi Valley. The storms in this system were part of the same system that sat over the Midwest Areas for almost a week, bringing pouring rain at first, then the severe Weather later in the week. [121], Severe thunderstorms developed across the Midwest on September 30. Marine Forecast Damage was reported to many buildings in the downtown core, as well as a section of Cordova Mall. After crossing Lake Huron, the same system once again intensified and a strong F1 tornado touched down in a rural area north of Mitchell, Ontario causing some damage [69] There was also an EF0 tornado in northern Indiana as well as in southern Ohio. NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge February 13th, 2007 New Orleans Area Tornadoes information [83], A destructive tornado struck the Trieu Son District in Thanh Hóa Province of central Vietnam, killing two people and heavily damaging nearly 500 houses. Videos you watch may be added to the TV's watch history and influence TV recommendations. Tornado watches were spread throughout Texas. The system also created damaging winds and a great amount of hail.[33]. A second tornado was also confirmed just east of the track of the first tornado and rated as a strong EF1 where additional roofs of homes were damaged. The tropics in the Western Hemisphere produced few significant tornadoes in 2007, but Typhoon Sepat produced a deadly tornado in China. On the evening of July 15, several supercells formed across the Dakotas. NEW ORLEANS — A powerful storm and likely a tornado hit the New Orleans … A complex weather system developed in mid-December, involving the merging of the remnants of Tropical Storm Olga with a cold front associated with a major winter storm to the north over the Northeast and Midwest. This outbreak was part of a winter storm that affected the Midwest states, the Great Lakes, Quebec, Ontario, the Canadian Maritimes and the US Northeast killing an additional 19 people. NEW ORLEANS — Eighteen months after Hurricane Katrina, Stella Chambers” modest red-brick house had finally been repaired, and she was waiting for one last utility hookup to move back in… [109][110] Numerous reports of straight-line wind damage were also received throughout the entire NWS Detroit/Pontiac coverage area. Damages from the tornadoes totaled to US$8.32 Million. [11], An F1 tornado struck southwest of San Marcos, Texas, causing severe structural damage. Der Hurrikan richtete Ende August 2005 in den südöstlichen Teilen der USA, insbesondere an der dortigen Golfküste, gewaltige Schäden an und erreichte zeitweise die Stufe 5. A rare tornado occurred in the capital of Colombia, Bogotá, and was caught on tape. An F1 tornado hit the village of Borod in Bihor region in western Romania, 40 km east of Oradea. The tornado initially touched down along Old Gentilly Road to the east of the New Orleans … Most of Grandview, Iowa was sealed off due to the extensive damage it sustained from the tornado. It destroyed six farmsteads and had a path length of 11 miles (18 km). This tornado injured a total of 28 people along its path. [133] and [134]. 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