On the night of April 5 - 6, 1936, the 1936 Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak

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On the night of April 5 - 6, 1936, the 1936 Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak happened.
Mon Apr 5, 2021: On the night of April 5 - 6, 1936, the 1936 Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak happened.

1936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak

Duration: April 5–6, 1936
Tornadoes confirmed: ≥ 12
Max. rating: F5 tornado
Duration of tornado outbreak: 12–16 hours
Damage: $3 million in Tupelo, $12.5 million in Gainesville, Georgia
Casualties: ≥ 454 fatalities, >2,498 injuries

On April 5–6, 1936, an outbreak of at least 12 tornadoes struck the Southeastern United States. Approximately 454 people were killed by these tornadoes—419 by two tornadoes alone. This outbreak is the second deadliest ever recorded in US history. Although the outbreak was centered on Tupelo, Mississippi, and Gainesville, Georgia, where the fourth and fifth deadliest tornadoes in U.S. history respectively occurred, other destructive tornadoes associated with the outbreak struck Columbia, Tennessee; Anderson, South Carolina; and Acworth, Georgia.

This is the only continuous tornado outbreak in United States history to produce more than one tornado with triple digit death tolls. Severe flash floods from the associated storms produced millions of dollars in damage across the region.

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1936 Before AlGore was even born.

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That was a big one, lots of destruction. My parents were teenagers in the surrounding Tupelo area when it happened. Afterwards, there were a lot of residents in Tupelo who build storm shelters just in case. I remember seeing them still as a child there in the mid-60's.

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I was a teenager in 1965 bcc (before climate change) when the so-called Fridley tornadoes hit the Twin Cities. I still have my 8mm home movies of the damage, since transferred to digital video, that I drag out from time to time to remind my kids and grandkids that there's nothing new under the sun.

May 6, 1965 was one of the worst tornado outbreaks in Minnesota history. Six tornadoes affected six counties around the Twin Cities with 13 fatalities and over 500 injured. The tornado outbreak lasted three hours and caused $51 million in damage. There were four F-4s, one F-3, and one F-2. Two of the F-4s crossed paths, causing even more damage. These tornadoes developed due to low pressure in North Dakota/Canada and unstable air behind a warm front over the Twin Cities region.

https://www.weather.gov/mpx/19650506_Twin_Cities_Tornadoes

More proof of Global Warming, or something.