Severe thunderstorm viewing is in effect until 11pm on Tuesday. Here’s the latest information from Matt Holliner, chief meteorologist.
PHOTOS: Witness the deadly devastation of hurricanes over the years
May 22, 2011: Joplin, Missouri
In this May 25, 2011 photo, Beverly Wynans hugs her daughter Debbie Sorlin as she picks up items from Wynans’ destroyed home in Joplin, Missouri. The deadliest hurricane to hit the United States in the past several decades struck on May 22, 2011, destroying a wide area of Joplin and leaving 161 people dead.
AP Photo/Charlie Riddle
April 2011: Southeast United States
Tuscaloosa Fire Lieutenant Brian Phillips climbs a pile of rubble looking for survivors or bodies in an apartment building in Tuscaloosa, Ala., after 362 tornadoes hit the southeastern United States over three days in April 2011, killing an estimated 321 people. Alabama has been hardest hit, with a death toll of more than 250 in that state alone.
AP Photo / Dave Martin
February 5, 2008: “Super Tuesday” outbreak
New cars and trucks at a Chevrolet dealership sit under the wreckage of a tornado that struck Mountain View, Ark, on February 5, 2008. The Super Tuesday outbreak of 87 tornadoes in the southeastern United States killed 57 people.
AP Photo / Danny Johnston
April 2014: Southeast and Midwest
An American flag waves from a temporary flag pole in front of a concrete slab that was once a home in Louisville, Missouri after a tornado destroyed the house on April 28, 2014. The outbreak of dozens of tornadoes, triggered by a powerful storm system, hit the Southeast and Midwest over a three-day period in April 2014 and 32 people were killed in Iowa, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee.
AP Photo / Rogelio V. Solis
May 20, 2013: Moore, Oklahoma
A tornado killed 24 people on May 20, 2013 in Moore, Oklahoma. The hurricane’s wind speed was over 200 mph, making it the strongest rating for the EF-5.
AP Photo / Alonzo Adams
March 18, 1925: Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana
This March 1925 photo shows an upside-down house moved more than 50 feet from its foundation in the aftermath of a cyclone in Griffin, India. The March 18 tornadoes that hit Missouri, Illinois and Indiana killed nearly 700 people, topping the list of the deadliest tornadoes in the United States.
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May 11, 1953: Waco, Texas
Backed by heavy equipment, workers begin the massive task of cleaning up debris left in the downtown area of Waco, Texas, in the aftermath of the May 11, 1953 hurricane. It was one of the 10 deadliest tornadoes in US history, killing 114 people.
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November 6, 2005: Evansville, Indiana
While others stand alone, debris strewn from destroyed mobile homes in Eastbrook Mobile Home Park in the aftermath of a tornado in Evansville, Indiana, on November 6, 2005. The tornado traversed southwest Indiana and northern Kentucky, killing and destroying 20 people. Homes and thousands of electricity hit.
AP Photo / Darron Cummings
May 10, 2008: Southwest Missouri
A car was dumped along Interstate 86 north of Racine, Missouri, due to a tornado that struck the area in southwest Missouri on May 10, 2008. 14 people were killed and hundreds were injured in the tornado.
AP Photo/Mike Gullit
May 25, 2008: Iowa
The first floor of the house is all that remains on September 8, 2008, in Parkersburg, Iowa, more than three months after the May 25 tornado that destroyed and damaged hundreds of homes in the area and left nine people dead.
AP Photo / Kevin Sanders
February 29, 2012: Illinois
Family and friends try to save what they can on February 29, 2012, in Harrisburg, Illinois, after a tornado destroyed neighborhood homes. The devastating EF4 tornado killed eight people.
Associated Press/Seth Perlman
February 11, 2009: Oklahoma
Three-year-old Brooklyn Hickman helps search through the rubble of her grandfather’s trailer home in Lone Grove, Oklahoma, on February 11, 2009, after a tornado struck, killing eight people. Weather problems, including an unusual string of February tornadoes, were among the top news stories in Oklahoma that year.
AP Photo / Sue Ogroki
April 28, 2011: Virginia
Pull-down traffic lights are seen after an EF3 tornado struck on April 28, 2011, in Ice Spring, Virginia. Three people were killed, and several homes and truck stops along I-81 were severely damaged.
Associated Press/Jeff Gentner
June 8, 1984: Barnifield, Wisconsin
As dawn broke on June 8, 1984, rescuers saw their first sight of Barnefield in Wisconsin. An F5 tornado swept through the village, killing nine people and destroying most of the small community. The hurricane’s strong winds were over 300 miles per hour.
Wisconsin magazine photo
May 1955: Udall, Kansas
Pictures of the devastation from the 1955 tornado that devastated Udall, Kansas, are on display at the City Museum. The May 1955 tornado was among the 25 deadliest tornadoes in US history, killing 80 people.
AP Photo/Charlie Riddle
March 2, 2012: Indiana
People clear rubble from a farm field on the outskirts of Marysville, Indiana, after a tornado with 150-mph winds swept through a southern Indiana village on March 2, 2012. The storm was part of a tornado outbreak that left 13 people dead in the south. Indiana.
AP Photo / Charles Wilson
October 2013: Nebraska
Several buildings were damaged October 5, 2013, in Wayne, Neb, after a deadly storm system buried parts of Wyoming and South Dakota in heavy, wet snow that also brought powerful thunderstorms gathering hurricanes to the Great Plains, causing millions of dollars in damage. Some of the biggest damage from hurricanes was in Wayne, a town of 9,600 people.
AP Photo / Dave Weaver
May 4, 2003: Missouri
Steve Jones lifts his grandfather’s gravestone into place at the Stockton City Cemetery in Stockton, Missouri, after most of the tombstones and nearly all of the trees in the cemetery were destroyed by a May 4, 2003 tornado, killing five people.
AP Photo / John S. Stewart
June 11, 2008: Iowa
The remains of a ranger’s home can be seen after a tornado struck Little Sioux Scout farm in remote Loess Hills, Iowa, on June 11, 2008. An EF3 tornado killed four people.
AP Photo / Loren Sawyer – Onawa Sentinel
July 8, 2014: Upstate New York
People sort the debris of a destroyed home after a storm on July 8, 2014 in Smithfield, New York The National Weather Service has confirmed that a tornado destroyed homes in upstate New York killing four people.
AP Photo / Mike Grohl
December 10-11, 2021: Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio Valley, southern US
An upside-down tree sits in front of a house destroyed by a tornado on December 11, 2021, in Mayfield, Kentucky. On December 10-11, violent and rare December tornadoes swept Kentucky and several other states. The death toll in Kentucky alone is 80. The storms combined killed more than 90 people in five states. The National Weather Service recorded at least 41 tornadoes on December 10 and 11, including 16 in Tennessee and eight in Kentucky. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, eight states — Kentucky, Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Illinois, Georgia, Ohio, and Indiana — have reported tornadoes.
AP Photo / Mark Humphrey
Matt Holliner covers weather and climate across the Midwest. Matt has eight years’ experience as a meteorologist and has forecast all kinds of weather for cities across the country. It holds a seal of approval from the National Weather Association.
