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	May 2003 Tornado Outbreak Sequence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The May 2003 Tornado Outbreak Sequence in the United States was a series of tornado outbreaks that occurred from May 3 to May 11, 2003.
		The old record for most tornado reports in one week was 245 during the week of the Super Outbreak (March 30 to April 5, 1974), however, that unparalleled outbreak alone still produced more significant and violent tornadoes than any other week in history.
		The track became sporatic and narrow as the tornado crossed from Madison county to Henderson county, and damage surveys indicated that the tornado dissipated to the south of Lexington.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/May_2003_tornado_outbreak (4250 words)

	April 2, 2006 Tornado Outbreak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The April 2, 2006 Tornado Outbreak was a tornado outbreak that occurred on April 2, 2006 in the central United States.
		It was the second major outbreak of 2006, in the same area that suffered considerable destruction in a previous outbreak on March 11 and March 12, as well as an outbreak on November 15, 2005.
		It is the deadliest tornado outbreak in the United States since the May 2003 Tornado Outbreak Sequence in the first week of May 2003, which killed 48.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/April_2,_2006_Tornado_Outbreak (1738 words)

	May 10 - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (131st in leap years).
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	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/May_10 (1194 words)

	Midwest Climate
		Tornado reported on the ground in Parkville, Platte County.The storm destroyed much of an industrial park south of Parkville and at least one subdivision in Northmoor.
		Tornado reported on the ground near in the north Kansas City metro area near Liberty, in Clay County at Highway 291 and I-35.
		Tornado confirmed on the ground between Pierce City and Monett in Lawrence County.
	mcc.sws.uiuc.edu /climate_midwest/historical/may0403svrwx.htm (900 words)

	May 04, 2003 Tornado Outbreak
		May 04, 2003 Kansas and Missouri Tornado Outbreak
		The tornado morphed into a fabulously fluid and dynamic multiple vortex tornado with evolutions that are best viewed on video rather than described.
		I fear the tornado hit the north side of Aurora, MO. At times we got as close as 2/3 of a mile from the tornado as we drove northeast on Hwy 60 and then east on farm road 2200 south of Marionville and then Hwy 173 east of town.
	www.silverliningtours.com /silver2/2003May04.htm (1790 words)

	USATODAY.com - Oklahoma stuck in tornado drought (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Tarp also says that 2003 was only the second year since 1950 that there were no confirmed Oklahoma tornadoes in the month of June and the first year that there were no tornadoes from June through December.
		The strongest 2003 tornado was the F4 tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma City, Midwest City and Choctaw on the afternoon of May 8.
		Tornadoes are ranked using the Fujita Scale–; a rating system that estimates a tornado's wind speed by the damage it does.
	www.usatoday.com /weather/news/2004-01-23-tornado-drought_x.htm (622 words)

	12.1 Tornado Outbreak Day Sequences: historic events and climatology (1875-2003) (2004 - 22SLS) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		An outbreak sequence is defined as a continuous or near continuous sequence of successive tornado outbreak days.
		A variety of definitions for an outbreak “sequence” are explored including definitions tailored to fit the recent tornado outbreak sequence from 3-11 May 2003.
		With allowances for increased reporting of tornadoes in recent years, at least 3 other events approached or exceeded the May 2003 event in some measures of intensity and duration.
	ams.confex.com /ams/11aram22sls/techprogram/paper_81933.htm (326 words)

	Harper County Kansas Tornado Outbreak May 12 2004
		May 12th, 2004 may become one of the more memorable days for several people across Kansas and across the nation.
		All of the tornadoes were spawned by cyclical Supercells that moved across the county between the hours of 730 pm and 10 pm.
		Image 17) This tornado was rated as an F2 due to the complete loss of the roof, two barns being destroyed and slight realignment of the vehicles.
	www.tornadochaser.net /harper.html (638 words)

	May 15, 2003 southern plains tornadoes
		After the Boise City tornado dissipated, the group drives south and east in an attempt to intercept another supercell thunderstorm over southeastern Cimarron County, OK. Note the large blocky updraft and associated mesocyclone (view to the south).
		Here is their first view of the large tornado being produced by this storm about 8 miles west of Stratford.
		This is one of the brief, weak tornadoes produced by that storm near Sunray, TX.
	www.silverliningtours.com /silver2/2003May15.htm (836 words)

	Storm chasing news and tornado news
		The tornado (or tornadoes) apparently began in Kentucky, and crossed the Ohio River, but no falaties were reported in Crittenden and Webster Counties in Kentucky.
		Twenty nine preliminary reports of tornadoes were received during a violent tornado outbreak in Wisconsin on the afternoon and evening of August 18, 2005.
		May 2003 was a record month for the number of tornadoes in the United States.
	www.tornadoexpress.com /news.html (790 words)

	seMissourian.com: Off! Magazine: Hurricane Isabel? Who needed it?
		Tornadoes are nature's terrorists: they strike without warning, hitting random targets while leaving others mostly unscathed with no rhyme or reason.
		The very weakest tornado, an F-1 on the Fujita scale (with winds of 73-112 miles per hour) could be stronger than Hurricane Isabel, albeit much more isolated and fast moving.
		The May tornadoes could end up being bigger than all but five hurricane or tropical storm events in entire the history of the U.S. Also, there were 40 fatalities throughout the Midwest from the May 2003 tornado outbreak.
	www.semissourian.com /story/123674.html (813 words)

	NewsChannel 8 - Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak of May 8, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		NewsChannel 8 - Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak of May 8, 2003
		On May 8, 2003, the areas south of Oklahoma City, already hard hit by tornadoes four years earlier, were targeted again as a large twister took nearly the same path it did in 1999.
		A tornado was spotted by NewsChannel 8's storm chasers near Red Rock and the damage path took it into areas like Fairfax, Little Chief, Hulah and Bowring in Osage County as well as north of Copan in Washington County.
	www.ktul.com /external.hrb?p=oklahomatornado (254 words)

	May 2003 Military News
		Army lifts OIF 'stop movement' order Army News Service 19 May 2003-- With the victory in Iraq, the Army is lifting its "stop movement" order issued earlier this year so that soldiers will soon be able to report to their next assignment.
		Seabees Return to Hawaii Navy Newsstand 19 May 2003-- Four Seabees from the 30th Naval Construction Regiment, (NCR) based in Pearl Harbor, were given a 'hero's welcome home,' as they returned from their duties in Iraq recently.
		Tornado damage expected to exceed $10 million AFPN 19 May 2003-- Despite no reports of injuries or aircraft damage, a tornado inflicted millions of dollars worth of damage, base officials here said.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2003/05/05-19_index.htm (2255 words)

	NCDC: Climate of 2003: Global hazards and significant events
		The deadliest outbreak of severe weather since May 1999 produced 84 tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds across 8 states during May 4-5th.
		Tornadoes affected the metropolitan Kansas City area, producing F4 damage to parts of the city.
		In Oklahoma City, damaging tornadoes occurred on both the 8th and 9th, prompting President Bush to declare all of Oklahoma a federal disaster area (Associated Press).
	www.ncdc.noaa.gov /oa/climate/research/2003/may/hazards.html (1263 words)

	PLEASE POST
		We take a look back at the outbreak, examining the synoptic conditions and the skill of operational weather forecasts and considering what synoptic conditions were responsible.
		We also compare this outbreak against the climatological record of other outbreaks to assess how unusual such an event was.
		While no other 9-day period in the 86-year record had strong tornadoes each day and no other period in the last 25 years had such consistently tornado-favorable conditions, we found five other outbreaks in the 86-year record were similar to this outbreak in other metrics.
	www.mmm.ucar.edu /events/seminars/docs/Hamill6-17-04.htm (151 words)

	Tornado readiness improving \| csmonitor.com
		As communities struck by last week's tornado outbreak echo with the rumble of front-end loaders and the metallic thud of debris hitting dumpsters, weather forecasters are calling it the most intense week for twisters in US history.
		Yet for all its destruction, the outbreak also appears to be vindicating the country's investment in research and hardware to improve forecasts and warnings.
		The dramatic shift in fatality rates may be of little solace to those who lost friends or relatives in last week's storms.
	www.csmonitor.com /2003/0514/p03s02-usgn.htm (554 words)

	May 10 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		May 10 is the 130th day of the in the Gregorian Calendar (131st in leap years).
		The Inheritance, by Lousia May Alcott, tells the life of an orphan who's never known her family.
		This sequel to "Eight Cousins" is one of Louisa May Alcott's masterpieces.
	www.freeglossary.com /May_10 (1088 words)

	Kansas City Weather Podcast: Review and thoughts about Sunday's severe weather
		This was the first PDS tornado watch we have had in KC since the May 4, 2003 tornado outbreak.
		Tornadoes were also reported near Warrensburg, Whiteman AFB in Knob Noster, near LaMonte in Pettis county (where it was reported to be a half-mile wide), and others.
		This was in responce to a tornado warning that was issued for northwestern Johnson county.
	kcweather.blogspot.com /2006/03/review-and-thoughts-about-sundays.html (1604 words)

	May 15th, 2003 Tornado Outbreak
		The tornado developed northeast of McLean in Wheeler County and moved toward the southeast.
		The tornado reached a maximum width of 1 mile across for 5 of the 10 miles.
		The tornado redeveloped near the intersection of North Sunset Ln and NW 15th St. The vortex moved east down NW 15th before it curved north, just west of the YMCA building.
	www.srh.noaa.gov /ama/Research/may_15_2003/030515.html (899 words)

	May 10 - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
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	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/m/a/y/May_10.html (1283 words)

	CNN.com - Tornado hits Oklahoma as storms batter Midwest - May. 8, 2003
		CNN's Miles O'Brien recaps the storms that have rocked the midwest and southern U.S. Pierce City, Missouri, residents are dealing with the aftermath of a storm that all but wiped out their town's heritage.
		Another violent outbreak of tornadoes pummeled the Midwest Thursday, wreaking havoc from the suburbs of Oklahoma City northward to the towns of eastern Kansas.
		A tornado touched down in a field in Cloud County, Kansas, around 3:30 p.m., causing no major damage but putting authorities on alert.
	www.cnn.com /2003/WEATHER/05/08/tornadoes/index.html (976 words)

	Storm Chase 2003 May 16 - May 18 Colorado storms
		(1V) This was the end of a record-breaking tornado outbreak that had plagued the Midwest for almost two weeks.
		On May 17th, no severe weather was expected, and the Storm Chaser picnic was that afternoon.
		Other chasers had just experienced the most number of tornadoes ever recorded and were leaving the next day after their two weeks.
	www.harkphoto.com /05182003.html (944 words)

	NWS Paducah, KY
		The night of May 6, 2003 will long be remembered in southern Illinois, southeast Missouri, and western Kentucky for the devastation, injuries, and two fatalities wrought by a series of tornadoes.
		The strongest, most destructive, and deadliest tornado of the night was rated F-4, with peak winds near 210 MPH.
		The next most intense tornado of the night, and the only other tornado rated stronger than F-2, struck the southeast Missouri city of Jackson in Cape Girardeau County.
	www.crh.noaa.gov /pah/storm/May.6.2003/index.php (347 words)

	CNN.com - Alabama latest to be declared disaster - May. 12, 2003
		Supercell thunderstorms on May 7 generated at least 10 tornadoes and record flooding in Alabama, according to the National Weather Service.
		Officials with Tennessee Emergency Management Agency were shaking their heads in disbelief Monday after yet another round of tornadoes hit the state over the weekend, capping more than a week of storms.
		If those preliminary numbers hold, they would constitute the worst tornado outbreak during a seven-day period in the United States -- in terms of total number of tornadoes -- since NOAA began keeping records in 1950, said agency spokesman Joe Schaeffer.
	www.cnn.com /2003/WEATHER/05/12/tornadoes/index.html (577 words)

	Andrew Revering's Kansas City, KS Chase
		The tornado got rain-wrapped when Doug lost sight of the tornado, but from Mikey's location the tornado was still very visible from the ENE.
		Just after we lost view of the tornado is where it took the life of an 81 year old man and his dog who were outside trying to seek shelter when the tornado struck.
		The tornado continued on toward Liberty, MO, however we were unable to reposition ourselves to see the tornado again.
	www.aprweather.com /chase/kansascity.htm (1034 words)

	RMS Press Release - April 5, 2004 - 1974 Super Tornado Outbreak
		This would exceed the record-setting losses from an outbreak in May 2003 that caused an estimated $3.13 billion in total insured losses, according to the Property Claims Service of the Insurance Services Office.
		"The scale of the geographic area affected by this outbreak is unmatched, and therefore is often viewed as a worst-case tornado event," said Kyle Beatty, RMS meteorologist.
		Many major metropolitan areas in the Midwest and South had the potential to be hit by tornados in the 1974 event, but were spared.
	www.rms.com /NewsPress/PR_040504_SuperTo.asp (333 words)

	Severe and Hazardous Weather - Recent Severe Weather Events
		From May 3 00Z through May 11 00Z a persistent trough/rigde pattern persisted across the United States.
		Tropospheric wind shear is illustrated over tornado alley during the period by wind barbs.
		National radar (every 2 hours) from May 4 through May 11 shows the development of thunderstorms each afternoon on the Plains and in the Midwest.
	severewx.atmos.uiuc.edu /recent/2003.05.tornado.html (208 words)

	Tornadoes in Minnesota: 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The first tornado was on May 14 near Sleepy Eye in Brown County and the last was a late September 26th tornado at Blaine in Anoka County.
		Most the tornadoes were weak with most an F0 or F1 on the Fujita Scale.
		The most in the past ten years was 74 tornadoes in 2001 to 33 tornadoes in 2000.
	climate.umn.edu /doc/journal/tornado2003.htm (144 words)

	Monroe City, MO F3 tornado (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The radar reflectivity shows the tornadic cells reached their peak "intensity" in the more unstable air prior to producing the tornadoes, while the tornadoes were produced as the peak reflectivities decreased after entering less unstable air.
		The picture on the upper left (with no tornado) was taken earlier, around the time the tornado formed, the picture on the lower left was taken next, and the three on the right were taken sequentially in time at one location (along with more similar pictures not posted).
		This means that the tornado had already formed to the distant northeast of where the strong winds were ripping the roof off the store.
	home.earthlink.net /~stormpics/10May2003tornadoes/MonroeCityTornado.html (3009 words)

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