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The Outbreak's Aftermath: A Look at the Numbers
UPDATED 8 AM EST, March 5, 2012
Compiled By WeatherBug Meteorologists | Friday and Saturday`s tornado outbreak ranks among the most epic sets of severe storms in recent memory. Here is a few of the facts about the thunderstorm attacks:
- Death toll by state: Alabama: 1, Georgia: 1, Indiana: 13, Kentucky: 21, Ohio: 3.
- Between Friday morning and Saturday evening, 127 tornadoes were reported.
- This exceeds the average number of tornadoes nationwide for the entire month of March, 87 twisters.
- Friday`s 117 tornado reports also smashed the record for a single day of tornadoes in March (previously 58 reports.
- At least one EF-4 tornado has been confirmed along with 10 EF-3 tornadoes.
- Thirty-nine people have been confirmed killed, the fifth-deadliest March outbreak since 1950.
- This was the second-deadliest early-March tornado outbreak ever, after the 1966 "Candlestick Park" tornado outbreak of Mississippi and Alabama.
- WeatherBug`s Earth Networks Total Lightning Network indicated at least three storms that extended for more than 300 miles across the Ohio Valley.
- Eleven different states reported a tornado on Friday or Saturday.
- Suppose that the states under a watch or warning from the outbreak were the only states won by a given Presidential candidate. That person would still earn 223 electoral votes... 270 are needed to win the election.
Watch for more interesting facts about this outbreak as they become available. Be sure to keep your WeatherBug active to receive the latest weather in your neighborhood. Get the latest updates anywhere on Twitter.
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