Severe Storms Ravage Four US States During Memorial Day Weekend, Claiming Lives and Causing Widespread Damage
Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Kentucky saw a horrific onslaught of tornadoes, which claimed 18 lives altogether, including 4 children. Millions more are bracing for ongoing severe weather threats for the rest of the Memorial Day weekend.
Several states issued tornado alerts Sunday evening. The violent storms that began Saturday evening and continued overnight caused significant destruction Texas, a suspected tornado resulted in injuries to a number of people, , overturned 18-wheelers, downed trees, and knocked out power lines on Saturday night, according to authorities.
On Sunday, survey teams from the National Weather Service reported severe damage in Claremore, Oklahoma, assigning a preliminary EF3 rating to the tornado, indicating wind speeds between 136 and 165 mph.
In Tulsa, multiple tornadoes and hail measuring two inches in diameter were reported, resulting in injuries to six people. The National Weather Service has so far confirmed two EF-2 tornadoes in Texas — one that tracked across Montague, Cooke and Denton counties and another in Collin County.
As the storms move toward the East Coast on Monday, they are expected to bring high winds and large hail from Washington, D.C., through the Southeast. Flash flooding remains a significant risk as the storms progress across the country, particularly in the mid-Mississippi Valley, where three million people, including residents of Memphis, Tennessee, and Tupelo, Mississippi, are under flood alerts.
The potential for heavy rain over parts of the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys, the middle Mississippi Valley, and the Central Appalachians has prompted a slight risk, Level 2 of 4, of excessive rainfall in those regions through Monday morning. Cities such as Louisville, Kentucky; Cincinnati; St. Louis; Nashville; and Indianapolis are included in the Level 3 threat for severe weather.
Severe Storms Ravage Four US States During Memorial Day Weekend: Actionable Insights on EigenPrism
Post- Event
Tornado & Hail
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US Tornado & Hail May 26, 2024 Post-Event Impact Report
This report template includes the major tornadoes from May 26, 2024. You can find all the available damage surveys in the model catalog.
- Tornado Track in Mansfield, Missouri
- Tornado Track in Anthony, Kansas
- 24-hr Rotational Track Ending
- 24-hr Tornado Report
The report template also contains the latest available hail footprints, which include:
- 24-Hr Hail Swath Ending as of 2024-05-26
Tornado, Hail, & Wind
Subscribers of Canopy Weather in EigenPrism can assess the impact of the tornado, hail, and wind from May 26, 2024, using these latest available footprints within EigenPrism®
US Tornado Proximity Map as of 2024-05-26
Daily CONUS Peak Wind Gusts as of 2024-05-26
Daily CONUS Hail Swath Map as of 2024-05-26
Forecast
All EigenPrism® users can assess the forecast of this multi-peril event using the following report template:
US Severe Weather 2024 Forecast Report
The report template auto-updates with the latest available footprints, which include:
- Significant Tornado Day 1 Outlook
- Significant Hail Day 1 Outlook
- Significant Wind Day 1 Outlook
- WPC 3-Day Excessive Rainfall Outlook
- NA 5-day Flood Potential
- NA 3-day Flood Potential
- US Flood Outlook
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