Draft:List of airports struck by tornadoes
Appearance
This is a list of tornadoes that have struck airports.
List
[edit]F#/EF# | Airport | Anchor city | Date | Fatalities | Injuries | Summary | Ref |
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F3 | Will Rogers World Airport / Tinker Air Force Base | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | March 20, 1948 | 0 | 8 | 1948 Tinker Air Force Base tornadoes – Unpredicted tornado that destroyed 54 aircraft and damaged facilities at Tinker AFB. | [1] |
EF? | Tinker Air Force Base | 0 | 0 | Research by Grazulis found this tornado struck the northeast corner of the base. | |||
F3 | March 25, 1948 | 0 | 1 | 1948 Tinker Air Force Base tornadoes – This tornado was the first ever tornado successfully forecasted. 35 aircraft were destroyed. | |||
F2 | April 11, 1974 | White Rock Airport | Dallas, Texas | 0 | 0 | Caused damage to aircraft and automobiles. | [2] |
EF5 | Sheppard Air Force Base | Wichita Falls, Texas | April 3, 1964 | 7 | 111 | An extremely violent tornado moved through the Wichita Falls area before heavily damaging runways on Sheppard Air Force Base. | [3] |
F5 | Lubbock International Airport | Lubbock, Texas | May 11, 1970 | 26 | ~1,500 | Lubbock tornado – The tornado approached the airport near the end of its life, damaging 119 aircraft before lifting. | [4] |
F1 | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport | Cincinnati, Ohio | June 24, 1976 | 0 | 1 | A tornado, described as "mini-type", touched down on airport property. | [5] |
F1 | Quad Cities International Airport | Quad Cities | April 5, 1981 | 0 | 4 | 190 automobiles, alongside cargo buildings at the airport, were damaged. The tornado also damaged the Moline National Weather Service office. | [6] |
F5 | Aurora Municipal Airport | Aurora, Illinois | August 28, 1990 | 29 | 353 | 1990 Plainfield tornado – Small planes were flipped. Air traffic control reported a wall cloud before a gust of 80–90 kn (92–104 mph; 150–170 km/h) was recorded. | [7] |
F5 | McConnell Air Force Base | Wichita, Kansas | April 26, 1991 | 17 | 225 | 1991 Andover tornado outbreak – A large tornado hit the McConnell Air Force Base, narrowly avoiding 10 B-1B Lancers, 2 of which were actively armed with nuclear warheads. | [8] |
IF? | Hong Kong International Airport | Hong Kong | May 20, 2002 | 0 | 0 | A weak tornado hit the Hong Kong International Airport, causing minor damage. | [9] |
F1 | Wiley Post Airport | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | May 9, 2003 | 0 | 8 | Tornado outbreak sequence of May 2003 – 40 hangars and around 70 aircraft were destroyed. | [10] |
EF4 | St. Louis Lambert International Airport | St. Louis, Missouri | April 22, 2011 | 0 | 5 | 2011 St. Louis tornado – A violent and destructive tornado moved through the St. Louis metropolitan area, destroying multiple runways and breaking over half of the windows in Terminal 1. | [11] |
EF0 | Des Moines International Airport | Des Moines, Iowa | November 11, 2015 | 0 | 0 | A weak tornado inflicted minor damage to structures at the Des Moines International Airport. | [12] |
EF1 | Lamar County Airport | Lamar County, Alabama | November 29, 2016 | 0 | 0 | A tornado tracked 9.6 miles through Lamar County, destroying 3 planes and damaging hangars at the Lamar County Airport. | [13] |
EF2 | Hickory Regional Airport | Hickory, North Carolina | October 23, 2017 | 0 | 0 | A relatively strong tornado destroyed a hangar and the aircraft inside, located on the Hickory Regional Airport. | [14] |
EF2 | Brush Municipal Airport | Brush, Colorado | July 29, 2018 | 0 | 0 | A tornado damaged several buildings and destroyed a hangar located on the grounds of the Brush Municipal Airport. | [15] |
EF3 | Monroe Regional Airport | Monroe, Louisiana | April 12, 2020 | 0 | 0 | 2020 Easter tornado outbreak#Monroe, Louisiana – A strong and rain-wrapped tornado destroyed a large metal hangar at the Monroe Regional Airport and inflicting a total of $25-30 million (2020 USD) in damage to the airport. | [16] |
EF1 | Tallahassee International Airport | Tallahassee, Florida | January 27, 2021 | 0 | 0 | A long-tracked tornado moved 21.4 miles (34.4 km) through southern Tallahassee, flipping a twin-engine plane at the Tallahassee International Airport | [17] |
EF4 | Mayfield Graves County Airport | Graves County, Kentucky | December 10, 2021 | 57 | 519 | 2021 Western Kentucky tornado – A long-tracked and destructive tornado moved through Graves County, destroying several airplanes in hangars at the airport. | [18] |
EF0 | Mobile International Airport | Mobile, Alabama | October 29, 2022 | 0 | 0 | Produced "no notable damage" as it moved over the airport. | [19] |
EF0 | Davenport Municipal Airport | Davenport, Iowa | June 24, 2023 | 0 | 0 | This brief tornado damaged canopies, tents, and equipment at the airport and approached the Davenport National Weather Service office. | [20] |
EF1 | Wright-Patterson Air Force Base | Dayton, Ohio | February 28, 2024 | 0 | 0 | A brief tornado damaged several buildings located on the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base complex, including a restoration hanger owned by the National Museum of the United States Air Force. | [21] |
EF3 | Eppley Airfield | Omaha, Nebraska | April 26, 2024 | 0 | 0 | Tornado outbreak of April 25–28, 2024#Council Bluffs, Iowa/Omaha, Nebraska/Crescent–Beebeetown, Iowa – Hangars were destroyed and aircraft were overturned as the tornado struck Eppley Airfield at EF2 intensity. | [22] |
EF0 | Midway International Airport | Chicago, Illinois | July 14, 2024 | 0 | 0 | Severe weather sequence of July 13–16, 2024 – A weak tornado began on the northeastern corner of Midway. | [23] |
EF1 | O'Hare International Airport | July 15, 2024 | 0 | 0 | Severe weather sequence of July 13–16, 2024 – A brief tornado struck the airport. Passengers had previously boarded flights and reported being stranded on the runway. | [24] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "March 25, 1948 - The First Tornado Forecast". National Weather Service Norman, Oklahoma.
- ^ "Storm Events Database". National Centers for Environmental Information.
- ^ US Department of Commerce, NOAA. "Wichita Falls, TX Tornadoes (1900-Present)". www.weather.gov. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
- ^ "NWS Lubbock, TX Local Weather Events: The 1970 Lubbock Tornado". National Weather Service Lubbock, Texas.
- ^ Storm Data. NOAA. June 1976.
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(help) - ^ "Storm Events Database". National Centers for Environmental Information.
- ^ Baumgardt, Dan A. (1992). A Three-Dimensional, Subjective Investigation of the Synoptic and Mesoscale Environment for the Plainfield/Crest Hill, Illinois Tornado, August 28, 1990 (Thesis/dissertation: M.S.). University of Wisconsin–Madison. OCLC 31747487.
- ^ "Timeline for supercell that produced the Wichita/Andover Tornado". National Weather Service. National Weather Service in Wichita, Kansas. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
- ^ P.W., Chan; J. Wurman; C.M. Shun; P. Robinson; K. Kosiba (Mar 2012). "Application of a method for the automatic detection and Ground-Based Velocity Track Display (GBVTD) analysis of a tornado crossing the Hong Kong International Airport". Atmos. Res. 106: 18–29. Bibcode:2012AtmRe.106...18C. doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2011.10.010.
- ^ "Historical planes, hangars at Wiley Post Airport damaged in Friday tornado". News on 6. 11 May 2003.
- ^ Gay, Malcolm; Harris, Elizabeth A. (23 April 2011). "Tornadoes Tear Through St. Louis, Shutting Down the Airport". The New York Times. St. Louis. Archived from the original on October 27, 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
- ^ "Summary of The November 11, 2015 Veterans Day Tornadoes". Archived from the original on December 19, 2015. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
- ^ US Department of Commerce, NOAA. "Lamar County Airport Tornado - November 29, 2016". www.weather.gov. Retrieved 2024-09-12.
- ^ "NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit". apps.dat.noaa.gov.
- ^ "Brush airport damaged by possible tornado". KUSA.com. 2018-07-30. Retrieved 2024-09-12.
- ^ Louisiana Event Report: EF3 Tornado. National Weather Service (Report). National Centers for Environmental Information. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- ^ US Department of Commerce, NOAA. "January 27th, 2021 Tallahassee Tornado". www.weather.gov. Retrieved 2024-09-12.
- ^ "Sheltering Behavior During the December 2021 Tornado in Mayfield, Kentucky". hazards.colorado.edu. Retrieved 2024-09-12.
- ^ "Storm Events Database". National Centers for Environmental Information.
- ^ "Event Summary: June 24th - Davenport, IA Tornado". National Weather Service Quad Cities, Iowa/Illinois.
- ^ "Wright-Patt AFB sustains damage from suspected tornado". WPAFB MIL. February 28, 2024. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
- ^ "Storm Events Database". National Centers for Environmental Information.
- ^ "Storm Events Database". National Centers for Environmental Information.
- ^ "Tornado Did Hit O'Hare National, Weather Service confirms twister tally in July Derecho". WTTW. 22 July 2024.