A tornado outbreak in the South? In January? It's not unheard of – wxjerdman takes a closer look:
2 hours agoIn parts of the South, they can happen any month of the year.
That's certainly been the case recently, with three tornado outbreaks since mid-December, and five since early November. Since the jet stream is strongest in the U.S. in winter, this first ingredient is almost always sufficient. That was certainly the case on Jan. 12, when a 125-mph jet stream punched across the Deep South.
But the Deep South isn't always cold in the winter. High temperatures can soar into the 60s, 70s or even low 80s, as happened during the Jan. 12 outbreak. However, that average masks a lot of variability. A December record 232 tornadoes tore through the U.S. in 2021, mainly fromBut some winter months only manage a handful of tornadoes, if that. February 2015 produced three tornadoes, and January 2014 only had four.
February's largest outbreak was the so-called Super Tuesday outbreak of Feb. 5-6, 2008. A total of 86 tornadoes touched down in parts of 10 states, five of which were classified as "violent" EF4 tornadoes on the Enhanced Fujita Scale.
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