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2012 West Liberty tornado — Wikipedia (en)

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On March 2, 2012, a powerful, long-lived and deadly tornado tore across eastern Kentucky and western West Virginia in the eastern United States, through the Cumberland and Allegheny Plateau regions of the western Appalachian Mountains. It was one of several tornadoes rated EF3 on the Enhanced Fujita scale during a large and deadly tornado outbreak across the Ohio River Valley. During the event, the very long-track tornado covered the longest distance of any tornado during the outbreak, and subsequently of the entire 2012 season. The storm tracked through portions of Menifee, Morgan, Lawrence, and Johnson Counties in Kentucky, to Wayne and Lincoln Counties in West Virginia. Along its path, the tornado most notably impacted the city of West Liberty, Kentucky, in central Morgan County. The 2012 West Liberty tornado, was among the few, especially strong tornadoes to track across mountainous regions, debunking the myth that tornadoes do not track over such geography. It was also the first time an intense (F3/EF3+) tornado struck the regional county warning area of the National Weather Service in Jackson, Kentucky, with the last such tornado occurring back in 1988 where the city of Middlesboro, Kentucky, was hit. 10 people were killed by the tornado, with 118 others injured across six different counties in Kentucky and West Virginia, causing approximately $81,475,000 (2012 USD) in total damages. The tornado tracked a path length of 84.99 mi (136.78 km) long and 1,580 yd (0.90 mi; 1.44 km) wide at its largest in Morgan County, Kentucky, along its 88-minute lifespan.

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Fonte: Wikipedia in inglese, voce «2012 West Liberty tornado» — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_West_Liberty_tornado
Wikidata Q139759462: «long-track 2012 EF3 tornado across Kentucky and West Virginia, USA» (dati Wikidata in CC0 1.0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139759462
Autori: i contributori di Wikipedia (cronologia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_West_Liberty_tornado?action=history).
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