Tornadoes of 2016 *CD8650*

The tornado year of 2016 was surprisingly low in the amount of tornados hitting the USA, as only 29 fatalities occurred in the entire USA, as 66 were confirmed worldwide, 32 in China, 4 in Italy and one in Germany. Not even 750 tornados tore through the USA in 2016, which is just 1/2 of all tornados of 2015, as the damage equaled just .6% of what figures from 2015.

January Activity
In total, 54 tornados were reported, 49 confirmed in January.

11-16 January
A 5-day outbreak began on 11 January at 5:00 PM CDT when seven tornados, all EF0, were reported in Kansas within 3 hours. No fatalities, damages, or injuries were claimed that day. Over the next two days, there would be a total of 31 tornados, 26 EF0 and 5 EF1s, with $100,000 in property damage done, and only three minor injuries. But that changed on 14 January. In Pilger, Nebraska, a large tornado was spotted 5 miles west of Pilger, moving directly east at just 20 miles an hour. The tornado being up to half a mile wide hit Pilger around 15 minutes after forming. It caused extensive [extremely high-end EF3/low-end EF4] damage to at least five structures, left 11 structures destroyed, 36 damaged. It died out after tracking 34.6 miles, lasting a whole 104 minutes, left 40 structures damaged, 16 destroyed [4 barns were entirely demolished along with a farmowner's house]. It killed two people, left 59 injured, along with $1.64 million in damages. An EF2 was also spotted in Stanton, Nebraska, damaging 27 homes, destroying four, claimed one fatality along with 22 injuries, and left $650,000 of damages within its 2.5-mile path up to 1/10 of a mile wide. On 14 January, five tornados, 3 EF0s, one EF2 and one EF3 struck Nebraska. All remaining tornados were classified as EF0 with no damages.

Overall, the entire outbreak claimed 3 fatalities and 84 injuries in total, along with around $2.4 million in damages.

30 January
Six EF0s and three EF1s struck South Dakota, caused $35,000 in property damage, left 4 people injured, nobody killed, and around 15 structures had minor damage.

February
Nineteen tornados were reported in February, however 21 were confirmed.

4 February
An outbreak of 16 tornados happened, 11 in Georgia, 4 in Florida, and one in Alabama, 14 EF0s, one EF1, and one EF2. Only one tornado in Georgia and Florida respectively were rated higher than EF0, as the Georgia area had a low-end EF1 hit the small town of Thomaston at 7:00 AM EDT, as 11 buildings recieved minor damages, two buildings recieving major damage to the roof, left two people injured, tracked 1.66 miles, was up to 100 metres wide, and downed around 35 trees. The Florida tornado was a high-end long-track EF2 that hit Lakewood Ranch at around 2:30 PM EDT, with