Tornadoes of 1995#June 8

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• January 6 – North Carolina (1 death)
• January 7 – Florida (1 death)
• January 18 – Louisiana (1 death)
• February 16 – Alabama (6 deaths)
• April 11 – Mississippi (1 death)
• May 7 – Texas (1 death)
• May 7 – Texas (2 deaths)
• May 7 – Texas, Oklahoma (3 deaths)
• May 13 – Indiana (3 deaths)
• May 18 – Tennessee (3 deaths)
• May 18 – Alabama (1 death)
• May 29 – Massachusetts (3 deaths)
• October 4 – Florida (1 death)
• November 10 – Arkansas (2 deaths)
• December 19 – Florida (1 death)

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Total fatalities: 30

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The season peaked in May with a near-record of 392 tornadoes that month. June brought over 200 tornadoes, including several that became famous for their videos. The death total for the year was relatively low at 30 (fewest since 1986).

Confirmed tornado total for the entire year 1995 in the United States.

{{Tornado Chart | Total=1,235 | F0=822 | F1=234 | F2=98 | F3=20 | F4=11 | F5=0 | Enhanced=no}}

There were 36 tornadoes confirmed in the United States in January. A total of three people were killed in the Southeast US from separate tornadoes during the month.

There were seven tornadoes confirmed in the United States in February. An F3 tornado on February 16 killed six people and injured 130 in Arab, Alabama, making it the tornado responsible for the most deaths in 1995.

A strong F3 tornado struck the town of Youghal, in County Cork. At 7:20 am GMT, the tornado began over the sea and moved onshore, where it struck a campsite. Here, mobile homes were picked up and thrown up to 20 m away, some of which were destroyed. Roofs and chimneys were damaged as well. The tornado traveled for 3 km, and was 50 metres wide. No casualties were reported. It is the strongest tornado ever recorded in Ireland.{{Cite web|url=https://eswd.eu|title=European Severe Weather Database|website=eswd.eu}}

There were 49 tornadoes confirmed in the United States in March.

There were 130 tornadoes confirmed in the United States in April.

There were 392 tornadoes confirmed in the United States in May.

{{Main|Tornado outbreak sequence of May 6–27, 1995|1995 Anderson Hills tornado}}

{{Tornado chart small | F0=137 | F1=84 | F2=39 | F3=14 | F4=4 | F5=0}}

A long-lived series of deadly tornado outbreaks occurred throughout almost the entire month of May; 13 deaths occurred due to the outbreaks. Nearly 300 tornadoes, including four that were rated F4, occurred during this period from the Central US through the Southeast and into the Mid-Atlantic.

{{Main|1995 Great Barrington tornado}}

An unusual F4 tornado killed three people in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. A car was thrown 1000 ft, which was the basis for the F4 rating.

There were 216 tornadoes confirmed in the United States in June.

An F3 tornado scraped the south side of Friona, Texas before maturing into a major wedge east of town. A dozen injuries were reported, but no fatalities.

An F2{{cite report |title=Texas Event Report: F2 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10347669|website=National Centers for Environmental Information |publisher=National Weather Service |access-date=3 February 2022}} tornado near Dimmitt, Texas was covered closely by the Probe 1 Vortex team, making it "the most comprehensively observed tornado in history."

The tornado resulted in 3 injuries.

June 5

A large wedge-shaped tornado crossed Highway 70 near Dougherty, Texas as it tracked southeast.

{{Main|Tornado outbreak of June 8, 1995}}

Several tornadoes in the Texas Panhandle caused widespread destruction on June 8, 1995. The Pampa F4 tornado, among the first tornadoes of the day, struck the industrial section of the town.{{Cite web |title=Pampa, Texas 6/8/95 Tornadoes |url=https://stormtrack.org/library/1995/jun8.htm#:~:text=The%20Hoover%20tornado%20was%20two,5%20on%20the%20Fujita%20scale. |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=stormtrack.org}} Storm chasers and meteorologists Alan Moller and Charles A. Doswell III were in the town when the tornado began and were able to capture significant photos and video as the tornado tore through the city. As the Pampa, Texas tornado began to dissipate, the initial ground circulation for the second and larger tornado from that supercell began at 4:50 pm east of Pampa and developed into a large, intense tornado as it passed just north of the Rufe Jordan Unit Prison.{{Cite web |date=1995-06-08 |title=Pampa - Hoover, Texas Chase {{!}} Tempest Tours {{!}} Storm Chasers |url=https://www.tempesttours.com/blog/pampa-hoover-texas-chase |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=Tempest Tours |language=en-US}} This tornado is called the "Hoover Tornado" by storm chasers since it passed close to the small community of Hoover, Texas northeast of Pampa. The Hoover, Texas tornado was rated F5 by storm chaser Martin Lisius and meteorologist Dr. Herbert Fiala based on video photogrammetry the team conducted after the event. Two other intense tornadoes spawned later by a separate supercell near Allison and Kellerville, Texas were also captured on video. None of those tornadoes caused fatalities. The Kellerville tornado{{Cite web |title=Tornado damage at Kellerville, Texas from June 8, 1995 tornado. |url=https://photolib.noaa.gov/Collections/National-Severe-Storms-Laboratory/Tornadoes/emodule/463/eitem/883 |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=NOAA Photo Library |language=en-US}} has been debated to be of F5 strength, though the final National Weather Service rating was F4. Both the Hoover and Kellerville tornadoes were especially intense and removed asphalt from roadways leaving only dirt behind as shown in the documentary film, "The Chasers of Tornado Alley" produced by Martin Lisius.

There were 162 tornadoes confirmed in the United States in July.

There were 53 tornadoes confirmed in the United States in August.

There were 19 tornadoes confirmed in the United States in September.

There were 74 tornadoes confirmed in the United States in October.

An F2 tornado destroyed several homes, killing two people in La Caleta near International Airport Las Americas.https://www.diariolibre.com/revista/mayo-mes-favorito-de-los-tornados-en-el-pas-CNDL141164 It's the only tornado known in the Dominican Republic to take out people's lives and, therefore, the deadliest in the country's history.

There were 79 tornadoes confirmed in the United States in November.

{{Tornado chart small | F0=21 | F1=13 | F2=6 | F3=0 | F4=1 | F5=0}}

A moderate tornado outbreak took place mainly over North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, with 41 tornadoes confirmed in total. 28 tornadoes were confirmed in South Carolina alone, which made it the largest tornado outbreak in the state at the time until the Hurricane Frances tornado outbreak in 2004, when 42 tornadoes touched down in that state. A rare, short lived F4 tornado touched down just east of Marion, South Carolina, although the rating is disputed. It would be the last F4/EF4+ tornado confirmed in South Carolina until April 13, 2020.

{{Tornado chart small | F0=9 | F1=19 | F2=3 | F3=2 | F4=0 | F5=0}}

An F2 tornado killed two people north of Des Arc, Arkansas during the overnight hours of November 11.

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There were 18 tornadoes confirmed in the United States in December.

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{{Reflist}}

• {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110116224958/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/1995 U.S. tornadoes in 1995]}} - Tornado History Project
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20140226141138/http://tornadoproject.com/past/pastts95.htm Tornadoes of 1995] (The Tornado Project)
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20090521161610/http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/nebraska/tornado-deaths-monthly-US.html Tornado deaths monthly]

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