List of United States tornadoes from September to October 2015
Lists of tornadoes
This is a list of all tornadoes that were confirmed by local offices of the National Weather Service in the United States from September and October 2015.
A total of 51 structures were damaged, including 18 with minor damage and 33 with moderate or worse damage. A well-built brick house had its roof almost completely removed and some of its exterior walls demolished, and a ground level air conditioner and much of the roof was tossed about 150 yd (140 m). Another well-built home had its entire back portion ripped off. Thousands and thousands of trees were snapped or uprooted, with many falling on structures, vehicles, and roadways.[12]
September 26 event
List of confirmed tornadoes – Saturday, September 26, 2015[note 1]
An outbuilding shed was destroyed. One of the metal doors at a loading bay was blown in and a large section of the warehouse roof was lifted, leading to partial collapse of the interior walls. A wood pallet skid was impaled into the side of the building. Two horizontal beams were twisted and detached from the warehouse, large sections of metal siding were removed, and insulation was recovered downstream. Trees were snapped and uprooted.[18]
A few homes sustained minor roof damage; sheet metal roofing panels were pulled from the roofs of storage buildings. Four medium-sized boats were overturned.
The second story of a frail building in the downtown area collapsed, and several other businesses and private residences also sustained damage. A few homes had roof and shingle damage and minor tree damage occurred on the southwest side of town.
Strong tornado impacted Floresville, tossing vehicles and causing minor to major roof damage to many homes and businesses. Numerous campers and RVs at a dealership were destroyed, and one was lofted onto the roof of a three-story hotel. Floresville High School sustained partial roof collapse and collapse of two exterior walls. A large metal billboard was destroyed, and multiple trees and power lines were downed.
A webcam video shows that a barn was lifted up and destroyed, and trees were snapped and uprooted. Two outbuildings and seven power poles were also damaged, and a property owner's weather instrument measured an 86 mph wind gust as the tornado passed through.
A child was injured by flying debris when the roof of a mobile home was lifted off. A cotton seed container was lifted up from its moorings and an aluminum door was peeled back from a storage building at a cotton processing plant. Several pine trees were also blown down.
About 20 homes and mobile homes were damaged along the path, and five were destroyed. Damage to houses ranged from minor roof damage to complete removal of the roof. One mobile home was moved about 20 yards (18 metres), and another was rolled and completely destroyed. Garages, barns, trailers, and farm equipment were damaged or destroyed, and many trees were snapped, with a few uprooted. Two people were injured.
Several homes had minor roof damage and large limbs were snapped, eleven electrical transmission poles were at least partially collapsed, and a garage attached to an apartment was completely collapsed. One person was injured.
Tornado completely destroyed an industrial building and damaged multiple homes. Some of these homes sustained significant roof loss, one of which lost a portion of an exterior brick wall. Extensive damage to trees, fences, and power lines occurred along much of the path.
A barn lost numerous roof panels, several undercarriage panels of a modular home were ripped off, and sheet metal panels were tossed 200–300 yd (180–270 m). A mobile home and a second modular home sustained minor roof damage, numerous trees were snapped or uprooted, and a large section of a wood fence was downed.
The undercarriage of a modular home sustained minor damage. Multiple metal sheds were destroyed, with metal tossed 100–150 yd (91–137 m). A large metal carport was ripped off, ripping a portion of a modular home off, with debris tossed up over 250 yd (230 m). Power lines were downed, trees were snapped or uprooted, and a trampoline was tossed 200–300 yd (180–270 m).
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^National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Omaha, Nebraska (2015). Nebraska Event Report: EF0 Tornado (Report). National Climatic Data Center. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
^National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Charleston, South Carolina (2015). South Carolina Event Report: EF2 Tornado (Report). National Climatic Data Center. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
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