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[metallicwx366]

After looking at the outbreak of tornadoes Debby produced on Wiki, I saw this page on Wiki and came upon a category that said exceptional coincidences. The Tanner, Alabama one is just wow, but does anyone think that Codell record is even possible. How does that even happen? Its not even possible.
http://en.wikipedia....Tornado_records
Codell, Kansas
The small town of Codell, Kansas, was hit by a tornado on the same date three consecutive years. A tornado hit on May 20, 1916, 1917, and 1918.[24] The U.S. has about 100,000 thunderstorms a year; less than 1% produce a tornado. The odds of this coincidence occurring again is extremely small.
Tanner, Alabama
A small town in northern Alabama, Tanner, was hit by an F5 tornado on April 3, 1974 during the Super Outbreak and was struck again 45 minutes later by at least a high-end F4 (some sources say F5), demolishing what remained of the town. 37 years later, on April 27, 2011, during what some meteorologists have dubbed Super Outbreak II, Tanner was hit yet again by the EF5 Hackleburg tornado, producing high-end EF4 damage in the southern portion of town.

[Kim0129]

Regarding Tanner, AL....even more impressive is that all 3 tornadoes (2 from the 4/3/74 and 1 from 4/27/11) had VERY near identical tracks.

[jbn60]

Just to add to the story. There is a man who lives south of Tanner who was not at home when the first Tanner tornado of April 3, 1974 hit. His wife and children were at home when the tornado leveled there house. She was killed along with 2 of their children. The other two children were severely injured. The man was on his way back to his house when the 2nd Tanner tornado hit and had to take cover in a ditch and then went home to find his wife and 2 children killed from the first tornado. He rebuilt his house in the exact spot where his first house stood except this time he used tounge and groove when framing to give it extra support and he built a storm cellar. His home was again hit on April 27, 2011 but this time he was in the storm cellar and his house was damaged but not leveled. There were a number of people in the Tanner community whose homes were hit both in 1974 and 2011.

[Kim0129]

jbn60, I think I know who you're talking about, and yeah, there were several people who were victims of both outbreaks.  It's truly sad.  Tanner seems to be the tornado hotspot in Limestone Co.

[3340skywatcher]

This reminds me of how on April 27 we had the Tuscaloosa to Birmingam tornado that jumped most of eastern jefferson county. Then on January 23 of this year a tornado dropped that bridged the gap almost perfectly

[Felix]

3340skywatcher, on 04 July 2012 - 10:05 PM, said:

This reminds me of how on April 27 we had the Tuscaloosa to Birmingam tornado that jumped most of eastern jefferson county. Then on January 23 of this year a tornado dropped that bridged the gap almost perfectly

Mother nature sure can be devious.