The November 1992 tornado outbreak was a three-day tornado outbreak that struck large parts of the eastern and Midwestern U.S. on November 21–23. Also sometimes referred to as the Widespread Outbreak (as was the Super Outbreak initially), this exceptionally long lasting and geographically large outbreak produced over $300 million in damage, along with 26 deaths and 641 injuries in Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
The outbreak began on November 21 with a cluster of 6 tornadoes (ranging from F1 to F4 intensities - see Fujita scale) that struck parts of the Houston, TX, area. Later on the 21st, the deadliest tornado of the outbreak (also F4 intensity) struck Brandon, MS, causing 10 deaths, 98 injuries and over $25 million in damage. Other F4 tornadoes struck Cobb County, GA, in the Atlanta suburbs, and Switzerland County, IN, just southwest of Cincinnati. Of the 5 tornadoes reported in North Carolina (on the 22nd and 23rd), the last left a damage path over 160 miles in length (at consistent F2-F3 intensity), the longest tornado damage track to have ever been recorded in the state, producing damage in Wilson, NC, and Elizabeth City, NC. The last tornado of the outbreak, a short-lived F1, touched down in Prince George's County, Maryland.
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