Violent tornadoes ripped through the Midwest on Sunday, causing significant damage in several communities. But isn't tornado season supposed to be in the spring and summer? Turns out tornadoes are rare in November, but not unheard of. The worst November tornado event in U.S. history was in 2002. On Nov. 10-11 of that year, a major outbreak of severe weather and tornadoes occurred across the Tennessee and Ohio Valley regions, producing damage in 13 states. A total of 75 tornadoes touched down on Nov. 10, killing at least 36 people.

1. APPROACHING TORNADO
INTERRUPTS FOOTBALL GAME

2. TORNADO OUTBREAK IN
MIDWESTERN USA STATES
An Unusual Occurrence for
November 17, 2013

3. MAP OF THE USA’s “TORNADO ALLEY”

4. LATE SEASON TORNADOES RIP
THROUGH MIDWESTERN USA
• Homes, trailer parks, shopping
malls, churches, hospitals, and
sports stadiums were damaged
and/or destroyed by high
winds as tornadoes touched
down in Illinois, Ohio, and
Indiana

5. APPROACHING TORNADO
INTERRUPTS FOOTBALL GAME

6. WASHINGTON, ILLINOIS

7. AFTER AN EF-4 TORNADO: NEW
WASHINGTON, ILLINOIS

8. OVERTURNED CAR

9. HEAVY DESTRUCTION
- - - BUT FEW DEATHS (4) DUE TO
ACCURATE WEATHER FORECASTS,
NOT THE ACTUAL WARNING TIME,
WHICH AS USUAL WAS SHORT

10. ANOTHER EF-4 TORNADO IN
INDIANA: MARCH 2, 2007

11. EF-4 TORNADOES HAVE
WIND SPEEDS OF AT
LEAST 277 KPH (166 MPH)