List of United States tornadoes in 1952 explained

This page documents all U.S. tornadoes confirmed in 1952. Due to lack of modern radar and storm spotters, tornado counts from this period are much lower than what we see today.

January

January 28 event

February

February 29 event

March

March 21-22 event

April

April 30 event

May

May 30 event

June

There were 34 tornadoes confirmed in the US in June.

June 24 event

July

There were 27 tornadoes confirmed in the US in July.

August

There were 16 tornadoes confirmed in the US in August.

September

September 17 event

November

November 19 event

December

December 20 event

See also

• Tornadoes of 1952
• List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks

Bibliography

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• Barto . E. M. . Tennessee – March 1952 . Special Weather Summary . Climatological Data . March 1952 . 57 . 3 . 26 . National Climatic Data Center . . Asheville, North Carolina .
• Gordon . John D. . Boyd . Bobby . Rose . Mark . Wright . Jason B. . The Forgotten F5: The Lawrence County Supercell During the Middle Tennessee Tornado Outbreak of 16 April 1998 . National Weather Digest . 2000 . 24 . 4 . 3–10 . . Norman, Oklahoma . The authors sent a detailed letter to the SPC recommending the two tornadoes from 1974, and the 1952 tornado mentioned above, be downgraded to F4. The SPC agreed to all three of these changes. The SPC database now reflects the conclusions of Professor Fujita's map of 1974, and Grazulis 1952 tornado report (1993). ... The authors suggested that the three former F5 tornadoes in Tennessee should be reclassified as F4. These changes have been adopted, making the 16 April 1998 Lawrence County tornado the only documented F5 in the history of Tennessee. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121218004427/http://www.nwas.org/digest/papers/2000/Vol24No4/Pg3-Gordon.pdf . 18 December 2012 . 14 November 2023.
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