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The October 29-31 tornado outbreak was a tornado outbreak that produced tornadoes throughout Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi near Halloween. The tornado outbreak started late at night on October 29. An EF0 tornado touched down near D'Hanis, Texas, causing minor tree damage and ripping shingles off a home.〔http://www.webcitation.org/6csA022CS〕 More tornadoes continued into October 30. An EF2 tornado partially tore the roof off a high school in Floresville, TX. Another EF2, the strongest of the outbreak, struck Pasadena, Texas, a suburb of Houston.〔http://www.weather.com/storms/severe/news/severe-weather-impacts-southern-plains-texas〕 More tornadoes and flooding occurred on October 31, including several EF1 tornadoes in Louisiana and Mississippi.〔https://apps.dat.noaa.gov/StormDamage/DamageViewer/〕 ==Meteorological Synopsis== On Octobr 28, meteorologists began to define a storm reliable to produce tornadoes and more flooding in Texas. On October 29, the threat was mainly raised for Texas and Louisiana. Only two tornadoes touched down on October 29. The first tornado was an EF0 that touched down near D'Hanis, Texas, damaging buildings and snapping trees in the area. The second tornado hit a barn in the small community of Los Coyotes, Texas in Willacy County. The storms continued overnight to produce an extravagant tornado outbreak. Overnight October 29, storms began to settle once again. October 30 was the most ferocious day, impacting suburbs of large cities with EF2 tornadoes. The day started out with an EF2 tornado striking Floresville, Texas, patrially tearing off the roof of a high school.〔http://www.weather.com/storms/severe/news/severe-weather-impacts-southern-plains-texas〕 Another EF2 struck Friendswood, Texas causing low-end EF2 damage, with the most notable damage being a roof torn off a building.〔http://www.click2houston.com/news/officials-house-in-friendswood-damaged-by-possible-tornado/36179064〕 Another EF2 was notable for injuring 3 people near Geronimo, Texas. The worst tornado of the outbreak, A high-end EF2 that struck Pasadena, Texas, completely leveled a whole entire industrial building, and mangling the metal roof in all directions. 〔http://abc13.com/news/building-collapses-amid-storms-in-pasadena/1061324/〕 An EF1, earlier in the day, injured one person and ripped roofs off of homes in Zorn, Texas. Two tornadoes touched down in Alvin, Texas, of which one destroyed 25 mobile homes. The day contained at least 10+ tornadoes. Amid the tornadoes, flooding played a huge role in Texas. At least 1 foot of rain fell into the Austin, Texas area, closing Interstate 35. In San Marcos, Texas, both flooding and storm damage occurred. An elderly woman was killed when her home was swept away by high floodwaters in Austin.〔http://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2015/10/31/the-latest-on-texas-storms-flooding-affects-houston-area〕 Unbelievable flooding occurred on Interstate 71. Environment officials advised trick-or-treaters to stay off flooded neighborhood roads in Houston. 8 more inches of rain was dumped in Houston, drowning 4 people. The day ended with a death toll of 5. Tornado activity calmed down in the early morning of Halloween. The threat was lowered for Texas, but raised higher for Louisiana and Mississippi. The first tornado was an EF1 that touched down not far from Sugartown, Louisiana. Another tornado unrated but confirmed touched down near Tickfaw, Louisiana. The tornado outbreak ended with an EF0 hitting Hattiesburg, Mississippi, which was previously hit by an EF4 tornado in 2013. Amid flooding and tornadoes, wind was big in the outbreak after the tornadoes ended. A roof was blown off a home in Mt. Union, Texas.〔http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/151031_rpts.html〕 A mobile home was blown off of its poorly anchored foundation in Port Barre, Louisiana.Damage still occurred after the tornado outbreak, which included a 4 EF1 tornadoes from a following low-pressure system.〔http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/151101_rpts.html〕 Wind reports show that an irrigation line was flipped over near a large irrigation system in Georgia (U.S. state). Trees were down and vinyl siding was blown off a church in Miller County, Georgia. The low-pressure system finally ended on the late evening of November 2, as it moved into the Atlantic Ocean〔http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/151102_rpts.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「October 29−31, 2015 tornado outbreak」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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