How many times can weather history be made in one month? I already reported on the six ways the April 2011 tornadoes broke records. Portions of Texas are still burning, while the residents along the floodplains of the Mississippi river are waiting for the flood waters to inevitably inundate their homes. The floods were caused by extreme amounts of snow in 2011, sudden melting, and the 10th wettest April on record.

Now, the National Climatic Data Center reports April 2011 was indeed an historic weather month. In a State of the Climate: April 2011 report, a minimum of 25 climate extremes.

It's Official...April a Wild Weather Month originally appeared on About.com Weather on Saturday, May 14th, 2011 at 10:04:22.

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Mississippi River Flood Stages originally appeared on About.com Weather on Wednesday, May 11th, 2011 at 09:43:22.

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The rash of tornadoes that plowed through the South in April were both historic and classic. The storms were historic because at least six major tornado records were broken in April 2011. Stu Ostro of the Weather Channel calls the tornado outbreak the "Katrina of tornado outbreaks." He also went on to discuss the ways the storm was a classic supercell storm. Ostro goes on to explain, "The atmosphere was explosively unstable with summer-like heat and humidity, interacting with a classic wind shear setup as a strong jet stream and upper-level trough crashed overhead." Read his full analysis of the April tornadoes here.

The Southern Tornadoes: Historic and Classic originally appeared on About.com Weather on Sunday, May 8th, 2011 at 08:35:54.

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2011 has been an historic year in terms of weather. The devastating tornadoes of April are being followed by record-breaking floods along the Mississippi River in May. Over the next several weeks, flooding is not expected to dissipate. In fact, the river will continue to rise. More and more locations stand to be affected by the 100-year flooding.

At least six regions along the Mississippi River could reach record levels. Previous records, set in 1927 and 1937, could be broken similar to the record breaking floods in Georgia two years ago. The six cities in critical danger span from Tennessee to Louisiana.

100-Year Floods Along the Mississippi River originally appeared on About.com Weather on Thursday, May 5th, 2011 at 22:10:33.

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The storms occurred as warm moist air from the Gulf of Mexico produced unseasonably warm temperatures. As a cold front pushed through the area, the jet stream dipped to give the meeting air masses rotational movement. Many of the nearly 300 tornadoes reported were across the Southern United States. Tornadoes were also reported as far away as Pennsylvania and New York. Read more on the record-breaking April 2011 Tornado Season.

6 Ways the April 2011 Tornadoes Broke Records originally appeared on About.com Weather on Monday, May 2nd, 2011 at 08:52:32.

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The tornado events of April 27, 2011 will go down in history. CNN.com reports at least 231 people have been found dead following the tornadoes that struck the South last night. Alabama was the hardest hit with 149 deaths confirmed so far. Across five states, the death toll is expected to rise. In the rank of the top 10 deadliest tornadoes in the United States, the tornado last night is already at the fourth largest death toll from a tornado.

Death Toll Rising in Overnight Tornado originally appeared on About.com Weather on Thursday, April 28th, 2011 at 11:26:37.

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Tornadoes are fascinating, but deadly. People watch with horror as tornadoes rip pathways miles long through neighborhoods and communities. Often, the tornadoes leave nothing but rubble in their wake. The tornadoes on Friday, April 22, 2011 was different. No one normally calls a tornado a miracle except when a large storm system causes no deaths. The National Weather Service calls the storm event the Good Friday Tornado.

Two tornadoes were confirmed by the NWS as the path cut across St. Charles County, Missouri and onwards to Madison County, Illinois. The EF4 tornado on the Enhanced Fujita Scale caused major damage, but miraculously, no deaths. Several were injured at the St. Louis Airport by debris and shattered glass.

Miracle Tornado Hits St. Louis Airport originally appeared on About.com Weather on Monday, April 25th, 2011 at 08:59:52.

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