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The midwest actually gets two tornado seasons, one in the spring and one in fall. During the fall season, the upper atmospheric dynamics are once again there for a major tornado outbreak. The upper atmospheric temperature starts to cool down for the winter and also because there are shorter days.

The outbreak actually began in Arkansas in the late afternoon hours on Saturday, November 9, 2002. However, the brunt of the outbreak was on November 10. It began around 2 P.M. in Indiana and became widespread from Mississippi up through Ohio in the afternoon. Seventeen died in Tennessee, 12 in Alabama, 5 in Ohio, and 1 each in PennsylvaniaPennsylvania (the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is one of four states of the United States of America that is called a commonwealth. It has given its name to the Pennsylvanian time period in geology. Pennsylvania is called the Keystone State. Although Swed and Mississippi.

The most notable and photogenic tornado of the outbreak was the one that occurred at Van Wert, OhioVan Wert is a city located in Van Wert County, Ohio. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 10,690. It is the county seat of Van Wert County 6. History Van Wert was the birthplace of aviation pioneer Walter Hinton. Geography Van Wert is. Van Wert has been hit before. The last time they were hit was during The Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak. That tornado was an F4. A theater was destroyed at around 3:30 P.M. The walls and roof were damaged or destroyed by the tornado and three cars were thrown into the front seats. This tornado was also F4. This was the farthest north and east a tornado has occurred this late in the year.

The lead time of this tornado was approximately 28 minutes. A tornado warningA tornado warning is issued when: a tornado is reported on the ground, a funnel cloud is reported in the sky, a waterspout is headed toward landfall, or a thunderstorm with strong rotation is indicated by doppler radar. A tornado warning means there is im went out for Van Wert CountyVan Wert County is a county located in the U. State of Ohio. As of 2000, the population is 29,659. Its county seat is Van Wert 6. Geography According to the U. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,063 km² (410 mi²). 1,062 km² (410 mi²) of it is at 3:02 P.M. This tornado outbreak was particularly noted because of the massive lead times on all the tornadoes, but there was a slight dispute because a few of the tornadoes occurred in severe thunderstorm watchA severe thunderstorm watch is issued when weather conditions are favorable for the development of severe thunderstorms. If the thunderstorms may be so severe as to produce tornados, then a tornado watch (which also automatically implies a severe thunders boxes.

The 2002 tornado season in perspective was extremely slow, the slowest the U.S. has seen since 1988. The year was due to have only one-quarter of the national average this year, but due to the sudden burst of tornado activity between November 5 and December 18, 2002 had one of the most active fall seasons in U.S. history.