List of tornadoes by calendar day

In the United States, tornadoes have occurred every single day of the year and strong or violent tornadoes (rated F2/EF2 or greater) have been recorded on multiple occasions each month.

While this is not an exhaustive list of significant tornadoes, it includes tornadic events for each calendar day with an emphasis on storms that have occurred in North America. As tornadoes have occurred on every continent except Antarctica, significant tornadoes from other continents are also included on this list when they can be confirmed via reputable media or government agency.

Tornadoes on this list were included because of extraordinary or extreme characteristics (e.g. strength, damage, fatalities) or historical significance (including special scientific or human interest stories).

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January

Date	Location	Significance
January 1, 1970	New South Wales, Australia	The Bulahdelah tornado was never officially rated but is considered to be the strongest tornado in Australia's history. Its path was nearly one mile (1.6 km) wide and as many as one million trees were reportedly destroyed.
January 1, 2011	Attala County, Mississippi	An EF3 tornado touched down at 12:02 a.m. CST, the earliest of any tornado in any calendar year. Part of the 2010 New Year's Eve tornado outbreak.
January 2, 2006	Central and Southern United States	The Tornado outbreak of January 2, 2006 is considered one of the largest January outbreaks in United States history with 20 confirmed tornadoes. It caused five injuries but no direct fatalities.
January 3, 1949	Warren, Arkansas	An F4 tornado devastated this small town, killed 55, and injured hundreds of others. A 20-square-block area of commercial and residential areas was completely destroyed.
January 4, 2021	Tehama County, California	Extremely rare January (EF0) tornado touched down in a rural area west of Corning. One woman witnessed a shed being damaged and downed tree branches.
January 5, 1917	Vireton, near McAlester, Oklahoma	The schoolhouse in this town took a direct hit from a violent F3 tornado. Fifteen children were killed, making this one of the deadliest incidents of its kind in United States history.
January 6, 1951	Alexandria, Louisiana	Eleven people were injured and dozens of homes were either damaged or destroyed from this F2/F3 tornado that moved through the center of the city.
January 7, 2008	Strafford to Lebanon, Missouri	The deadliest tornado in the January 2008 tornado outbreak was an EF3 that killed three people and injured 18 others in southern Missouri. At least 50 houses were destroyed.
January 8, 2019	Cortland, Ohio, and Mercer County, Pennsylvania	On this unseasonably warm January morning, two EF1 tornadoes touched down - one in northeastern Ohio, the other in northwestern Pennsylvania - with top winds of 95-100 mph each.
January 9, 1889	Brooklyn, New York	Roofs were blown off houses and trees were uprooted in this mid-winter tornadic storm that hit South Brooklyn including the Williamsburg neighborhood and the Navy Yard. No fatalities were reported.
January 10, 1973	San Justo, Santa Fe, Argentina	The F5 San Justo tornado is the most violent tornado in South America's history. It killed 63 people, injured at least 350 others, and damaged or destroyed at least 500 homes in approximately seven minutes. It took less than two minutes to reach F5 intensity. Ted Fujita considered it the worst tornado ever recorded outside the United States.
January 11, 1898	Fort Smith, Arkansas	The 1898 Fort Smith, Arkansas tornado is tied with the 1949 Warren tornado as the deadliest in Arkansas history - a total of 55 people were killed. This F4 tornado struck in the middle of the night, destroyed the newly built high school, and injured 113 others.
January 12, 1890	Hickman County, Kentucky	Eleven people were killed, 53 were injured, and 55 houses near the town of Clinton were destroyed.
January 13, 2020	Loris, South Carolina	Nobody was killed or injured by this short-lived EF1 tornado that formed near the small city's high school. Most of the damage occurred between the school's football field and its parking lot where video caught a number of cars being flipped.
January 14, 1991	Texas	An outbreak of 11 tornadoes hit south/southeast Texas, the worst of which was an F2. One person died 13 days after sustaining serious injuries during an F1 tornado in Colorado County and 11 others were injured. A 150-year-old plantation was destroyed, and tractor-trailers were flipped on Interstate 10.
January 15, 1971	Florida, Georgia	This tornado outbreak consisted of ten tornadoes, including an F2 that killed a truck driver near the town of Americus, Georgia, after the mobile home he was towing flipped over and landed on the cab of his truck.
January 16, 2000	Dayton, Washington	An extremely rare winter-morning tornado (rated F1) in Washington State touched down at 9 a.m. PST for only a few minutes. During that time, it damaged the roofs of a barn and the elementary school as well as some trees, one of which fell on a house and collapsed its brick chimney.
January 17, 1999	Jackson, Tennessee	This F4 tornado was the most violent storm of the Tornado outbreak of January 17-18, 1999. It caused significant damage throughout Jackson and surrounding areas, killed six people, and injured 106 others.
January 18, 1973	Caldwell Parish, Louisiana	An F3 tornado (disputed, assessed by Grazulis as F2) tornado touched down for approximately ten miles near Corey. A farmhouse was destroyed and a 16-year-old girl was killed. Her mother was seriously injured, and her baby was blown several hundred yards away and also sustained serious injuries but survived.
January 18, 1999	Mount Ayliff, South Africa	An F4 tornado killed 21 people and injured 350 others. This rating was given because multiple cars were thrown significant distances, killing some of their occupants.
January 19, 1928	Cincinnati, Ohio, Louisville, Kentucky, and adjacent suburbs	Authors of the Monthly Weather Review surmised that a tornado had never been seen that far north in the winter (there have been many tornadoes north of that latitude in the years since). The Cincinnati tornado touched down just after 9 a.m. EST and caused an estimated $100,000 (1928 USD) in damages.
January 20, 2010	Southern United States	The strongest tornado in this January outbreak was an EF3 tornado that caused about $1.5 million in damage, primarily in the area around the town of Waskom, Texas. While buildings were destroyed and people were trapped and needed rescue, there were no fatalities or injuries reported.
January 21, 1999	Hickory Ridge, Arkansas	An F0 tornado briefly touched down in this small city in the northeastern part of the state. While it didn't cause structural damage or injure/kill anyone, it did kill hundreds of geese. Part of the Tornado outbreak of January 21–23, 1999.
January 22, 2017	Albany, Georgia	The most significant tornado of the Tornado outbreak of January 21–23, 2017 was an EF3 tornado with estimated winds of 150 mph. Five people were killed including a two-year-old boy and 40 others were injured. Caused significant damage all along its long 71-mile track. Part of the second largest January tornado outbreak in recorded history.
January 23, 1969	Hazlehurst, Mississippi	The 1969 Hazlehurst, Mississippi tornado was an extremely long-track early-morning F4 tornado that stayed on the ground for 118 miles and caused catastrophic damage. Of the 32 people killed, eighteen of them were picked up by the tornado and thrown into a nearby lumber pond. Included among the 241 injured was a family who watched their three-bedroom home get lifted from its foundation.
January 24, 1967	Missouri	An F4 tornado trekked 25 miles across the northern part of St. Louis County, killing three people and injuring 216 others. A total of 168 homes were destroyed, some of them completely leveled. Nearly 2,000 houses had some form of damage. Part of the 1967 St. Louis tornado outbreak.
January 24, 2023	Deer Park, Texas	An EF3 tornado affected Pasadena, Deer Park, and Baytown, Texas. Hundreds of homes and businesses were severely damaged.
January 25, 2021	Fultondale, Alabama	A strong, late-night, EF3 tornado caused considerable damage to this small town north of Birmingham. A 14-year-old was killed when his house collapsed on him as he hid in the basement. At least 30 others were injured. Primary article: Fultondale tornado
January 26, 1974	Randolph County, Alabama	This F3 tornado killed a nine-month-old baby and injured her sister and father as well as five others. Several barns and homes sustained damage.
January 26–27, 2013	Queensland, Australia	After Cyclone Oswald made landfall, there were six - possibly seven - tornadoes (of F1 intensity) that touched down in different parts of central Queensland. At least 20 people were reportedly injured.
January 27, 1967	Felton, Delaware	Seven people were injured when an F2 tornado touched down and damaged nine houses and at least two service stations. This was the first tornado to touch down in Delaware during the winter months.
January 27, 2019	Havana, Cuba	The 2019 Havana tornado was a late-night EF4 tornado that caused significant damage, killed seven people, and injured nearly 200 others. It was the first tornado to hit Havana since 1940.
January 28, 1973	Florida	The Central Florida tornado outbreak primarily affected the area around Orlando and Kissimmee. The F1 and F2 tornadoes caused at least 23 injuries but no fatalities.
January 29, 1947	Thayer-Van Buren, Missouri	A 50-year-old woman was killed and her husband, daughter, and son-in-law were among the 19 people injured by this long-track (45 miles) F4 tornado. At least 330 buildings were either damaged or destroyed and some were swept completely away.
January 30, 2013	Adairsville, Georgia	A violent high-end EF3 tornado killed one person, injured 17 others, and caused $75 million in damage. Hundreds of houses and buildings were either damaged or destroyed. Part of the Tornado outbreak of January 29–30, 2013.
January 31, 1908	Jefferson, Copiah, and Simpson counties, Mississippi.	This violent long-track F4 tornado stayed on the ground for at least 40 miles. It killed eight people - six from the same family, whose house had been obliterated, plus another couple (all residents of Martinsville) - and injured 30 others.

February

Date	Location	Significance
February 1, 1955	Southern United States	The National Weather Service only confirmed two weak tornadoes in Tennessee but Grazulis alleges that the strong tornadoes that killed dozens of people in Commerce Landing and Olive Branch, Mississippi, were downplayed as a result of the race of the victims.
February 2, 1918	Australia	The Brighton tornado was actually three different tornadoes that touched down near Melbourne. Rated F3, these tornadoes that eventually merged caused significant damage to churches, hotels, and a railway station. Many homes were also destroyed. Two (or three) people were killed and at least six others were injured.
February 2, 2007	Paisley-DeLand, Florida	A high-end EF3 tornado with estimated winds of 165 mph - one of the strongest tornadoes in Florida's history - killed 13 people and injured 51 others. Nearly 200 houses were destroyed and 600 others damaged. This was part of the 2007 Groundhog Day tornado outbreak
February 3, 2012	Texas Panhandle	A very rare severe weather outbreak included the earliest tornado on record in the Texas Panhandle, an EF1 that tracked 13 miles through three different counties.
February 4, 1842	Mayfield-Kirtland, Ohio	At least 30 houses, barns, and other buildings were demolished. A man and child were killed. The Cleveland Herald's description: "It moved forward like a black pitchy cloud, hugging the Earth, and whirling high in the air every substance drawn within its vortex. The largest forest trees were upturned or twisted off like fragile shoots and, in some places, even stumps were torn from the earth".
February 5, 2008	Arkansas	One of the worst tornadoes from the 2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak was a long-track EF4 tornado that trekked 122 miles through Conway and Van Buren counties among others. It killed 13 people, injured 140 others, and caused almost $120 million (2008 USD) in damages.
February 6, 2008	Alabama	Day two of the 2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak brought another powerful EF4 tornado which moved through Lawrence and Morgan counties. Four people were killed and 23 injured. Significant damage included a large brick house that was almost completely leveled and a large pickup tossed over 100 yards into a nearby field.
February 7, 1904	Kentucky	A trio of F2 tornadoes, possibly from the same storm, passed south of Louisville, Kentucky, between 3 and 5 a.m. Many houses were damaged or destroyed and a number of people were injured but no fatalities were reported. The worst of the damage was felt in Cecilia where a large brick church was leveled; Cornishville where a bridge was destroyed; and the village of Narrows (now called Grand Rivers) was almost completely destroyed.
February 8, 1935	Houston County, Texas	On the ground for nearly 25 miles, this F2 tornado caused significant damage to the Storey and Darsey plantations then moved on to obliterate the Murray cotton plantation in Reynard (now unincorporated Houston County, north of Wheeler Springs). Eleven of the 12 fatalities and 50 of 70 injuries took place here. One man was reportedly "sawed in half" when he was violently thrown into a barbed wire fence. The town of Grapeland also sustained considerable damage to houses and trees.
February 9, 1978	near Chiriaco Summit, California	An F3 tornado touched down in this area of Riverside County, California, south of Joshua Tree, caused over half a million dollars in damages and injured at least six people over a two-mile track. It's the strongest tornado ever recorded in California (although details of the damage and injuries are limited).
February 10, 2013	Hattiesburg, Mississippi	This tornado was a large multi-vortex EF4 wedge tornado that caused significant damage to the University of Southern Mississippi as well as Hattiesburg High School and Oak Grove High School. Roughly 240 houses were destroyed and greater than 500 houses sustained major damage. A total of 82 people were injured but no fatalities were reported.
February 11, 1887	Pennsylvania	At least six tornadoes touched down during this rare winter outbreak. The deadliest was a narrow funnel (per Finley) that stayed on the ground for about six miles near Tyrone. Five Hungarian immigrants were killed when a large tree crushed their shanty. A large smokestack was also toppled at the Electric Light company and multiple roofs were blown off some tannery buildings. Fifty-five people were injured. Grazulis gave this an F2 rating.
February 11, 1982	Honolulu County, Hawaii	Two F2 tornadoes touched down on the island of Oahu, the strongest ones ever reported in the state of Hawaii. Tornadoes also touched down on this same day in both 1989 and 2009. See List of Hawaii tornadoes
February 12, 1950	Shreveport-Bossier City-Barksdale Air Force Base (Slack AFB), Louisiana	This F4 was the most violent tornado of the February 1950 tornado outbreak and may have been part of a tornado family. Among the 18 people killed were five airmen in the AFB's Depot. The Depot, mess hall, and barracks were all severely damaged or destroyed. Many cities and towns along the 82-mile route also sustained significant damage and a total of 77 people were injured.
February 13, 2000	Camilla and Meigs, Georgia	Two F3 tornadoes touched down in southwest Georgia and wreaked havoc upon the residents of these two towns. A total of 17 people were killed (all 11 deaths in Camilla were residents of manufactured homes) and 190 others were injured. At least 200 homes were destroyed and hundreds of others were damaged. A trailer manufacturing plant near Camilla was also destroyed and several chicken houses in Meigs were completely flattened, killing upwards of 500,000 chickens. These were the worst storms of the Tornado outbreak of February 13–14, 2000.
February 14, 1908	Tyler, Texas	This early-morning F3 tornado killed four people - three from the same family - and injured 15 others. At least 14 houses were destroyed. The clothing of the family that was killed was found three miles away.
February 15, 2021	near Sunset Beach, North Carolina	This powerful EF3 tornado struck in the middle of the night killing three people at the Ocean Ridge Plantation subdivision. A community garden building and two houses were leveled and one was completely swept away. Other houses were damaged and ten people were injured. There was significant tree damage along the entire route.
February 16, 1995	Joppa-Arab, Alabama	This early morning F3 tornado destroyed the elementary school in Joppa as well as 157 houses and 12 businesses along the 14-mile track. A total of 130 were injured, overwhelming nearby hospitals, and six were killed. They ranged in age from a newborn whose mother's serious injury resulted in early labor to an 88-year-old woman whose manufactured home was destroyed.
February 17, 1938	Rodessa, Louisiana	This violent F4 tornado destroyed large numbers of oil derricks outside the village then plowed through and completely swept numerous (poorly constructed) houses away. Twenty-one people were killed and at least 40 others were injured. The village took another direct hit just seven years later.
February 18, 2008	North Carolina	Multiple early-morning tornadoes touched down in Eastern North Carolina. The worst was a low-end EF2 that landed near Hookerton, shifted a house off its foundation, and injured three people inside when the house collapsed. The others were high-end EF1 with comparable intensity
February 19, 1884	Southeastern United States	The Enigma Tornado Outbreak earned its nickname because the final death toll remains unknown. At the time, death toll estimates ranged from 200 to 2,000. Confirmed death tolls were closer to 200 but the actual numbers may have been much higher because black fatalities weren't properly counted in the Deep South. Nearly every single tornado that touched down on this date killed multiple people and many of them reached F3 or F4 intensity. Grazulis determined there were at least 37 significant tornadoes (F2+ strength).
February 20, 1937	Ozark to Marshfield, Missouri	With a path 32 miles long and 1,000 feet wide, this F3 tornado injured 11 people. Two brick schools and a dozen houses were destroyed; a barn and 20 other houses were damaged.
February 21, 1971	Delhi, Louisiana, to Moorhead, Mississippi	This F5 tornado (disputed by Grazulis) leveled houses east of Delhi and killed ten out of 12 people from the same family, throwing several of them into nearby swampland. Nearly 90% of the town of Inverness, Mississippi, was destroyed. Overall, at least 47 people were killed and 510 others were injured. Part of February 1971 Mississippi Delta tornado outbreak
February 22, 1998	Orlando, Florida	A trio of violent late-night F3 tornadoes caused over $100 million in damage, killed 41 people, and injured 256 others. The strongest tornado was initially given an F4 rating but was later downgraded to F3. It killed 25 people alone and remains the deadliest F3/EF3 tornado in recorded United States history. Thousands of structures were either damaged or destroyed during the 1998 Kissimmee tornado outbreak.
February 23, 2016	Pensacola, Florida	The 2016 Pensacola tornado was the strongest tornado to touch down during the Tornado outbreak of February 23–24, 2016. This late-evening EF3 was on the ground for only 11 minutes and caused $22 million in damages - the highest amount during this 61-tornado outbreak - over an eight-mile track.
February 24, 2016	Chap to Evergreen, Virginia	This EF3 was the strongest tornado ever recorded in Virginia in the month of February. One man was killed when his manufactured home in Evergreen was destroyed and seven others were injured. It caused over $11 million in damages to multiple churches, many houses, and countless trees were felled. This was the worst storm on day two of the Tornado outbreak of February 23–24, 2016.
February 25, 2017	Goshen and Conway, Massachusetts	The only February tornadoes recorded in New England's history were two high-end EF1 tornadoes that touched down in these two small western Massachusetts towns. Many houses sustained considerable damage and six were deemed uninhabitable. Large areas of forest either had uprooted trees or thick pine trees that were snapped in half. Only one injury was reported when a tree fell on a house. Estimated total of $650,000 in damage.
February 26, 1904	Portland, Oregon	One of only five tornadoes to ever pass through Portland. Referred to as a "severe wind-rush which partook of the nature of an incipient tornado". A number of trees were either uprooted or "prostrated". Damages to buildings, including two that were destroyed, amounted to about $5,000. Several people reported injuries but none were deemed serious.
February 27, 1876	St. Charles, Missouri	Described by one newspaper as "the most terrible tornado ever known", this tornado touched hit the town around 2:30 p.m. and reportedly moved through in about 30 seconds. Many buildings were either damaged or destroyed: the courthouse, concert hall, jail, banks, farm buildings, and 15-20 other buildings were listed as being affected. A father and son were killed, reportedly "crushed so as to be unrecognizable". Another child may have been blown off a bridge into the river below. The number of fatalities remains unknown.
February 28, 2007	Anderson and Linn Counties, Kansas	The first EF4 tornado to be rated under the new Enhanced Fujita scale caused considerable damage to several buildings and completely swept a farmhouse away. It stayed on the ground for 28 miles and resulted in no serious injuries or fatalities. Part of the Tornado outbreak of February 28 – March 2, 2007
February 29, 1952	Fayetteville, Tennessee	This F4 tornado killed two people, injured 150 others, and caused around $3 million in damage. It is one of only two violent tornadoes in recorded history to have touched down on a Leap Day. Part of the Tornado outbreak of Leap Day 1952
February 29, 2012	Harrisburg-Ridgway, Illinois	The strongest tornado of the 2012 Leap Day tornado outbreak was a large EF4 wedge that struck around 5 a.m. in total darkness. It killed eight people, injured 95 others, and caused catastrophic damage in the town of Harrisburg. Small apartment buildings, many houses, a strip mall, and a church were completely destroyed. In Ridgway, an additional 13 people were injured; a large brick church and a factory were destroyed; and at least 140 houses and businesses sustained considerable damage.

March

Date	Location	Significance
March 1, 1997	Arkansas	Sixteen tornadoes, including three F4 storms and multiple long-track events, touched down throughout the state of Arkansas during the afternoon and evening. At least 1,200 structures were damaged or destroyed by this event and 25 people were killed. Part of the March 1997 tornado outbreak.
March 2, 2012	Henryville, Indiana	The EF4 "Henryville Tornado" was on the ground for nearly 50 miles and killed 11 people. Catastrophic damage occurred at the school complex and throughout the town of Henryville where the tornado reached maximum strength. One schoolbus driver still had 11 children to drop off as the tornado bore down on the town at speeds greater than 50 mph. She sped back to the school and led the children inside to the storm shelter with only seconds to spare. The tornado threw the schoolbus across the street into a diner, destroying both of them, but the children and their driver were all unharmed. An EF1 tornado followed this one causing additional structural and tree damage. Part of the Tornado outbreak of March 2–3, 2012
March 3, 1966	Mississippi, Alabama	The Candlestick Park tornado killed 58 people, injured 500+ others, and is among the longest-tracking tornadoes in recorded history. It stayed on the ground for 202.5 miles over a three-hour-and-45-minute period between southwestern Mississippi and west-central Alabama. The name comes from the newly constructed shopping center in Jackson, Mississippi, that was completely leveled by this incredibly violent F5 tornado.
March 3, 2020	Nashville, Mount Juliet, Cookeville, and Putnam County, Tennessee	Late-night EF3/EF4 tornadoes struck Middle Tennessee with one storm moving directly through the city of Nashville. Twenty-six people were killed, including whole families and small children, and hundreds of others were injured. The long-track Nashville tornado caused more than $1.5 billion in damage, one of the top-ten costliest tornadoes in recorded history. Strongest tornadoes during the Tornado outbreak of March 2–3, 2020.
March 4, 1961	Chicago, Illinois	An F2 tornado cut a six-and-a-half-mile damage path through the city of Chicago. One person died after being thrown into a wall and at least 114 others were injured. Property damage included roofs being torn off, garages demolished, broken windows, and uprooted trees.
March 5, 1963	Bessemer, Alabama, to Homewood and Mountain Brook, Alabama	This F4 (disputed, Grazulis gave it an F3 rating) tornado stayed on the ground for 15 miles and injured 35 people. It damaged at least 225 houses and destroyed 29 others in Bessemer alone and at least 40 other buildings outside of Bessemer.
March 6, 2017	Faribault County, Minnesota	This was the earliest (in the calendar year) tornado on record for the state of Minnesota. Rated EF1, it snapped power poles; unroofed some houses and broke their windows; destroyed some garages and sheds; and uprooted a number of trees. This was the first tornado of the Tornado outbreak of March 6–7, 2017.
March 7, 2008	Lake City, Florida	An EF2 tornado touched down for only one-and-a-half miles but reached a width of nearly one-half mile. Nineteen houses were destroyed, another 41 were damaged, and two businesses were destroyed. Five people were injured and one woman was killed when a tree went through her manufactured home.
March 8, 1871	East St. Louis, Illinois	The 1871 St. Louis tornado was the first of 14 tornadoes to affect the city of St. Louis - directly or indirectly - in 150 years. This F3 tornado killed nine people, injured 60 others, and caused $1.5 million (1871 USD) in damages.
March 8, 1909	Brinkley, Arkansas	An F4 tornado devastated Brinkley, killing 49 people and injuring 600. More than 800 buildings were destroyed and 2,000 were damaged. Homes were swept away along the entire path. Eighteen other people were killed by tornadoes across Arkansas.
March 9, 1774	Nantucket, Massachusetts	At about 8 a.m., a waterspout came onshore from Nantucket Harbor and destroyed Brant Point Light then proceeded to destroy several barns and shops. There were no reported fatalities or injuries but the loss of the lighthouse was significant
March 10, 1971	Kenner-Metairie, Louisiana	This F2 tornado touched down at about 2 a.m. near the Louis Armstrong Airport and moved in a northeasterly direction between the Mississippi River and Interstate 10. At least 200 homes, an elementary school, and several businesses sustained considerable damage. One person was indirectly killed by the tornado and seven others were injured.
March 11, 1923	Pinson, Tennessee	Without warning, in the middle of the night, half the town - including a school and two churches - was obliterated. This F5 (per Grazulis) tornado killed 18 people (plus two others in Deanburg) and injured at least 70 others. Human remains were reportedly found up to one mile away.
March 12, 2006	Webster County, Missouri	An F2 tornado destroyed a couple of single-wide manufactured homes near the town of Fordland, Missouri. A 19-year-old man was in one of those homes and was knocked unconscious by a heavy lamp when the tornado hit. When he regained consciousness, he was laying in an open field in his underwear with badly lacerated feet and a bleeding head wound (caused by the lamp). He had been sucked out of his grandmother's manufactured home by the tornado and carried a total of 1,307 feet (measured exactly by the National Weather Service) before the tornado dropped him adjacent to a barbed wire fence (the cause of the badly lacerated feet). His survival earned him a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for "Farthest Distance Survived in a Tornado" Part of the Tornado outbreak sequence of March 9–13, 2006.
March 13, 1990	Hesston, Kansas, and Goessel, Kansas	Two violent F5 tornadoes in the same day from the same supercell storm destroyed hundreds of houses, dozens of farms and businesses, and caused deep cycloidal ground scouring. The NWS surveyors called this "extreme F5 damage" and stated that this was among the strongest tornadoes ever recorded. Counted among the 64 confirmed tornadoes of the March 1990 Central United States tornado outbreak.
March 14, 1933	Northeastern Arkansas and Middle/Eastern Tennessee	The March 1933 Nashville tornado outbreak consisted of five strong-to-violent tornadoes that killed at least 44 people and injured nearly 500 others. The F3 tornado that plowed through the middle of Nashville damaged or destroyed at least 1,700 buildings (houses and businesses) including the Texas State Capitol building. The same areas would be hit again with deadly violent tornadoes in both 1998 and 2020
March 15, 1938	Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri	The earliest known images of tornadoes in the Midwest were taken during the violent F4 Belleville tornado. Ten people were killed, including a 14-month-old baby, and 52 others were injured. Greater than 200 houses were damaged or destroyed and factories, businesses, and the Union School all sustained significant damage. On the same day, another strong tornado moved in a northwest direction - an extremely rare occurrence - and caused damage in the now-unincorporated community of McPaul, Iowa. These storms were part of what some called "The Ides of March Outbreak"
March 16, 1942	Lacon, Illinois	The only F5 storm during the Tornado outbreak of March 16–17, 1942. Seven people were killed including three whose farmhouse was completely swept away with them inside it. At least 70 others were injured and one-fourth of the town was completely destroyed.
March 17, 1957	Greater Houston and Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	Eight tornadoes, including five F2 storms, touched down in Southeastern Texas. They killed two people, injured 30 others. One of the tornadoes moved in a rare north-northwest direction. One of the Tornadoes of March 1957
March 18, 1925	Missouri, Illinois, Indiana	As of December 2022, the Tri-State Tornado remains the deadliest, longest-tracking tornado/tornado family in United States history. In three-and-one-half hours over a 219-mile track, the tornado killed at least 695 people and injured 2000+ others.
March 19, 1948	Bunker Hill, Illinois	An F4 tornado destroyed an estimated 80% of this town, killed 19 people, and injured 126 others. All five churches were destroyed so two ministers organized an Easter Sunday service the following weekend in the town center. They used a bulldozer as a pulpit and 500 people attended.
March 19, 1961	Faridpur and Dhaka Districts, Bangladesh	Two rare early-spring tornadoes touched down in thickly settled areas and killed at least 210 people.
March 20, 1948	Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma	At about 10 p.m., a nighttime tornado caused $10 million in damages as it ravaged several buildings. The windows of the Base Operations building exploded, injuring many personnel with flying glass and debris. The next day, five generals met and "directed the base weather station to 'investigate the feasibility of forecasting tornado-producing thunderstorms'". Five days later, after comparing and studying patterns and weather charts, two weather officers issued what would be the first official tornado warning. The odds of a tornado striking the Base a second time within 20 years was one in 20 million; within five days was next to impossible but the weather officers predicted that it would happen anyway. And it did. Part of the 1948 Tinker Air Force Base tornadoes.
March 21, 1932	Alabama (and the Southern/Midwestern United States)	Eight of ten violent F4 tornadoes from the 1932 Deep South tornado outbreak occurred in Alabama. They killed a total of 268 people (and also injured 1,750 others) making it the deadliest outbreak ever in the state's history. The 330 total fatalities from the outbreak make it the third deadliest outbreak in United States history (more than the Super Outbreaks of 1974 and 2011).
March 21, 1952	near Moscow, Tennessee	A violent formerly-F5 tornado flattened dozens of houses and destroyed a concrete block structure. As the NWS later stated that they couldn't confirm if it was steel-reinforced, the storm was downgraded to F4. Sixteen people were killed and 74 others were injured by arguably the strongest tornado of 31 confirmed during the Tornado outbreak of March 21–22, 1952. Deadly tornadoes also affected Mississippi, Arkansas, and Missouri.
March 21, 2013	Victoria, Australia	At least two tornadoes (and as many as seven) moved through the northeastern part of the Australian state of Victoria during the evening hours. Authorities reported damage as "quite severe" in towns like Cobram, Rutherglen, Koonoomoo, and Bundalong. The primary tornado (near Murray River Township) received an F3 rating with top winds estimated at 250–300 km/h (or 150-180 mph). A total of 24 people were reportedly injured, some severely.
March 22, 1955	West Chester, Pennsylvania	At about 3:30 in the afternoon, a rare F3 (possibly F2) tornado touched down in the eastern part of the state and stayed on the ground for about three-and-one-half miles. Several buildings/barns were destroyed, 50 other buildings were reportedly unroofed, and hundreds of trees and utility poles were knocked down. One person died when a large tree fell on the truck he was driving.
March 23, 1913	Omaha, Nebraska	This Easter Sunday F4 (possibly F5) was one of the deadliest tornadoes in United States history. It killed 103 people, injured 400 others, and reportedly destroyed at least 2,000 homes. Part of the Tornado outbreak sequence of March 1913
March 24, 1998	West Bengal and Odisha, India	At least 160 people were killed and 2,000 others were injured when a strong tornado tracked through 20 different coastal towns in two extremely vulnerable regions of India. As many as 15,000 buildings were reportedly "flattened."
March 24, 1975	Fulton County, Georgia	This F3 tornado was referred to as "The Governor's Tornado" as it heavily damaged the governor's mansion along its 15-mile trek. Hundreds of houses, two apartment buildings, and other businesses or factories were damaged or destroyed. Three people were killed by trees or collapsed buildings and greater than 150 others were injured. Damage was estimated at $56.5 million (1975 USD) or ~$293 million (2022 USD).
March 25, 1948	Oklahoma County, Oklahoma	A significant tornado striking Tinker Air Force Base was the first official tornado forecast and was successfully forecast by Robert C. Miller and Edward Fawbush following a damaging tornado that struck the base on March 20. Part of the 1948 Tinker Air Force Base tornadoes.
March 25–26, 2021	Newnan, Georgia	One of only three EF4 tornadoes to strike the United States in 2021 and the first one to hit Georgia since the Ringgold Tornado on April 27, 2011. The tornado touched down at 11:37 p.m. EST and stayed on the ground for about 53 minutes (39 miles), hitting Newnan at peak EF4 intensity (and with a width of one mile) around midnight. Part of the Tornado outbreak sequence of March 24–28, 2021
March 26, 1976	Spiro, Oklahoma	"Tremendous" damage occurred in and around Spiro. Well-built homes were destroyed and swept away. A 134,000-pound (60,780-kilogram) coal car was thrown. Two people were killed and 64 were injured by this F5 (disputed) tornado.
March 27, 1890	Louisville, Kentucky	The deadliest tornado of Tornado outbreak of March 27, 1890 plowed through downtown Louisville, killing at least 76 people and injuring 200 others. The highest death toll was at the Falls City Hall where social events were taking place that evening. When the tornado struck, the building collapsed and at least 44 people were reportedly killed but that number may have been much higher.
March 27, 1994	Piedmont, Alabama	On the morning of Palm Sunday, as many churches were having services, an F4 tornado struck this small town in the northeastern part of Alabama. Hardest hit was the Goshen United Methodist Church; when its roof collapsed, at least 20 people were killed including the minister's four-year-old daughter. One of the most violent storms of the 1994 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak.
March 28, 1920	West Liberty, Indiana	A violent F4 tornado that Grazulis states was probably F5. At least 17 people were killed and 70 others injured along a 40-mile track and the town of West Liberty sustained a horrific level of damage. Houses were swept from their foundations, farms were leveled, and chickens were partially moulted. This was considered the worst of the 1920 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak.
March 29, 1998	Minnesota	An F4 tornado stayed on the ground for 67 miles - an hour and 25 minutes - through six different counties. It was the longest-tracking tornado in Minnesota history and the strongest tornado ever to occur in the month of March. The small town of Comfrey was hardest hit, losing its town hall, firehouse, grocery store, school, three of its four churches, and 50 of its approximately 200 houses plus another 135 houses sustained considerable damage. An estimated 75% of the town was destroyed. This was the strongest of 16 tornadoes (14 of which were in Minnesota) during the 1998 Comfrey–St. Peter tornado outbreak
March 30, 1897	Chandler, Oklahoma	This tornado reportedly "swooped down" without warning and destroyed most of the young town, most of which had been built in 1891 or 1892 when the town was established. At least 14 people were killed and hundreds of others were injured. A number of the buildings were built stronger the following year and are now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
March 31, 1892	Towanda, Kansas	This small town was almost destroyed by a violent nighttime tornado. At least nine people were killed and "the majority of the remaining residents" (which, at that time, numbered about 200) were injured. Many buildings - including the church (but not its organ), the two-story brick schoolhouse, and a number of homes - were destroyed. Six of the homes that were rebuilt were destroyed again the following year when another tornado touched down

April

Date	Location	Significance
April 1, 1884	Henry County and Delaware County, Indiana.	The first recorded F5 tornado (out of four) in Indiana's history. Destroyed 90% of the town of Oakville. Eight people were killed but meteorologists believe this would have been much worse if this large tornado hadn't been as visible.
April 1, 1972	Mymensingh, Bangladesh	At least 200 people were killed and 700 others were injured. One newspaper said it looked as if the area had been "leveled by a thousand bulldozers".
April 1, 1977	Shibchar, Madaripur, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh	At least 328 people were killed (some reports say 500+) and 700–1,000 others were injured. Approximately 200 of the reported dead drowned in the Meghna River when their motor launch capsized in the storm.
April 2, 1957	Dallas, Texas	Because of its position as it moved along the western side of Dallas, this highly visible multi-vortex F3 tornado was the most observed and best documented tornado at that time. The clear films of this storm helped improve understanding of the tornado life cycle and wind speeds. Part of the Tornado outbreak sequence of April 2–5, 1957
April 2, 1982	Broken Bow, Oklahoma	This F5 tornado (disputed) was barely considered an F4 by Grazulis because of questionable building construction. While no fatalities were reported with this F4/5 storm, an F4 that hit Paris, Texas, on the same day killed ten people and injured at least 170 others. These storms were part of the Tornado outbreak of April 2–3, 1982. This outbreak was the first time that the Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS) wording was included with a Tornado Watch.
April 3, 1956	Michigan	A long-track F5 tornado traveled 59 miles from Saugatuck to Standale destroying a lighthouse, many businesses, and sweeping numerous homes completely off their foundations. Part of the Tornado outbreak of April 2–3, 1956
April 3, 1964	Wichita Falls, Texas	Seven people were killed, 100+ injured, and nearly 500 houses were either damaged or destroyed by an F5 tornado. Not the only deadly/violent tornado to touch down here.
April 3, 1974	Xenia, Ohio	The deadliest tornado of the 1974 Super Outbreak killed 34 people and injured 1,150 others. Roughly half of the city's buildings were destroyed and 10,000 people - approximately 40% of the city's population - were left homeless. Ted Fujita originally assigned an F6 rating to this tornado - the only time this ever occurred - but later determined that such a rating was "inconceivable."
April 3–4, 1974	Midwestern/Southern United States and Ontario, Canada	The 1974 Super Outbreak was the most violent tornado outbreak in recorded history. A total of 148 confirmed tornadoes touched down in 18 hours included seven F5 (in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama) and 23 F4 tornadoes. A total of 319 people were killed and 5,500 injured and damages totaled $843 million USD (or $5.1 billion in 2023 USD). More detailed information can be found here: List of tornadoes in the 1974 Super Outbreak
April 4, 1977	Birmingham, Alabama	This catastrophic F5 tornado killed 22 people, debarked trees, and threw large dump trucks through the air. Part of the Tornado outbreak of April 1977.
April 5, 1936	Tupelo, Mississippi	An F5 tornado devastated the city of Tupelo and killed at least 216 people (later unofficially increased to 233). As of January 2022, it is the fourth deadliest tornado in United States history. Among the survivors of this violent tornado: a one-year-old boy named Elvis Aaron Presley and his parents. Part of the 1936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak.
April 5, 1972	Oregon, Washington	1972 Portland–Vancouver tornadoes This large F3 tornado was the deadliest to ever hit the Pacific Northwest. Six people were killed, 300 were injured, and over $25 million in damage occurred in Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington. This was also tied for the deadliest tornado of 1972.
April 6, 1936	Gainesville, Georgia	An early-morning F4 tornado - the result of two smaller tornadoes merging - devastated the city of Gainesville, killing at least 203 people. The final death toll is unknown because many buildings in the heavily damaged downtown area collapsed and caught fire which prevented an official count. Included in the total number of deaths are the 70 people who died when the Cooper Pants Factory collapsed. This is the highest number of tornado-related fatalities from a single building in United States history. As of January 2022, this is the fifth deadliest tornado in United States history. Part of the 1936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak.
April 7, 2006	Gallatin, Tennessee	This deadly F3 tornado destroyed 700+ houses in Gallatin as well as a multiple car dealerships, and a number of businesses. A church was destroyed in Goodlettsville and 80 additional houses were destroyed in Hendersonville. A number of vehicles were thrown and wrecked by the storm. Seven people were killed (all in Gallatin) and 128 others were injured. Part of the Tornado outbreak of April 6–8, 2006.
April 8, 1998	near Birmingham, Alabama	A total of 32 people were killed by an F5 tornado that tracked 31 miles and obliterated towns like Oak Grove and Rock Creek. Part of the Tornado outbreak of April 6–9, 1998.
April 9, 1947	Oklahoma, Kansas	The Woodward tornado remains the sixth deadliest United States history and the deadliest ever to touch down in Oklahoma (as of January 2022). At least 181 were killed and nearly 1,000 injured. Part of the 1947 Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornado outbreak, all of which may have developed from the same long-track supercell storm.
April 9, 1953	touched down near Champaign, Illinois	This long-track F3 tornado was the first to be associated with a hook echo on radar. This would have been missed if the Willard Airport radar technician hadn't been doing repairs that night.
April 10, 1978	Kendujhar, Odisha, East India	At least 150 people were killed and 700 others injured by this confirmed (unrated) tornado. First of three major tornadoes to hit this area between 1978 and 2008
April 10, 1979	Wichita Falls, Texas	This 1.5-mile-wide F4 multi-vortex wedge tornado was the reason that meteorologists called this outbreak Terrible Tuesday. It was the second time that Wichita Falls took a direct hit from a violent tornado and it caused catastrophic damage through a significant part of the city. Half of the 46 people killed were in their cars when the tornado struck toward the end of the evening rush hour. A total of 1,740 people were reported injured which remains the highest for any F4 tornado in recorded history. Finally, damages amounted to $400 million (1979 USD) which is equal to greater than $1.5 billion when adjusted for inflation (2022 USD). This was part of the 1979 Red River Valley tornado outbreak
April 11, 1964	Magura and Narail Districts, Bangladesh	Several villages were destroyed and cooking utensils were found embedded in tree trunks. At least 500 people were killed and some of those bodies were thrown into trees. An additional 1,900 others were injured.
April 11–12, 1965	Southern and Midwestern United States	The 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak is listed among the most intense outbreaks in recorded history with 55 confirmed tornadoes including 18 that reached F4 strength. Three of those have been disputed as possible F5 tornadoes. A total of 266 people were killed and 3,662 others were injured. The deadliest of these was the Elkhart-Dunlap tornado - among those considered to be F5 - which killed 36 people and almost completely swept away two entire subdivisions. Damages totaled $1.22 billion (1965 USD); when adjusted for inflation, this equals $10 billion (2022 USD). This outbreak led to the formation of the Skywarn storm spotting program.
April 12, 1945	Pushmataha County, Oklahoma	A truly catastrophic F5 tornado remained on the ground for 28 miles in this southeastern Oklahoma county killing 69 people and injuring 353 others. At least 600 houses were destroyed and 700 others were damaged. Part of the Tornado outbreak of April 1945
April 12, 1973	Baliakandi, Rajbari District, Bangladesh	At least 200 people were killed.
April 12, 2020	near Bassfield, Mississippi	A long-track high-end EF4 tornado stayed on the ground for 68 miles and eventually reached a width of 2.25 miles. This is the third widest tornado in recorded history after the 2.6-mile-wide 2013 El Reno tornado and the 2.5-mile-wide 2004 Hallam tornado. Part of the 2020 Easter tornado outbreak
April 13, 1993	Argentina	At least 300 tornadoes touched down in the southern part of the Buenos Aires Province during what has been called the Super Outbreak of 1993. The strongest tornadoes were rated F3 in the town of Henderson. Seven people were reportedly killed and 80 were injured with "severe damage" throughout the region.
April 13, 2019	Vicksburg, Mississippi	Three EF2 tornadoes in a row hit different parts of Vicksburg, one right after the other. Damage was reported to houses and businesses but no injuries or fatalities resulted. Part of the Tornado outbreak of April 13–15, 2019
April 14, 1886	St. Cloud-Sauk Rapids-Rice, Minnesota	A violent F4 tornado obliterated parts of these towns and, at one point, sucked the Mississippi River dry (according to eyewitness accounts). Eleven people from a wedding party, including the groom, were killed in Rice after the tornado destroyed the house where they were hiding. Part of the 1886 St. Cloud–Sauk Rapids tornado outbreak
April 14, 1969	Multiple locations near Dhaka and Homna, Bangladesh	Multiple tornadoes killed 900+ people and injured at least 4,000 others. Damage was catastrophic.
April 15, 1958	Bareah and Polk Counties, Florida	One of only two F4 tornadoes in Florida's history. Seven people were injured, no fatalities reported. At least nine houses were destroyed and a 2,500-gallon water tank was picked up and dropped a mile away. Part of the Tornado outbreak of April 15, 1958
April 16, 1998	including Lawrence County, Tennessee	Part of the 1998 Nashville tornado outbreak. An F5 tornado leveled some houses and swept others completely off their foundations. It also caused significant ground-scouring and injured 21 people.
April 17, 1963	Kankakee, Illinois, to Newton and Pulaski, Indiana	Grazulis believes this F4 wedge tornado should have been classified as an F5 because of significant damage in northeastern Illinois. Long-track tornado traveled 60–70 miles (length of track disputed). One fatality was a young mother trying to shelter her baby. She was hit by debris and killed but her baby survived.
April 17, 1973	Manikganj District, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh	A total of 681 deaths were reported but unofficial death tolls topped 1,000. Two smaller funnels reportedly merged into one larger funnel and moved in a zigzag pattern. The eight villages it passed through were almost completely leveled and "bodies were strewn all around". An additional 1,000 people sustained injuries.
April 18, 1880	Marshfield, Missouri	This long-track (estimated 64 miles) one-half-mile wide F4 tornado is, as of January 2022, one of the deadliest in United States history. Ninety-nine people were killed and 200+ were injured. Part of the Tornado outbreak of April 1880
April 19, 1976	Brownwood, Texas	F5 tornado (disputed) swept through this central Texas city. Several teenagers were caught in an open field and picked up/thrown nearly 1,000 yards (914 meters). All of them survived.
April 20, 1920	Starkville, Mississippi, to Waco, Alabama	As of January 2022, one of the deadliest tornadoes in United States history. A total of 88 people were killed and 700 were injured during this 130-mile long-track F4 tornado. Almost exactly 91 years later, another deadly violent tornado also passed through and devastated the towns of Hackleburg and Phil Campbell in Alabama. Part of the April 1920 tornado outbreak
April 21, 1967	Belvidere, Illinois	This F4 tornado killed 24 people, injured more than 400 others, and struck as children were leaving school for the day. More than half the fatalities were children including 13 at Belvidere High School. Seven others were killed at a nearby shopping center. A total of 400 cars at a nearby Chrysler plant were destroyed (including 300 brand new cars and 100 employee-owned cars. Part of the 1967 Oak Lawn tornado outbreak
April 22, 2011	St. Louis, Missouri and vicinity	The 2011 St. Louis tornado, rated EF4, heavily damaged Lambert Field and thousands of nearby homes. Many houses in the town of Bridgeton, where the tornado was reportedly at its strongest, were completely destroyed. Nobody was killed and only five were reported injured.
April 23, 1800	Hainichen, Germany	Assessed by the ESSL as an F5. Homes were completely destroyed and trees debarked. No reported fatalities but five people were injured.
April 23, 1908	Cuming and Thurston counties, Nebraska	F5 tornado tracked 15 miles through mostly rural farmland, obliterated one well-built, multi-story farmhouse. Considered part of the 1908 Dixie tornado outbreak
April 23, 1968	Ohio	F5 tornado (disputed) followed the Ohio River from Wheelersburg to Gallipolis. Seven people were killed and an electrical transmission tower was ripped off at the base and thrown. Part of the Tornado outbreak of April 21–24, 1968
April 24, 1908	Amite, Louisiana, to Purvis, Mississippi, and Natchez, Mississippi	As of January 2022, this very-long-track F4 tornado is the eighth deadliest in recorded (United States) history. The damage path was two miles wide in Amite and 143 out of only approximately 150 buildings in Purvis were destroyed. Also part of the 1908 Dixie tornado outbreak, the violent F4 Natchez tornado killed an additional 91+ people which also ranks it among the deadliest tornadoes in United States history.
April 24, 1908	Naria, Zajira, Bhedarganj, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh	Total of 141 fatalities reported.
April 24, 2007	Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico	Three people were killed and numerous houses and businesses were destroyed with others completely swept away. Rated F4, not EF4, as Mexico was using the Fujita scale at that time. This was the most violent tornado during the Tornado outbreak sequence of April 20–27, 2007
April 25, 1880	Macon, Mississippi	A violent tornado killed 22 people and injured 72 others. At least 20 houses were completely swept away with pieces found as far as 15 miles away. Loaded freight cars were thrown up to 100 yards away.
April 26, 1938	Oshkosh, Nebraska	This sometimes mile-wide tornado stayed on the ground for 25 miles. It destroyed two farms and obliterated a schoolhouse. Three children, all under the age of ten, were killed and their bodies were found a quarter of a mile away.
April 26, 1989	Bangladesh	Daulatpur–Saturia tornado. The deadliest recorded tornado in world history killed 1,300 people, injured at least 12,000 others, and left 80,000 people homeless. Winds were estimated between 180 and 350 km/h (or 110-200+ mph) and it was given an F3 rating.
April 26, 1991	Central United States (Great Plains)	A deadly F5 tornado killed 17 people and devastated the town of Andover, Kansas. Cars were thrown up to 3/4 mile and found mangled beyond recognition. Part of the very intense April 26, 1991 tornado outbreak. As video camcorders had recently become popular, this became one of the most widely filmed F5 tornadoes. During the El Dorado Lake-Kansas Turnpike tornado (on the same day), a news crew sought shelter under a highway overpass which resulted in the fatal misconception that overpasses are safe for such a purpose. Several people were killed during the 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado as a result.
April 27, 2011	Midwestern, Southern United States	The deadliest day of the four-day 2011 Super Outbreak which was the largest and costliest outbreak in recorded (U.S.) history. A total of 216 tornadoes (including four long-track EF5 tornadoes between Mississippi and Alabama) touched down in 24 hours and killed 348 people (including 24 indirectly), the second-most tornado-related fatalities in a single day since the Tri-State tornado outbreak in 1925. Overall, the outbreak caused $10.1 billion in damages or $13.38 billion (2023 USD) when adjusted for inflation.
April 28, 2002	La Plata, Maryland	An F4 tornado struck the town of La Plata, killing three people and injuring over 100 others. The town hall was rebuilt afterward and became the first LEED-certified building in southern Maryland. Part of the Tornado outbreak of April 27-28, 2002
April 29, 1972	Bhakua and Haripur, Bangladesh	At least 300 people were reported dead.
April 29, 2017	Canton and Eustace, Texas	A violent, rain-wrapped, EF4 wedge tornado killed two people and injured 25 others. A large two-story brick house was leveled and the slab almost completely swept clean. This was the strongest tornado of the Tornado outbreak of April 28 - May 1, 2017
April 30, 1924	Horrell Hill, South Carolina	An extremely long-track F4 tornado remains the worst in South Carolina history. On the ground for 135 miles, it killed 67 people including four children who died when their elementary school was destroyed. This was the strongest tornado of the April 1924 tornado outbreak.

May

Date	Location	Significance
May 1, 1895	Halstead, Kansas	At least 25 farms and numerous large/well-built homes were destroyed or completely swept away in Harvey County, Kansas. At least eight people from just two families (possibly as many as 19 people) were killed and many others injured. This tornado was nearly one mile wide at its largest point and it is speculated that, because of its size, many didn't recognize it was a tornado until it was already upon them.
May 1, 2022	Arecibo, Puerto Rico	An extremely rare EF-1 tornado became the first tornado ever to touch down in Arecibo and the first tornado to hit Puerto Rico in nearly three years. There have only been 21 tornadoes recorded in Puerto Rico since 1950 (when formal records were first kept) and never one stronger than EF-1 intensity. With estimated top winds of 100 mph (162 km/h), this is the strongest tornado to hit the island in 47 years. Officials state that there were no fatalities or injuries and damage reports included "moderate building and roof damage, mangled fences and downed utility poles".
May 2, 1929	Rye Cove, Virginia	The deadliest tornado in Virginia's history killed 13 people, including 12 schoolchildren and one of their teachers. The wooden school itself reportedly "collapsed" and "exploded" with the bodies of the dead moved as far as 200 feet from the foundation. A cabin next door to the school was completely carried away by the estimated F2 storm and its furniture was discovered as far as four miles away. This was part of the 1929 Rye Cove, Virginia tornado outbreak
May 2, 2007	near N'Djamena, Chad	Nine people were reported dead, at least 100 were injured, and 50 houses were completely destroyed.
May 3, 1895	Sioux County, Iowa	Only two days after the Harvey County tornado, another F5 tornado devastated the area around Sioux Center and the village of Carmel. Four schoolhouses were seriously damaged or completely destroyed and several teachers and students were killed with some of their bodies found nearly half a mile away. As many as 15 people were reportedly killed by this storm and dozens of other buildings also destroyed.
May 3, 1999	Oklahoma	The 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado remains one of the most violent F5 tornadoes in United States history, tracking 38 miles through central Oklahoma and causing incredible damage to the town of Bridge Creek and the cities of Moore, Oklahoma City, Del City, and Midwest City. Forty-one people (36 direct, five indirect) were killed, 583 were injured, and a total of $1.6 billion in damages (when adjusted for inflation) were reported. The highest wind speeds ever measured on Earth were recorded by a Doppler on Wheels (DOW) radar during this tornado: 301 ± 20 miles per hour (or 484 ± 32 kilometers per hour).
May 4, 1961	Oklahoma	National Severe Storms Project (NSSP) researcher Neil B. Ward holds the distinction of being the first scientific storm chaser. On this date, northwest of the town of Geary, Oklahoma, Ward was able to coordinate with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and the radar operator in Oklahoma City "to correlate the hook-echo circulation, as seen on radar, with the visual sighting of a major [large, multiple vortex] tornado." The National Weather Service reported that this was an F3 tornado. Part of the Tornado outbreak sequence of May 3–9, 1961.
May 4, 2007	Greensburg, Kansas	This incredibly violent EF5 wedge tornado - with estimated winds of 210+ miles per hour - killed 11 people and destroyed greater than 95 percent of the city. It was the first violent tornado assessed with the updated Enhanced Fujita scale and was part of the May 2007 tornado outbreak. The Greensburg city council later passed a resolution stating that all city buildings would be rebuilt to LEED platinum standards, making it the first city in the nation to do so.
May 5, 1960	Prague, Oklahoma	This F5 tornado tracked almost 72 miles, killing five people, destroying 14 farms and 100 houses, and damaging an oil refinery. Part of the May 1960 tornado outbreak sequence
May 5, 1964	Adams County to Butler County, including Bradshaw, Nebraska	This F5 tornado killed at least two people, injured numerous others, and damaged or destroyed/swept away at least 42 farms over a 70-mile path. This is the last F5/EF5 tornado to have occurred in the state of Nebraska.
May 6, 1973	Valley Mills, Texas	No fatalities or injuries. This tracked about ten miles but only 100 yards wide. Two barns were demolished and swept away. A pickup truck was carried about one-half mile and another one was carried about 600 feet. Based on the pickup trucks being thrown, wind engineers gave this an F5 rating.
May 6, 1975	Omaha, Nebraska	A violent F4 tornado crossed Interstate 80 in Douglas County, Nebraska then left a path of destruction in some of Omaha's busiest neighborhoods during the evening rush hour. Three people were killed, at least 133 were injured (including a number of unsuspecting motorists on Interstate 80), and nearly 4,500 buildings were either damaged or completely destroyed along its ten-mile path. Damages totaled nearly $400 million or $2.216 billion (2023 USD). This was the strongest tornado during the 1975 Omaha tornado outbreak which consisted of 36 tornadoes in six different states.
May 7, 1840	Louisiana, Mississippi	As of January 2022, the Great Natchez Tornado is the second deadliest tornado/tornado family in United States history. The death toll was recorded as 316 people but this number may be much higher as black people in the antebellum south wouldn't have been included in the death count.
May 7, 1927	Aetna to McPherson, Kansas	The only F5 tornado - possibly part of a tornado family - to occur during the Tornado outbreak of May 1927. At points, damage path was nearly two miles wide. Nearly 100 farms were either damaged or obliterated along the 95-mile track. Ten people were killed and about 300 were injured.
May 7, 2007	Bébédjia, Chad	At least 14 people were killed and 145 people "seriously injured" by this violent tornado. As 95% of this small town in the southeastern part of the country was completely destroyed and a second violent storm passed through several hours later and worsened the damage, this town was never rebuilt and is now considered a "ghost town".
May 8, 1965	near Gregory, South Dakota	This was the only F5 tornado in South Dakota's history. It was on the ground for 30 miles and reached a maximum width of one mile. Ten farms were destroyed, three of them completely swept away, and an additional 25 were badly damaged. Amazingly, there were no reported fatalities. Part of the Early May 1965 tornado outbreak
May 9, 1927	Poplar Bluff, Missouri	Ninety-eight people were killed and nearly 300 square blocks of the city were destroyed by one of the deadliest tornadoes in United States history. Part of the Tornado outbreak of May 1927
May 10, 1899	Coahuila, Mexico	A strong tornado - very uncommon for this region - reportedly struck the Mina Hondo (Hondo Mine) near the town of Sabinas, killing upwards of ten people and "blowing away" a hotel, train depot, pump house, and the second story of the mine's general offices. The tornado also carried a "string of freight trains" several hundred yards out onto the adjacent prairie.
May 10, 1905	Snyder, Oklahoma	The 1905 Snyder, Oklahoma tornado was a violent late-evening F5 tornado that killed 97 people making it one of the deadliest in United States history. At least 100 houses were destroyed and, in some cases, completely swept away. Another 150 houses sustained considerable damage.
May 11, 1953	Waco, Texas	One of the deadliest tornadoes in Texas (and United States) history, this F5 tornado killed 114 people, injured nearly 600 others, and caused $500 million (2022 USD) in damages. Part of the 1953 Waco tornado outbreak
May 11, 1970	Lubbock, Texas	1970 Lubbock tornado. This late-evening F5 tornado killed 26 people and caused significant damage. It also struck the downtown business district and structurally deformed a high-rise building. This led to major civil/structural engineering advances at Texas Tech University and also led Ted Fujita to formulate the Fujita scale.
May 12, 1886	Madrid, Spain	A violent tornado struck the Carabanchel district (a separate town at the time of the tornado) of Spain's capital city. It was coined the "killer tornado" after killing 47 people, including many of the women who worked at the laundrettes along the Manzanares River. The laundrettes, many houses, and land along its track were destroyed. Before dissipating, it also flattened 400 trees in the botanical garden at Retiro Park.
May 12, 1956	Flint, Michigan	Only three years after the violent 1953 Flint–Beecher tornado tornado devastated a significant portion of the city, an F4 tornado (the strongest of a small outbreak of ten tornadoes that affected southern Michigan that day) killed three people and injured 116 others. This tornado stayed on the ground for 6.5 miles through the southeastern part of the city and caused $5 million ($54.78 million USD 2023) in damages.
May 13, 1908	Gilliam, Louisiana	An evening tornado struck this small Caddo Parish town leaving only two houses standing and the rest of the town destroyed. Thirty-four people were killed and the same tornado killed an additional 15 people in other nearby communities. Papers from the town were discovered in Waldo, Arkansas that night, nearly 100 miles away.
May 13, 1996	Jamalpur and Tangail Districts, Bangladesh	At least 700 were killed by a devastating family of tornadoes and at least 32,000 were injured.
May 14, 1972	Indianapolis, Indiana	Nobody was killed but 20 were injured and nearly 100 buildings were either damaged or destroyed along the 29-mile path of this tornado. It may be the strongest tornado ever to track through Indiana's capital city although Grazulis suggests that the deadly tornado of May 18, 1927 may also have been of F4 intensity. Grazulis ultimately gave the 1927 tornado an F3 rating.
May 15, 1896	Denton and Sherman, Texas	This estimated F5 tornado killed 73 people and injured at least 200 others. Numerous houses and farms were destroyed and swept away. Bodies were thrown at least 1,000 feet from their houses and many were found in a muddy creek nearby. This was one of three F5 tornadoes during the May 1896 tornado outbreak sequence
May 15, 1968	Charles City, Iowa, then Oelwein and Maynard, Iowa	Two different F5 tornadoes touched down about 45 minutes apart. The Charles City tornado moved through five different counties and over 62 miles. The second one went through 13 miles of Fayette County. A total of 18 people were killed between the two tornadoes and over 600 were injured. Both tornadoes caused incredible devastation. Both part of the Tornado outbreak of May 1968
May 16, 2017	Polk, Barron, Rusk, and Price Counties, Wisconsin	Dubbed the "Northwest Wisconsin Tornado" by the National Weather Service, this tornado is the longest-tracking (83 miles) in Wisconsin's history. Twenty-five people were injured over the course of this event. One man was killed near the town of Chetek where some of the worst damage was found. The EF3 rating, however, came from a completely flattened house near the village of Conrath. Part of the Tornado outbreak sequence of May 15–20, 2017.
May 17, 1896	Kansas, Nebraska	This estimated F5 tornado tracked 100 miles from Palmer, Kansas, to Falls City, Nebraska, and reached a width of two miles. At least 25 people were killed and 200 others injured with devastating damage in several Kansas communities. This was the second of three F5 tornadoes during the May 1896 tornado outbreak sequence
May 18, 1898	Rietbrock, Wisconsin	This (estimated) F5 tornado killed as many as 12 people and injured dozens of others while also completely destroying as much as 100 million board feet of timber on its nearly 30-mile track. Also of note, this tornado passed near the exact geographic center (45 degrees north, 90 degrees west) of the northern part of the Western Hemisphere.
May 18, 1902	Goliad, Texas	The 1902 Goliad, Texas tornado was one of the deadliest tornadoes in United States history and tied for the highest death toll in the state of Texas. A total of 114 people were reported dead with about 50 of those coming from the Fannin Street Methodist Church that had been filled with people seeking shelter from the storm.
May 19, 2013	Lake Thunderbird-Bethel Acres-Shawnee, Oklahoma	A violent EF4 tornado touched down in Cleveland County, east of Norman and caused significant damage along its 20-mile track. Houses were flattened and a large tractor trailer truck was blown off an overpass (the driver survived with minor injuries). Two people were killed by this storm and ten others were injured. This was part of the Tornado outbreak of May 18–21, 2013
May 20, 1877	Landess, Indiana	A tornado had struck a church around 4:00 pm in Landess, Indiana. Two people were killed by debris and numerous others were injured.
May 20, 1957	Ruskin Heights, Missouri	This deadly F5 tornado killed 44 people, injured 207 others, and caused significant damage. Part of the May 1957 Central Plains tornado outbreak sequence
May 20, 2013	Oklahoma	2013 Moore tornado. Deadly EF5.
May 21, 1950	Buckinghamshire – Cambridgeshire, England, UK	Tornadoes
May 22, 1893	Willow Springs, Wisconsin	Three people were killed during this (estimated) F5 tornado with multiple farmhouses completely destroyed/swept away.
May 22, 1987	West Texas	1987 Saragosa, Texas tornado
May 22, 2004	Central Great Plains, United States	2004 Hallam, Nebraska tornado during (*)May 2004 tornado outbreak sequence
May 22–31, 2008		Parkersburg – New Hartford, Iowa on 25th during Late-May 2008 tornado outbreak sequence. EF5.
May 22, 2011	Joplin, Missouri	2011 Joplin tornado. This multi-vortex EF5 tornado is the deadliest since 1947 and seventh deadliest in United States history after killing 166 people (including eight indirect deaths). It is also the costliest single tornado in United States history with roughly $2.8 billion in damages.
May 23–25, 2015	Texas, Oklahoma	2015 Texas–Oklahoma flood and tornado outbreak
May 24, 1973	Oklahoma	First successful tornado chase by a scientific team, the Tornado Intercept Project, of Union City tornado led to tornado morphology and dynamics advancements and defining of the tornado life cycle.
May 24, 2005	Indaiatuba, São Paulo, Brazil	Large multiple-vortex tornado
May 25, 1896	Eastern Michigan	The third F5 tornado of the May 1896 tornado outbreak sequence. Forty-seven people were killed, at least 100 others were injured, and multiple towns and villages were heavily damaged, some nearly "swept from the Earth". This is the second-deadliest tornado in Michigan history after the 1953 Flint–Beecher tornado.
May 25, 1917	Kansas	Long-track F5 tornado stayed on the ground for 65 miles through Sedgwick, Harvey, and Marion counties. Swept more than 100 buildings completely away and killed 23 people. Part of the Tornado outbreak sequence of May 25–June 1, 1917
May 25, 1955	Great Plains, United States	F5 tornadoes occurred on this date in both Blackwell, Oklahoma, and Udall, Kansas. Part of the 1955 Great Plains tornado outbreak that included 46 confirmed tornadoes. The Udall tornado remains one of the deadliest in United States history.
May 26, 1917	Mattoon and Charleston, Illinois	The long-track Mattoon-Charleston F4 tornado killed 101 people and, as of January 2022, is among the deadliest single tornadoes in United States history. It is also the third deadliest tornado in Illinois history and, at approximately 155 miles, is among the longest-tracking tornadoes in the United States. Part of the Tornado outbreak sequence of May 25–June 1, 1917.
May 26, 1963	Oklahoma	Tornadic thunderstorms observed visually and on radar by Ralph Donaldson lead to advancements in understanding of tornadoes and tornadic thunderstorms, such as knowledge of right-moving storm.
May 27, 1896	St. Louis, Missouri, East St. Louis, Illinois	The 1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado killed 255 people and left thousands of people homeless. As of January 2022, it is the third deadliest tornado in United States history.
May 27, 1997	Prairie Dell, Texas, Jarrell, Texas	The 1997 Prairie Dell-Jarrell tornado F5 tornado killed 27 people (14 were children) in the Double Creek Estates subdivision. This tornado moved in south-southwest direction at speeds as slow as five miles-per-hour which likely contributed to the incredible destruction. Part of the 1997 Central Texas tornado outbreak.
May 29, 1953	Fort Rice, North Dakota	This F5 tornado killed two people and destroyed 16 houses as well as a church. Pews from that church were driven four feet (1.2 meters) into the ground. Grazulis has disputed this rating (said it was F4). Part of the Tornado outbreak of May 29, 1953
May 29, 1981	Eastern Lithuania
May 29, 1995	Western Massachusetts	The 1995 Great Barrington tornado was the most recent of only three F4/EF4 tornadoes to hit the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The F4 rating was given solely because a car was picked up by the tornado and thrown nearly one thousand feet into a wooded hillside, instantly killing its three occupants.
May 30, 1879	Irving, Kansas (a ghost town that can be found within Blue Rapids)	Two strong tornadoes, one after the other, hit this small town and obliterated most of it. Scores of people were injured and at least 19 people were killed, six of them from the Gale family. Years later, when an unknown named Lyman Baum was working on his first book, he came across a story about the tornadoes in Irving. It mentioned that one of the Gales, a young woman named Dorothy, had been thrown by the tornado and plunged headfirst into the mud with her legs sticking straight up in the air. This gruesome incident allegedly inspired Baum to write the famous tornado scene in the book that would make him famous - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. (Other reports have suggested that Baum's niece, Dorothy, who died in infancy, inspired the name of his character.)
May 30, 1998	North-central United States	Spencer, South Dakota during Late-May 1998 tornado outbreak and derecho
May 31, 1985	Eastern United States, Canada	1985 United States–Canada tornado outbreak
May 31, 2013	Oklahoma	2013 El Reno tornado. This EF3 tornado (among the most disputed ratings on record) was the widest ever recorded at 2.6 miles wide. It was also the first tornado known to have killed storm chasers. Among its victims were renowned scientist Tim Samaras; his son and videographer, Paul Samaras; and his friend, meteorologist Carl Young.

June

Date	Location	Significance
June 1, 1903	Gainesville and New Holland, Georgia	One of the deadliest tornadoes in United States history, an F4 that killed 98 people, leveled at least 100 cottages, and knocked the top two floors off the Gainesville cotton mill. An estimated two-thirds of the dead came from the mill and six "negroes" were also listed among the victims.
June 1, 2011	Maine, Massachusetts	2011 New England tornado outbreak included a violent, long-track, high-end EF3 tornado that killed three people and devastated the city of Springfield, Massachusetts, and neighboring communities.
June 2, 1902	Javaugues, France
June 2–3, 1980	Central and eastern United States	Grand Island, Nebraska on 3rd during (*)1980 Grand Island tornado outbreaks
June 2–3, 1990	Ohio Valley, United States	June 1990 Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak.
June 3, 1860	Camanche, Iowa, to Albany, Illinois	One of the deadliest tornadoes in United States history. Known as the "Great Camanche Tornado", at least 92 people were killed between the two cities, and 200 buildings were flattened in Camanche alone.
June 3–11, 2008	Central and eastern North America	June 2008 tornado outbreak sequence
June 3, 2009	Russia	2009 Krasnozavodsk tornado
June 4, 1958	Wisconsin	An F5 tornado (disputed) devastated several towns in Wisconsin including Cedar Falls and Colfax. Twenty-one people were killed and 110 were injured. Part of the Tornado outbreak of June 3–4, 1958.
June 5, 2009	Goshen County, Wyoming	Significant tornado is most observed in history as was surrounded for entire life cycle by the VORTEX2 armada.
June 7–8, 1984	North-central United States	1984 Barneveld, Wisconsin tornado outbreak
June 8, 1953	Flint and Beecher, Michigan	1953 Flint–Beecher tornado This violent late-evening F5 tornado killed 116 people and injured at least 800 others making it the tenth deadliest in United States history. A Pennsylvanian congressman believed that this tornado and the 1953 Worcester tornado that occurred the following day both formed as a result of bomb testing on June 4, a debate that meteorologists quickly ended with concrete facts about tornadogenesis.
June 8, 1966	Topeka, Kansas	This deadly F5 tornado was briefly thought to have occurred because a water tower had been built on a sacred Indian burial mound. A total of 16 people were killed and 450+ were injured as this tornado moved through the downtown area. Part of the Tornado outbreak sequence of June 1966
June 8, 1974	Southern Great Plains United States	June 1974 Great Plains tornado outbreak 36 tornadoes, 22 fatalities
June 9, 1953	Worcester County, Massachusetts, Exeter, New Hampshire	The 1953 Worcester Tornado was a long-track, high-end F4 (disputed) tornado that killed 94 people, injured nearly 1300, and caused $52 million (1953 USD) in damage. It ranks among the deadliest tornadoes in United States history. On the same day, the strongest tornado ever to touch down in New Hampshire - an F3 - caused a considerable amount of damage to the Exeter Country Club.
June 9, 1984	U.S.S.R. (Russia)	The 1984 Soviet Union tornado outbreak was the deadliest outbreak in Russian history. An estimated 400+ people were killed and hundreds of others were injured. The worst hit areas included the towns of Tver and Kostroma which took the brunt of two different F4 tornadoes. At least eight tornadoes touched down and caused considerable damage in at least 36 different towns north of Moscow.
June 12, 1899	Wisconsin	The 1899 New Richmond tornado killed 117 people, injured hundreds more, and was given an F5 rating. It was the ninth deadliest tornado in United States history and the deadliest ever in the State of Wisconsin (as of January 2022). It was suggested that the death toll would have been lower if the circus hadn't visited town that day.
June 13, 1968	Minnesota	The 1968 Tracy tornado was an F5 storm that killed nine people and 125 others. It destroyed 111 houses and damaged 190 others. A heavy boxcar was thrown almost an entire block, two other boxcars were carried 300 yards, and a steel beam was carried nearly two miles on a piece of roof.
June 14–18, 1992	Great Plains, United States	Mid-June 1992 tornado outbreak.
June 16, 1942	Brazil
June 16–18, 2010	Northern Great Plains, United States	Minnesota on 17th during (*)June 2010 Northern Plains tornado outbreaks
June 16–18, 2014	Great Plains and Midwest, United States Ontario, Canada	June 16–18, 2014 tornado outbreak
June 17, 1944	Wilmot, South Dakota	Deadliest tornado in South Dakota history. Killed 8 and injured 43.
June 17, 1946	Ontario, Canada	1946 Windsor–Tecumseh tornado
June 18–19, 1972	Southeast United States	Hurricane Agnes tornado outbreak. The hurricane spawned 30 confirmed tornadoes across Florida and Georgia, including 6 F0 tornadoes, 12 F1 events, 10 F2 events, and two F3 tornadoes on the Fujita scale.
June 19, 1835	New Jersey	1835 New Brunswick, New Jersey tornado
June 20, 1957	Fargo, North Dakota, Moorhead, Minnesota	The 1957 Fargo tornado was a long-track F5 tornado that killed 10 people and injured 100+ others in North Dakota and Minnesota. This was one of the first widely photographed tornadoes. It was intensively studied by Ted Fujita which led to substantial advancement in understanding of tornadic thunderstorm morphology.
June 22, 2007	Manitoba, Canada	2007 Elie, Manitoba tornado. Only recorded F5/EF5 tornado in Canadian history.
June 23, 1944	West Virginia	One of the deadliest tornadoes in United States history was a long-track (60 miles) F4 tornado that caused a significant amount of damage in several different communities. The worst of it was felt in the town of Shinnston, West Virginia, where at least 30 people died in one neighborhood and many houses were demolished with the wreckage swept into the West Fork River. At least 100 people (possibly as many as 103) were killed during this event, part of the 1944 Appalachians tornado outbreak.
June 23–26, 2012		2012 Tropical Storm Debby tornado outbreak
June 24, 1967	Palluel, Pas-de-Calais Department, Hauts-de-France	This was one of only two F5 tornadoes ever recorded in France. Six people were killed and 30 others were injured. A total of 17 houses were completely destroyed and many vehicles were picked up and thrown.
June 24, 2003	Manchester, South Dakota	This tornado started just south of the small unincorporated community of Manchester before growing into a large F4 wedge tornado and completely annihilating the town. Manchester was never rebuilt and is now a "ghost town". Part of the 2003 South Dakota tornado outbreak.
June 27, 1955	Scottsbluff, Nebraska	The tornado that occurred near Scottsbluff, Nebraska is among the first tornadic events to be readily photographed; it was also intensively studied by Walter Hoecker.
June 27, 1957	Louisiana	Hurricane Audrey tornado outbreak
June 28, 1924	Northern Ohio	The 1924 Lorain–Sandusky tornado was one of the costliest and deadliest tornadoes in United States history. At least 85 people were killed and 1500 buildings were either damaged or destroyed by this (estimated) F4 tornado.
June 29, 1764	Woldegk, Germany	The ESSL rated this tornado T11 on the TORRO scale which is equivalent to an F5 on the Fujita scale. Arguably among the strongest tornadoes ever recorded.
June 29, 1904	Russia	The 1904 Moscow tornado was one of the most destructive tornadoes in Russian history, along with the Ivanovo tornado.
June 30, 1912	Regina, Saskatchewan	Regina Cyclone. Deadliest tornado in Canadian history.

July

Date	Location	Significance
July 4, 1898	Hampton Beach, New Hampshire	A rare tornado along New Hampshire's seacoast killed at least three people and injured more than 100 others.
July 4, 1965	Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
July 5, 1643	modern-day Essex County, Massachusetts, and southeastern New Hampshire	Allegedly the first tornado in the Thirteen Colonies, documented by Governor John Winthrop of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in his "weather journal". He describes a meeting house in Newbury being lifted off the ground with everyone in it and acknowledges the death of a Native American man after a tree fell on him. Damage occurred between "Lynne" and Hampton. This is disputed as Winthrop does not mention a whirling/rotating cloud or a funnel shape.
July 6, 1893	Pomeroy, Iowa
July 6, 1992	Panama City, Panama
July 6, 2001	Myrtle Beach, South Carolina	2001 Myrtle Beach tornadoes
July 8, 1680	Cambridge, Massachusetts	First (less disputed) confirmed tornado in the Thirteen Colonies documented by Increase Mather. A man named Matthew Bridge described a "thick black cloud in continuous circular motion" that was filled with debris. It ripped up and tossed around trees, bushes, and large rocks and also took the roof off a barn. A servant named John Robbins was the sole fatality: he died from injuries sustained during the storm (reportedly broken bones and significant bruising).
July 10, 1968	Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
July 10, 1989	Northeastern United States	1989 Northeastern United States tornado outbreak included two rare F4 tornadoes that caused significant damage in Hamden, Connecticut, and Schoharie, New York
July 13, 2004	Illinois	2004 Roanoke tornado. Violent summer tornado transitioned into derecho.
July 14, 2000	Alberta, Canada	Pine Lake tornado
July 16, 1979	Cheyenne, Wyoming	The strongest tornado ever recorded in Wyoming killed one person (a 14-month-old baby), injured 40 others, and caused an estimated $25 million in damages. At least 200 homes were destroyed in the Buffalo Ridge neighborhood and someone's Winnebago was picked up and dropped in someone else's living room. Four C-130 aircraft were also heavily damaged at the airport. The official rating has wavered between F3 and low-end F4 (per Grazulis) and remains disputed.
July 18, 1996	Wisconsin	1996 Oakfield tornado outbreak. An F5 tornado struck the village of Oakfield, injuring 12.
July 23, 1975	Illinois	1975 Canton, Illinois tornado
July 24, 1930	Treviso, Udine, Italy	Determined to be T10/F5, nearly leveled large stone monastery and killed 23 people.
July 26, 1890	Lawrence, Massachusetts	Eight people were killed and 65 others were injured by an F3 tornado (per Grazulis) that touched down at 9:10 a.m. and lasted less than five minutes.
July 28, 2005	Birmingham, England, UK	2005 Birmingham tornado this F2 tornado caused £40 million damage and injured 19 people in just eight minutes.
July 28, 2014	Revere, Massachusetts.	Without any watches or warnings, this EF2 tornado touched down shortly after 9 a.m. EDT and traveled two miles through the city's center causing $4 million in damage in only four minutes. This is the only recorded tornado in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, since 1950.
July 30, 1119	Vyšehrad, Czech Republic
July 31, 1987	Canada	Edmonton tornado

August

Date	Location	Significance
August 1, 1674	Utrecht, Netherlands
August 3–4, 2008		August 2008 European tornado outbreak
August 6, 1879		Bouctouche, New Brunswick tornado. Easternmost significant tornado recorded in North America.
August 9, 1878	Connecticut	1878 Wallingford tornado
August 9, 1980		Hurricane Allen tornado outbreak
August 10, 1924	Thurman, Colorado
August 11, 1999	Salt Lake City, Utah	1999 Salt Lake City tornado
August 12, 2002	Southeastern Romania
August 14, 1971	Queensland, Australia	Kin Kin tornado
August 15, 1787	New England, United States	Four-State Tornado Swarm. Earliest known tornado outbreak.
August 15, 1985		Hurricane Danny tornado outbreak
August 15–16, 2008		2008 Poland tornado outbreak
August 16, 1888	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada
August 18, 2005	Wisconsin	August 2005 Wisconsin tornado outbreak. Largest recorded tornado outbreak in Wisconsin.
August 18–27, 2008		2008 Tropical Storm Fay tornado outbreak
August 19, 1845	Montville, Seine-Maritime, France	Per the ESSL and Grazulis, this was a T10/F5 tornado that killed upwards of 75 people, leveled multiple stone-built mills, and carried debris up to 40 kilometers (approx. 24–25 miles).
August 19, 2005	Canada	Southern Ontario tornado outbreak of 2005
August 20, 1970	Canada	Sudbury, Ontario tornado
August 20, 2009	Canada	Southern Ontario Tornado Outbreak of 2009
August 21, 1521	Tlatelolco (Mexico City), Mexico	Apparent tornado two days before the Aztec capital's fall to Hernán Cortés would be the first known tornado in the Americas.
August 21, 2011	Canada	2011 Goderich, Ontario tornado
August 22, 1851	Massachusetts
August 24, 2006		August 24, 2006 tornado outbreak
August 25, 1814	Washington, D.C.	Killed British troops occupying capital the day after it was burned during War of 1812
August 25, 1948	Frankton – Hamilton, New Zealand
August 27 – September 4, 2012		2012 Hurricane Isaac tornado outbreak
August 27, 1964	Pima County, Arizona	This strong F2 tornado was the deadliest tornado for the state of Arizona, killing 2 and injuring nine others. Four houses were destroyed in San Xavier Mission Village.
August 28, 1973	West Stockbridge, Massachusetts / Canaan, New York	One of only three F4/EF4 tornadoes to strike the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, this short-lived violent tornado killed four people and destroyed a large truck stop.
August 28, 1990	Illinois	1990 Plainfield tornado
August 29–31, 2005		Hurricane Katrina tornado outbreak
August 31, 2008		Hurricane Gustav tornado outbreak

September

Date	Location	Significance
September 1, 2021		Hurricane Ida tornado outbreak
September 3, 1979		Hurricane David tornado outbreak
September 3–7, 2011		Tropical Storm Lee tornado outbreak
September 4, 1935		1935 Labor Day hurricane tornado outbreak
September 4–5, 2004		2004 Hurricane Frances tornado outbreak
September 7, 2009	San Pedro, Argentina
September 9, 1821	Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont	September 1821 New England tornado outbreak
September 10, 1961		Hurricane Carla tornado outbreak
September 11, 1970	Venice, Italy	Tornadoes
September 13, 1928		Upper Plains-Midwest tornado outbreak
September 15, 1912	Syracuse, New York
September 15–18, 2004		Hurricane Ivan tornado outbreak
September 15, 2006	Barranquilla, Colombia
September 16, 1988		Hurricane Gilbert tornado outbreak
September 18, 2006	Nobeoka, Miyazaki Prefecture (Kyūshū), Japan
September 20, 1967		Hurricane Beulah tornado outbreak
September 22, 1810	Fernhill Heath, Farnborough, Hampshire, England, UK
September 23, 1551 (or 1555)	Malta	Valletta, Malta tornado
September 23, 1903	Yodobashi Town, Japan
September 24–30, 1998		Hurricane Georges tornado outbreak
September 24–26, 2005		Hurricane Rita tornado outbreak
September 26, 1881	Miyazaki, Japan
September 29, 1927	St. Louis, Missouri and elsewhere	Tornado outbreak of September 29, 1927

October

Date	Location	Significance
October 3, 1964		Hurricane Hilda tornado outbreak
October 3, 1979	Connecticut	With an F4 rating, the Windsor Locks, Connecticut tornado was the strongest in the state's history, killing three people and injuring at least 500 others. It passed through Hartford's Bradley International Airport, destroying at least 20 vintage airplanes in a museum hangar (which was also damaged beyond repair) and damaging many others. This was another major tornado in New England that (a) had no watches or warnings preceding it and (b) moved in a rare northerly direction. It was considered one of the costliest tornadoes in United States history.
October 4, 1998	Oklahoma
October 5, 1970	Shawnee, Oklahoma	An F4 tornado struck the city of Shawnee, killing four people and injuring 85.
October 6, 1981	Netherlands	NLM CityHopper Flight 431.
October 6, 2010	Coconino County, Arizona	Three significant tornadoes traveled within 2 miles of the National Weather Service Office in Bellemont, Arizona. See October 2010 Arizona tornado outbreak and hailstorm.
October 14, 1966	Belmond, Iowa	An F5 tornado (disputed) struck the town of Belmond, killing six people and injuring 172.
October 17, 1091	London, England, UK	The London tornado of 1091, with an estimated F4/T8 rating, destroyed the original wooden London Bridge along with several churches and at least 600 (also wooden) houses. Two people were killed.
October 21, 1999	Heidelberg, South Africa
October 24, 2001	Midwestern United States	North Central Indiana-Michigan Tornado Outbreak
October 24, 2005		Hurricane Wilma tornado outbreak
October 25, 1965	Encarnación, Paraguay
October 25, 1968	Vichadero, Uruguay
October 26, 2007	Dunoon, New South Wales, Australia
October 27, 1913	South Wales; Cheshire and Shropshire, England, UK	The 1913 United Kingdom tornado outbreak included five tornadoes of either F2 or F3 (T5 or T6 on the TORRO scale) strength injured hundreds of people. The tornado that touched down in Edwardsville killed at least six people which makes it the deadliest tornado in the history of the United Kingdom (as of January 2022).

November

Date	Location	Significance
November 4, 1922	Great Plains United States	Great Plains tornado outbreak
November 4, 1973	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
November 6, 1989	Elsmore, New South Wales, Australia	Tornadoes
November 6, 2005	Mid-Mississippi Valley, United States	Evansville Tornado of November 2005
November 7, 2006	Japan	2006 Saroma tornado
November 9, 1926	La Plata, Maryland	Death toll was 17. Fourteen of those deaths occurred when the town's elementary school was demolished.
November 10, 1957	Tomiye City, Japan
November 10, 2002		2002 Veterans Day Weekend tornado outbreak
November 15–16, 1989		November 1989 tornado outbreaks
November 15, 2005	Central United States	Mid-November 2005 tornado outbreak
November 17, 2013	Ohio River Valley and Midwestern United States	Tornado outbreak of November 17, 2013 including a long-track (46 miles) high-end EF4 tornado that caused $800 million in damage to the small city of Washington, Illinois. A total of 73 tornadoes were confirmed over an 11-hour period.
November 18, 1957	Chattooga County, GA	This F2 (estimated) tornado trekked 14.5 miles through northwest Georgia, one of 23 tornadoes that touched down that day.
November 19, 1930	Bethany, Oklahoma	Twenty-five people were killed (including five schoolchildren and their teacher) by a rare morning tornado (9:30 a.m. local time). This was one of only two occasions in Oklahoma - the other being Moore in 2013 - when children were killed by a tornado at school.
November 20, 1900	Maury County, Tennessee	Several tornadoes struck middle Tennessee on this date including a violent (estimated by Grazulis to be) F4 that killed 27 people in/near Columbia and Macedonia.
November 21–23, 1992	Ohio River Valley, Southern/Eastern United States	November 1992 tornado outbreak. One of the largest tornado outbreaks in recorded history (with regard to area) A total of 95 tornadoes confirmed from Texas to Maryland but possibly more. Multiple F4 tornadoes including one in Brandon, Mississippi, that destroyed a well-built brick mansion and threw its inhabitants as far as one-quarter mile from the wreckage.
November 23, 1981	England, Wales, UK	1981 United Kingdom tornado outbreak. Largest recorded tornado outbreak in European history with a total of 104 confirmed tornadoes over a period of just five hours and 26 minutes.
November 23–24, 2001	Southern United States	Tornado outbreak of November 23–24, 2001 included multiple F4 tornadoes in Mississippi and Alabama. Total of 69 tornadoes confirmed.
November 25, 1926	Southeastern United States	A major tornado outbreak struck on Thanksgiving Day. The most powerful and deadly of these was an (estimated) F4 tornado that touched down in Greenbrier and traveled northeast to Heber Springs killing at least 21 people and injuring at least 100 others. The final death toll for this outbreak was 76.
November 26, 2001	Henry County, Tennessee	Twelve tornadoes were confirmed on this date and the worst was an F3 that killed a mother and her three-year-old son. Dozens of homes were either damaged or destroyed.
November 27–28, 2005	Midwestern and Southern United States	Tornado outbreak of November 27–28, 2005 Total of 73 tornadoes, most of which touched down on the 27th. Three different EF3 tornadoes caused damage throughout the state of Arkansas.
November 28, 1941	Toyohashi City, Japan	The second most violent tornado in Japan's recorded history killed 12 people and injured 177 others.
November 29, 1992	Queensland, Australia	1992 Queensland storms at Oakhurst and Bucca. The Bucca tornado was rated F4 and is - as of 2021 - the strongest ever recorded in Australian history. The Oakhurst storm was rated F3. Both touched down in somewhat rural areas. No injuries or fatalities reported and damage was minimal.
November 29, 2010	Atlanta, Louisiana	An EF4 tornado destroyed a 4,000 square foot brick house and demolished then threw the pieces of a manufactured home nearly 1,000 feet into nearby woods.
November 30, 1952	Albertsville or Albertynesville, South Africa	This strong (F3) tornado is the second deadliest tornado in South African history. At least 20 people were killed and 400 others were injured. Per Grazulis, there were reports that cars were lifted 100 feet into the air.
November 30, 2018	Arkansas, Oklahoma	Tornado outbreak of November 30 – December 2, 2018 Several strong tornadoes touched down in both Arkansas and Oklahoma. No fatalities or injuries were reported.

December

Date	Location	Significance
December 1, 2018	Midwestern and Southern United States	Tornado outbreak of November 30 – December 2, 2018 The second day of this event confirmed the largest winter outbreak in Illinois history with 29 tornadoes. Hardest hit was the town of Taylorville, Illinois, where an EF3 tornado damaged or destroyed hundreds of buildings.
December 2, 1952	Payneville (or Paynesville), South Africa	Per Grazulis, this F2 tornado killed 11 people and "threw cattle high into the air".
December 2, 2018	Alabama, Georgia	Tornado outbreak of November 30 – December 2, 2018 The third day of this significant winter outbreak brought several tornadoes to Alabama and Georgia including a strong EF3 tornado that caused significant damage to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay.
December 3, 1978	Bossier City, Louisiana	1978 Bossier City tornado outbreak F4 tornado struck at 2 a.m. local time, among the first to cause over $100 million (not adjusted for inflation) in damages. Two children were killed when a car was thrown through their bedroom wall.
December 4, 1955	Brownsville, South Carolina	A very short-lived F2 tornado (disputed by Grazulis as he believes there was F3 damage) touched down in this small town near Florence. Damage was minimal except to one man's farm as he lost ten different buildings.
December 5, 1953	Mississippi	1953 Vicksburg, Mississippi tornado One of four F5 tornadoes to hit this state since the NWS started keeping records in 1950. Thirty-eight people were killed and 270 were injured making it the fifth deadliest in the state's history. This tornado caused roughly $25 million (1953 USD) in damage, mostly around Vicksburg and Waltersville. Part of the Tornado outbreak sequence of Early-December 1953
December 6, 1951	Arlington Heights-Buffalo Grove & Spring Grove-Mendota (two separate tornadoes)	At first, the Arlington Heights tornado was thought to be just a severe thunderstorm but a series of events led to further review by the National Weather Service. They determined that an F1 tornado had touched down that evening. Earlier that evening, an F2 tornado tracked almost 25 miles, killing one person and injuring another. These were the first two (meteorological) winter tornadoes recorded in the Chicago metropolitan area.
December 6, 2012	near Auckland, New Zealand	Three people were killed, seven were injured, and at least 150 houses were damaged in one of the most violent tornadoes to have ever touched down on New Zealand. Damage and casualties seen primarily in Hobsonville.
December 7, 1996	Riverview, Florida	A short-lived F2 tornado was only on the ground for four minutes but caused considerable damage at Crowley Cove, a community of manufactured homes. It killed a man and his three dogs when the storm lifted his manufactured home into the air and dropped it 100 feet away. The NWS said that it "disintegrated" on impact.
December 7, 2006	England, UK	2006 London Tornado Rated T4 on the TORRO scale which is equivalent to an F2 tornado. Touched down at just 11 a.m.(GMT), a total of 29 houses were declared "unfit for habitation" and several hundred people were temporarily displaced.
December 8, 1851 (estimated)	Marsala, Sicily	1851 Sicily tornadoes Estimated number of deaths was 500. Allegedly the second deadliest tornadoes in Europe after the Valletta Tornado of 1551 which occurred almost exactly 300 years earlier.
December 8, 2008	Broken Arrow, Oklahoma	An EF1 tornado unexpectedly blazed a mile-long trail of damage and destruction just before midnight. According to reports, nobody saw this coming, including the National Weather Service as there were no warnings.
December 9, 1879	Renick, Missouri	Grazulis estimates that this short-lived tornado was an F4 as it leveled several barns, injured seven people, and killed a young mother in a village north of Columbia, Missouri
December 10–11, 2021	Southern and Midwestern United States	Tornado outbreak of December 10-11, 2021 The deadliest December tornado outbreak ever recorded in the United States. Included multiple violent long-track tornadoes, the worst being a high-end EF4 that traveled 166 miles through western Kentucky causing catastrophic damage to the towns of Mayfield, Dawson Springs, and Bremen
December 12, 1969	Kent, Washington	This F3 tornado was one of the strongest in Washington state's history and the strongest to ever strike the Seattle area. Only one person was injured.
December 13, 1977	Houston, Texas	The strongest of six tornadoes to hit the southern United States on this date was an F3 that caused a considerable amount of damage in NE Houston. Forty people were injured and one man was killed when he tried to outrun the tornado but his truck was picked up and thrown into a large oak tree.
December 14, 1810	Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK	Rare but strong winter tornado caused significant damage in the city of Portsmouth
December 14, 2010	Aumsville, Oregon	One of only four tornadoes to hit the state of Oregon in a decade, this "massive" EF2 tornado caused an extensive amount of damage to this small town of 3,500 people.
December 15, 1998	Umtata, South Africa	An F2 tornado that severely damaged many buildings and killed 11 people when the wall of a bus station collapsed on them.
December 15, 2021	Midwestern United States	December 2021 Midwest derecho and tornado outbreak The largest December tornado outbreak ever recorded in the United States. 120 confirmed tornadoes occurred over an eight-hour period. (Straight-line winds in excess of 100 mph were also recorded in Colorado and Kansas.)
December 16, 2000	Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and throughout the Southern United States	Tornado outbreak of December 2000 The centerpiece of a 13-hour-long outbreak of 24 tornadoes was a violent F4 tornado that killed 11 people and injured 125 others in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
December 17, 1915	Mississippi	A number of towns on either side of Meridian, Mississippi, were hit by an (estimated) F2 tornado that killed as many as six people and injured up to 75 or 100 others (significant discrepancy among primary sources).
December 18–20, 1957	Midwestern and Southern United States	December 1957 tornado outbreak sequence A series of strong to violent tornadoes occurred in five different states over a three-day period including a short-lived F5 tornado that destroyed the entire community of Sunfield, Illinois. There were a total of 37 tornadoes of which 29 of them were F2+. The towns of Murphysboro and De Soto, Illinois, previously devastated by the Tri-State Tornado 32 years earlier, took another direct hit from a strong F4 tornado that killed 11 people (ten in Murphysboro), injured 200, and caused millions of dollars in damage.
December 21, 1967	Viburnum-Potosi, Missouri	The worst damage from this 28 mile-long F4 tornado occurred in and near the town of Potosi. A manufactured home community was devastated and a nine-year-old girl was killed.
December 22, 2011	Plainville- Calhoun, Georgia	A one-half mile wide EF3 tornado, part of an outbreak of 13 tornadoes, took an 11+ mile path through these two towns in northern Georgia. Four people were injured near Calhoun when their house was completely destroyed.
December 23, 2015	Holly Springs and Canaan, Mississippi	December 23–25, 2015 tornado outbreak A violent long-track EF4 tornado left a significant amount of damage along a 75-mile track through Mississippi and Tennessee including ground scouring, debarked trees, and large houses reduced to rubble.
December 24, 1988	Franklin and Brentwood, Tennessee	An F4 tornado surged through suburban Nashville in the early morning hours of Christmas Eve. Strong tornadoes have touched down on Christmas Eve on several different occasions since the National Weather Service started keeping tornado records in 1950
December 25, 1969	Kaplan and White Castle, Louisiana	Two F3 tornadoes destroyed a number of houses in the towns of Kaplan and White Castle. Tornadoes also touched down in Georgia and Florida with a total of 12 among the three states. One person was killed and 17 others were injured that day. There have been outbreaks or strong tornadoes on several other Christmas Days since the National Weather Service started keeping tornado records in 1950.
December 26–28, 2015	Dallas County, Texas, and throughout the Southern United States	Late December 2015 North American storm complex On December 26, 2015, an EF4 tornado caused ten deaths, 463 injuries, and tens of millions of dollars in damage. Nine of the deaths were caused when vehicles were lofted and thrown long distances from an elevated highway bridge. Over the three-day outbreak, a total of 32 tornadoes struck several other southern states from Oklahoma and Texas out to North Carolina and Florida.
December 29, 1865	Bowling Green, Kentucky	The NWS reported that "a tornado unroofed and blew out the walls of a bank".
December 29–30, 1973	Fort Rucker	This U.S. Army post in southern Alabama was hit by tornadoes two days in a row. One of those tornadoes was rated F3 and injured 14 people.
December 30, 2020	Corsicana, Texas	This small town about 50 miles south of Dallas was hit by an EF0 tornado just before 11 a.m. Buildings adjacent to a softball field sustained considerable damage as did several houses and a number of trees.
December 31, 1947	Cotton Valley, Louisiana, and throughout the Southern United States	An F4 tornado killed 14 people in this small town north of Shreveport, Louisiana. More than 75% of the town was reportedly "flattened". This was part of a larger outbreak in the southern United States that killed 20 people and injured at least 250.

See also

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• Derecho
• Enhanced Fujita scale (used in the United States from 2007 through the present day)
• List of F5 and EF5 tornadoes
• List of F4 and EF4 tornadoes
  • List of F4 and EF4 tornadoes (2010–2019)
  • List of F4 and EF4 tornadoes (2020–present)
• List of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
• List of tornado events by year
• Supercell thunderstorm
• Ted Fujita, creator of the original Fujita Scale (used in the United States from 1971 to 2007)
• Thomas P. Grazulis
• Tornado climatology

References

• Rosenfeld, Daniel; T. L. Bell (2011). "Why do Tornados and Hailstorms Rest on Weekends?". J. Geophys. Res. 116 (D20211): D20211. Bibcode:2011JGRD..11620211R. doi:10.1029/2011JD016214. hdl:2060/20110015368.
• Yuter, Sandra E.; M. A. Miller; M. D. Parker; P. M. Markowski; Y. Richardson; H. Brooks; J. M. Straka (2013). "Commentary on "Why do tornados and hailstorms rest on weekends?" by D. Rosenfeld and T. Bell". J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. 118 (13): 7332–7338. Bibcode:2013JGRD..118.7332Y. doi:10.1002/jgrd.50526.
• Rosenfeld, Daniel; T. L. Bell (2013). "Reply to comment by S. E. Yuter et al. on "Why do tornados and hailstorms rest on weekends?"". J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. 118 (13): 7339–43. Bibcode:2013JGRD..118.7339R. doi:10.1002/jgrd.50539.
• Hatzis, Joshua J.; J. Koch; H. E. Brooks (2020). "A tornado daily impacts simulator for the central and southern United States". Meteorol. Appl. 27 (1): 27:e1882. Bibcode:2020MeApp..27.1882H. doi:10.1002/met.1882.

External links

• The Tornado Project
• Tornado Map Project
• GenDisasters Archived October 27, 2021, at the Wayback Machine
• Storm Prediction Center WCM Page
• SPC Severe Weather Event Summaries
• NCDC Storm Events Database
• Storm Data
• Bangladesh and East India Tornado Prediction Site (Jonathan Finch)
• The Weather Doctor's Almanac (Keith C. Heidorn)

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