List of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks

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Contents 1 Tornado Events 1.1 Pre 1800 1.2 1800 - 1899 1.3 1900 - 1919 1.4 1920 - 1929 1.5 1930 - 1939 1.6 1940 - 1949 1.7 1950 - 1959 1.8 1960 - 1969 1.9 1970 - 1979 1.10 1980 - 1989 1.11 1990 - 1999 1.12 2000 - 2009 2 Tornadoes rated F5 3 Tornado-related deaths at schools 4 Most tornadoes spawned by hurricanes 5 Tornadoes striking the downtown of major cities 6 See also 7 References 8 External links and sources

Tornado Events

These are some notable tornadoes, tornado outbreaks, and tornado outbreak sequences that have occurred around the globe.

1. The listing is U.S.-centric, with more and more consistent information available for U.S. tornadoes. Some North American outbreaks affecting the U.S. may only have U.S. tornado information.
2. Exact death and injury counts are not possible, especially for large events and events before 1955.
3. Prior to 1950 in the United States, only significant tornadoes are listed for the number of tornadoes in outbreaks, and for similar reasons injuries are listed for all events only before 1950.
4. Due to increasing detection, particularly in the U.S., numbers of counted tornadoes have increased markedly in recent decades although number of actual tornadoes and counted significant tornadoes has not.

Pre 1800

Event	Date	Area	Tornadoes	Casualties	Notes
Rosdalla, Ireland Tornado	April 30, 1054	Ireland	-	-	Earliest known European tornado
London Tornado of 1091	October 23, 1091	England	-	-	Earliest known and perhaps strongest British tornado
Valetta, Malta Tornado	September 23, 1551 (or 1556)	Malta	-	≈600 fatalities	Perhaps deadliest European tornado
La Rochelle - Paris, France Tornadoes	September 9669	France	-	-	Longest track tornado family in Europe
Rehobeth, Massachusetts Tornado	August 1671	Massachusetts	-	0 fatalities	Earliest known U.S. tornado
Utrecht, Netherlands Tornado	August 1, 1674	Utrecht, Netherlands	-	-
Cambridge, Massachusetts Tornado	July 8, 1680	Massachusetts	-	1 fatality	Earliest known U.S. killer tornado

1800 - 1899

Event	Date	Area	Tornadoes	Casualties	Notes
Fernhill Heath - Hampshire, England Tornadoes	September 22, 1810	England	-	-	Widest known and perhaps strongest British tornadoes
Plymouth, UK Tornado	December 14, 1810	England	-	-	Perhaps strongest British tornado
War of 1812 Washington D.C. Tornado	August 25, 1814	Washington, D.C.	-	-	Killed several British soldiers occupying city
Calcutta, India Tornado	April 8, 1838	Calcutta, India	-	215 fatalities
Great Natchez Tornado	May 7, 1840	Southeastern U.S.	>1	>317 fatalities, >109 injuries	2nd deadliest tornado in U.S. history
Seine-Maritime, France Tornado	August 19, 1845	France	-	70-200 fatalities	Perhaps strongest European tornado
Sicily, Italy Tornadoes	December 1851	Sicily, Italy	-	≈500 fatalities	Among deadliest European tornadoes
Mid-Mississippi Valley Tornado Outbreak of June 1860	June 3, 1860	Middle Mississippi Valley	-	≥148 fatalities, ≥409 injuries	Exceptionally violent outbreak
1871 St. Louis Tornado	March 8, 1871	Middle Mississippi Valley	≥1	9 fatalities, 60 injuries	Struck St. Louis-East St. Louis
Vienna, Austria Tornado	June 29, 1873	Vienna, Austria	-	Many fatalities
Southeast Tornado Outbreak of March 1875	March 20, 1875	Southeastern U.S.	-	≥93 fatalities, ≥367 injuries	(7 violent, ≥11 killer)
Southeast Tornado Outbreak of May 1875	May 1, 1875	Southeastern U.S.	-	58 fatalities, 195 injuries	(1 violent, 7 killer)
Central Plains Tornado Outbreaks of May 1879	May 29 - May 30, 1879	Central Great Plains	-	≥36 fatalities, ≥186 injuries	(≥15 significant, 6 violent, ≥9 killer)
Buctouche, New Brunswick Tornado	August 6, 1879	Buctouche, New Brunswick	-	7 fatalities	Easternmost violent tornado in North America
Tay Estuary, Scotland Tornado	December 28, 1879	Scotland	-	79 fatalities	Waterspout took out central section of Tay Bridge killing all on board of a passing train
April 1880 Tornado Outbreak	April 18, 1880	Mississippi Valley - Great Plains	-	≥165 fatalities, ≥511 injuries	(>22 significant, 5 violent, 14 killer)
Southeast Tornado Outbreak of April 1883	April 22 - 23, 1883	Southeastern U.S.	-	≥109 fatalities, ≥755 injuries	(17 signicant, 3 violent, 13 killer)
May 1883 Tornado Outbreak	May 18, 1883	Middle-Lower Mississippi Valley	-	≥64 fatalities, ≥386 injuries	(≥21 significant, 6 violent, 16 killers)
Enigma Tornado Outbreak	February 19 - 20, 1884	Central - Eastern U.S.	>41	>178 fatalities, ≥1056 injuries	Among largest known outbreaks (>37 significant, ≥4 violent, ≥28 killer)
Mississippi Valley Tornado Outbreak of April 1886	April 14, 1886	Middle-Upper Mississippi Valley	-	87 fatalities, 319 injuries	(4 violent, 6 killer)
1890 St. Louis Tornado Outbreak	January 12, 1890	Middle Mississippi Valley	-	16 fatalities, 91 injuries	(≥1 violent, 3 killer)
Mid-Mississippi Valley Tornado Outbreak of March 1890	March 27, 1890	Middle Mississippi Valley	-	≥146 fatalities, ≥847 injuries	76 killed in downtown Louisville, KY (≥24 significant, 6 violent, 16 killer)
Upper Mississippi Valley Tornado Outbreak of September 1894	September 21 - 22, 1894	Upper Mississippi Valley	-	>63 fatalities, >253 injuries	(>9 significant, 4 violent, 5 killer)
Sedgwick, Kansas-Hull, Iowa Tornado Outbreaks of 1895	May 1 - 3, 1895	Central-Northern Great Plains	-	>18-35 fatalities, >67 injuries	7 killed in schools in Ireton-Hull, IA (2 F5s, 3 killer)
Sherman, Texas Tornado Outbreak	May 15, 1896	Southern Great Plains	-	85 fatalities, ≥291 injuries
Central Plains Tornado Outbreak of 1896	May 17, 1896	Central Great Plains	-	25 fatalities, ≥260 injuries
Late-May 1896 Tornado Outbreak	May 24 - 25, 1896	Upper Mississippi Valley - Great Lakes (Ontario)	-	≥79 fatalities, >215 injuries
St. Louis-East St. Louis Tornado	May 27 - 28, 1896	Missouri - Illinois / Mid-Atlantic	-	≥305 fatalities, >1236 injuries	By far costliest tornado in history, 3rd deadliest in U.S. history (10 significant, 4 violent, 7 killer (27th))
Arkansas Tornado Outbreak of January 1898	January 11, 1898	Lower Mississippi Valley	-	≥56 fatalities, ≥119 injuries	(1 violent, 2 killer)
Mississippi Valley Tornado Outbreaks of May 1898	May 17 - 18, 1898	Middle-Upper Mississippi Valley	-	55 fatalities, ≥380 injuries	(5 violent, 10 killer)
Hondo Coal Mine, Mexico Tornado	May 10, 1899	Northern Mexico	-	≥22 fatalities	Deadliest Mexican tornado
New Richmond, Wisconsin Tornado Outbreak	June 11 - 12, 1899	Upper Midwest	-	≥124 fatalities, ≥203 injuries	(2 violent, 3 killer)

1900 - 1919

Event	Date	Area	Tornadoes	Casualties	Notes
Kansas "Forgotten" Outbreak	May 6, 1900	Central U.S.	-	≥3 fatalities, ≥16 injuries	Large outbreak with little known information (≥17 significant, 2 killer)
Goliad, Texas Tornado Outbreak	May 18, 1902	South Central U.S.	-	114 fatalities, ≥279 injuries	(1 violent, 3 killer; tied with Waco Tornado as deadliest in Texas history)
Javaugues, France Tornado	June 3, 1902	France	-	1 fatality	Widest known European tornado
Moscow, Russia Tornadoes	June 29, 1904	Moscow, Russia	≥2	≥30 fatalities
1904 St. Louis Tornado	August 19, 1904	Missouri - Illinois	≥1	3 fatalities, ≥10 injuries	Heavy damage in downtown St. Louis
Snyder, Oklahoma Tornado	May 10, 1905	Oklahoma	≥1	97 fatalities, ≥150 injuries	F5 largely destroyed Snyder
Southeast Tornado Outbreak of April 1908	April 23 - 25, 1908	Southeastern U.S.	-	324 fatalities, ≥1,720 injuries	(≥41 significant, 6 violent, 19 killer)
Late-April 1909 Tornado Outbreak	April 29 - May 1, 1909	Mississippi - Tennessee Valley	-	≥165 fatalities, ≥696 injuries	(35 significant, 4 violent, 24 killer)
April 1912 Tornado Outbreak Sequence	April 20 - 29, 1912	Southern-Central Great Plains - Middle Mississippi Valley - Southeastern U.S.	-	≥104 fatalities, ≥630 injuries	(≥59 significant, 17 violent, ≥34 killer)
Regina Cyclone	June 30, 1912	Saskatchewan	-	28 fatalities	Deadliest Canadian tornado
Mid-March 1913 Tornado Outbreak	March 13 - 14, 1913	Southeastern U.S. - Middle Mississippi Valley	-	78 fatalities, ≥492 injuries	(20 significant, 3 violent, 16 killer)
Easter Weekend 1913 Tornado Outbreak Sequence	March 20 - 24, 1913	Southeastern U.S. - Central Great Plains - Middle Mississippi Valley	-	48 fatalities, ≥1,535 injuries	Omaha Easter Sunday Tornado (1913) on 23rd (≥26 significant, 7 violent, 18 killer)
Barry - Chester, U.K. Tornado	October 27, 1913	Wales - England	-	Several fatalities	Perhaps deadliest British tornadic supercell
June 1916 Tornado Outbreak	June 5 - 6, 1916	Mississippi Valley - Southern U.S.	-	112 fatalities, 741 injuries	(34 significant, 1 violent, 23 killer)
Southeast Tornado Outbreak of February 1917	February 23, 1917	Southeastern U.S.	-	17 fatalities, 81 injuries
New Albany, Indiana Tornado Outbreak of March 1917	March 23, 1917	Middle Mississippi Valley	-	47 fatalities, 311 injuries
May - June 1917 Tornado Outbreak Sequence	May 25 - 7, 1917	Central - Southeastern U.S.	-	>224 fatalities	(>34 significant, >7 violent, >25 killer)
Brighton, Victoria Tornadoes	February 2, 1918	Victoria, Australia	3	>2 fatalities
May 1918 Tornado Outbreak Sequence	May 18 - 21, 1918	Central-Northern Great Plains - Upper Midwest	-	44 fatalities, 340 injuries	(≥34 significant, 5 violent, 13 killer)
March 1919 Tornado Outbreak	March 14 - 16, 1919	Central U.S.	-	53 fatalities, 219 injuries	(4 violent, 18 killer)
April 1919 Tornado Outbreak	April 8 - 9, 1919	Southern Great Plains	-	92 fatalities, 412 injuries	(4 violent, 10 killer)

1920 - 1929

Event	Date	Area	Tornadoes	Casualties	Notes
March 1920 Tornado Outbreak	March 28, 1920	Midwest - Southeast	-	153 fatalities, ≥897 injuries	(31 significant, 8 violent, 19 killer)
Mississippi - Alabama Tornado Outbreaks of April 1920	April 19 - 21, 1920	Southeastern U.S.	-	243 fatalities, 1374 injuries	(6 violent, 9 killer)
April 1921 Tornado Outbreak	April 15 - 16, 1921	Southern U.S.	-	90 fatalities, 676 injuries	(34 significant, 1 violent, 17 killer)
Great Plains Tornado Outbreak of November 1922	November 4, 1922	Great Plains	-	17 fatalities, 68 injuries	(1 violent, 4 killer)
April 1924 Tornado Outbreak	April 30, 1924	Southeastern U.S.	-	110 fatalities, 1133 injuries	7 killed at school in Horrell Hill, SC (24 significant, 2 violent, 16 killer)
Sandusky - Lorain, Ohio Tornado Outbreak	June 28, 1924	Eastern Great Lakes	-	90 fatalities, 349 injuries	(≥6 significant, 1 violent, 4 killer)
Tri-State Tornado	March 18, 1925	Middle Mississippi - Ohio Valley	≥9	≥747 fatalities, ≥2298 injuries	Deadliest and 3rd costliest U.S., longest path and duration in world (≥9 significant, 3 violent, 8 killer)
Borculo, Netherlands Tornado	August 10, 1925	Gelderland, Netherlands	-	3 fatalities
La Plata, Maryland Tornado of November 1926	November 9, 1926	Mid-Atlantic	-	17 fatalities, 65 injuries	17 killed at schools
Late-November 1926 Tornado Outbreak	November 25 - 26, 1926	Southern U.S.	-	107 fatalities, 451 injuries	(27 significant, 2 violent, 18 killer)
Southern Plains - Midwest Tornado Outbreaks of April 1927	April 18 - 19, 1927	Southern Great Plains - Midwest	-	146 fatalities, ≥235 injuries	(16 significant, 3 violent, 5 killer)
May 1927 Tornado Outbreak	May 8 - 9, 1927	Great Plains - Mississippi Valley	-	217 fatalities, 1156 injuries	(32 significant, 8 violent, 17 killer) + 1 F5 with 10 fatalities and 300 injuries in Kansas on May 7
Lichtenvoorde - Neede - Tubbergen, Netherlands Tornado	June 1, 1927	Netherlands - Germany	-	10 fatalities
St. Louis Tornado Outbreak of 1927	September 29, 1927	Middle-Lower Mississippi Valley	-	82 fatalities, 620 injuries	Second costliest tornado in history (11 significant, 1 violent, 3 killer)
Upper Plains - Midwest Tornado Outbreak of September 1928	September 13 - 14, 1928	Upper Great Plains - Midwest	-	23 fatalities, 197 injuries	(15 significant, 3 violent, 3 killer)
Middle-Mississippi Valley Tornado Outbreak of January 1929	January 18, 1929	Middle Mississippi Valley	-	10 fatalities, 46 injuries	(7 significant, 5 killer)
Slocum, Texas - Statesboro, Georgia Tornado Outbreaks	April 24 - 25, 1929	Great Plains - Midwest - Southeast	-	63 fatalities, 567 injuries	(15 significant, 4 violent, 7 killer)
Rye Cove, Virginia Tornado Outbreaks	May 1 - 2, 1929	Southern - Eastern U.S.	-	44 fatalities, 349 injuries	13 killed at school in Rye Cove, VA (17 significant, 10 killer)

1930 - 1939

Event	Date	Area	Tornadoes	Casualties	Notes
May 1930 Tornado Outbreak Sequence	May 1 - 2 & 5 - 6, 1930	Great Plains - Mississippi Valley	-	94 fatalities, 520 injuries	(51 significant, 11 violent, 15 killer)
Po - Udine, Italy Tornado	July 24, 1930	Italy	-	≥23 fatalities	Perhaps strongest European tornado struck tornadicly active area of Italy
Southern Plains Tornado Outbreak of November 1930	November 19, 1930	Southern Great Plains	-	24 fatalities, 162 injuries	(8 significant, 1 violent, 2 killer)
Deep South Outbreak of 1932	March 21 - 22, 1932	Southeastern U.S.	-	≥330 fatalities, 2145 injuries	(36 significant, 10 violent, 27 killer)
Nashville Tornado Outbreak of March 1933	March 14, 1933	Tennessee Valley	-	44 fatalities, 461 injuries	Destructive killer tornado through downtown Nashville (5 significant, 1 violent, 4 killer)
Late-March 1933 Tornado Outbreak	March 30 - 31, 1933	Southeast	-	87 fatalities, 620 injuries	(30 significant, 1 violent, 16 killer)
Greensboro, North Carolina Tornado Outbreak	April 1 - 2, 1936	Southeast	-	45 fatalities, 568 injuries	(8 significant, 2 violent, 8 killer)
Tupelo-Gainesville Outbreak	April 5 - 6, 1936	Southeastern U.S.	-	454 fatalities, 2498 injuries	(12 significant, 3 violent, 11 killer)
Bakerville, Missouri Tornado Outbreak	March 15, 1938	Mississippi Valley	-	24 fatalities, 200 injuries	(14 significant, 2 violent, 6 killer)
Late-March 1938 Tornado Outbreak	March 30 - 31, 1938	Southern Plains - Mississippi Valley	-	40 fatalities, 548 injuries	(26 significant, 3 violent, 9 killer)
Oshkosh, Nebraska Tornado Outbreak	April 26, 1938	Great Plains	-	6 fatalities, 39 injuries	Oshkosh completely destroyed killing students at leveled school (8 significant, 2 violent, 2 killer)
Charleston, South Carolina Tornadoes	September 29, 1938	South Carolina	-	32 fatalities, 100 injuries	(2 killers)
April 1939 Tornado Outbreak Sequence	April 14 - 17, 1939	Great Plains - Mississippi Valley	-	57 fatalities, 316 injuries	(25 significant, 3 violent, 11 killer)

1940 - 1949

Event	Date	Area	Tornadoes	Casualties	Notes
Bejucal, Cuba Tornado	December 26, 1940	Cuba	-	12 fatalities	Reportedly spawned during hurricane
February 1942 Tornado Outbreak	February 5 - 6, 1942	Southeast	-	22 fatalities, 330 injuries	(22 significant, 9 killer)
March 1942 Tornado Outbreak	March 16, 1942	Central - Southern U.S.	-	148 fatalities, ≥1284 injuries	(26 significant, 5 violent, 18 killer)
April - May 1942 Tornado Outbreak Sequence	April 27 - 30 & May 2, 1942	Great Plains	-	123 fatalities, ≥839 injuries	(20 significant, 11 violent, 17 killer)
May 1943 Tornado Outbreak	May 15, 1943	Great Plains	-	≥6 fatalities, ≥222 injuries	(21 significant, 4 violent, 2 killer)
January 1944 Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak	January 26. 1944	Southern Great Plains	-	2 fatalities, 40 injuries	(8 significant, 2 killer)
Appalachians Outbreak	June 22 - 23, 1944	Great Lakes - Mid Atlantic	-	163 fatalities, ≥1044 injuries	(≥9 significant, 4 violent, 7 killer)
April 1945 Tornado Outbreak	April 12, 1945	-	-	128 fatalities, 1001 injuries	(17 significant, 5 violent, 10 killer)
Windsor - Tecumseh, Ontario Tornado of 1946	June 17, 1946	Michigan - Ontario	-	≈18 fatalities
January 1947 Tornado Outbreak	January 29 - 30, 1947	Mississippi Valley - Southeast	-	8 fatalities, 155 injuries	(15 significant, 1 violent, 5 killer)
Glazier-Higgins-Woodward Tornadoes	April 9 - 10, 1947	Southern Great Plains	-	181 fatalities, 980 injuries	(8 significant, 2 violent, 1 killer)
New Years Eve Tornado Outbreak of 1947	December 31, 1947	Southern U.S.	-	20 fatalities, 256 injuries	(7 significant, 1 violent, 3 killer)
Alton - Bunker Hill - Gillespie Tornado Outbreak	March 18 - 19, 1948	Great Plains - Middle Mississippi Valley	-	43 fatalities, ≥566 injuries	(25 significant, 3 violent, 5 killer)
Late-March 1948 Tornado Outbreak	March 25 - March 27, 1948	Central U.S.	-	37 fatalities, 321 injuries	(19 significant, 3 violent, 5 killer)
Frankton - Hamilton, New Zealand Tornado	August 25, 1948	New Zealand	-	3 fatalities, 80 injuries	F2 damages 163 buildings and 50 businesses
Warren, Arkansas Tornado Outbreak	January 3, 1949	South Central U.S.	-	60 fatalities, 504 injuries	(12 significant, 1 violent, 5 killer)
May 1949 Tornado Outbreak	May 20 - 21, 1949	Central - Southeastern U.S.	-	≥56 fatalities, ≥552 injuries	Perhaps 2nd most intense known outbreak (≥29 significant, ≥5 violent, ≥2 killer)
October 1949 Tornado Outbreak	October 9 - 10, 1949	Great Plains	-	2 fatalities, 6 injuries	(11 significant, 2 killer)

1950 - 1959

Event	Date	Area	Tornadoes	Casualties	Notes
Buckinghamshire-Cambridgeshire, England Tornadoes	May 21, 1950	UK	-	-	Longest known British tornado/tornado family
Serangoon, Singapore Tornado	November 2, 1950	Singapore	-	7 injuries
Arkansas/Tennessee Outbreak of 1952	March 21 - 22, 1952	Lower-Middle Mississippi Valley	-	208 fatalities	(19 significant, 8 violent, 13 killer)
Albertynesville, South Africa Tornado	November 30, 1952	South Africa	-	20 fatalities, 400 injuries
Paynesville, South Africa Tornado	December 2, 1952	South Africa	-	11 fatalities
Devonshire, Bermuda Tornado	April 5, 1953	Bermuda	-	1 fatality, 9 injuries	Tornadic waterspout
April - May 1953 Tornado Outbreak Sequence	April 28 - May 2, 1953	Southeastern U.S.	-	37 fatalities, 366 injuries	(17 significant, 5 violent, 9 killer)
Mid-May 1953 Tornado Outbreak Sequence	May 9 - 11, 1953	Southern-Central Great Plains / Upper Mississippi Valley	-	144 fatalities, 903 injuries	Waco Tornado occurred during Texan outbreak of May 11 (19 significant, 6 violent, 7 killer), tied for deadliest in Texas history
Veluwe, Gelderland-Haulerwijk, Friesland, Netherlands Tornadoes	August 23, 1950	Gelderland - Friesland, Netherlands	-	-
Flint-Worcester Tornadoes	June 7 - 9, 1953	Central Great Plains - Great Lakes - New England	-	246 fatalities	(11 significant, 1 violent killer on 7th; 10 significant, 4 violent, 8 killer on 8th; 3 significant, 1 violent killer on 9th; 24 significant, 6 violent, 10 killer for sequence)
Vicksburg, Mississippi Tornado Outbreak	December 5, 1953	Louisiana - Mississippi	-	38 fatalities	(4 significant, 1 violent killer)
Castelo Branco, Portugal Tornado	November 6, 1954	Portugal	-	4 fatalities, 200 injuries
Commerce Landing, Mississippi Tornado Outbreak	February 1, 1955	Mississippi - Alabama	-	23 fatalities	23 killed at school in Commerce Landing, MS (>2 significant)
Udall, Kansas Tornado Outbreak	May 25 - 26, 1955	Texas - Oklahoma - Kansas	-	102 fatalities	Last 100 fatality event and last 50 fatality single tornado in the U.S. (8 significant, 3 violent, 3 killer)
February 1956 Tornado Outbreak	February 24 - 25, 1956	Central U.S.	-	6 fatalities	(14 significant, 2 violent killers)
April 1956 Tornado Outbreak	April 2 - 3, 1956	Central U.S.	-	40 fatalities	(33 significant, 7 violent, 8 killer)
1957 Dallas Tornado Outbreak	April 2, 1957	Texas - Oklahoma	-	17 fatalities	(16 significant, 2 violent, 5 killer)
Lubbock Area Tornado Outbreak of April 1957	April 21, 1957	Texas	-	0 fatalities	(4 significant, 2 violent)
Silverton, Texas Tornado Outbreak	May 15, 1957	Texas	-	21 fatalities	(6 significant, 1 violent, 2 killer)
Kansas City Tornado Outbreak of May 1957	May 20 - 21, 1957	Central Great Plains - Middle-Upper Mississippi Valley	-	59 fatalities	(32 significant, 4 violent, 3 killer)
Fargo Tornado	June 20, 1957	Northern Great Plains	-	11 fatalities	(4 significant, 2 violent, 2 killer)
November 1957 Tornado Outbreak	November 7 - 8, 1957	Southeastern U.S.	-	12 fatalities	(12 significant, 1 violent, 5 killer)
Murphysburo, Illinois Tornado Outbreak	December 18, 1957	Missouri - Illinois	-	17 fatalities	(18 significant, 3 violent, 5 killer)
Rawa Mazowiecka, Poland Tornado	May 15, 1958	Poland	-	3 fatalities, >100 injuries
Colfax, Wisconsin Tornado Outbreak	June 4, 1958	Minnesota - Wisconsin	-	28 fatalities	(6 significant, 3 violent killers)
November 1958 Tornado Outbreak	November 17, 1958	Southern U.S.	-	0 fatalities	(16 significant)
1959 St. Louis Tornado Outbreak	February 10, 1959	Middle Mississippi Valley	-	21 fatalities	Destructive tornado in downtown St. Louis (7 significant, 1 violent killer)
May 1959 Tornado Outbreak	May 4 - 5, 1959	Central U.S.	49	0 fatalities	(8 significant)

1960 - 1969

Event	Date	Area	Tornadoes	Casualties	Notes
May 1960 Tornado Outbreak	May 5 - 6, 1960	Southern Great Plains	-	33 fatalities	(25 significant, 4 violent, 8 killer)
Hurricane Carla	September 1961	Southern U.S.	≥8	-	Violent killer in Galveston vicinity
[1] Assam, India Tornado	April 19, 1963	Assam, India	-	139 fatalities
[2] Magura-Narail Districts, Bangladesh Tornado	April 11, 1964	Khulna Division, Bangladesh	-	>500 fatalities
Tokyo, Japan Tornado	May 24, 1964	Southwestern suburbs Tokyo, Japan	-	-	480 houses damaged
Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak	April 11 - 12, 1965	Central U.S.	48	256 fatalities	Among most intense recorded outbreaks (38 significant, 19 violent, 21 killer)
May 1965 Tornado Outbreak Sequence	May 5, 6, 8, 9, 15, 1965	Upper Midwest	-	18 fatalities	(39 significant, 10 violent, 5 killer)
Late-May 1965 Tornado Outbreak	May 25 - 26, 1965	Great Plains	51	0 fatalities	(9 significant)
Parma, Italy Tornado	July 4, 1965	Italy	≥1	25 fatalities, 160 injuries
Encarnación, Paraguay Tornado	October 25, 1965	Paraguay	-	-	100 homes destroyed
Topeka Tornado of 1966	June 8 - 9, 1966	Kansas - Illinois	-	18 fatalities	(5 significant, 2 violent, 3 killer)
1967 St. Louis Tornado Outbreak	January 24, 1967	Midwest	-	7 fatalities	(18 significant, 2 violent, 4 killer)
Belvidere - Oak Lawn Tornado Outbreak	April 21, 1967	Midwest	45	58 fatalities	Large school and traffic death tolls (20 significant, 4 violent, 3 killer)
Western Europe Tornado Outbreaks of 1967	June 24 - 25, 1967	France - Netherlands - Belgium	-	≥15 fatalities	Same storm system produced two destructive outbreaks with fatalities in three countries
Hurricane Beulah	September 19 - 23, 1967	Texas - Mexico	>115	5 fatalities
Wheelersburg, Ohio Tornado Outbreak	April 23, 1968	Ohio Valley	-	14 fatalities	(7 significant, 3 violent killers)
May 1968 Tornado Outbreak	May 15 - 16, 1968	Mississippi Valley	46	74 fatalities	(20 significant, 4 violent, 8 killer)
Acabebe - Masantol, Philippines Tornado	June 13, 1968	Philippines	-	12 fatalities
German Black Forest Tornado	July 10, 1968	Germany	-	3 fatalities
Vichadero, Uruguay Tornado	October 25, 1968	Uruguay	-	1 fatality, 12 injuries
[3] Bangladesh Tornadoes of April 1969	April 14, 1969	Bangladesh	≥2	923 fatalities
Cincinnati Tornado Outbreak of August 1969	August 9, 1969	Indiana - Ohio	-	4 fatalities	(2 significant)
Hazelhurst, Mississippi Tornado Outbreak	January 23, 1969	Southeastern U.S.	-	32 fatalities	(2 significant, 1 violent killer)
Nicosia, Cyprus Tornadoes	December 22, 1969	Cyprus	Several	4 fatalities	Waterspouts (probably tornadic) came ashore

1970 - 1979

Event	Date	Area	Tornadoes	Casualties	Notes
Buladelah, NSW, Australia Tornado	January 1, 1970	New South Wales, Australia	-	0 fatalities	Likely strongest Australian tornado
April 1970 Tornado Outbreak	April 17 - 18, 1970	Southern Great Plains	-	23 fatalities	(7 significant, 4 violent, 3 killer)
Lubbock Tornado	May 11, 1970	West Texas	-	28 fatalities	(1 violent killer)
Venice, Italy Tornado Outbreak	September 11, 1970	Italy	Several	≥40 fatalities
Mississippi Valley Tornado Outbreak of February 1971	February 21, 1971	Southern Mississippi Valley	-	119 fatalities	(4 killer)
Kin Kin, Queensland Tornado	August 14, 1971	Queensland, Australia	-	3 fatalities	Likely deadliest Australian tornado
Sudbury, Ontario Tornado of 1970	August 20, 1970	Ontario, Canada	-	6 fatalities	(1 killer)
Springfield, Missouri Tornado Outbreak of 1971	December 14 - 15, 1971	Central U.S.	40	2 fatalities	(10 significant, 2 killer)
Ameland Island, Netherlands Tornado	August 11, 1972	Friesland, Netherlands	-	7 fatalities, 90 injuries
[4] San Justo, Argentina Tornado	January 10, 1973	Buenos Aires Province, Argentina	-	54 fatalities, 350 injuries	Large, perhaps violent, tornado
Georgia - South Carolina Outbreak of March 1973	March 31, 1973	Geogia - South Carolina	-	10 fatalities	Extremely destructive tornadoes, costliest natural disaster in Georgia history (3 violent killers)
[5] Dhaka District, Bangladesh Tornado	April 17, 1973	Dhaka Division, Bangladesh	-	681 fatalities
May 1973 Tornado Outbreak	May 26 - 29, 1973	Southern U.S.	99	22 fatalities	(26 significant, 3 violent, 8 killer)
Brisbane, Queensland Tornado	November 4, 1973	Queensland, Australia	-	0 fatalities	Perhaps most destructive Australian tornado
Super Outbreak	April 3 - 4, 1974	Eastern U.S. - Ontario	148	315 fatalities	Largest and most intense recorded outbreak (95 significant, 30 violent (6 F5), 49 killer)
January 1975 Tornado Outbreak	January 9 - 10, 1975	Southeastern U.S.	47	11 fatalities	(9 significant, 1 violent, 3 killer)
Omaha Tornado of 1975	May 6, 1975	Nortern Great Plains	-	3 fatalities	(6 significant, 2 violent, 1 killer)
Canton, Illinois Tornado of 1975	July 23, 1975	Illinois	-	2 fatalities
Port Headland, Australia Tornado	December 17, 1975	Western Australia, Australia	-	-
March 1976 Tornado Outbreak	March 20 - 21, 1976	Mississippi Valley	66	3 fatalities	(18 significant, 3 violent, 3 killer)
Sandon, Australia Tornadoes	November 13, 1976	Victoria, Australia	3	2 fatalities
[6] Madaripur-Shibchar, Bangladesh Tornado	April 1, 1977	Dhaka Division, Bangladesh	-	500 fatalities
New Delhi, India Tornado of March 1978	March 17, 1978	National Capital Region, India	-	28 fatalities, 700 injuries
[7] Orissa, India Tornado	April 10, 1978	Orissa, India	-	150 fatalities
Sarasota, Florida Tornadoes	May 4, 1978	Florida	-	3 fatalities	(2 significant, 1 killer)
Red River Valley Tornado Outbreak of April 1979	April 10 - 11, 1979	Southern Great Plains - Southeastern U.S.	-	56 fatalities	Wichita Falls Tornado on 10th (28 significant, 2 violent, 5 killer)
Woodstock, Ontario Tornado of August 1979	August 7, 1979	Ontario	-	2 fatalities
Windsor Locks, Connecticut Tornado	October 3, 1979	New England	-	3 fatalities	(2 significant, 1 violent killer)

1980 - 1989

Event	Date	Area	Tornadoes	Casualties	Notes
Central US Tornado Outbreak of April 1980	April 7 - 8, 1980	Central U.S.	-	3 fatalities	(30 significant)
Grand Island, Nebraska Tornado Outbreaks	June 2 - 3, 1980	Central - Eastern U.S.	-	6 fatalities	(15 significant, 1 violent, 3 killer; best known for forming three rare anticyclonic tornados in one system)
Hurricane Allen	August 1980	Mexico - Texas	≥29	-	Costliest tropical cyclone related tornado in history struck Austin vicinity
Moerdijk, Netherlands Tornado	October 6, 1981	North Brabant, Netherlands	-	17 fatalities	NLM Cityhopper Flight 431 encountered tornado shortly after takeoff and crashed
Gwynedd - Humberside - Essex Tornado Outbreak	November 21, 1981	UK	105	0 fatalities	Largest known European outbreak though predominately weak tornadoes
April 1982 Tornado Outbreak	April 2 - 3, 1982	Southern Plains - Mississippi Valley	61	29 fatalities	(24 significant, 4 violent, 10 killer)
May 1982 Tornado Outbreak	May 11 - 12, 1982	Texas - Oklahoma	70	2 fatalities	(14 significant)
Marion, Illinois Tornado	May 29, 1982	Illinois	-	10 fatalities	(2 significant, 1 violent killer)
Early-December 1982 Tornado Outbreak	December 2 - 3, 1982	Lower-Middle Mississippi Valley	-	4 fatalities	(16 significant)
Christmas 1982 Tornado Outbreak	December 23 - 25, 1982	Central - Southeastern U.S.	-	3 fatalities	(18 significant)
Early-May 1983 Tornado Outbreak	May 1 - 2, 1983	Mississippi Valley - Great Lakes	-	6 fatalities	(22 significant, 5 killer)
Mid-May 1983 Tornado Outbreak	May 18 - 20, 1983	Southeastern U.S.	48	6 fatalities	(10 significant, 6 killer)
Carolinas Tornado Outbreak	March 28, 1984	Carolinas	-	57 fatalities	(19 significant, 7 violent, 10 killer)
Philipp - Water Valley, Mississippi Tornado Outbreak	April 21, 1984	Southeastern U.S.	-	15 fatalities	(3 significant)
Morris, Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak	April 26 - 27, 1984	Great Plains - Mississippi Valley	-	16 fatalities	(20 significant, 8 killer)
Mannford - New Prue, Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak	April 29, 1984	Central U.S.	42	1 fatality	(4 significant, 1 violent killer)
May 1984 Tornado Outbreak	May 2 - 3, 1984	Southeastern U.S.	60	5 fatalities	(15 significant)
Barneveld, Wisconsin Tornado Outbreak	June 7 - 8, 1984	Central U.S.	45	13 fatalities	(26 significant, 2 violent, 4 killer)
Ivanova - Yaroslav, Russia Tornado Outbreak	June 9, 1984	Western Russia	-	>400 fatalities
Maravilha, Brazil Tornado	October 9, 1984	Maravilha, Brazil	-	10 fatalities
US-Canadian Outbreak	May 31, 1985	U.S. - Canadian Eastern Great Lakes	-	≥88 fatalities	Among most intense outbreaks recorded, largest recorded outbreak in the region (≥20 significant, 9 violent, ≥10 killer)
Hurricane Danny	August 1985	Southeastern U.S.	39
Saragosa, Texas Tornado	May 22, 1987	West Texas	-	30 fatalities	(1 violent killer)
Edmonton Tornado	July 31, 1987	Alberta	-	≥27 fatalities, ≥300 injuries	Most destructive Canadian tornado (≥1 violent killer)
May 1988 Tornado Outbreak	May 8, 1988	Midwest	57	0 fatalities	(8 significant)
Hurricane Gilbert	September 1988	Central - North America	≥29	-
November 1988 Tornado Outbreaks	November 4 - 5, 15, 19 - 20, 28, 1988	Central - Eastern U.S.	-	14 fatalities	44 tornadoes on Nov. 15, Raleigh Tornado on Nov. 28 {29 significant, 6 killer, 1 violent}
[8] Daultipur-Salturia, Bangladesh Tornado	April 26, 1989	Barisal Division, Bangladesh	-	>1300 fatalities	Deadliest tornado in world history
SC-NC-VA Tornado Outbreak	May 5, 1989	Mid-Atlantic - Southeast U.S.	-	7 fatalities	(9 significant, 3 violent, 3 killer)
Huntsville, Alabama Tornado	November 15, 1989	Southeastern U.S.	-	21 fatalities	(6 significant, 1 violent killer)

1990 - 1999

Event	Date	Area	Tornadoes	Casualties	Notes
Central US Tornado Outbreak of 1990	March 13, 1990	Central U.S.	59	2 fatalities	(26 significant, 4 violent, 2 killer)
Myanmar/Burma Tornado	May 15, 1990	Myanmar/Burma	-	1 fatality, 28 injuries	Passemger train derailed
Lower Ohio Valley Tornado Outbreak	June 2 - 3, 1990	Central U.S.	66	9 fatalities	(27 significant, 7 violent, 4 killer)
Southern Philippines Tornado	June 14, 1990	Southern Philippines	-	30 fatalities
Plainfield Tornado	August 28, 1990	Northeastern Illinois	3	29 fatalities	Strongest August tornado (1 violent killer)
Mobara, Japan Tornado	December 11, 1990	Mobara, Japan	-	>60 fatalities	Violent tornado damaged or destroyed 1000 homes
Andover, Kansas Tornado Outbreak	April 26 - 27, 1991	Central-Southern Great Plains	58	21 fatalities	(32 significant, 5 violent, 5 killer)
Central Plains Tornado Outbreak of May 1991	May 16, 1991	Central Great Plains	46	0 fatalities	(4 significant)
Mid-June 1992 Tornado Outbreak	June 15 - 16, 1992	Central U.S.	123	1 fatality	(27 significant, 4 violent, 1 killer)
Panama City, Panama Tornado	July 6, 1992	Panama City, Panama	-	12 fatalities, >50 injuries	Perhaps deadliest Panamanian tornado
Ameland Island, Netherlands Tornado	August 17, 1992	Friesland, Netherlands	-	1 fatality
November 1992 Tornado Outbreak	November 21 - 23, 1992	Southern - Eastern U.S.	95	26 fatalities	(43 significant, 5 violent, 9 killer)
Bucca Tornado	November 29, 1992	Queensland, Australia	-	-	Among most intense Australian tornadoes
[9] West Bengal, India Tornado	April 9, 1993	West Bengal, India	-	145 fatalities
Catoosa, Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak	April 24, 1993	Oklahoma	-	7 fatalities	(1 violent killer)
Virginia Tornado Outbreak	August 6, 1993	Virginia	18	4 fatalities	Largest tornado outbreak in Virgnia history (2 violent)
Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak II	March 27, 1994	Southeastern U.S.	-	40 fatalities	(2 violent, 13 significant, 5 killer)
Texas - Oklahoma Tornado Outbreaks	April 25 - 27, 1994	Southern Great Plains - Midwest	>67	3 fatalities	(2 violent, 13 significant)
June 1994 Tornado Outbreak	June 26 - 27, 1994	-	62	2 fatalities	(11 significant)
Southern Philippines Tornado	July 2, 1994	Southern Philippines	-	2-13 fatalities
San Fernando, Philippines Tornado	October 16, 1994	Philippines	-	3 fatalities
Southern Philippines Tornado	November 29, 1994	Southern Philippines	-	14 fatalities
May 1995 Tornado Outbreak Sequence	May 1995	Central U.S.	>80	>4 fatalities	May 6-7, 8, 9, 13-14, 18-19, 27, 29
Illinois-Ontario Tornado Outbreak Sequence	April 19 - 22, 1996	Texas - Arkansas - Illinois - Indiana - Ontario	>70	-
[10] Jamalpur-Tangail Districts, Bangladesh Tornado	May 13, 1996	Dhaka Division, Bangladesh	-	>700 fatalities
Benton, Arkansas Tornado Outbreak	March 1, 1997	-	-	26 dead
Miami Tornado	May 12, 1997	Miami, Florida	-	-
Jarrell Tornado	May 27, 1997	Texas	-	27 dead
Bergen op Zoom - Rotterdam, Netherlands Tornadoes	June 8, 1997	North Brabant - South Holland, Netherlands	≥2	0 fatalities, ≥20 injuries
Southeast Michigan Tornado Outbreak	July 2, 1997	Southeast Michigan	13	7 dead	One tornado passed through some Detroit neighborhoods, the suburbs of Hamtramck, and Highland Park
Central Vietnam Tornado	September 23, 1997	Central Vietnam	-	4 fatalities
Kissimmee Tornado Outbreak	February 22 - 23, 1998	Florida	-	42 dead
[11] West Bengal - Orissa, India Tornado	March 24, 1998	West Bengal - Orissa, India	-	160 fatalities, 2000 injuries
Comfrey - St. Peter Tornado Outbreak	March 29, 1998	Southern Minnesota	13	2 fatalities, 36 injuries	Earliest tornado outbreak in Minnesota history
Birmingham Tornado	April 8, 1998	-	-	39 dead
Tennessee Valley Tornado Outbreak	April 16, 1998	Southeastern U.S.	10	≥4 fatalities	Passed through downtown Nashville
Spencer, SD Tornado	May 30, 1998	South Dakota	-	-
Arkansas Tornado Outbreak Sequence of January 1999	January 17 - 21, 1999	-	-	-
Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak	May 3, 1999	Southern Great Plains	-	42 fatalities, 665 injuries	First tornado to incur $1 billion in (non-normalized) damages
Salt Lake City Tornado	August 11, 1999	Utah	-	-
Heidelberg, South Africa Tornado	October 21, 1999	South Africa	-	-

2000 - 2009

Event	Date	Area	Tornadoes	Casualties	Notes
Southwest Georgia Tornado Outbreak	February 13 - 14, 2000	Georgia	3 deadly	19 dead
Pine Lake, Alberta Tornado	July 14, 2000	Alberta	-	11 dead
Tien Giang, Vietnam Tornadoes	August 23, 2000	Tien Giang, Vietnam	2	1 dead, 77 injured
Bhalwal, Pakistan Tornado	March 28, 2001	Bhalwal, Pakistan	-	3 dead
Virginia-DC-Maryland Tornado Outbreak	September 24, 2001	-	-	2 dead, 57 injuries	multi-vortex F3 tornado passed through the Unversity of Maryland Campus
North Central Indiana-Michigan Tornado Outbreak	October 24, 2001	Central U.S.	10	2 dead
Midwest To Mid-Atlantic Tornado Outbreak	April 27 - 28, 2002	-	-	6 dead
Veterans Day Weekend Outbreak	November 9- 11, 2002	-	≥4	4 dead, 26 injured
May 2003 Tornado Outbreak Sequence	May 3 - 11, 2003	-	-	48 dead
Utica, Illinois Tornado Outbreak	April 20, 2004	Illinois-Indiana	-	8 dead
Hallam, Nebraska Tornado Outbreak	May 22, 2004	Central Great Plains	-	-	Widest recorded tornado (2.5 mi / 4 km)
Memorial Day Weekend outbreak	May 29 - 30, 2004	-	-	-
Roanoke, Illinois Tornado	July 13, 2004	Central Illinois	-	-
Hurricane Frances	September 2004	Eastern U.S.	123	-
Hurricane Ivan	September 2004	Eastern U.S.	117	-
Birmingham, UK Tornado	July 28, 2005	Birmingham, England	-	-
Wisconsin Tornado Outbreak of August 2005	August 18, 2005	Wisconsin - Minnesota	-	-
Hurricane Katrina	August 26 - 31, 2005	Southeastern-Eastern U.S.	44	1 dead
Hurricane Rita	September 2005	Southern U.S.	22	-
Evansville Tornado of November 2005	November 5 - 6, 2005	Middle Mississippi-Ohio Valley	-	-
Iowa Tornado Outbreak of November 2005	November 12, 2005	Iowa - Missouri	-	-
Mid-November 2005 Tornado Outbreak	November 15, 2005	Central - Southeastern U.S.	-	-
Late-November 2005 Tornado Outbreak	November 27 - 28, 2005	Central - Southeastern U.S.	46	-
March 2006 Tornado Outbreak Sequence	March 9 - 13, 2006	Central U.S.	-	12 dead	One tornado lasted over 2 hours. One supercell lasted over 17 hours and crossed 5 states.
Hamburg, Germany Tornado Outbreak	March 27, 2006	Germany	4	2 dead
April 2, 2006 Tornado Outbreak	April 2, 2006	Central U.S.	-	27+ dead
April 6-8, 2006 Tornado Outbreak	April 6 - 8 , 2006	Central - Southeastern U.S.	-	12 dead
Easter Week 2006 Tornado Outbreak Sequence	April 13 - 19, 2006	Midwest U.S.	-	1 dead

Tornadoes rated F5

See List of F5 tornadoes

Tornado-related deaths at schools

See List of tornado-related deaths at schools

Most tornadoes spawned by hurricanes

See List of Atlantic hurricanes by most tornadoes spawned and History of tropical cyclone spawned tornadoes

Tornadoes striking the downtown of major cities

See List of tornadoes striking downtown areas

See also

• Tornadoes of 2006
• Tornado records
• St. Louis tornado history

References

• Grazulis, Thomas P. (1993). Significant Tornadoes 1680-1991, A Chronology and Analysis of Events. St. Johnsbury, VT: The Tornado Project of Environmental Films. ISBN 1879362031
• --- (1997). Significant Tornadoes Update, 1992-1995. ISBN 187936204X
• --- (2001). The Tornado: Nature's Ultimate Windstorm. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0806132582
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Climatic Data Center / Storm Prediction Center. Storm Data.

External links and sources

Significant events

• Websites Dedicated to Specific Tornado Events (SPC, NOAA)
• World Wide Tornadoes (Tornado Project)
• Major Canadian Tornadoes (Environment Canada)
• European Tornado Extremes (TORRO)
• German Weather Chronicle

Tornado event data

• Preliminary storm (tornadoes, severe wind and hail) reports from June 1, 1999 to present; and severe storm climatology information (SPC)
• Daily Severe Weather Report Archive from 1985-1999 (SPC)
• NCDC's searchable Storm Data database
• Storm Data publication (NCDC) (purchase required)
• STORM NEWS and Archives (Sam Barricklow, K5KJ)
• Storm Report Map (SPC storm reports overlayed on Google Maps
• European Climatology on Severe Storms (University of the Balearic Islands)

Miscellaneous

• Online Severe Weather Climatology for weather radar coverage areas (SPC)
• Severe Thunderstorm Climatology (NSSL)
• The Tornado Project
• NCDC Tornado Statistics and Data
• Historical Tornado Data Archive, 1950-1999 (SPC)
• Tornadoes of Bangladesh and eastern India by Jonathon D. Finch, M.S. (with additional global tornado information)
• Extreme Weather Source Book -- Economic and Other Societal Impacts Related to Hurricanes, Floods, Tornadoes, Lightning, and Other U.S. Weather Phenomena (University of Colorado at Boulder)

Weather data archives

• Severe Thunderstorm Events (SPC)
• Various (NCDC)
• Various (Plymouth State University)
• Radar and weather data (McGill University)
• Satellite data (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
• Upper air soundings (University of Wyoming)