Tornado History Map

Notable tornadoes

1,310 tornadoes in the record are rated 4 or 5, killed three or more people, or were rated 3 and killed at least one. Each has a page with its path on a map. The record starts in 1950, so earlier events such as the Tri-State tornado of 1925 are not included.

The deadliest and strongest

Ranked by deaths, then rating, then path length.

TornadoDateRatingDeathsMiles
Joplin, MO22 May 2011EF515821.6
Flushing, MI8 June 1953F511618.9
Waco, TX11 May 1953F511420.9
Framingham, MA9 June 1953F49434.9
Newkirk, OK25 May 1955F58056.4
Athens, AL27 April 2011EF572132
Tuscaloosa, AL27 April 2011EF46480.7
Learned, MS3 March 1966F558202.5
Cary, MS21 February 1971F458202.1
Woodland Mills, TN10 December 2021EF457168.5
Searcy, AR21 March 1952F45014.6
Delhi, LA21 February 1971F547109.2
Overland Park, KS20 May 1957F54469.4
Wichita Falls, TX10 April 1979F44246.9
Vicksburg, MS5 December 1953F5389
Bolivar, TN21 March 1952F43846.8
Oklahoma City, OK3 May 1999F53637
Beavercreek, OH3 April 1974F53631.3
Elkhart, IN11 April 1965F43637
Jonesboro, AR15 May 1968F43520.9
Orland Park, IL21 April 1967F43315
Birmingham, AL8 April 1998F53230.3
Fayette, MS23 January 1969F432117.8
Hardinsburg, KY3 April 1974F53132
Goshen, IN11 April 1965F43121.2
Balmorhea, TX22 May 1987F4303
Joliet, IL28 August 1990F52916.4
Cotton Plant, AR21 March 1952F42913.1
Decatur, AL3 April 1974F52879.5
Athens, AL3 April 1974F52852
Crawfordsville, IN11 April 1965F42845.7
Jarrell, TX27 May 1997F5275.1
Lubbock, TX11 May 1970F5268.4
Lakeview, AL27 April 2011EF52533.7
Kokomo, IN11 April 1965F42548
Birmingham, AL15 April 1956F42521.3
Orlando, FL22 February 1998F32528
Moore, OK20 May 2013EF52413.9
Woodstock, IL21 April 1967F42425.5
Evansville, IN6 November 2005F32441.3
Smithville, MS27 April 2011EF52337.3
Adrian, MI11 April 1965F42390.3
Auburn, AL3 March 2019EF42368
Birmingham, AL4 April 1977F52214.7
Pinson, AL27 April 2011EF42297.3
Ragland, AL27 March 1994F42250
Lockport, LA3 October 1964F4221.5
Gallatin, TN5 February 2008EF32250.3
Woodville, WI4 June 1958F52133.7
Adrian, MI11 April 1965F42180.5

By decade

2020s (93)
2010s (142)
2000s (129)
1990s (159)
1980s (149)
1970s (240)
1960s (184)
1950s (214)

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. We give the numbers as the official record has them.

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