The 2011 Super Outbreak was the largest,costliest,and one of the deadliest tornado outbreaks ever recorded,taking place in the Southern,Midwestern,and Northeastern United States from April 25 to 28,2011,leaving catastrophic destruction in its wake. Over 175 tornadoes struck Alabama,Mississippi,and Tennessee,which were the most severely damaged states. Other destructive tornadoes occurred in Arkansas,Georgia,Kentucky,Louisiana,New York,and Virginia,with storms also affecting other states in the Southern and Eastern United States. In total,367 tornadoes were confirmed by NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) and Government of Canada's Environment Canada in 21 states from Texas to New York to southern Canada. Widespread and destructive tornadoes occurred on each day of the outbreak. April 27 was the most active day,with a record 223 tornadoes touching down that day from midnight to midnight CDT. Four of the tornadoes were rated EF5,which is the highest ranking on the Enhanced Fujita scale;typically these tornadoes are recorded no more than once a year.
On March 2 and 3,2012,a deadly tornado outbreak occurred over a large section of the Southern United States into the Ohio Valley region. The storms resulted in 41 tornado-related fatalities,22 of which occurred in Kentucky. Tornado-related deaths also occurred in Alabama,Indiana,and Ohio. The outbreak was the second deadliest in early March for the U.S. since official records began in 1950;only the 1966 Candlestick Park tornado had a higher death toll for a tornadic system in early March.
In the afternoon hours of February 10,2013,a large multiple-vortex tornado devastated the cities of West Hattiesburg,Hattiesburg,and Petal,Mississippi. The tornado was one of eight that touched down in southern Mississippi and southwestern Alabama that day. It reached a maximum path width of 0.75 miles (1.21 km) in its path through the Hattiesburg area and reached estimated maximum sustained winds of 170 mph (270 km/h) in Oak Grove neighborhood of West Hattiesburg. It destroyed many structures and impacted University of Southern Mississippi and two high schools. Mississippi was declared a federal disaster area by President Barack Obama,and a state of emergency was issued by Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant.
An unusually prolific and very destructive late-winter tornado outbreak resulted in significant damage and numerous casualties across the southern and eastern half of the United States between February 23–24,2016. Lasting over a day and a half,the outbreak produced a total of 61 tornadoes across eleven states,which ranked it as one of the largest February tornado outbreaks in the United States on record,with only the 2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak having recorded more. In addition,it was also one of the largest winter tornado outbreaks overall as well. The most significant and intense tornadoes of the event were four EF3 tornadoes that struck southeastern Louisiana,Pensacola,Florida,Evergreen,Virginia,and Tappahannock,Virginia. Tornadoes were also reported in other places like Texas,Florida,and Pennsylvania. Severe thunderstorms,hail and gusty winds were also felt in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic states on February 24 as well.
This page documents notable tornadoes and tornado outbreaks worldwide in 2018. Strong and destructive tornadoes form most frequently in the United States,Brazil,Bangladesh and Eastern India,but they can occur almost anywhere under the right conditions. Tornadoes also develop occasionally in southern Canada during the Northern Hemisphere's summer and somewhat regularly at other times of the year across Europe,Asia,Argentina and Australia. Tornadic events are often accompanied with other forms of severe weather,including strong thunderstorms,strong winds,and hail. There were 1,169 preliminary filtered reported tornadoes and 1,121 confirmed tornadoes in the United States in 2018. Worldwide,17 tornado-related deaths were confirmed;10 in the United States,four in Brazil,two in Indonesia,and one in Canada.
A significant and deadly severe weather event that affected the Southeastern United States on March 3,2019. Over the course of 6 hours,a total of 42 tornadoes touched down across portions of Alabama,Georgia,Florida,and South Carolina. The strongest of these was an EF4 tornado that devastated rural communities from Beauregard,Alabama,through Smiths Station,Alabama to Talbotton,Georgia,killing 23 people and injuring at least 100 others. Its death toll represented more than twice the number of tornado deaths in the United States in 2018 as well as the deadliest single tornado in the country since the 2013 Moore EF5 tornado. An EF3 tornado also destroyed residences to the east of Tallahassee in Leon County,Florida,and was only the second tornado of that strength in the county since 1945. Several other strong tornadoes occurred across the region throughout the evening of March 3 and caused significant damage. A large number of EF0 and EF1 tornadoes also touched down.
The tornado outbreak sequence of May 2019 was a prolonged series of destructive tornadoes and tornado outbreaks affecting the United States over the course of nearly two weeks,producing a total of 400 tornadoes,including 53 significant events (EF2+). Eighteen of these were EF3 tornadoes,spanning over multiple states,including Nebraska,Kansas,Texas,Missouri,Oklahoma,Indiana,Iowa,and Ohio,with additional tornadoes confirmed across a region extending from California to New Jersey. Two EF4 tornadoes occurred,one in Dayton,Ohio,and the other in Linwood,Kansas. Four tornadoes during this outbreak were fatal,causing a total of eight fatalities. The deadliest of these occurred on May 22 near Golden City,Missouri,where an EF3 tornado took three lives,including an elderly couple in their eighties. The damaging series of tornadoes that occurred in Indiana and Ohio on the evening of May 27 during this event is sometimes locally referred to as the Memorial Day tornado outbreak of 2019,which became the fourth costliest weather event in Ohio history. The near continuous stream of systems also produced to widespread flash and river flooding,along with damaging winds and large hail.
A significant severe weather and tornado outbreak affected the Southern United States between December 16–17,2019. Discrete supercells developed in the early morning on December 16 and moved northeast,spawning multiple strong,long-tracked tornadoes in cities such as Alexandria and in Laurel before congealing into an eastward-moving squall line. During the outbreak,the National Weather Service issued several PDS tornado warnings as well as a rare tornado emergency for Alexandria. In addition to this,the Storm Prediction Center issued six tornado watches for the outbreak. The event happened to take place on the same date of another outbreak in a similar area 19 years earlier.
This page documents notable tornadoes and tornado outbreaks worldwide in 2020. Strong and destructive tornadoes form most frequently in the United States,Argentina,Brazil,Bangladesh,and eastern India,but can occur almost anywhere under the right conditions. Tornadoes also develop occasionally in southern Canada during the Northern Hemisphere's summer and somewhat regularly at other times of the year across Europe,Asia,Argentina,Australia and New Zealand. Tornadic events are often accompanied by other forms of severe weather,including strong thunderstorms,strong winds,and hail. There were 1,243 preliminary filtered reported tornadoes in 2020 in the United States in 2020,and 1,086 confirmed tornadoes in the United States in 2020. Worldwide,at least 93 tornado-related deaths were confirmed with 78 in the United States,eight in Vietnam,two each in Canada,Indonesia,and Mexico,and one in South Africa.
A widespread and deadly tornado outbreak affected the Southeastern United States on Easter Sunday and Monday,April 12–13,2020. Several tornadoes were responsible for prompting tornado emergencies,including the first one to be issued by the National Weather Service in Charleston,South Carolina. A large squall line formed and tracked through the mid-Atlantic on April 13,prompting more tornado warnings and watches. A total of 15 watches were produced during the course of the event,two of which were designated Particularly Dangerous Situations.
A significant tornado outbreak sequence took place from March 24–28,2021 in the Southern United States,just one week after another outbreak affected similar regions. There were 43 tornadoes confirmed across 11 states,with the bulk of activity primarily on March 25,which resulted in the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) issuing its second high-risk outlook for the month of March,as well as the second high-risk outlook for 2021. Several intense tornadoes touched down on that day,including ones that prompted the issuance of rare tornado emergencies near Hoover,Alabama,Brent and Centreville,Alabama,and in the Newnan,Georgia area. March 27 also saw widespread tornado activity mainly across East Texas,Southern Arkansas,Louisiana,and Western Tennessee with several strong tornadoes touching down. Scattered to widespread wind and hail damage occurred throughout the outbreak sequence,and repeated rounds of heavy rain caused widespread severe flash and river flooding across much of Tennessee.
A deadly late-season tornado outbreak,the deadliest on record in December,produced catastrophic damage and numerous fatalities across portions of the Southern United States and Ohio Valley from the evening of December 10 to the early morning of December 11,2021. The event developed as a trough progressed eastward across the United States,interacting with an unseasonably moist and unstable environment across the Mississippi Valley. Tornado activity began in northeastern Arkansas,before progressing into Missouri,Illinois,Tennessee,and Kentucky.
This page documents notable tornadoes and tornado outbreaks worldwide in 2022. Strong and destructive tornadoes form most frequently in the United States,Argentina,Brazil,Bangladesh,and Eastern India,but can occur almost anywhere under the right conditions. Tornadoes also develop occasionally in southern Canada during the Northern Hemisphere's summer and somewhat regularly at other times of the year across Europe,Asia,Argentina,Australia and New Zealand. Tornadic events are often accompanied by other forms of severe weather,including strong thunderstorms,strong winds,and hail. Worldwide,32 tornado-related deaths were confirmed:23 in the United States,three in China,two each in Poland and Russia,and one each in the Netherlands and Ukraine.
From April 4–5,2022,a mesoscale convective system and numerous discrete supercells produced a swath of severe weather and several tornadoes in the Southeastern United States,including several strong,long tracked tornadoes. An EF3 tornado damaged or destroyed several homes in Bonaire,Georgia while a large EF3 tornado prompted a tornado emergency for Allendale and Sycamore,South Carolina. A violent EF4 tornado in Black Creek,Georgia resulted in one fatality as it destroyed several neighborhoods,and another large EF3 tornado caused widespread heavy tree damage northeast of Ulmer,South Carolina. More severe storms occurred across a large portion of the Southeast ahead of a cold front on April 6–7,with more tornadoes reported in South and Central Georgia and further south into Florida,all of which were weak. Along with the one tornadic death,trees felled by straight-line winds killed one person each in Louisiana and Texas.
A significant late-season tornado outbreak took place on November 4,2022,across Northeast Texas,southwestern Arkansas,southeastern Oklahoma,and northwestern Louisiana with multiple large,destructive tornadoes occurring over a span of several hours. Major damage was reported in Sulphur Springs,Powderly,Caviness,Paris,Cason,Daingerfield,Athens,New Boston,Texas,and Idabel,Oklahoma,with the latter two communities being placed under tornado emergencies. Two fatalities occurred in Cason,Texas,and Pickens,Oklahoma respectively. Numerous PDS tornado warnings were issued as well. An additional tornado embedded within a narrow,but intense line of showers with damaging winds was also confirmed in Illinois the following morning as the system progressed eastward. Strong winds affected most of the western Great Lakes throughout the day before moving into Canada that evening. Two fatalities and at least 34 injuries were confirmed from tornadoes,and an additional fatality occurred near Stilwell,Oklahoma from drowning.
An early-season tornado outbreak impacted the Southeastern United States on January 12,2023. The result of a mid-level trough moving through,moisture and the presence of a strong low-level jet aided in the development of numerous severe and tornadic thunderstorms. Early in the outbreak,a strong EF2 tornado caused considerable damage in Winston County,Alabama,while another EF2 tornado struck just south of Greensboro. A destructive high-end EF2 tornado struck Selma,causing widespread damage and two injuries. The same storm produced a long-lived EF3 tornado that moved through or near Old Kingston,Titus,Equality,and Lake Martin,resulting in seven fatalities and several injuries in Autauga County alone. Another EF2 tornado from the storm struck areas in or around Five Points and Standing Rock before crossing into Georgia. After the dissipation of that tornado,nine more tornadoes,five of which were strong,caused heavy damage across west-central Georgia,especially in LaGrange,Griffin,and Experiment,the second one of which was impacted by four tornadoes in the span of 10 minutes,including two that were rated EF2 and EF3 respectively. Another EF2 tornado from the storm caused major damage and another fatality in the Jackson Lake area as well;an indirect death from the tornado also occurred the following day. Elsewhere,other tornadoes caused damage in Sumter and Mobile counties in Alabama,as well as parts of Mississippi,Tennessee,Kentucky,Illinois,and the Carolinas. In all,43 tornadoes were confirmed.
On March 24,2023,a severe weather and tornado outbreak began across portions of the lower Mississippi River Valley in the United States. A slow-moving trough moved eastward across the United States and interacted with a moist and unstable airmass originating from the Gulf of Mexico,resulting in widespread heavy rainfall,severe thunderstorms,and significant tornadoes over a four-day period. A violent high-end EF4 tornado moved through the towns of Rolling Fork,Midnight,and Silver City in western Mississippi,causing catastrophic damage and many fatalities. Multiple tornado emergencies were issued for that tornado and two subsequent EF3 tornadoes from the same supercell that struck Winona and Amory.
A significant early spring tornado outbreak occurred throughout the Midwestern and Northeastern United States,with the most significant impacts occurring in Indiana and Ohio. More than two dozen tornadoes occurred,eight of them strong to intense. National Weather Service offices issued multiple 'Particularly Dangerous Situation' tornado warnings. Strong tornadoes produced major damage in the communities of Selma and Winchester in Indiana,and Fryburg and Lakeview in Ohio. One person died in Winchester,and three people were killed in Lakeview. Other significant tornadoes caused damage in Kansas,Arkansas,and Kentucky,with scattered weak tornadoes confirmed in several other states.
A large,major,and deadly tornado outbreak occurred across the Central and Southern United States from May 6–10,2024,as a result of a slow-moving trough that was moving across the country. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) issued a tornado-driven high risk convective outlook for portions of central Oklahoma and extreme southern Kansas early on May 6. Millions of people were put under a particularly dangerous situation (PDS) tornado watch later that evening,as many tornadoes were reported across the region,particularly in Oklahoma,where a violent EF4 tornado struck the towns of Barnsdall and Bartlesville,Oklahoma. Severe and tornadic weather spread eastward over the Mississippi,Ohio,and Tennessee Valleys over the next two days,with a nocturnal outbreak occurring in the latter on May 8,as tornadic supercell thunderstorms produced many tornadoes across the states of Tennessee,northern Alabama and western Georgia. The system responsible for the outbreak finally moved offshore by May 10 after producing several more tornadoes across the Southeast,including two EF2 tornadoes and hurricane-strength straight-line winds that moved through Tallahassee. This large outbreak came less than two weeks after a similarly large and deadly outbreak occurred across most of the same regions.
On May 9,2016,a violent multi-vortex EF4 tornado struck southern Katie,Oklahoma. The tornado was extremely erratic and killed one person while causing $1,000,000 in damages. The tornado was extremely photogenic,and was heavily documented by storm chasers and civilians.
