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Tornado History in the United States
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Storm Prediction Center / The 25 Deadliest
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/
NOTE: Having happened before the era of comprehensive damage surveys, some of these events may have been composed of multiple tornadoes along a damage path. Death counts for events in the 1800s and early 1900s should be treated as estimates, since recordkeeping of tornado deaths was erratic back then.
DATE |
LOCATION(S) |
DEATHS |
|
1 |
18 Mar 1925 |
Tri-State (MO/IL/IN) |
695 |
2 |
06 May 1840 |
Natchez MS |
317 |
3 |
27 May 1896 |
St. Louis MO |
255 |
4 |
05 Apr 1936 |
Tupelo MS |
216 |
5 |
06 Apr 1936 |
Gainesville GA |
203 |
6 |
09 Apr 1947 |
Woodward OK |
181 |
7 |
22 May 2011 |
Joplin MO |
158 |
8 |
24 Apr 1908 |
Amite LA, Purvis MS |
143 |
9 |
12 Jun 1899 |
New Richmond WI |
117 |
10 |
8 Jun 1953 |
Flint MI |
116 |
11t |
11 May 1953 |
Waco TX |
114 |
11t |
18 May 1902 |
Goliad TX |
114 |
13 |
23 Mar 1913 |
Omaha NE |
103 |
14 |
26 May 1917 |
Mattoon IL |
101 |
15 |
23 Jun 1944 |
Shinnston WV |
100 |
16 |
18 Apr 1880 |
Marshfield MO |
99 |
17t |
01 Jun 1903 |
Gainesville GA |
98 |
17t |
09 May 1927 |
Poplar Bluff MO |
98 |
19 |
10 May 1905 |
Snyder OK |
97 |
20 |
24 Apr 1908 |
Natchez MS |
91 |
21 |
09 Jun 1953 |
Worcester MA |
90 |
22 |
20 Apr 1920 |
Starkville MS to Waco AL |
88 |
23 |
28 Jun 1924 |
Lorain/Sandusky OH |
85 |
24 |
25 May 1955 |
Udall KS |
80 |
25 |
29 Sep 1927 |
St. Louis MO |
79 |