Top U.S. tornado videos of 2020

It’s our ninth annual installment of top twister videos. 2020 was a storm of a year, although maybe less from a storm point of view than an everything else point of view.

A year with few memorable tornadoes in the main chase region of the Plains, it started hot and that’s never great news for folks in the South. The 78 tornado deaths is the most in any year since the horrific 2011.

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After April, the hunt was harder than usual … but there were diamonds in the rough.

Tishomingo, Mississippi – March 24
WxChasing

Jonesboro, Arkansas – March 28
Zachary Hall via CBS 17

Mississippi Easter Tornado – April 12
Gage Shaw

Madill, Oklahoma – April 22
Pecos Hank

Southeast Oklahoma – April 22
David Demko and Heidi Farrar

Honey Grove, Texas – April 24
John Iannotti via StormChasingVideo

Smithville, Texas – May 12
TornadoTrackers

Morse, Iowa – May 23
Brennan Jontz via StormChasingVideo

Hemingford, Nebraska – July 2
Dan Fitts via SevereStudios

New Haven, Wyoming – July 6
Bob Conzemius

On the same day, there was an unusual large tornado that ran through parts of the Black Hills.

Dalton, Minnesota – July 8
Tanner Charles

This was probably the tornado of the year in the United States (not to be confused with this one in Canada). Several other views were also great.

Divernon, Illinois – July 15
Andrew Pritchard

Armenia, New York – August 2
Dave Lewison and Scott McPartland

Another cool video of this storm showing more of the structure from a drone.

Cape May, New Jersey – August 4
Paul Cassaccio via 6ABC

Spicer, Minnesota – August 14
mnwxchaser

Hollywood, Florida – August 19
Amy Levin’s dad

Miller, South Dakota – August 30
Tornado Tailgaters

Note: It has been pointed out that this video likely shows an RV thrown by the tornado in the first minute. The occupant of that vehicle perished.

Did we miss one? Let us know!