The May 22, 2011 Joplin, Missouri EF5 tornado
The Joplin tornado will forever be burned into our memories. We look at how it happened and what it did.
Category: Tornado Maps
Top 10 tornado days in the United States
When it comes to top calendar days for tornadoes, May leads all other months with six days falling into the…
Tornado Chasing: Mapping the typical peak since 1990, plus longer-term climatology
Want to look back at how past storm chase season's progressed? We've got the maps for you!
Discussing the Super Outbreaks of 1974 and 2011: Was one more “super” than the other?
April is the most volatile month for tornadoes, with plenty of years featuring not a ton of activity, but seemingly…
North Carolina’s largest tornado outbreak – April 16, 2011
The magnitude of the Super Outbreak of 2011 often overshadows a separate historic tornado outbreak that occurred earlier in the…
Map: April 14-15, 2012 Tornado Outbreak
The largest outbreak of 2012 targeted mainly open terrain but deadly tornadoes impacted Oklahoma after dark. We map out the…
Looking back at the April 3-4, 1974 Super Outbreak
Let's look at the April 1974 outbreak from a different, visual perspective. We use maps to first look at the…
Comparing the tornadoes of 2012 to average and to 2011
2012 tornado data was recently published by the Storm Prediction Center. We take a quick look at how it broke…
Monthly tornado averages by state and region
Tornadoes happen in May, right? Well, it depends on where you live in the country. Here's a breakdown by state…
Tornadoes don’t happen in mountains. Or do they? Debunking the myth.
Mountain tornadoes are less common than their flat-land dwelling brethren, but they do happen. An examination by region and a…
Strongest tornadoes by state, territory and district in the U.S.
Most of the states in the country have been hit by strong tornadoes, and over half have seen a violent…
Map: July Tornadoes in the United States
The high Plains and northern Plains are favored areas for July tornadoes. Our county map gives more detail to areas…