The Natchez, Mississippi tornado of 1840
This tornado is considered the second deadliest in U.S. history.
Tag: Significant Tornadoes
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 Weekly: April 7-13, 2013
The second week of April began with much anticipation as a strong upper-level trough pushed out into the Plains. Instead,…
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…
Strong January tornadoes in the United States
Most years have a handful of these F2/EF-2+ events, with the averages skewed toward years with moderate or large outbreaks.
Strong December tornadoes in the United States
The most damaging of tornadoes are relatively infrequent in the cool season, but they do happen, and they tend to…
Strong November tornadoes in the United States
There is a bit of a spike in strong tornado activity in November across the record. Mississippi and Alabama lead…
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…
Significant October Tornadoes in the United States
Compared to the drop in overall tornadoes in October from September, the rate of decrease among strong or significant (F2/EF-2+)…
Significant September Tornadoes in the United States
Throughout the historical period, September continues the late-summer trend of fewer significant (F2/EF-2+) tornadoes. It’s top end year is not…
Significant August Tornadoes in the United States
From 1950-2011, August has consistently seen fairly low numbers of strong/significant tornadoes rated F2/EF-2 or higher, though its ratio of…
Significant July Tornadoes in the United States
July continues the trend in recent months of a smaller ratio of significant tornadoes, or those F2/EF-2 and stronger, to…