Violent Tornadoes

Significant June Tornadoes in the United States

Significant F2/EF-2+ tornadoes have historically made up just shy of 16 percent of all June tornadoes throughout the modern record…

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Significant May Tornadoes in the United States

Roughly 20 percent of the 12,349 tornadoes in May (1950-2011) were significant. That's a hard count of 2,435 tornadoes. Since…

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Videos of the Violent EF4 and EF5 Tornadoes on April 27, 2011

April 27, 2011 brought 15 violent tornadoes to the South, including four EF-5s. We've documented their paths and have collected…

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Significant April Tornadoes in the United States

Out of 7,885 tornadoes total in April (1950-2011), 2,161 -- or 27% -- were rated as significant F2/EF-2+ tornadoes. In…

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Tornado Weekly: April 8-14, 2012

A much-touted tornado outbreak arrived on April 14 as a strong upper-level low pushed out into the Plains. Kansas was…

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Violent F4/EF-4 and F5/EF-5 Tornadoes in the United States since 1950

Combined, violent tornadoes make up a still rather meager 1 percent of all tornadoes, but they caused 64 percent of…

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F5/EF-5 Tornadoes: The 0.1 Percenters that Can’t be Ignored

F5/EF-5 tornadoes are a force of nature most folks hope to never come face-to-face with. From 1950-2010, they made up…

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Significant March tornadoes in the United States

As briefly touched upon in the general overview of March tornadoes, significant (F2/EF-2+) only touched down 1,080 times (or 30%…

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