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These are some notable tornadoes, tornado outbreaks, and tornado outbreak sequences that have occurred around the globe.

1. Exact death and injury counts are not possible; especially for large events and events before 1955.
2. Prior to 1950 in the United States, only significant tornadoes are listed for the number of tornadoes in outbreaks.
3. Due to increasing detection, particularly in the U.S., numbers of counted tornadoes have increased markedly in recent decades although the number of actual tornadoes and counted significant tornadoes has not. In older events, the number of tornadoes officially counted is likely underestimated.

By continent

Africa

Asia

Europe

North America

Oceania

South America

Tornado outbreaks by outbreak intensity score

See List of tornado outbreaks by outbreak intensity score

Tornadoes by year

See List of tornado events by year

Currently 1946–Present

Tornadoes striking the downtown central business district of major cities

See List of tornadoes striking downtown areas of large cities

Tornadoes rated F5 and EF5

See List of F5 and EF5 tornadoes

Tornadoes rated F4 and EF4

See List of F4 and EF4 tornadoes

See List of F4 and EF4 tornadoes (1950–1959)

See List of F4 and EF4 tornadoes (1960-1969)

See List of F4 and EF4 tornadoes (2000–2009)

See List of F4 and EF4 tornadoes (2010–2019)

See List of F4 and EF4 tornadoes (2020–present)

Tornadoes causing 100 or more deaths

See: List of tornadoes causing 100 or more deaths

Schools and tornadoes

See List of schools struck by tornadoes

See List of tornado-related deaths at schools

Tornadoes spawned by tropical cyclones

See List of tornadoes spawned by tropical cyclones

Tornadoes with confirmed satellite tornadoes

See List of tornadoes with confirmed satellite tornadoes

Tornadoes observed by mobile radars

See List of tornadoes observed by mobile radars

See also

• List of 21st-century Canadian tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
• List of derecho events
• Outline of tropical cyclones
• Tornado climatology
• Tornado intensity
• Tornado myths
• Tornado records

References

• Grazulis, Thomas P. (1993). Significant Tornadoes 1680-1991, A Chronology and Analysis of Events. St. Johnsbury, VT: The Tornado Project of Environmental Films. ISBN 1-879362-03-1
• --- (1997). Significant Tornadoes Update, 1992-1995. ISBN 1-879362-04-X
• --- (2001). The Tornado: Nature's Ultimate Windstorm. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-3258-2
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Climatic Data Center / Storm Prediction Center. Storm Data.

External links

Significant events

• Websites Dedicated to Specific Tornado Events (SPC, NOAA)
• World Wide Tornadoes (Tornado Project)
• UK/European Tornado Extremes Archived 2015-08-02 at the Wayback Machine (TORRO)
• Tornadoes in Germany (in German)
• Tornado Map (German Project / Map Worldwide)
• Tornadoes in Brazil
• Czech and Slovakia Tornadoes (in Czech) (Czech Hydrometeorological Institute)
• Tornadoes in Italy (* in Italian)

Tornado event data

• Searchable Database of All US Tornadoes From 1950-present
• Preliminary storm (tornadoes, severe wind and hail) reports from June 1, 1999 to present; and severe storm climatology information (SPC)
• Daily Severe Weather Report Archive from 1985-1999 (SPC)
• NCDC's searchable Storm Data database
• Storm Data publication Archived 2013-02-15 at the Wayback Machine (NCDC) (purchase required)
• STORM NEWS and Archives (Sam Barricklow, K5kJ)
• Storm Report Map (SPC storm reports overlaid on Google Maps) Archived 2017-07-05 at the Wayback Machine
• European Severe Storms Laboratory (ESSL)
  • European Severe Weather Database (ESWD)
• Center of Competence for Severe Local Storms in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (TorDACH)
• European Climatology on Severe Storms (University of the Balearic Islands)

Miscellaneous

• Online Severe Weather Climatology for weather radar coverage areas (SPC)
• Severe Thunderstorm Climatology (NSSL)
• The Tornado Project
• NCDC Tornado Statistics and Data
• Historical Tornado Data Archive, 1950-2007 (SPC)
• Tornadoes of Bangladesh and eastern India by Jonathon D. Finch, M.S. (with additional global tornado information)
• European Storm Forecast Experiment (ESTOFEX)
• Skywarn Europe
• Extreme Weather Source Book -- Economic and Other Societal Impacts Related to Hurricanes, Floods, Tornadoes, Lightning, and Other U.S. Weather Phenomena (University of Colorado at Boulder)
• Tornado History Project Searchable US tornado database overlaid on a Google Map

Weather data archives

• Severe Thunderstorm Events (SPC)
• Various (NCDC)
• Various Archived 2012-12-11 at archive.today (Plymouth State University)
• Various (Iowa State University)
• Radar and weather data Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine (McGill University)
• Satellite data (University of Wisconsin–Madison)
• Upper air soundings (University of Wyoming)

• Lists of events lists
• Tornado-related lists