Following the narrative of the past several years, 2015 was a bit of an odd one when it came to tornadoes.
The year started historically quiet and was that way most of the time from June-December, other than an unusually far west outbreak on November 16. On the flip side, April and May were both rather active in what is typically the heart of peak tornado season. While there were no super high-end outbreaks throughout the year, there were some higher-impact days, and actually quite a few photogenic tornadoes.
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Let’s get to this year’s top tornado videos.
March 25 – EF2 in Sand Springs, Oklahoma
by Basehunters
April 9 – EF4 near Rochelle, Illinois
by Dave Walker
This one was also quite excellent.
May 5 – EF1 near Big Spring, Texas
by Brandon Sullivan/Tornado Titans
May 6 – EF2 near Scandia, Kansas
by Trevor Tetley/tornadoraiders.com
May 7 – EF1 near Krum, Texas
by Skip Talbot
May 9 – EF3 near Cisco and Eastland, Texas
by Scott Currens
May 9 – EF0 near Eads, Colorado
by Cory Reppenhagen
May 16 – EF3 near Elmer, Oklahoma
by Chris Streeks
May 27 – EF2 near Canadian, Texas
by Mike Scantlin, Courtney Knight/TVNWeather
May 29 – EF0 near Dora, New Mexico
by Marco Rank
June 4 – EF0s/EF1 near Simla, Colorado
by Weather Adventures
June 5 – EF? near Vona, Colorado
by Brett Roberts
July 16 – EF2 near Monmouth, Illinois
by Kholby Martin
July 13 – EF3 near Hutchinson, Kansas
by Justin Watkins
July 23 – EF1 near Alpena, South Dakota
by Police Dashcam
August 2 – EF1 near Nevinville, Iowa
by Mike Gillespie/Live Storms Media
September 18 – EF1 near Hillsdale, Kansas
by Brandon Ivey
October 23 – EF0 near Hospers, Iowa
by Brent Koops/KDR Media
December 23 – EF3 near Clarksdale, Mississippi
by Tornado Trackers
Also worth viewing, there is a portion with twin tornadoes around 6:15 in.
December 26 – EF4 near Rowlett, Texas (EF3 in area)
by Basehunters
Almost in the U.S.!: July 27 – Manitoba, Canada
by Greg Johnson/Tornado Hunters
Had to include one of the top five North American tornado events of the year!
Originally posted on December 18, edited on December 30 to add two tornadoes from fairly rare late-December significant events.
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