Tornado Videos

Top U.S. tornado videos of 2019

It’s our eighth installment of what has become my favorite post each year. For 2019, it was harder than ever to narrow it down. In this case, narrowing it down still left us with 25 videos!

2019 closed out a decade that started on huge upswings with historic events in 2010 and 2011. Since then, it’s been famine or feast. In many ways, this year was defined by feast, at least in short stints.

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A historic back half of May was only part of a pretty big tornado year across the country. The outstanding videos were beyond what I could highlight here, although if you feel any are key ones missing please do feel free to share.

April 30 – Dean, Texas

April 30 – Sulphur, Oklahoma

May 5 – Tahoka, Texas

May 17 – McCook, Nebraska

May 17 – Farnam, Nebraska

May 17 – Fort Stockton, Texas (#fortstocktoning)

May 17 – Fowler, Kansas

May 20 – Mangum, Oklahoma

May 21 – Bern, Kansas

May 23 – Canadian, Texas

May 23 – Slapout, Oklahoma

May 24 – Iowa City, Iowa

May 26 – Dora, New Mexico

May 28 – Tipton, Kansas

May 29 – Canton, Texas

June 23 – South Bend, Indiana

June 29 – Allen, South Dakota

July 4 – Chugwater, Wyoming

July 16 – Moorcroft, Wyoming

July 26 – Biscay, Minnesota

September 10 – Fort Laramie, Wyoming

September 18 – Highlands, Texas

September 28 – Davis, California

October 20 – Dallas, Texas

December 16 – Columbia, Mississippi

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  • I've said before and I'll say it again. If there had been more damage indicators, the Mangum OK and Canadian TX tornadoes probably would've been much stronger than EF-2.

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