Tornado History

Tornado Talk is a great place to get swept up in twister history. We chatted with the founder.

The website has over 400 event summaries, and it's continually growing.

5 years ago

May 3-4, 1999 tornado outbreak and the Bridge Creek-Moore F5

It was the biggest tornado event in modern Oklahoma history.

6 years ago

The Natchez, Mississippi tornado of 1840

This tornado is considered the second deadliest in U.S. history.

7 years ago

Historic outbreak sequences: Eight days of mayhem in late May and early June 1917

The 1917 case is perhaps the most relentless of all the outbreak sequence events that that will be covered in…

8 years ago

Top U.S. tornado videos of 2016

While it was light on overall numbers, the year was packed with incredible tornadoes.

8 years ago

Tornadoes have scoured the landscape on Election Day before

One of the most turbulent U.S. elections ever is coming to a close. It could be worse.

8 years ago

Joplin, Missouri: Five years after the EF5 tornado of May 22, 2011

The return to normalcy in Joplin was slow after the massive tornado in 2011, but it's a place that can't…

8 years ago

A list of instructions for observing tornadoes during the late 1800s

While these spinny winds are not unique to our country, they are very much a part of the American experience.

8 years ago

Historic outbreak sequences: Five major tornado events during the second half of May 1896

For the first case study on outbreak sequences, we examine two weeks of nearly nonstop tornadoes. Twisters brought devastating results…

8 years ago

Examining outbreak sequences: The building blocks of a multi-round tornado event

Every so often, tornado outbreaks come in volleys. In the first part of a series on outbreak sequences, we look…

8 years ago