Hurricane Katrina also caused a tornado outbreak
Best known for being a Category 5 monster that inundated New Orleans, five dozen twisters also scoured the landscape during…
Category: Tornado History
Palm Sunday 1965: Southern Great Lakes ravaged by one of the worst tornado outbreaks on record
On April 11, 1965, and over a time span of approximately 12 hours, one of the most infamous tornado events…
Through the end of March, 2015’s tornado drought is among the biggest on record
It has been eerily quiet this year when it comes to tornadoes.
Killer winter tornadoes: No strangers to Mississippi and the South
A nightmare before Christmas arrived in the form of deadly tornadoes across parts of the South on Tuesday.
Breaking down the Pilger tornadoes of June 16, 2014
On June 16, 2014 a family of tornadoes dropped from a parent supercell moving over northeast Nebraska.
A tornado’s cost: Living in a tornado alley
There are a number of regions across the United States that see an exorbitant amount of tornadoes in a given…
The 1974 Super Tornado Outbreak (interactive map)
Four decades have passed since a generational tornado outbreak that still lives in infamy. Interactive mapping lets us dive deep…
The Tri-State Tornado of 1925
On March 18, 1925 a dark "smokey fog" touched down approximately three miles northwest of Ellington, Missouri. It would become…
Weak tornadoes are deadly, too
When we think of deadly tornadoes, it's usually the big violent ones that come to mind. Their weaker counterparts can…
Halloween tornadoes: The spooky historical facts
Is the Tampa, Florida area haunted by tornadoes on Halloween? Find out that fact and more in our brief synopsis…
From domestic to international: Tornadoes around the world
The United States is the world leader in tornado production by a long shot, but to better understand our own…
Independence Day tornadoes: A different type of Fourth of July excitement
Fireworks not exciting enough for the Fourth? Tornadoes are a somewhat regular feature of Independence Day as well.