February Tornadoes

The story behind the historic tornado and severe weather drought of early 2015

You've probably heard tornadoes are running at all-time lows (again). Take a deep dive into why that's the case and…

10 years ago

Here’s where tornadoes typically form in February across the United States

Once February is here, spring is right around the corner. And although it's another winter month, tornadoes can be expected…

10 years ago

Watch how tornadoes progress across the United States throughout the year

In the cold season, tornadoes generally hang out around the Gulf of Mexico. But in spring and summer they surge…

11 years ago

Largest winter tornado outbreaks in the United States

Tornado outbreaks happen in winter. We take a peek at the biggest in December, January and February as well as…

12 years ago

Leap Day Tornadoes 1952-2008

Note: This post does not consider any additional tornadoes that are confirmed on Feb 29, 2012 with storms ongoing or…

13 years ago

February tornado deaths from 1950-2010

As seen in the quick-wrap of February tornado statistics, 435 people were killed by 1,441 tornadoes from 1950-2010. Additionally, an…

13 years ago

#OnThisDay: Selected February tornadoes

Note: If you follow the account on Twitter or Facebook, you'll see these every day at least twice (for the…

13 years ago

The Mississippi Valley Outbreak of 1971 and February’s only F5 tornado

Nineteen tornadoes struck from Texas to Ohio and North Carolina on February 21-22, 1971. The greatest concentration of them was…

13 years ago

Significant and intense February tornadoes by state

The graphs above and below examine only those tornadoes either "significant" (F2/EF-2+) or "intense" (F3/E-F3+). All significant tornadoes made up…

13 years ago

U.S. Tornadoes: The month of February by the numbers

February is not a typical tornado month, but it has featured plenty of tornadoes. Patrick Marsh has an excellent overview…

13 years ago