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The Xenia, Ohio, F5 tornado of April 3, 1974.This was one of two tornadoes to receive a preliminary rating of F6, which was downgraded later to a rating of F5. [1]This is a list of tornadoes which have been officially or unofficially labeled as F5, EF5, IF5, T10-T11, the highest possible ratings on the various tornado intensity scales.
In late 2023, American meteorologist and tornado expert Thomas P. Grazulis created the Outbreak Intensity Score (OIS) as a way to rank tornado outbreaks. [1] [2] For the score, only significant tornadoes are counted: F2/EF2 tornadoes receive 2 points each, F3/EF3 tornadoes receive 5 points each, F4/EF4 tornadoes receive 10 points each, and F5/EF5 tornadoes receive 15 points each. [1]
Number of tornadoes in United States by year and intensity. United States tornadoes by year [1] [2] Year Number of tornadoes FU/EFU F0/EF0 F1/EF1 F2/EF2 F3/EF3
May 1996 Kentucky tornado outbreak; March 1997 tornado outbreak; Tornado outbreak of April 15–16, 1998; Late-May 1998 tornado outbreak and derecho; List of tornadoes in the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak; Tornado outbreak of April 27–28, 2002; List of tornadoes in the May 2003 tornado outbreak sequence; Tornado outbreak sequence of May 2003
Here are the top 10 deadliest tornadoes to strike in the United States, according to the Storm Prediction Center. On March 18, 1925, the deadliest tornado in U.S ... On average, 80 people die each ...
The tornado in Bourbon County reached maximum wind speeds of 105 miles per hour south of Paris, according to the NWS. The tornado traveled roughly 13.4 miles and crossed into Clark County. It had ...
The 2011 Super Outbreak was the largest tornado outbreak spawned by a single weather system in recorded history; it produced 367 tornadoes from April 25–28, with 223 of those in a single 24-hour period on April 27 from midnight to midnight CDT, [4] [11] fifteen of which were violent EF4–EF5 tornadoes. 348 deaths occurred in that outbreak, of which 324 were tornado related.
A graphic from AccuWeather depicting the number of tornadoes each state has seen so far in 2024. Following Iowa is Kansas at 50, Nebraska at 44, Texas and Ohio at 43, and Oklahoma and Illinois at 40.