Science Fair Project Encyclopedia

List of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks

These are some famous tornadoes and tornado outbreaks that have occurred in the United States over the past few centuries.

Great Natchez Tornado (May 7,1840)
East St. Louis Tornado (May 27, 1896)
Tri-State Tornado (March 18, 1925)
Tupelo-Gainesville Outbreak (April 5-6, 1936)
Glazier-Higgins-Woodward Tornadoes (April 9, 1947)
Waco Tornado (May 11, 1953)
Flint-Worcester Tornadoes (June 8-9, 1953)
Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak (April 11, 1965)
Lubbock Tornado (May 11, 1970)
Super Outbreak (April 3, 1974)
Omaha Tornado of 1975 (May 6, 1975)
Wichita Falls, Texas Tornado (April 10, 1979)
US-Canadian Outbreak (May 31, 1985)
Plainfield Tornado (August 28, 1990)
Andover, Kansas Tornado (April 26, 1991)
Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak II (March 27, 1994)
Miami Tornado (May 12, 1997)
Jarrell Tornado (May 27, 1997)
Florida El Niño Outbreak (February 22-23, 1998)
Birmingham Tornado (April 8, 1998)
Nashville Tornado of 1998 (April 16, 1998)
Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak (May 3, 1999)
Salt Lake City Tornado (August 11, 1999)
Fort Worth Tornado (March 28, 2000)
Veterans Day Weekend Outbreak (November 9-11, 2002)
May 2003 tornado outbreak (May 4-10, 2003)
Memorial Day Weekend outbreak (May 29-30, 2004)