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first tornado recorded
The first recorded, documented tornado in America kills a servant at Cambridge, Massachusetts. -
Natchez Mississippi tornad0
A massive tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi, killing 317 people in the town and injuring 109 more. The tornado killed 269 people on boats in the Mississippi River. -
Kansas tornado
A F4 tornado struck, Kansas, killing 18 people and injuring 60 -
Gulf Coast
A storm system forms near the gulf coast and branches out across the southeast, spawning over 60 tornadoes. The storm kills at least 170 people. -
Illinois,Indiana,Kentucky
125 people are killed when tornadoes tares through Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky. 76 people are killed in Louisville, Kentucky, alone -
St.Louis/east and Illinois
Tornadoes devastate area's of St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis and Illinois, leaving behind 255 dead -
The "Dixie Outbreak "
16 tornadoes strike from Texas to Georgia. The "Dixie Outbreak" results in the deaths of 320 people. -
Nebraska Western Lowa
A massive storm unleashes tornadoes over eastern Nebraska and western Iowa. In Omaha, Nebraska, 94 people are killed and nearly 600 homes are destroyed -
America's deadliest
The deadliest tornadoes in American history strike Illinois, Missouri and Indiana. The total death toll is eventually confirmed at 747 -
F4 tornado
17 tornadoes tear across Missouri, Arkansas and Texas leaving 217 dead. Poplar Bluff, Missouri, is hit by an F4 tornado, which kills 92 people -
10 tearing tornadoes
1932
March 21-22
10 violent tornadoes rip through Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee, killing 330 people -
Two devastaing......
1936
April 5-6
Two devastating tornadoes slam into Tupelo, Mississippi, and Gainesville, Georgia, leaving over 400 dead between the two towns. -
Ohio,West Virgina and maryland
1944
June 23
A series of tornadoes sweep through Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and Maryland leaving 154 people dead -
A family
A family of tornadoes tears through Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. The town of Glazier, Texas, is completely destroyed by an F5 tornado. -
200 million $$
Nearly 50 tornadoes tear through Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Indiana and Ohio killing 271 people and causing over $200 million in damage. -
148 tornadoes in two days
within two days 148 tornadoes strike in 13 states across the South and Midwest of America. Thetornadoes claimed the lives of 350 people and cause $600 million in damage -
41 Tornadoes
41 tornadoes hit Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and Ontario, Canada. The storms leave 90 dead and cause $450 million in damage -
94 Tornadoes
A late season outbreak sees 94 tornadoes stretching from Houston, Texas, to Raleigh, North Carolina, and from the Gulf Coast to the Ohio Valley. The storms kill 26 and cause over $300 million in damage. -
Costly Affair
More than 70 large tornadoes sweep through Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas killing 45 people and causing $1.2 billion in damage, making this the most costly outbreak of tornadoes ever recorded. -
Tornado in Kansas,Missouri,Tennessee
2003
May 5
Over a dozen tornadoes rip through Kansas, Missouri and Tennessee flattening several towns and killing 41 -
Kentucky and Indiana Tornado
Tornadoes rip through Kentucky and Indiana killing at least 22 people
