The United States gets about 1000 recorded tornadoes every
year. Today, only a few are killers, but that has not always been so.
About 200 US tornadoes have killed 18 or more people. Of those, about
150 occurred in the 70 year period between 1879 and 1949. There have
been about 45 tornadoes since 1950 that have killed 18 or more people.
In the 1950s, there were 18 tornadoes that killed 18 or more people. In
the 1960s, there were 12 tornadoes that killed 18 or more people. In
the 1970s,there were 11 tornadoes that killed 18 or more people. And in
the 1980s, there were only 2 tornadoes that killed more than 18 people.
In spite of an ever-burgeoning population, death figures continue to
go down as improved forecasting, detection, communications, and public
awareness increase.
| Rank | State(s) | Date | Time | Dead | Injured | F-Scale | Town(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MO-IL-IN | March 18, 1925 | 1:01PM | 695 | 2027 | F5 | Murphysboro,Gorham, DeSoto |
| 2 | LA-MS | May 7, 1840 | 1:45 PM | 317 | 109 | F? | Nachez |
| 3 | MO-IL | May 27, 1896 | 6:30PM | 255 | 1000 | F4 | St. Louis, East St. Louis |
| 4 | MS | April 5, 1936 | 8:55 PM | 216 | 700 | F5 | Tupelo |
| 5 | GA | April 6, 1936 | 8:27 AM | 203 | 1600 | F4 | Gainesville |
| 6 | TX-OK-KS | April 9, 1947 | 6:05 PM | 181 | 970 | F5 | Glazier, Higgins, Woodward |
| 7 | LA-MS | April 24, 1908 | 11:45AM | 143 | 770 | F4 | Amite, Pine, Purvis |
| 8 | WI | June 12, 1899 | 5:40PM | 117 | 200 | F5 | New Richmond |
| 9 | MI | June 8, 1953 | 8:30 PM | 115 | 844 | F5 | Flint |
| 10 | TX | May 11, 1953 | 4:10PM | 114 | 597 | F5 | Waco |
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