List of F5 and EF5 tornadoes

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This is a list of all official and possible F5 tornadoes ever recorded. Also included are the official Enhanced Fujita Scale 5 tornadoes – the replacement of the older tornado classification system – which came into effect in February 2007.

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F5 damage at Moore, OK, May 1999
F5 damage at Moore, OK, May 1999
F5 damage at Moore, OK, May 1999
F5 damage at Moore, OK, May 1999

The tornadoes on this list have been officially rated F5 by the National Weather Service and compiled by the Storm Prediction Center and National Climatic Data Center. No tornadoes prior to 1950 were ranked by these agencies due to inadequate engineering and other data on the historical tornadoes.

For United States tornadoes as of February 1, 2007, the Fujita scale has been recalibrated to more accurately match tornado speeds with their damage and to augment and refine damage descriptors. The new system is called the Enhanced Fujita scale. No earlier tornadoes will be reclassified, and no new tornadoes in the United States will be rated F5.

Total: 53

Date Location Death Toll Wikipedia article Disputed?
March 21, 1952 Moscow, Tennessee 16
May 11, 1953 Waco, Texas 114 Waco Tornado
May 29, 1953 Ft. Rice, North Dakota 2
June 8, 1953 Flint, Michigan 116[1] Flint-Worcester Tornadoes
June 27, 1953 Adair, Iowa 1
December 5, 1953 Vicksburg, MS 38 Yes, destroyed structures were frail[2]
May 25, 1955 Blackwell, Oklahoma 20 Plains Outbreak of May 1955
May 25, 1955 Udall, Kansas 82 Plains Outbreak of May 1955
April 3, 1956 Grand Rapids - Hudsonville, Michigan 18 Hudsonville-Standale Tornado of April 1956
May 20, 1957 Kansas - Missouri 44 Central Plains Outbreak of May 1957
June 20, 1957 Fargo, North Dakota [1] 10 Fargo Tornado of 1957
December 18, 1957 Murphysboro, Illinois 1
June 4, 1958 Menomonie, Wisconsin 20
February 10, 1959 Ellisville - St. Louis, Missouri - Madison County, Illinois 21
May 5, 1960 Prague, Oklahoma 5
April 3, 1964 Wichita Falls, Texas 7
May 5, 1964 Bradshaw, Nebraska 2
May 8, 1965 Gregory, South Dakota 0
March 3, 1966 Jackson, Mississippi 57 Candlestick Park Tornado
June 8, 1966 Topeka, Kansas 16 Topeka Tornado of 1966
October 14, 1966 Belmond, Iowa 16 Yes[2]
April 23, 1968 Gallipolis, Ohio 7 Yes, destroyed structures were not swept away[2]
May 15, 1968 Charles City, Iowa 13
May 15, 1968 Oelwein, Iowa 1
June 13, 1968 Tracy, Minnesota 9
May 11, 1970 Lubbock, Texas 28 Lubbock Tornado
February 21, 1971 Delhi, Louisiana 46 Delta Outbreak of February 1971
May 6, 1973 Valley Mills, Texas 0
April 3, 1974 Hanover - Depauw, Indiana 6 Super Outbreak
April 3, 1974 Brandenburg, Kentucky 31 Super Outbreak
April 3, 1974 Xenia, Ohio 32 Super Outbreak
April 3, 1974 Sayler Park (Cincinnati, Ohio) 3 Super Outbreak
April 3, 1974 Tanner, Alabama 28 Super Outbreak
April 3, 1974 Guin, Alabama 30 Super Outbreak
March 26, 1976 Spiro, Oklahoma 2
April 19, 1976 Brownwood, Texas 0
June 13, 1976 Jordan, Iowa 0
April 4, 1977 Birmingham, Alabama 22 Birmingham Tornado of April 1977
July 16, 1979 Cheyenne, Wyoming 1
April 2, 1982 Broken Bow, Oklahoma 0
June 7, 1984 Barneveld, Wisconsin 9
May 31, 1985 Niles, Ohio - Wheatland, Pennsylvania 18 United States-Canadian Outbreak
March 13, 1990 Hesston, Kansas 1 Central US Tornado Outbreak of 1990
March 13, 1990 Goessel, Kansas 1 Central US Tornado Outbreak of 1990
August 28, 1990 Plainfield, Illinois 29 Plainfield Tornado
April 26, 1991 Andover, Kansas 17 Andover, Kansas Tornado Outbreak
June 16, 1992 Chandler, Minnesota 1 Mid-June 1992 Tornado Outbreak
July 18, 1996 Oakfield, Wisconsin 0 Oakfield Tornado
May 27, 1997 Jarrell, Texas 27 Central Texas tornado outbreak
April 8, 1998 Oak Grove - Birmingham, Alabama 32 Birmingham Tornado of April 1998
April 16, 1998 Lawrence County, Tennessee 3 Nashville tornado outbreak of 1998
May 3, 1999 Bridge Creek - Moore, Oklahoma 36 Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak
June 22, 2007 Elie, Manitoba [2] 0 Elie, Manitoba Tornado Originally classed as a "strong F4" by Environment Canada, it was later re-classified after investigations into the storm's damage and strength, as Canada's first official F5.


As of February 1, 2007, all tornadoes within the United States are rated with the Enhanced Fujita Scale which replaced the Fujita Scale. The following List of EF5 tornadoes has all tornadoes classified as EF5, the strongest category, since February 1, 2007.

Total 1.

Date Location Death Toll Wikipedia article
May 4, 2007 Greensburg, Kansas [3] 10 May 2007 Tornado Outbreak


These are tornadoes that were analyzed to be F5 or possibly F5 by an authoritative source.

Date Location Death Toll Wikipedia article F5 reasoning
June 29, 1764 Woldegk, Germany 1 Based on newspaper report[4][5]
April 23, 1800 Hainichen, Germany 0 Based on newspaper report[4]
August 19, 1845 Monville, France 70 Unverified classification of F5 by "tornado expert"[4]
April 24, 1880 Christian County, Illinois 6-11 Homes were leveled, farms vanished[2]
June 12, 1881 Nodaway County, Missouri 2 Hopkins Tornado of 1881 Two farms completely swept away[2]
June 17, 1882 Boone - Story - Marshall - Jasper - Poweshiek County, Iowa 68 Several farms leveled, town of Grinnell devastated[2]
August 21, 1883 Rochester, Dodge County, Minnesota 37 1883 Rochester Tornado Ten farms outside the town leveled[2]
April 1, 1884 Oakville, Indiana 8 Parts of the town "vanished"[2]
August 28, 1884 Howard, South Dakota  ? [citation needed]
August 19, 1890 Vallée de Joux, France/Switzerland 5 [3]
June 15, 1892 Faribault - Freeborn - Steele County, Minnesota 9 Several farms destroyed[2]
May 22, 1893 Darlington, Wisconsin 3 Two farm complexes swept away[2]
July 6, 1893 Cherokee - Buena Vista - Pocahontas - Calhoun County, Iowa 71 Homes swept away in all four counties[2]
September 21, 1894 Iowa - Minnesota 14 Five farms and a home were swept away leaving little trace[2]
May 1, 1895 Sedgwick County, Kansas 8-11 Farms "entirely vanished"[2]
May 3, 1895 Sioux County, Iowa 9-15 Farms swept away[2]
April 25, 1896 Cloud County - Clay County - Washington County, Kansas 9-11 [citation needed]
May 15, 1896 Sherman, Grayson County, Texas 73 Farms, 20 homes leveled[2]
May 17, 1896 Nemaha - Brown County, Kansas - Nebraska 25 Opera house in Seneca swept away, along with some farms[2]
May 25, 1896 Oakland County, Michigan 47 Houses and farms leveled.[2]
November 25, 1896 Mart, Texas 1 [citation needed]
May 18, 1898 Marathon County, Wisconsin 12 Twelve farms destroyed[2]
June 12, 1899 St. Croix County - New Richmond, Wisconsin 117 New Richmond Tornado Leveled several buildings, destroyed the town[2]
November 20, 1900 Moon Lake, Mississippi - Lagrange, Tennessee 30 [citation needed]
May 8, 1905 Marquette, Kansas 34 [citation needed]
May 10, 1905 Snyder, Oklahoma 97 Snyder, Oklahoma tornado Many structures swept away[2]
June 5, 1905 Colling, Michigan 5 Three farms "wiped out of existence"[2]
April 23, 1908 Pender, Nebraska 3 Well-built home swept away[2]
June 5, 1908 Carleton, Nebraska 11 Farms vanished[2]
August 20, 1911 Antler, North Dakota 7 [citation needed]
June 15, 1912 Creighton, Missouri 5 Two large homes swept away[2]
June 11, 1915 Mullinville, Kansas 0 One farm blown away[2]
May 25, 1917 Sedgwick, Kansas 23 Many structures swept away[2]
May 26, 1917 Monroe County, Indiana 0 Three farms leveled[2]
May 21, 1918 Boone County, Iowa 9 At least two farms swept away[2]
May 21, 1918 Denison, Iowa 4 Homes swept bare to the foundations[2]
June 22, 1919 Fergus Falls, Minnesota 57 Fergus Falls tornado of 1919 Three block-wide swath swept away, house thrown into a lake[2]
April 20, 1920 Winston County, Alabama 20 Many homes swept away[2]
July 22, 1920 Frobisher - Alameda, Saskatchewan 4 "Splendid homes" swept away[2][6]
March 11, 1923 Pinson, Tennessee 20 An entire section of the town swept away[2]
May 14, 1923 Big Spring, Texas 23 A large home and farms were swept away[2]
September 21, 1924 Clark County - Taylor County, Wisconsin 18 Twenty farms destroyed, some flattened[2]
March 18, 1925 Missouri - Illinois - Indiana 695 Tri-State Tornado Hundreds of structures oblitterated[2]
June 3, 1925 Pottawattamie - Harrison County, Iowa 0 Nearly the same path as the next tornado, see below
June 3, 1925 Pottawattamie - Harrison County, Iowa 0 Parts of two farms and some homes swept away, but they may have been hit by both tornadoes[2]
April 12, 1927 Rock Springs, Texas 74 Rock Springs Tornado of April 1927 Swept away more than 90% of the town[2]
May 7, 1927 McPherson, Kansas 10 Some farms swept away[2]
June 1, 1927 Neede, Netherlands[4][7]  ? Some photographs indicate F5 damage[citation needed]
April 10, 1929 Sneed, Arkansas 23 Destroyed the community[2]
July 20, 1931 Lublin, Poland  ? Unverified F5 rating by severe weather expert[4]
May 22, 1933 Tryon, Nebraska 8 Two farms swept away[2]
July 1, 1935 Benson, Saskatchewan 1 Several structures leveled[2][8]
April 5, 1936 Tupelo, Mississippi 216 Tupelo-Gainesville Outbreak Leveled many well-constructed houses[2]
April 26, 1938 Oshkosh, Nebraska 3 School disintigrated, two farms swept away[2]
June 10, 1938 Clyde, Texas 14 Nine homes swept away[2]
April 14, 1939 Vici, Oklahoma - Kiowa, Kansas 7 Homes swept away[2]
July 15, 1940 Borzymmen (Borzymy), Mazury, Poland 1 Rated as F4, unverified report cited damage as F4-F5[4]
March 16, 1942 Lacon, Illinois 7 Many homes swept away[2]
April 28, 1942 Crowell, Texas 11 Many homes "vanished"[2]
April 29, 1942 Oberlin, Kansas 15 Three farms scoured from the earth[2]
June 17, 1944 Summit, South Dakota 8 Farms swept away with no visible debris[2]
April 12, 1945 Antlers, Oklahoma 69 Antlers Tornado of April 1945 Six hundred buildings destroyed[2]
June 17, 1946 Windsor, Ontario 17 Windsor - Tecumseh, Ontario tornado of 1946 hundreds of houses destroyed, some with their foundations removed. Officially an F4, but some speculated F5 damage was caused. [9]
August 20, 1946 Klodzko Slaskie, Poland  ? Unverified damage report cited "F4-F5" damage[4]
April 9, 1947 Woodward, Oklahoma 181 Glazier-Higgins-Woodward Tornadoes Several towns partially or totally destroyed[2]
May 31, 1947 Leedey, Oklahoma 6 Many structures swept away leaving no debris[2]
September 26, 1951 Waupaca, Wisconsin 6 Three farms swept away[2]
June 9, 1953 Worcester, Massachusetts 94 Flint-Worcester Tornadoes Many strong multi-level structures levelled, some houses swept away[2]
May 1, 1954 Crowell - Vernon, Texas - Snyder, Oklahoma 0 Vehicles thrown more than 100 yards[2]
June 16, 1957 Robecco Pavese, Valle Scuropasso, Italy  ? According to report, it was not clear if damage was F4 or F5[4]
June 10, 1958 El Dorado, Kansas 15 Car was thrown 100 yards, damage photographs inconclusive[2]
May 19, 1960 Wamego, Kansas 0 Two farms swept away[2]
May 20, 1960 Nechobrz, Poland  ? Unverified report of "F4-F5" damage[4]
May 30, 1961 Anselmo, Nebraska 0 All buildings and machinery swept away from farm[2]
April 11, 1965 Dunlap, Indiana 36 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965 Truck stop and house leveled[2]
April 11, 1965 Strongsville, Ohio 18 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965 Homes swept away[2]
May 8, 1965 Primrose, Nebraska 4 90% of the town demolished[2]
June 24, 1967 Palluel, France 6 Unverified F5 intensity rating[4]
January 1, 1970 Bulahdelah, New South Wales 0 Bulahdelah tornado [citation needed]
August 7, 1979 Woodstock, Ontario / Burgessville, Ontario 2 Woodstock, Ontario Tornado of August 1979 Some speculated F5 damage. officially two "Twin F4" tornadoes
July 31, 1987 Edmonton, Alberta 27 Edmonton Tornado Officially a "Strong F4", probably an F5. Canada's worst tornado to date.[10]
April 26, 1991 Red Rock, Oklahoma 0 Andover, Kansas Tornado Outbreak Doppler radar used by storm chasers indicated a wind speed in the F5 range[2]
June 8, 1995 Kellerville, Texas 0 Project VORTEX surveyed to be F5, one home was so oblitterated that NWS survey likely missed it[2]
May 4, 2003 Girard, Kansas - Franklin, Kansas 0 May 2003 Tornado Outbreak Sequence [citation needed]


  1. ^ 1953 Beecher Tornado. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved on 2007-01-03.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl Grazulis, Thomas P. (2001). F5/F6 Tornadoes. The Tornado Project of Environmental Films, St. Johnsbury VT.
  3. ^ http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crnews/display_story.php?wfo=ddc&storyid=7828&source=0
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j European Severe Weather Database.
  5. ^ Gottlob Burchard Genzmer (1765). Beschreibung des Orcans, welcher den 29. Jun. 1764 einen Strich von etlichen Meilen im Stargardischen Kreise des Herzogthums Mecklenburg gewaltig verwüstet hat. (in German).
  6. ^ Meteorological Service of Canada
  7. ^ De cycloon van Neede (in Dutch).
  8. ^ Meteorological Service of Canada
  9. ^ Environment Canada account of the tornado with additional clips from The Windsor Star
  10. ^ http://www.eps.mcgill.ca/~courses/c186-250/Lectures/tornadoes.ppt

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