List of tornadoes striking downtown areas

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This is a list of tornadoes that impact the central business district of a city.

It is a common - and definitely false - myth that tornadoes do not strike downtown areas. The odds are much lower due to the small areas covered, but paths can go anywhere - including over downtown areas. St. Louis, Missouri has taken a direct hit three times in less than a century and Windsor, Ontario, Canada was also struck three times in 50 years.

F#/EF# City Date Deaths Event
F3 St. Louis, Missouri March 8, 1871 9 St. Louis Tornado of 1871
F2 Kansas City, Missouri May 13, 1883 3
F2 Washington, D.C. September 16, 1888 0
F4 Louisville, Kentucky March 27, 1890 76 Mississippi Valley Tornado Outbreak of March 1890
F2 Dallas, Texas January 20, 1894 1
F4 St. Louis, Missouri May 27, 1896 255 St. Louis-East St. Louis Tornado
F4 Regina, Saskatchewan June 30, 1912 28 Regina Cyclone
F4 Omaha, Nebraska [1] March 23, 1913 103 Omaha Easter Sunday Tornado (1913)
F? Cincinnati, Ohio[2] July 7, 1915 unknown
F3 Indianapolis, Indiana May 18, 1927 2
F3 St. Louis, Missouri September 29, 1927 28 St. Louis Tornado Outbreak of September 1927
F3 Nashville, Tennessee March 14, 1933 15 Nashville Tornado Outbreak of March 1933
F4 Greensboro, North Carolina April 2, 1936 14 Greensboro, North Carolina tornado
F2 Charleston, South Carolina September 29, 1938 27 Charleston, South Carolina Tornadoes
F4 Windsor, Ontario June 18, 1946 18 Windsor - Tecumseh, Ontario Tornado of 1946
F3 Richmond, Virginia June 13, 1951 0 Richmond, Virginia Tornado of 1951
F5 Waco, Texas May 11, 1953 114 Waco Tornado
F4 St. Louis, Missouri February 10, 1959 21 1959 St. Louis Tornado Outbreak
F5 Topeka, Kansas June 8, 1966 12 Topeka Tornado of 1966
F5 Lubbock, Texas May 11, 1970 28 Lubbock Tornado
F3 Windsor, Ontario April 3, 1974 8 Windsor Tornado of 1974
F2 Shreveport, Louisiana April 17, 1978 0
F4 Bossier City, Louisiana December 3, 1978 2 Bossier City, LA Tornado
F3 Kalamazoo, Michigan May 13, 1980 5 Kalamazoo Tornado of 1980
F4 Marion, Illinois May 29, 1982 10
F4 Huntsville, Alabama November 15, 1989 21 Huntsville, Alabama Tornado
F4 Petersburg, Virginia August 6, 1993 3 Virginia Tornado Outbreak
F1 Hampton, Virginia August 6, 1993 0 Virginia Tornado Outbreak
F1 Houston, Texas November 16, 1993 0
F0 San Antonio, Texas March 27, 1994 [3] 0
F1 Miami, Florida May 12, 1997 0 Miami Tornado
F3 Detroit, Michigan/Windsor, Ontario July 2, 1997 7 Southeast Michigan Tornado Outbreak
F3 Nashville, Tennessee April 16, 1998 1 Nashville Tornadoes of 1998
F0 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |[4] January 18, 1999 0
F3 Little Rock, Arkansas January 21, 1999 2 Arkansas Tornado Outbreak Sequence of January 1999
F5 Oklahoma City/Midwest City May 3, 1999 36 Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak
F1 Hull, Quebec (Gatineau) May 8, 1999 0
F2 Salt Lake City, Utah August 11, 1999 1 Salt Lake City Tornado
F2 Fort Worth, Texas March 28, 2000 2 Fort Worth Tornado
F0 Jacksonville, Florida August 12, 2004 0
F3 Evansville, Indiana November 6, 2005 25 Evansville Tornado of November, 2005
F1 Kenner, Louisiana/New Orleans, Louisiana February 2, 2006 0 Tornadoes_of_2006#February_2
F2 Iowa City, Iowa April 13, 2006 0 Easter Week 2006 Tornado Outbreak Sequence
EF2 New Orleans, Louisiana February 12-13, 2007 1 Tornadoes_of_2007#February_events

Note: Europe uses the TORRO Scale instead of the Fujita Scale.

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T#/F# City Date Deaths Event
T8/F4 London, England October 23, 1091 Unknown London Tornado of 1091
T5/F3 Utrecht, Netherlands August 1, 1674 Unknown Utrecht, Netherlands Tornado
T7/F4 Valletta, Malta September 23, 1551 (or 1556) 600 Valetta, Malta Tornado
T4/F2 London, England December 7, 2006 0 London Tornado of 2006

Africa has no default tornado strength measurement system, so the storms here will be listed using the Fujita Scale.

F# City Date Deaths Event
F? Highveld, South Africa (Johannesburg & Pretoria) November 26, 1948 6 Johannesburg - Pretoria Tornado
F4 Karoo, South Africa (Trompsburg, South Africa) November 26, 1948 5+ Trompsburg, South Africa Tornado
F? Albertynesville, South Africa November 30, 1952 20 Albertynesville, South Africa Tornado
F2 Paynesville, South Africa December 2, 1952 11 Paynesville, South Africa Tornado
F3 Senekal, South Africa September 15, 1988 2 Senekal, South Africa Tornado
F3 Mtata, South Africa December 15, 1998 15 Mtata, South Africa Tornado[5]
F4 Mount Ayliff, South Africa January 18, 1999 25 Mount Ayliff, South Africa Tornado Outbreak [6]
F3 Heidelberg, Gauteng, South Africa October 21, 1999 0 Heidelberg, South Africa Tornado Outbreak [7]
F3 Mpumalanga, South Africa September 9, 2002 2 Mpumalanga, South Africa Tornado Outbreak [8]

Asia has no default tornado strength measurement system, so the storms here will be listed using the Fujita Scale.

F# City Date Deaths Event
F5 Barisal Division, Bangladesh April 26, 1989 1300+ Daultipur-Salturia, Bangladesh Tornado
F? Dhaka Division, Bangladesh Bangladesh and East India Tornado Prediction Site May 13, 1996 700+ Jamalpur-Tangail Districts, Bangladesh Tornado
F3 Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan September 24, 1999 4 Toyohashi City, Japan Tornadoes

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