This list includes tornadoes with possible F5 or EF5 damage indicated by the National Weather Service as well as tornadoes with possible F5/EF5 damage by other branches of the United States government, tornado experts (i.e. Thomas P. Grazulis, Ted Fujita), or meteorological research institutions (i.e. European Severe Storms Laboratory

This is a map and list of tornadoes since 1950 which the National Weather Service has rated F5 (before 2007) or EF5 (equivalent, 2007 onward, the most intense damage category on the Fujita and Enhanced Fujita damage scales. The tornadoes are numbered in the order they happened since 1950; so the numbers run from the bottom up.

Of the 59 tornadoes in the United States, 50 are officially rated F5 on the original Fujita scale (with dates of occurrence between May 11, 1953, and May 3, 1999), and nine are officially rated EF5 on the Enhanced Fujita scale (with dates of occurrence between May 4, 2007, and May 20, 2013).

Apr 10, 2020 · The Top Five Deadliest F/EF5 Tornadoes. 1. The Tri-State Tornado of March 25, 1925. The "single" deadliest tornado in U.S. history was the famous Tri-State Tornado of March 25, 1925.

Apr 28, 2024 · Here’s a look at how a tornado leaves behind EF-5 damage and why so few intense tornadoes ever manage to meet that terrifying level of destruction.

May 10, 2023 · Moore was among the places in central Oklahoma devastated on May 3, 1999, by the final tornado to earn an F5 rating on the original Fujita Damage Intensity Scale or F-scale. The long-track tornado led to 41 deaths, injured more than 550 people, and caused some $1 billion in damage in 1999 dollars.

Apr 10, 2012 · Tracks of violent F4/EF-4 and F5/EF-5 tornadoes in the United States from 1950-2011. Map by Katie Wheatley. Source: SPC. I recently detailed the 58 F5/EF-5 tornadoes that have been recorded in the United States. They are the ultimate low probability, but very high consequence weather event.

The deadliest F5 tornado in United States occurred on March 18th, 1925 and killed 695 in Illinois, Indiana and Missouri. This infamous F5 tornado is called the Tri-State Tornado. The 1974 Super Outbreak produced 7 F5 tornadoes. The 1896 St. Louis-East St. Louis F5 torando holds the most damage record at $2.9 billion (1997 USD). F5 Tornado ...

The 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado was a large, long-lived and exceptionally powerful F5 tornado in which the highest wind speed ever measured globally was recorded at 321 miles per hour (517 km/h) by a Doppler on Wheels (DOW) radar.

The 2007 Elie tornado was a small but extremely powerful and erratic tornado that occurred during the evening of June 22, 2007. The powerful F5 tornado that struck the town of Elie, in the Canadian province of Manitoba (40 km (25 mi) west of Winnipeg) was known for its unusual path, how it was during its path, its rope to cone structure as opposed to a "wedge" structure, and …