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The following is a list of all tornadoes rated F5 since 1880.

Contents 1 Official F5 Tornadoes 1.1 Tornadoes with disputed ratings 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

Official F5 Tornadoes

Total: 92.

Date	Location	Death Toll	Wikipedia article
April 24, 1880	West Prairie, Christian County, Illinois	6-11
June 17, 1882	Boone - Story - Marshall - Jasper - Poweshiek County, Iowa	68
August 21, 1883	Rochester, Dodge County, Minnesota	37
April 1, 1884	Oakville, Indiana	8
June 15, 1892	Faribault - Freeborn - Steele County, Minnesota	9
May 22, 1893	Darlington, Wisconsin	3
July 6, 1893	Cherokee - Buena Vista - Pocahontas - Calhoun County, Iowa	71
September 21, 1894	Iowa - Minnesota	14
May 1, 1895	Sedgwick County, Kansas	8-11
May 3, 1895	Sioux County, Iowa	9-15
May 15, 1896	Sherman, Grayson County, Texas	73
May 17, 1896	Nemaha - Brown County, Kansas - Nebraska	25
May 25, 1896	Oakland County, Michigan	47
May 18, 1898	Marathon County, Wisconsin	12
June 12, 1899	St. Croix County, Wisconsin	117
May 10, 1905	Snyder, Oklahoma	97
June 5, 1905	Colling, Michigan	5
April 23, 1908	Pender, Nebraska	3
June 5, 1908	Carleton, Nebraska	11
June 15, 1912	Creighton, Missouri	5
June 11, 1915	Mullinville, Kansas	0
May 25, 1917	Sedgwick, Kansas	23
May 21, 1918	Denison, Iowa	4
June 22, 1919	Fergus Falls, Minnesota	57	Fergus Falls Tornado of June 1919
July 22, 1920	Frobisher - Alameda, Saskatchewan	4
March 11, 1923	Pinson, Tennessee	20
May 14, 1923	Big Spring, Texas	23
March 18, 1925	Missouri - Illinois - Indiana	695	Tri-State Tornado
April 12, 1927	Rock Springs, Texas	74	Rock Springs Tornado of April 1927
May 7, 1927	McPherson, Kansas	10
April 10, 1929	Sneed, Arkansas	23
May 22, 1933	Tryon, Nebraska	8
April 5, 1936	Tupelo, Mississippi	216	Tupelo-Gainesville Outbreak
April 26, 1938	Oshkosh, Nebraska	3
June 10, 1938	Clyde, Texas	14
April 14, 1939	Vici, Oklahoma - Kiowa, Kansas	7
March 16, 1942	Lacon, Illinois	7
April 29, 1942	Oberlin, Kansas	15
June 17, 1944	Summit, South Dakota	8
April 12, 1945	Antlers, Oklahoma	69	Antlers Tornado of April 1945
April 9, 1947	Woodward, Oklahoma	181	Glazier-Higgins-Woodward Tornadoes
May 31, 1947	Leedey, Oklahoma	6
March 21, 1952	Moscow, Tennessee	?
May 11, 1953	Waco, Texas	114	Waco Tornado
May 29, 1953	Ft. Rice, North Dakota	2
June 8, 1953	Flint, Michigan	115	Flint-Worcester Tornadoes
June 27, 1953	Adair, Iowa	1
December 5, 1953	Vicksburg, MS	?
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, Michigan	18	Hudsonville-Standale Tornado of April 1956
May 20, 1957	Ottawa - Rantoul, Kansas - Martin City - Ruskin Heights - Hickman Hills, Missouri	44	Central Plains Outbreak of May 1957
June 20, 1957	Fargo, North Dakota	10
December 18, 1957	Murphysboro, Illinois	1
June 4, 1958	Menomonie, Wisconsin	20
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
April 13, 1968	Gallipolis, Ohio	?
May 15, 1968	Charles City, Iowa	13
May 15, 1968	Manyard, Iowa	5
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	34	Super Outbreak
April 3, 1974	Sayler Park (Cincinnati, Ohio)	3	Super Outbreak
April 3, 1974	Mt. Hope, Alabama	?	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
April 2, 1982	Broken Bow, Oklahoma	0
June 7, 1984	Barneveld, Wisconsin	9
May 31, 1985	Niles, Ohio - Wheatland, Pennsylvania	18	The US-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	Jarrell Tornado
April 8, 1998	Birmingham, Alabama	32	Birmingham Tornado of April 1998
April 16, 1998	Lawrence County, Tennessee	3	Nashville Tornado of 1998
May 3, 1999	Moore, Oklahoma	36	Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak

Tornadoes with disputed ratings

Date	Location	Death Toll	Wikipedia article
June 12, 1881	Nodaway County, Missouri	2	(Probably F5)
May 26, 1917	Monroe County, Indiana	0	(Probably F5)
May 21, 1918	Boone County, Iowa	9	(Probably F5)
September 21, 1924	Clark County - Taylor County, Wisconsin	18	(Probably F5)
June 3, 1925	Pottawattamie - Harrison County, Iowa	0	(Probably F5)
June 3, 1925	Pottawattamie - Harrison County, Iowa	1	(Probably F5)
July 1, 1935	Benson, Saskatchewan	1	(Probably F5)
April 28, 1942	Crowell, Texas	11	(Probably F5)
September 26, 1951	Waupaca, Wisconsin	6	(Probably F5)
June 9, 1953	Worcester, Massachusetts	94	(Officially F4) Flint-Worcester Tornadoes
May 1, 1954	Crowell - Vernon, Texas - Snyder, Oklahoma	0	(Probably F5)
June 10, 1958	El Dorado, Kansas	15	(Probably F5)
May 19, 1960	Wamego, Kansas	0	(Officially F4)
May 30, 1961	Anselmo, Nebraska	0	(Officially F4)
April 11, 1965	Dunlap, Indiana	36	(Officially F4) Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak
April 11, 1965	Strongsville, Ohio	18	(Officially F4) Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak
May 8, 1965	Primrose, Nebraska	4	(Officially F4)
January 1, 1970	Buladelah, New South Wales	0	(Possibly F5) Buladelah Tornado
July 31, 1987	Edmonton, Alberta	27	(Officially A Strong F4, Possibly F5. Would be Canada's first since 1920.)
April 26, 1991	Red Rock, Oklahoma	0	(Officially F4, but a doppler radar used by storm chasers indicated a wind speed similar to an F5 and may have been even stronger then the Andover tornado) Andover, Kansas Tornado Outbreak
June 8, 1995	Kellerville, Texas	0	(Officially F4, Project VORTEX surveyed to be F5)
May 4, 2003	Girard, Kansas - Franklin, Kansas	0	(Officially F4) May 2003 Tornado Outbreak Sequence

See also

• List of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks

References

• Grazulis, Thomas P. (2001). F5/F6 Tornadoes. The Tornado Project of Environmental Films, St. Johnsbury VT.

External links

• F5 Tornadoes in the U.S. since 1950 (SPC/NOAA)
• Lists all F4 and F5 tornadoes up to June 1999
• The Tornado Project
• Climatological Risk of Strong and Violent Tornadoes in the United States (Paper 9.4, Second Conference on Environmental Applications)
• Severe Thunderstorm and Tornado Climatology (NSSL)
• Fujita Scale