YearFinal SPC data

1995

1,237 tornadoes in 1995, with 7,230 hail and 9,973 wind reports, from the NOAA SPC severe weather database.

Tornado recordHail + windDaily reportsStorm Events narrativesEF ScaleMax path width

Tornado deaths

F0 822 F1 285 F2 98 F3 20 F4 12

Hail and wind show significant reports only (2 in or larger, 65 kt or stronger). Click a legend item to show or hide it, or "only" to see just that. Select anything on the map to open its record.

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Hail reports by month

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Wind reports by month

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Storm days

Every day with a tornado, hail or wind report. Warmer colors mean more tornadoes; gray days had hail or wind only; a white ring marks a day with an F4/EF4 or stronger tornado.

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Running count

1995 against the years around it and the 1991 to 2020 average

19951991 to 2020 average1990 to 2000 (other years)

1,237 tornadoes in 1995, 0% above the 1991 to 2020 average of 1,231.

Counts by storm day (12Z to 12Z). Reporting changed a great deal over the decades, so years far from 1991 to 2020 are not a like-for-like comparison with the average.

Busiest tornado days

#	Day	Tornadoes	F/EF4+	Deaths	Strongest	States
1	05/18/95	77	2	4	F4	AL, DC, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, TN +1
2	11/07/95	41	1	0	F4	AL, FL, GA, NC, SC
3	05/09/95	40	0	0	F3	AL, IA, IL, MS
4	04/19/95	38	0	0	F2	AR, LA, MO, OK, TN, TX
5	05/07/95	32	0	5	F3	CO, MO, OK, TX
6	06/09/95	31	0	0	F2	OK, TX, VA
7	05/27/95	29	3	0	F4	IA, IL, IN, MO, NE, TX
8	06/08/95	29	3	0	F4	AR, ID, MO, NC, OK, TX
9	05/13/95	28	2	3	F4	AR, CA, IL, IN, KY, MO, TN
10	07/27/95	27	0	0	F3	IA, IL, MD, MN
11	05/16/95	25	0	0	F3	CO, KS, MO, NE, TX
12	11/11/95	25	0	0	F2	AL, FL, GA, MD, NC, VA
13	06/07/95	24	0	0	F2	CO, IN, KS, MO, OH, OK
14	10/04/95	24	0	1	F2	AL, FL, SC
15	04/20/95	22	0	0	F2	AL, AR, LA, MS, TN, TX

Busiest severe weather days

tornado, hail and wind reports together

#	Day	All reports	Tornadoes	Hail	Wind	Largest hail	Top gust
1	05/18/95	425	77	151	197	3.75 in	76 kt (87 mph)
2	07/04/95	398	14	124	260	2.75 in	70 kt (81 mph)
3	06/07/95	369	24	128	217	4.25 in	103 kt (119 mph)
4	05/16/95	321	25	187	109	4.5 in	81 kt (93 mph)
5	05/07/95	316	32	136	148	4.5 in	87 kt (100 mph)
6	07/25/95	316	6	95	215	4 in	70 kt (81 mph)
7	04/10/95	301	5	152	144	2 in	74 kt (85 mph)
8	05/13/95	286	28	124	134	4.5 in	60 kt (69 mph)
9	05/15/95	282	15	132	135	4 in	90 kt (104 mph)
10	07/13/95	281	8	21	252	2 in	106 kt (122 mph)
11	11/11/95	276	25	1	250	1 in	87 kt (100 mph)
12	07/15/95	272	3	65	204	3 in	93 kt (107 mph)
13	06/10/95	271	6	90	175	4.5 in	74 kt (85 mph)
14	06/08/95	254	29	92	133	4.5 in	80 kt (92 mph)
15	07/23/95	254	10	58	186	3 in	85 kt (98 mph)

Largest hail

top 15

#	Date	Size	Place
1	05/22/95	6 in	Pratt County, KS
2	05/22/95	5 in	Reno County, KS
3	01/18/95	4.5 in	Van Zandt County, TX
4	01/18/95	4.5 in	Upshur County, TX
5	04/22/95	4.5 in	Bossier Parish, LA
6	04/22/95	4.5 in	Bossier Parish, LA
7	05/04/95	4.5 in	Lubbock County, TX
8	05/07/95	4.5 in	Real County, TX
9	05/07/95	4.5 in	Kerr County, TX
10	05/09/95	4.5 in	Knox County, IL
11	05/13/95	4.5 in	Henderson County, IL
12	05/13/95	4.5 in	Benton County, AR
13	05/14/95	4.5 in	Bartow County, GA
14	05/16/95	4.5 in	Finney County, KS
15	05/22/95	4.5 in	Pratt County, KS

Strongest wind gusts

top 15, measured first on ties

#	Date	Gust	mph	Type	Place
1	05/24/95	130 kt	150	Not given	Mercer County, PA
2	06/15/95	108 kt	124	Not given	Toole County, MT
3	07/13/95	106 kt	122	Not given	McCone County, MT
4	04/19/95	104 kt	120	Not given	Somervell County, TX
5	06/08/95	103 kt	119	Not given	Russell County, KS
6	05/14/95	100 kt	115	Not given	Boyle County, KY
7	07/13/95	100 kt	115	Not given	Ward County, ND
8	07/29/95	100 kt	115	Not given	Richland County, MT
9	08/05/95	100 kt	115	Not given	Russell County, KS
10	07/20/95	97 kt	112	Not given	Wichita County, TX
11	07/15/95	93 kt	107	Not given	Washington County, ME
12	05/07/95	90 kt	104	Not given	Scott County, KS
13	05/15/95	90 kt	104	Not given	Gray County, KS
14	07/11/95	90 kt	104	Not given	Stark County, ND
15	08/21/95	90 kt	104	Not given	Galveston County, TX

F4/EF4 and stronger

Date	Rating	Tornado	State	Length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
05/13/95	F4	Fort Madison to Abingdon, Illinois	IL	50.0 mi	1,000 yd	0	7
05/13/95	F4	Lewistown, Illinois	IL	7.0 mi	880 yd	0	45
05/18/95	F4	St. Joseph to Lawrenceburg, Tennessee	TN	29.0 mi	1,000 yd	3	32
05/18/95	F4	Athens to Skyline, Alabama	AL	39.0 mi	1,300 yd	1	55
05/27/95	F4	Carroll to Fonda, Iowa	IA	36.0 mi	400 yd	0	0
05/27/95	F4	Creston to Perry, Iowa	IA	57.0 mi	500 yd	0	2
05/27/95	F4	Coon Rapids to Gowrie, Iowa	IA	30.0 mi	250 yd	0	1
05/29/95	F4	Philmont to Pittsfield, Massachusetts	MA	11.5 mi	300 yd	3	24
06/08/95	F4	Pampa, Texas	TX	3.0 mi	200 yd	0	7
06/08/95	F4	McLean to Wheeler, Texas	TX	29.0 mi	600 yd	0	0
06/08/95	F4	Wheeler, Texas	TX	15.0 mi	2,200 yd	0	0
11/07/95	F4	Marion, South Carolina	SC	0.7 mi	100 yd	0	1

Deadliest tornadoes

Date	Rating	Tornado	State	Length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
02/16/95	F3	Baileyton to Albertville, Alabama	AL	14.0 mi	703 yd	6	130
05/07/95	F3	St. Jo, TX to Ardmore, OK	TX, OK	34.1 mi	880 yd	3	6
05/13/95	F2	New Market to Jamestown, Indiana	IN	14.0 mi	250 yd	3	10
05/18/95	F4	St. Joseph to Lawrenceburg, Tennessee	TN	29.0 mi	1,000 yd	3	32
05/29/95	F4	Philmont to Pittsfield, Massachusetts	MA	11.5 mi	300 yd	3	24
05/07/95	F3	St. Jo, Texas	TX	26.0 mi	880 yd	2	11
11/10/95	F2	Des Arc, Arkansas	AR	8.5 mi	100 yd	2	1
01/06/95	F0	White Lake, North Carolina	NC	2.0 mi	150 yd	1	3
01/07/95	F2	Belleview to Lady Lake, Florida	FL	12.0 mi	440 yd	1	20
01/18/95	F1	Woodworth to Lecompte, Louisiana	LA	5.0 mi	20 yd	1	0
04/11/95	F1	Tylertown, Mississippi	MS	5.0 mi	30 yd	1	0
05/07/95	F2	Canyon to Amarillo, Texas	TX	12.0 mi	200 yd	1	12
05/18/95	F4	Athens to Skyline, Alabama	AL	39.0 mi	1,300 yd	1	55
10/04/95	F2	Crestview, Florida	FL	1.8 mi	170 yd	1	3
12/19/95	F2	Gretna, Florida	FL	0.3 mi	50 yd	1	1

Storm days. A day here runs from 12Z to 12Z (6 a.m. CST to 6 a.m. CST the next morning), the way SPC counts storm days, so an overnight tornado counts with the afternoon and evening before it.
Reporting changed over time. Tornado counts rose from the 1990s on as Doppler radar, spotter networks and cameras caught more weak tornadoes. Counts from different decades are not directly comparable, especially for the weakest ratings.
F and EF ratings. The Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale replaced the Fujita (F) Scale on 02/01/07. Both estimate wind speed from damage, but they use different damage indicators, so each rating is shown with its own scale.

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