YearFinal SPC data

2014

928 tornadoes in 2014, with 9,964 hail and 13,829 wind reports, from the NOAA SPC severe weather database.

Tornado recordHail + windDaily reports (soon)Storm Events narrativesEF ScaleMax path width

Tornado deaths

EF0 511 EF1 319 EF2 71 EF3 20 EF4 7

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

2014 against the years around it and the 1991 to 2020 average

20141991 to 2020 average2009 to 2019 (other years)

928 tornadoes in 2014, 25% below 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	04/28/14	58	1	15	EF4	AL, GA, KY, MS, TN
2	06/30/14	46	0	0	EF2	CO, IA, IL, IN, MO
3	06/16/14	37	4	2	EF4	IA, ND, NE, WI
4	02/20/14	36	0	0	EF2	AL, IL, IN, KY, LA, MO, MS, OH, TN
5	05/11/14	36	0	0	EF3	IA, KS, NE, SD
6	08/31/14	36	0	0	EF1	IA, MA
7	10/13/14	35	0	0	EF2	AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, IN, LA, MO, TN
8	06/17/14	20	0	0	EF3	IA, MI, MT, NE, NY, SD
9	04/27/14	19	1	19	EF4	AR, IA, KS, LA, MO, NE, OK, TN, WA
10	06/18/14	18	1	0	EF4	CO, MN, ND, PA, SD, WI
11	06/06/14	18	0	0	EF1	AR, CO, KS, NE, NM, SC, TX
12	06/08/14	16	0	0	EF2	CO, NM, WV, WY
13	07/06/14	16	0	0	EF1	FL, IA, MI, ND
14	06/29/14	14	0	0	EF2	IA, IL, KS, MO, WI
15	07/08/14	14	0	4	EF2	NY, OH, PA, WV

Busiest severe weather days

tornado, hail and wind reports together

#	Day	All reports	Tornadoes	Hail	Wind	Largest hail	Top gust
1	06/30/14	600	46	122	432	4 in	91 kt (105 mph)
2	07/08/14	543	14	47	482	2.5 in	83 kt (96 mph)
3	07/27/14	525	12	215	298	4.25 in	91 kt (105 mph)
4	06/16/14	519	37	219	263	3.5 in	91 kt (105 mph)
5	06/03/14	488	9	268	211	4.75 in	103 kt (119 mph)
6	06/18/14	477	18	125	334	2.75 in	80 kt (92 mph)
7	04/03/14	445	12	270	163	4.25 in	74 kt (85 mph)
8	02/20/14	407	36	40	331	1.75 in	70 kt (81 mph)
9	07/07/14	403	2	111	290	2 in	87 kt (100 mph)
10	05/11/14	386	36	238	112	3 in	90 kt (104 mph)
11	07/03/14	359	5	79	275	2.5 in	87 kt (100 mph)
12	05/07/14	356	7	257	92	2.75 in	78 kt (90 mph)
13	04/27/14	354	19	209	126	4.5 in	83 kt (96 mph)
14	06/11/14	351	9	103	239	2.75 in	83 kt (96 mph)
15	05/21/14	349	10	204	135	4 in	63 kt (72 mph)

Largest hail

top 15

#	Date	Size	Place
1	06/17/14	5 in	Cherry County, NE
2	06/03/14	4.75 in	Washington County, NE
3	04/28/14	4.5 in	Cass County, TX
4	06/03/14	4.5 in	Washington County, NE
5	06/03/14	4.5 in	Morrill County, NE
6	06/12/14	4.5 in	Taylor County, TX
7	06/12/14	4.5 in	Taylor County, TX
8	06/12/14	4.5 in	Kimble County, TX
9	06/12/14	4.5 in	Runnels County, TX
10	03/28/14	4.25 in	Bell County, TX
11	04/03/14	4.25 in	Denton County, TX
12	04/24/14	4.25 in	Holmes County, MS
13	05/10/14	4.25 in	Grundy County, MO
14	05/23/14	4.25 in	Eddy County, NM
15	05/26/14	4.25 in	Glasscock County, TX

Strongest wind gusts

top 15, measured first on ties

#	Date	Gust	mph	Type	Place
1	05/14/14	109 kt	125	Estimated	Christian County, KY
2	05/09/14	104 kt	120	Estimated	Vanderburgh County, IN
3	05/09/14	104 kt	120	Estimated	Warrick County, IN
4	06/03/14	103 kt	119	Estimated	Rock County, NE
5	06/03/14	103 kt	119	Estimated	Holt County, NE
6	06/06/14	100 kt	115	Estimated	Hemphill County, TX
7	05/10/14	98 kt	113	Measured	Saline County, MO
8	06/04/14	96 kt	110	Measured	Lincoln County, CO
9	09/06/14	96 kt	110	Estimated	Hillsborough County, NH
10	06/03/14	95 kt	109	Estimated	Pottawattamie County, IA
11	07/30/14	95 kt	109	Estimated	Baca County, CO
12	07/30/14	92 kt	106	Measured	Love County, OK
13	06/16/14	91 kt	105	Estimated	Franklin County, IA
14	06/30/14	91 kt	105	Estimated	Madison County, IA
15	07/21/14	91 kt	105	Estimated	Foster County, ND

F4/EF4 and stronger

Date	Rating	Tornado	State	Length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
04/27/14	EF4	Bryant to Vilonia, Arkansas	AR	41.1 mi	1,320 yd	16	193
04/28/14	EF4	Carthage to Louisville, Mississippi	MS	33.4 mi	1,320 yd	10	84
06/16/14	EF4	Stanton, Nebraska	NE	12.1 mi	400 yd	0	0
06/16/14	EF4	Stanton to Pender, Nebraska	NE	23.9 mi	500 yd	1	20
06/16/14	EF4	Wisner, Nebraska	NE	11.5 mi	500 yd	1	0
06/16/14	EF4	Pender to Emerson, Nebraska	NE	15.8 mi	530 yd	0	0
06/18/14	EF4	Woonsocket to Wessington Springs, South Dakota	SD	11.5 mi	880 yd	0	2

Deadliest tornadoes

Date	Rating	Tornado	State	Length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
04/27/14	EF4	Bryant to Vilonia, Arkansas	AR	41.1 mi	1,320 yd	16	193
04/28/14	EF4	Carthage to Louisville, Mississippi	MS	33.4 mi	1,320 yd	10	84
07/08/14	EF2	Sherrill, New York	NY	2.5 mi	235 yd	4	0
12/23/14	EF3	Columbia to Sumrall, Mississippi	MS	12.5 mi	880 yd	3	50
04/27/14	EF1	Hedrick to Oxford, Iowa	IA	45.7 mi	1,600 yd	2	0
04/28/14	EF3	Rogersville to Athens, Alabama	AL	15.6 mi	600 yd	2	30
04/28/14	EF3	Fayetteville to Lynchburg, Tennessee	TN	26.8 mi	500 yd	2	0
12/23/14	EF2	Laurel, Mississippi	MS	5.9 mi	350 yd	2	0
04/25/14	EF2	Edenton to Elizabeth City, North Carolina	NC	35.5 mi	400 yd	1	1
04/27/14	EF2	Commerce, OK to Baxter Springs, KS	OK, KS	11.4 mi	325 yd	1	37
04/28/14	EF3	Richland to Morton, Mississippi	MS	29.7 mi	400 yd	1	10
06/16/14	EF4	Stanton to Pender, Nebraska	NE	23.9 mi	500 yd	1	20
06/16/14	EF4	Wisner, Nebraska	NE	11.5 mi	500 yd	1	0
10/13/14	EF2	Ashdown to Foreman, Arkansas	AR	2.5 mi	400 yd	1	4

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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