YearFinal SPC data

2019

1,534 tornadoes in 2019, with 8,987 hail and 18,618 wind reports, from the NOAA SPC severe weather database.

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

Tornado deaths

EF0 659 EF1 538 EF2 116 EF3 33 EF4 3 EFU 185

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.

Tornadoes by month

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Hail reports by month

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Wind reports by month

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

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.

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Running count

2019 against the years around it and the 1991 to 2020 average

20191991 to 2020 average2014 to 2024 (other years)

1,534 tornadoes in 2019, 25% 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	05/27/19	62	1	1	EF4	CO, IA, ID, IL, IN, MN, NE, OH
2	04/30/19	57	0	2	EF3	AR, IL, KS, KY, MO, OK, TX
3	05/20/19	51	0	0	EF3	AZ, FL, KS, MO, OK, TX
4	04/13/19	47	0	3	EF3	AL, LA, MS, TX
5	03/03/19	45	1	23	EF4	AL, FL, GA, SC
6	04/18/19	45	0	0	EF2	GA, MS
7	04/19/19	43	0	0	EF3	FL, GA, NC, PA, SC, VA
8	05/29/19	41	0	0	EF2	AR, IA, IL, MO, OK, PA, TX
9	12/16/19	38	0	3	EF3	AL, LA, MS, TN
10	05/22/19	36	0	3	EF3	IL, KS, MO, NV, OK
11	05/26/19	34	0	0	EF2	CO, ID, KS, NE, NM, TX
12	10/20/19	33	0	0	EF3	AR, LA, MO, OK, TN, TX
13	03/14/19	32	0	0	EF2	AL, GA, IN, KY, MI, OH
14	05/18/19	32	0	0	EF3	AR, LA, OK, TX
15	06/15/19	29	0	0	EF2	IA, IL, IN, MO, ND, OH, OK, SD, TX

Busiest severe weather days

tornado, hail and wind reports together

#	Day	All reports	Tornadoes	Hail	Wind	Largest hail	Top gust
1	04/14/19	547	28	41	478	2 in	91 kt (105 mph)
2	04/19/19	538	43	2	493	0.88 in	87 kt (100 mph)
3	06/21/19	491	13	63	415	3.4 in	96 kt (110 mph)
4	05/28/19	431	15	296	120	4 in	78 kt (90 mph)
5	05/29/19	425	41	103	281	2.75 in	96 kt (110 mph)
6	06/30/19	418	2	64	352	2.75 in	87 kt (100 mph)
7	10/31/19	404	10	0	394	–	95 kt (109 mph)
8	06/29/19	399	1	72	326	3 in	70 kt (81 mph)
9	06/19/19	398	11	115	272	5 in	96 kt (110 mph)
10	07/20/19	387	9	21	357	1.5 in	75 kt (86 mph)
11	05/26/19	376	34	114	228	4.25 in	78 kt (90 mph)
12	06/20/19	376	3	49	324	2 in	96 kt (110 mph)
13	07/02/19	361	0	57	304	2 in	70 kt (81 mph)
14	08/18/19	350	0	60	290	1.75 in	78 kt (90 mph)
15	06/01/19	349	1	226	122	2.75 in	79 kt (91 mph)

Largest hail

top 15

#	Date	Size	Place
1	05/20/19	5.5 in	Collingsworth County, TX
2	06/19/19	5 in	Polk County, AR
3	08/13/19	4.83 in	Kit Carson County, CO
4	03/24/19	4.5 in	Collin County, TX
5	04/06/19	4.5 in	Houston County, TX
6	05/09/19	4.5 in	Polk County, TX
7	08/11/19	4.5 in	Washington County, CO
8	09/10/19	4.38 in	Goshen County, WY
9	05/23/19	4.25 in	Kanawha County, WV
10	05/26/19	4.25 in	Laramie County, WY
11	07/04/19	4.25 in	Platte County, WY
12	09/10/19	4.25 in	Goshen County, WY
13	04/06/19	4 in	Cherokee County, TX
14	05/09/19	4 in	Jasper County, TX
15	05/20/19	4 in	Collingsworth County, TX

Strongest wind gusts

top 15, measured first on ties

#	Date	Gust	mph	Type	Place
1	10/29/19	120 kt	138	Estimated	Hardin County, TX
2	07/17/19	100 kt	115	Measured	Charles Mix County, SD
3	05/07/19	96 kt	110	Estimated	Swisher County, TX
4	05/29/19	96 kt	110	Estimated	Montgomery County, PA
5	06/20/19	96 kt	110	Estimated	Rapides Parish, LA
6	06/20/19	96 kt	110	Estimated	Orangeburg County, SC
7	06/21/19	96 kt	110	Estimated	Marshall County, KY
8	10/31/19	95 kt	109	Estimated	Bucks County, PA
9	07/05/19	94 kt	108	Measured	Stanley County, SD
10	04/04/19	93 kt	107	Estimated	Jefferson Davis Parish, LA
11	04/04/19	93 kt	107	Estimated	Iberia Parish, LA
12	05/05/19	91 kt	105	Measured	Seward County, NE
13	06/21/19	91 kt	105	Measured	Wallace County, KS
14	04/15/19	91 kt	105	Estimated	Montour County, PA
15	06/20/19	91 kt	105	Estimated	Orangeburg County, SC

F4/EF4 and stronger

Date	Rating	Tornado	State	Length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
03/03/19	EF4	Auburn, AL to Thomaston, GA	AL, GA	68.0 mi	1,600 yd	23	90
05/27/19	EF4	Brookville to Riverside, Ohio	OH	18.2 mi	1,050 yd	0	166
05/28/19	EF4	Lawrence to Bonner Springs, Kansas	KS	29.1 mi	1,760 yd	0	4

Deadliest tornadoes

Date	Rating	Tornado	State	Length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
03/03/19	EF4	Auburn, AL to Thomaston, GA	AL, GA	68.0 mi	1,600 yd	23	90
05/22/19	EF3	Jasper to Golden City, Missouri	MO	11.3 mi	880 yd	3	1
04/13/19	EF3	Grapeland to Cushing, Texas	TX	41.1 mi	880 yd	2	20
04/25/19	EF3	Grambling to Choudrant, Louisiana	LA	11.2 mi	1,000 yd	2	2
04/30/19	EF3	Bokchito to Atoka, Oklahoma	OK	27.6 mi	1,400 yd	2	16
05/25/19	EF3	El Reno, Oklahoma	OK	2.2 mi	75 yd	2	29
12/16/19	EF2	Town Creek to Rogersville, Alabama	AL	18.5 mi	370 yd	2	0
02/23/19	EF3	Columbus, Mississippi	MS	9.7 mi	440 yd	1	11
04/13/19	EF2	Caledonia to Hatley, Mississippi	MS	11.3 mi	800 yd	1	19
05/22/19	EF2	Adair, Iowa	IA	4.8 mi	150 yd	1	1
05/27/19	EF3	Coldwater to Celina, Ohio	OH	10.8 mi	250 yd	1	8
11/26/19	EF2	Mangham, Louisiana	LA	7.0 mi	700 yd	1	1
12/16/19	EF3	DeRidder to Pineville, Louisiana	LA	62.6 mi	550 yd	1	0

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.

Titan Archive · a Tornado Titans project Data: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database · updated 10/03/26