Top 10 Deadliest American Tornado Outbreaks of the Past 100 Years

[@camjam8705]

I live 5 miles from where the palm sunday tornadoes touched down. It's quite easy to see their path, because the tornadoes cut right through a forest and those trees never grew back.

[@sameeknowsitall]

Wow

[@LaurenAlaina144]

I live in North Alabama, and I was there during the 2011 tornado outbreak. The tornadoes came close to my house, but they took a northern track, barely missing my house. It was chaotic.

[@jamieclayton8744]

Same here

[@oreajessica]

The Joplin Missouri tornado definitely shocked me the most. All those deaths and injuries 😢😢 That was a monster tornado right there, I was 16 at the time. RIP to the people that lost their lives in these tornadoes.

[@drewski1535]

That tornado reved up so quickly and even with the technology we have that tornado moved into Joplin so fast and caught everyone off guard

[@Sj430]

@@drewski1535 also the Joplin tornado became heavily rain wrapped.

[@robertmills3853]

I live in Joplin and to this day we are still repairing the homes that where demolished

[@dylanjohnston1048]

Did the twister affect you?

[@vikkistriffler1512]

Sorry for the loss your town suffered years ago, but I would KILL to have been there to see it. Again, sorry.

[@robertmills3853]

It took down a tree in my backyard nearly hiting my Dec and my house but the funny thing was that the people next door their dad got locked out while taking care of his strawberry's and I didn't lose any one close at the time I was going to carel junction so no friends past👍

[@braydonpatton4981]

I'm from Joplin as well and my sisters were in apartments that got completely destroyed. I was in southern Joplin at the time and I didn't get any damage, but my dad and I did help some people to their home and the hospital. It was awful. I wouldn't even wish a tornado on my worst enemy. I was so worried for my sisters. They had called my mom as it was happening and she thought they were dying.

[@advantageous111]

I was from near Joplin moving down there. We were 4 hours away at our old house in STL and we still had to get cover because the glass in our sliding glass doors was bouncing in the frame. My mom saw the extent of the damage later and told us. I'm sorry.

[@warhorsefilly5785]

Fun fact: Elvis Presley was one of the survivors in the 1936 Tupelo-Gainsville tornado

[@CaptainRudy4021]

And he was only a year old when it hit and it barely missed his family's house

[@alexagurrola170]

Damn

[@joshlwoods9999]

Dang

[@marye.r.362]

The eye of the tornado see's Presley's house: "Woah, woah, woah! I see that baby's future is going to be awesome. No, no, away from that house."

[@T1_Productions]

The One And Only

[@pigeon.woman24]

I live in Alabama and the tornados in 2011 were terrifying. I was in Huntsville at the time and there were tornados everywhere

[@kiers9992]

Is was relly Unfortunate

[@nicholassolet5612]

I bet you were all of alabama was terrified by those 2 faithful days in April 2011, its surprising how just how mother nature can shock the nation

[@13_cmi]

You're being hit hard again today aren't you?

[@TheDarkestStarRMS2]

You guys should do more vids like this. Hurricanes, Sinkholes, Floods, Volcanic Eruptions, Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Wildfires, etc. This was informative.

[@Lucky_Chase]

Sinkholes. Terrifying.

[@EdgarRoss1]

⁠@@Lucky_Chase those only kill a few people per year. Literally anything else is deadlier/more worrisome

[@DsFreaks9900]

I hope I'm not the only one that gets a huge chill up my spine whenever tornado warnings are being issued nearby...

[@EdgarRoss1]

Same… I live in Illinois (never move here because taxes are stupid) whenever I hear of the EAS warning, I’m always afraid the next tri-state tornado is coming

[@noahschultz9031]

I live in Alabama and I was there when the tornados hit us hard back in 2011, the town right by mine, Cordova was pretty much decimated, power was out all over for days, so much rubble and destruction, and so many people lost their lives, it was a horrifying experience as a kid, I was still in the third grade when it happened...

[@chelsearunyan]

the tri-state Tornado is the reason I want to a Storm chaser.

[@jam5533]

@Abdul Butler I've always been interested in weather, been through multiple storms like the 2019 Memorial Day tornadoes for example.

[@not.for_her3226]

Same

[@antigriefingfanatics4172]

I want to be a storm chaser 1 to chase 2 to help people as much as I can even if I die helping at least I died saving people

[@13_cmi]

You do not want to be a storm chaser. Unless you can handle being in a situation where you can be killed out of nowhere or you're watching a killer storm destroy towns you do not want to be a storm chaser.

[@wesleyscott1633]

@@13_cmi actually very very few storm chasers die. Like crazy low. If you know what you’re doing you’ll be fine

[@mikewest3108]

I remember the 1974 outbreak. I lived about 6 miles from Xenia where a tornado destroyed 1/3 of the town. I remember watching the funnel drop down out of the clouds and get wider and wider as it went. I'm glad I was 6 miles away. I also remember the mammatus clouds that formed that evening. It was very eerie.

[@beacjere284]

#7 148 tornadoes HOLY SHIT!!! #6 362 tornadoes well then fuck me

[@fish4814]

#1 20474729272685501616960271728508362616255869318 tornadoes jk it's just a prank.

[@ASFbaccadude]

#-1 6969 tornadoes oh shit this got sexual

[@joeyruss3933]

362, not 326

[@beacjere284]

fixed

[@SageSea1]

+joey russ it was close

[@CodysHOG]

I was in the Alabama one from 2011 it was crazy

[@joebidenjackson9829]

Same

[@FaffyWaffel]

I live in Gainesville Georgia. There are numerous ghost stories about the tornado victims around here.

[@WELDLIFE-fe1mj]

same north alabama

[@632Red]

Same i live in North Alabama and was awful

[@CodysHOG]

+Dan Smith I was in new hope and there was a Burger King sign that made its way to the main road we found out it came from guntersville in Marshall county

[@maddy694]

Shout out to James Spann and his 33/40 team. As someone who was born, raised, and has spent most of her life in central Alabama I can say without a doubt that, that man has saved many lives. His severe suspender storm warning never fails to get weather aware individuals the time they need to get to a safe place. Unless your talking about a snowflake. If you see a snowflake in Alabama say goodbye to your soul no one can save you . The only thing you can do is get to your safe place with bread and milk.

[@statboy08]

Yeah and James has control of the bread and milk prices when there is a snow event ;-)

[@ogloc4478]

Dealing with twisters but complaining about snow? Lmao what a tard

[@xmynationalanthemx]

Tornadoes are single-handedly the mose terrifying forces of nature on the planet. I remember going down to Joplin after the tornado in May 2011, and it looked like the entire town had been destroyed by a nuclear bomb. I had never seen anything like it in my entire life.

[@animeking3660]

You should do top ten deadliest individual tornados

[@newsomberman4983]

Like 5 of them would be from 2011 smh

[@saymynameice-zen-berg511]

The tri-state tornado would be # 1 for the U.S.

[@CaptainRudy4021]

#1 in the world would be the 1989 Bangladesh tornado

[@quorthonschuldiner5197]

@@newsomberman4983 No they wouldn’t in fact not a single tornado from 2011 wwould make a top ten deadliest tornado list.

[@PaulHosey]

​@@quorthonschuldiner5197Joplin

[@thedesertrat_9514]

Murphysboro, Illinois is my hometown. In 1925 we had the highest death toll for the Tri State Tornado and to this day still have the highest tornado death toll for a single town in the U.S.

[@rockgod6180]

Tornadoes are the one thing I fear the most, anyone else?

[@TTowle715]

Same...besides spiders...ugh.

[@rockgod6180]

Timothy Towle eh, depends on what kind of spider for me

[@donjuan69420]

+Vernon Parker a black widow stung me once,i had to get a piece of my arm removed but healed since then

[@TTowle715]

I see what you're saying.

[@fish4814]

Yup.

[@gfear24]

The Fujita scale isn't 5 pillared. It's actually 6. EF-0, 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5.

[@antigriefingfanatics4172]

Rong the national weather service them self said that Ef 6 dose not even exist

[@rodolfobrenner5404]

In fact, the Fujita Scale goes from F1 to F5, the Enhanced Fujita Scale, which replaced it since 2007, ranges from EF0 to EF5

[@13_cmi]

@@antigriefingfanatics4172 ok random person with the intelligence comparable to a soggy cheerio

[@jhrdailies]

Bruh.. EF Scales.. Haha.. >< 😆🤣 Shits!!!... 💩 Literally it needs an updates tbh... ... Concerning on what's Happening in Tuscaloosa 2011 and EL Reno 2013... Both supposed to be an EF5+ for sure... Seperate the Scales into 2, EFD and EFW would be more favorable choice then what we had rn...

[@jhrdailies]

Oh and Plus, this shitty ranks are now 7, with EF-U addons before the EF0 on itself.. Somehow could Refers to as "Earning Fuck - U" >

[@BigDexMedia]

Sending my condolences to all who were effected, those who survived, and those who were lost

[@nickmesa807]

My grandma was pregnant with my mom and survived Palm Sunday in Indiana

[@DatGuyWhoPlays]

How are the 1974 and 2011 outbreaks only 6 and 7!?

[@waynebeckham3807]

Didn't kill as many people, which is surprising but remember that several of those occurred before radar, tv, and tornado safety knowledge were wide spread

[@CASH-THE-NERD]

2011 was hell, I was young when it happened but I remember watching the news in are basement.

[@kardaya]

I knew tri-state would be number 1. It still holds several records. That one tornado was 1.6km wide and sped across the land at approximately 120km/hr there was no way you could get out of the way.

[@lord_beethoven1169]

I remember going to joplin after the may 2011 outbreak. My heart just ached in disbelief by the damage.

[@clascano12]

I'm surprised Oklahoma wasn't mentioned once.

[@mariahvanzant9554]

Sameeee!!!! That's where I live and I'm like how are we not mentioned once!

[@clascano12]

+Nicholas Strahl (Not Capitalist) LOL😂

[@jaspersmommy1347]

That's because you guys get a lot of tornadoes but the population is so small you don't get a lot of fatalities.

[@clascano12]

Mandu mika True.

[@MaddTown-nq5pg]

I lived in Oklahoma during the 1999 tornados... insane O.O

[@JohnnyL69]

The Tri-State Tornado is the great grandfather of all tornadoes.

[@davidsimon1324]

true

[@vinceniederman3235]

@Johnny Agreed That Tornado is #1 Indeed!

[@RwEvans1968]

Fujita scale isn't based on tornado intensity, it actually uses damage as as factor. The 2013 El Reno tornado was first measure to be an F5 tornado, but because the lack of damage it caused it was downgraded to an F3. 295 mph wind speeds and 2.6 miles wide, it was a monster. I stood about 300 yards from when the first funnel touched down and it doubled it's size everything 30 seconds. If it had made a direct hit on Oklahoma city, nothing would have been left standing.

[@jenniemason8680]

Moore, Oklahoma?

[@jeffhurckes190]

Which one? That fact alone makes it significant.

[@waynebeckham3807]

None of them killed as many people.

[@kenperk9854]

Was moore an outbreak? This is about outbreaks.

[@nicholassolet5612]

Yeah not a outbreak

[@maizonosayaka2041]

I'm just scared to jinx me and have an tornado coming to my home.

[@DarrellKeith_]

let me get this right 18 hour span 148 Tornadoes 23 EF-4 Tornadoes 7 EF-5 Tornadoes ALL FROM ONE STORM?

[@mom369222]

You don't think of New England as getting tornadoes,yet last summer we had 3 of them! Two were EF3s, and one was an EF1.But there were all emergency personel downtown, 3 buildings were demolished, and most of the area was off limits. Fortunely, most people were at work so there were no deaths, but there was a lot of destruction

[@saymynameice-zen-berg511]

They said that the Great Tri-State tornado occurred on Wednesday March 8th. It actually occurred on Wednesday March 18th

[@Satur9gaming]

I live near Flint. People still talk about that tornado. It was absolutely devastating.

[@smallersmallswhatever7648]

ive been in 3 tornadoes the worst being the joplin tornado whitch came right on top of us, but strangely in not scared of tornadoes

[@smallersmallswhatever7648]

its not the tornado that scares u, its the feeling of being helpless while u see a giant thing ripping everything you know appart

[@justasquirrelwithaguitar7980]

I am so sorry that happened!

[@ChristChickAutistic]

The day that changed my life happened when I was still in utero. March 3, 1966, the tornado that we call the Candlestick Park tornado. My dad was picked up by the monster and dropped off across from Forest Hill High School. He survived, and was forever hyper vigilant about tornadoes. I am too, as a result of his fear of them. My boyfriend's uncle died in that storm as well. Hemingway's granddaughter wrote a book about it, as she lived here in Mississippi as a child.

[@robertpolanco1973]

It really saddens me that tornadoes, like other natural disasters, have been and still are, the major facts of life. Before I became an atheist, I used to pray for NO more disasters so that I want people's lives and property NOT be destroyed. But then I realized that praying had failed and that the disasters still go on. It is such a tragedy that there has been NO sign of any divine intervention to prevent natural disasters from ever occurring.

[@AndyGwDell]

I;d assume God gives free will, and does not intervene. Otherwise there would be no free will. And you have free will to move away from the disaster area. So you choose to stay somewhere so volatile, that is your fault, not Gods.

[@robertpolanco1973]

Blah, blah, blah! What you said does not end up being "right." At least, I am glad to be an atheist.

[@stranger2382]

Tornados are not disasters and so aren't hurricanes. They've helped the ecosystem because people started building houses.

[@AndyGwDell]

Robert Polanco I'm also going to assume you're about 11 years old, maybe pushing 12.

[@stranger2382]

Volcanos, tornados, and other location specific occurences are what built the area they are in. They existed before men and they sculpt the land. To move in to a place you know can have a chance of killing you, you cannot blame it since you moved to its territory, if people want to be safe from the elements then they should go back where humans originated from.

[@HowsaBowsaYowsa]

What an awesome freak of nature that Tri-state tornado was.

[@HrZD16]

Tbh some of the footage that came out of joplin in 2011 was some of the most chilling i've seen.

[@michaellovely6601]

Easily the most frightening footage from the tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri on May 22, 2011 was security camera footage from Joplin High School.

[@RagingMoon1987]

Y'all win for making a top ten on tornadoes. Gotta correct one thing, though: the Tri-State Tornado outbreak occurred on March 18th, not March 8th. Great otherwise.

[@zinac420]

Just down the street from me there was a woman that was killed in the Palm Sunday outbreak. A tree fell on her home and she was killed. It was so sad...Everytime the sirens go off I think about her and her family and I only hope that her family is doing well.

[@thenerdywonder]

I think to be fair, they should also have a video covering the deadliest weather internationally. Rare yes, but it would be something that most people haven't seen or heard before.

[@Cat3465]

The Tri-State tornado is very fascinating to know about. It’s eerie descriptions is what makes it very intriguing to imagine what it looked like

[@Carspotter682]

You forgot one tornado outbreak in Oak Lawn, Illinois. It's the Oak Lawn Tornado Outbreak of April, 21st, 1967. 58 people lost their lives and over 1,000 people injured by this devastating national disaster. It's also the most destructive tornado ever with the total cost is $56.432 million dollars in damage. Many of the new buildings were destroyed including half of Oak Lawn Community High School and their new pool totally wiped out by the storm.

[@titanicdargon1912]

My grandfather lived through the Tri-state he had a scar from holding onto a barb wire fence

[@DRGVinyl]

The new intro is a little bland

[@DRGVinyl]

+jriley1992 yea it was

[@GiveToTheFire]

you say bland, i say refreshingly short

[@DRGVinyl]

+Justin fulmer yea it's short but the music is just ehh...

[@GiveToTheFire]

i'll give you that, they could at least put in a jingle instead of that bland sound

[@thabombtrolling2962]

GiveTo TheFire wait what's the music in the background called??

[@Kittenofthesnow]

The Tornado of 1936 Gainesville Georgia is the one that sticks with my family. My great grandmother lived through that tornado and told me many stories from this tornado. I miss her and I miss the stories she told me :(

[@coryjamieson3171]

R.I.P

[@grapeshot]

My grandpa was in the Gainesville tornado of 1936. He would later go on to fight in World War II. He said he never saw the destruction in World War II like he saw in Gainesville after the tornado went through.

[@sorceressheart4554]

Tornadoes are one of my biggest fears😖

[@TassieDinkum90]

Mine too, and I live in Australia where we basically don't have them, we have the odd once in a decade EF2 but that's it. And still tornadoes scare the shit out of me

[@Lissandale]

I actually live in Kansas and I find tornadoes fascinating.

[@pizzweak580]

At least the entire storm isn't touching the ground. I fear that more than tornadoes. Tornadoes are actually the weakest. The tornado is the storm placing its energy in one small space. Imagine if the storm hit the ground, that would be the equivalent of a nuclear bomb.

[@Memorex996]

they always touch down.

[@amycorrales7474]

not for me i want to see one

[@__TheWiseMan__]

The way you say Worcester pains me

[@bruh-bd1tr]

IKR! But thats because our city originates from England.

[@bruh-bd1tr]

Ikr

[@bruh-bd1tr]

ikr

[@bruh-bd1tr]

ikr

[@candislabitue3871]

Thank god other people noticed this 😭

[@kevinhawley7260]

It is hard to compare the 1974 tornado outbreak with the 2011 Outbreak. The 1974 outbreak occurred in an America that had a much lower population so the fact that it still killed more than 300 people indicates how wide spread the damage must have been, not to mention there were no storm chasers back then voluntarily putting themselves in harm's way to get a good picture. On the other hand, the more than 300 deaths in the 2011 outbreak occurred despite modern technology, modern warning systems and buildings built to a code of tornado, weather resistance.

[@VicerExciser]

As an Oklahoman I'm surprised we weren't on this list more. However considering how many tornadoes we have every single year we have A LOT of tornado precautions. We've probably had billions of dollars worth of damage but as far as actual kills it's very low, which is why we probably did not make this list as much as I expected. From an early age in elementary we were taught tornado survival skills and tornado drills were mandatory. Most cities have at least one tornado siren and some have multiple, these go off every Saturday at Noon for 1-2 minutes to make sure they're in working condition. Most of these outbreaks on this list were in areas that either did not have any precautions at all or were rarely hit, so of course if people didn't know what to do then a lot of them were going to die. In Oklahoma almost every resident has their own tornado shelter and the ones that don't will go to a local school which typically has very large ones that can hold many people.

[@EdgarRoss1]

Same thing here in Illinois. I don’t know why, but our county is an outcast from the rest of the counties in the state. We have tons of tornadoes in Here and at least in the area. We get around 10 watches a spring and maybe 15 per year. And about five warnings. And of those about 1/3 hit the town I live in. I even had a little rope go over my house.

[@apimpnamedstepback1431]

Last time I was this early, KD jerseys weren't ashes.

[@outlawtorn7927]

All the older footage looks more scarier than modern day footage. I live in South CA next to the AZ state line and only experienced funnel clouds that almost touched down and EF-0s that passed though.

[@speedraser2605]

You need taller walls and deeper footings 10 feet above ground and 5 below minimum. Thread your rod in after you build your wall. Thread through rafter plates and through footings. 6 feet apart.

[@HowsaBowsaYowsa]

This list is surprising in some ways. I knew about the Tri-state and knew the death toll so I kind of figured it would be #1. but I thought for sure the 1974 super outbreak was going to be #2 not way down in 7th place. I'm from the east coast but still remember the news reports about the 74 crushing which left an impression on me all these years.

[@04punky]

May 3 1999 anyone?

[@TodoDekuOTP]

May 20, 2013 Moore, OK too?

[@James-2248]

Their listing the top 10 tornado outbreaks that killed the most people. With those two tornadoes killed a small amount of people compared to much deadlier in the last century.

[@davidsimon1324]

brenda plaugher the 1999 tornado outbreak had 74 tornadoes in Kansas and Oklahoma in 21 hours and the 2nd largest outbreak in usa history in 1974 had 148 tornadoes in 13 states in 18 hours. 1999 outbreak had 74 tornadoes in 2 states and the 1974 outbreak had 148 in 13 states. the 1999 outbreak had half the amount of tornadoes in a lot smaller area.

[@neonflashsparkotron5435]

David Simon but it was on my birthday and it was still bad

[@neonflashsparkotron5435]

David Simon also in mulhall there was in that outbreak it was an F4. And it was 4.3 miles wide possibly, but they is very few pictures to prove it

[@Vapememes]

I have been hoping and dreaming for this video for decades and WatchMojo finally answered my prayers. They thought I was mad for wanting something so specific that reading the title alone could have been its own video but I knew WatchMojo could do it. Thank you, now I can leave this world knowing mankind has accomplished a task like this.

[@timothyhouse1622]

The Fujita scale is screwed up. The most powerful tornado in terms of wind speed and size could touch down in the middle of a body of water and would be considered an F0 because it didn't destroy anything.

[@JCBro-yg8vd]

And it was more recently reconfigured into the Enhanced Fujita scale, it now takes noticeably lower winds to produce severe damage.

[@RwEvans1968]

Chuck doswell and a lot of other storm researchers have been pushing to change the scale after the el Reno tornado was downgraded.

[@JCBro-yg8vd]

RwEvans1968 Well, it's hard to determine just how powerful it really was because of all the suction vortices contained within it. Some of them may have contributed to the greater moments of destruction and unpredictably (including the tragic death of Tim Samaras, his son Paul, and a good friend of theirs).

[@TwisterWinds]

Actually EF 5 usually don't spawn over water. It doesn't help the formation. But a tornado with 300 mph windspeed could touch down in a field and destroy no structures. Why they changed it to the EF scale. It takes damage into effect.

[@TwisterWinds]

+RwEvans1968 that tornado, it changed a lot of what we knew about them, and we lost the greatest that day.

[@dawgfan24349]

Did Watchmojo just skip over Mississippi's flag? Christ Watchmojo grow some balls

[@rubixcube460]

The last time I was this early... I swore I wouldn't become one of those annoying commenters that type first or second...

[@shitass296]

Everyone on here talking about tornadoes being their biggest fear meanwhile I've been obsessed with them ever since I was a toddler like up until middle school I always said I wanted to be a storm chaser when I grew up. This isn't bragging though cause I know my dumbass would be the first to be killed if a visible one ever hit my town cause I'd be practically running towards it smh

[@ErickHernandez-ws4xx]

storm chasing is awesome

[@anastasiajarchow173]

savannah jonze I've been fascinated by tornadoes since I was 5. Every time there is a chance for Severe Weather, I always hope for a tornado!

[@2001sharpjd]

bill murray same

[@kampbelljensen2428]

You described my entire life. When I was little tornado was the only word I could type into google

[@JamesBurch93]

same here and i became one! it’s freaking amazing man

[@patrickoehlke9984]

Concerning Number 1, humidity must have been EXTREMELY BAD for days, then when the cold and warm fronts came and collided w/ each other, the result was that!

[@garyrichardson9526]

After watching this, tornados are unpredictable insanely fast and strong from then to now. For next generation watching this take notes. And here my note: when the big bad season of storms comes,"Y'ALL BETTER HEAD FOR THE HILLS FAST!" Don't become a another victim of disaster.

[@jaxons.7766]

I remember the Super outbreak of 2011. We had a funnel moving up and down in the same area for about an hour

[@OhWolfy84]

I worked power restoration after the April 2011 super outbreak. I remember being in Tuscaloosa and it looked like the Hiroshima bomb hit it.

[@cyberzim5230]

10 00:59 09 1:48 08 3:22 07 4:56 06 6:02 05 7:14 04 8:19 03 9:10 02 10:08 01 11:59

[@jamiequalls1559]

I live in Indiana. It's like a tornado alley. Every year, we have tornadoes. Like actual touch down and do harm tornadoes. I think its because of its position within the midwestern states, even though alot of the midwestern states get hit alot too. Second thought, I should probably move away someday...

[@tobiasdubose8812]

1:14 The state flag of Tennessee is upside down. The Blue Bar is supposed to be on the right side, not the left.

[@brandonboss6868]

I think the 36 tornadoes that just recently happened may hit be on this list now. One tornadoes is scary enough but.. an army of tornadoes is just terrifying.

[@feartheghostinme675]

Yes the Christmas tornados is what they will be know as 😥

[@axelcordova8262]

I have been intrested in tornadoes since I was five.

[@mwilliams6242]

Sad that we will never know what the true death toll is from the tornados pre 1960's.

[@jackmarston1426]

Rip all the people we lost from these damn things

[@dakotareed8052]

the tri-state one destroyed an entire town in southern Indiana they were using the next towns over gym as a makeshift mourge

[@sethb9545]

Everyone should realize farmers and rancher are smarter because they have to deal with so much more . Once a major disaster hits this country and no food you will find out how smart they are they might just save your lives . Keep in mind most are just as educated as the city people . Most went to college or a trade school with lots of common since they are the people who supply your food .

[@vinceniederman]

The Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak at #8 Should Had Been a Little More Higher on The List at #3 or #2!

[@jacorywallace5552]

I will always say the top two I remember was Joplin MO, and late 90s Alabama.

[@Mtn_Dewit]

I live in Alabama and I was 10 years old when the April 2011 tore through my home state. Tuscaloosa was erased from the map, a neighborhood near my hometown was annihilated, my dad nearly got sucked into the storm while at work, my aunt got a severe head injury, and me, my mom and brother took shelter in our grandparents basement. I'm 21 now and I still remember the devastation I saw on the TV and in person. I can still see that monster tornado a mile wide just behind the Birmingham skyline like it was going to hit downtown BHam directly. In Alabama were used to weather like this, along with crazy summer heat, but the April Tornado as I call it was like nothing ever seen before. Nature can be both a beautiful and terrifying force.

[@jackhuey1882]

I live in Alabama when the 2011 tornado outbreak hit me and my family went to my neighbors they had a garage that was partially underground the whole street stayed in there for until it was over the funnle cloud passed right over us my parentsl told me that the mountains around us were one of the the reason it didnt touch down on our street

[@jaydenspears7839]

My great grandmother was having heart surgery during the tornadoes and we had to drive to Birmingham.. the damage was eerie and almost chilling. Houses and large buildings just tore down. April 2011 is one of the worst tornado outbreaks...

[@_midddnight_]

I live in Alabama the 2011 tornado outbreak was scary it was my first seeing a tornado that was really on that I was so scared I that want to be over

[@Barbarra63297]

Been through three of them. Heard a narrator on a tornado documentary describe them as 'Nature's Psychopaths' sounds about right to me.

[@Tamency]

My school got hit by the 2011 tornadoes I'm in North Alabama

[@katiehorn7668]

+tamency I live in Tennessee and I remember we stayed in the basement for such a long time

[@WELDLIFE-fe1mj]

I remember that day as well.my house was not hit but alot of my friends and classmates houses were hit

[@WastelandBowman]

One of the worst tornadoes in that one came within a few miles of my school. I was a senior. Destroyed a friend's house. Bad stuff.

[@jamieclayton8744]

Live In Alabama. Family and friends in Tuscaloosa 2011 Tornado survivor lost close friends

[@sameeknowsitall]

In the 1920 palm sunday Im surprised you did not mention the ef4 the destroyed western chicago. Where I live right now is a house that was hit I believe.

[@mxracer7567]

We still have a tornado shelter in our front yard that got built right after the 1936 Tupelo tornado.

[@Lissandale]

I knew the Tri-State Tornado Outbreak would be number 1. That was the worst, probably because they didn't have any warnings back then.

[@perception3762]

The recent Kentucky outbreak belongs on this list now

[@Shank5ter]

As the list got towards the end and they finished the honorable mentions I was thinking "if the tri-state tornado isn't on this list they done fucked up"

[@bigbluechevy8639]

do one on damage and most tornado in one area

[@acymetric9853]

Well considering how close to home this was, and how bad it was in my book, the Joplin, MO Tornado shocked me the most.

[@hunterporth3302]

My Uncle Live through the Xenia Ohio tornado and met Ted Fujita when he was rating the storm and actually Rated the Tornado a F6 officially ranked F5 he stated 1 of only three tornadoes in history that would have gotten a F6 rating if they could the others being the 1970 Lubbock, Texas Tornado and the 1977 Birmingham, Alabama Tornado both rated F5

[@purplecatangel1376]

When I was in middle school, I remember a tornado hit Siren, WI. I live few hours north of it, but I remember watching the news when it hit.

[@Vampiricspektor2]

you guys forgot the Stroud oklahoma Tornado that happened may 15th 1999 and the Moore Oklahoma tornado which happened june 5th 2010

[@vinrusso821]

They were not on the top list of deadliest. They were more recent so they seemed more dramatic.

[@josecarrilloii4036]

I remember the *2011 Super Outbreak* (including the *Tuscaloosa Tornado* and the *May 22nd, 2011 Joplin Tornado)* and the *2013 El Reno Tornado* like it was yesterday. And I was in *middle school* at the time.

[@rickwest3375]

Did you know there was an multi day tornado outbreak from April 14 to the 16th 2011

[@infuriatedsloth3335]

Mississippi has it bad enough with bad living conditions, all these tornados are just the icing on the cake

[@TTowle715]

I live in Alabama, I was there during the 2012 outbreak. I lived in Hazel Green during the time, thank god it didn't hit our house. I remember having no power for two weeks and the day the power came back all I could remember was the news repeating the same thing "Tuscaloosa hit the hardest."

[@sydneyweston3819]

Verbally you said the Tri-State Tornado was on March 08, 1925 (on a Wednesday). It was indeed on a Wednesday, but it was on the 18th... not the 8th.

[@everettblaylock9274]

I'm surprised the Terrible Tuesday Tornado April 10 1979 that ravaged the Wichita Falls Vernon Lawton Seymour area wasn't on here an F-4 went through Wichita Falls killing alot of people it was 1 of the most costly tornado over 1 billion dollars in damages

[@sylviaross5486]

I was born & raised in Albertville, AL (Sand Mountain in NE AL). I was 14 when the tornadoes of April 3-4 1974 came through & wiped Guin off the map. I was at Palm Sunday services at a local United Methodist Church south of where I'd grown up, & we found out later that another UMC in NE AL was leveled. The UMC minister there lost her own little girl in that storm. So sad. For some reason, tornadoes seem to form a lot on Sand Mtn. Something about it being a plateau & weather conditions are just right.

[@timbatchelor4660]

Hey I live really close to Gainesville Georgia.

[@eltakaroroger6629]

How about....a house with concrete/bricks with a basement, instead of wood houses. It would increase the chance to survive a twister a lot.... Yes, it wouldn't help much by a F-4 or 5 but still every chance count.

[@BackupPlans1]

Actually it might. In recent years people have designed houses specifically for EF-4 and 5 tornadoes. Although I'm not sure that they have ever been field tested. I've also heard that they are reinforced with steel, so a house made purely from brick and concrete may not be up to the task.