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Contents 1 Tornado Events 1.1 North America 1.2 Europe 1.3 Asia 1.4 Southern Hemisphere 2 Tornadoes rated F5 and EF5 3 Tornado-related deaths at schools 4 Tornadoes spawned by tropical cyclones 5 Tornadoes striking the downtown of major cities 6 Tornadoes by year 7 See also 8 References 9 External links

These are some notable tornadoes, tornado outbreaks, and tornado outbreak sequences that have occurred around the globe.

1. Exact death and injury counts are not possible, especially for large events and events before 1955.
2. Prior to 1950 in the United States, only significant tornadoes are listed for the number of tornadoes in outbreaks.
3. Due to increasing detection, particularly in the U.S., numbers of counted tornadoes have increased markedly in recent decades although the number of actual tornadoes and counted significant tornadoes has not. In older events, the number of tornadoes officially counted is likely underestimated.

See: List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks

See: List of European tornadoes and tornado outbreaks

See: List of Asian tornadoes and tornado outbreaks

See: List of Southern Hemisphere tornadoes and tornado outbreaks

See List of F5 tornadoes

See List of EF5 Tornadoes

See List of tornado-related deaths at schools

See List of Atlantic hurricanes by most tornadoes spawned

See History of tropical cyclone-spawned tornadoes

See List of tornadoes striking downtown areas

See List of tornado events by year

• List of Canadian tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
• Tornado records
• List of notable derecho events
• Tornado myths

• Grazulis, Thomas P. (1993). Significant Tornadoes 1680-1991, A Chronology and Analysis of Events. St. Johnsbury, VT: The Tornado Project of Environmental Films. ISBN 1-879362-03-1
• --- (1997). Significant Tornadoes Update, 1992-1995. ISBN 1-879362-04-X
• --- (2001). The Tornado: Nature's Ultimate Windstorm. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-3258-2
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Climatic Data Center / Storm Prediction Center. Storm Data.

Significant events

• Websites Dedicated to Specific Tornado Events (SPC, NOAA)
• World Wide Tornadoes (Tornado Project)
• Major Canadian Tornadoes (Environment Canada)
• European Tornado Extremes (TORRO)
• German Weather Chronicle
• Tornadoes in Brazil
• Czech and Slovakia Tornadoes (in Czech) (Czech Hydrometeorological Institute)
• Tornadoes in Italy (* in Italian)

Tornado event data

• Preliminary storm (tornadoes, severe wind and hail) reports from June 1, 1999 to present; and severe storm climatology information (SPC)
• Daily Severe Weather Report Archive from 1985-1999 (SPC)
• NCDC's searchable Storm Data database
• Storm Data publication (NCDC) (purchase required)
• STORM NEWS and Archives (Sam Barricklow, K5KJ)
• Storm Report Map (SPC storm reports overlayed on Google Maps
• European Severe Storms Laboratory (ESSL)
  • European Severe Weather Database (ESWD)
• Center of Competence for Severe Local Storms in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (TorDACH)
• European Climatology on Severe Storms (University of the Balearic Islands)

Miscellaneous

• Online Severe Weather Climatology for weather radar coverage areas (SPC)
• Severe Thunderstorm Climatology (NSSL)
• The Tornado Project
• NCDC Tornado Statistics and Data
• Historical Tornado Data Archive, 1950-1999 (SPC)
• Tornadoes of Bangladesh and eastern India by Jonathon D. Finch, M.S. (with additional global tornado information)
• European Storm Forecast Experiment (ESTOFEX)
• Skywarn Europe
• Extreme Weather Source Book -- Economic and Other Societal Impacts Related to Hurricanes, Floods, Tornadoes, Lightning, and Other U.S. Weather Phenomena (University of Colorado at Boulder)
• Whirling Tigers of the Air: A Century of Louisville Tornadoes — Historical tornado damage images and narrative from the University of Louisville Photographic Archives
• Tornado History Project Searchable US tornado database overlaid on a Google Map

Weather data archives

• Severe Thunderstorm Events (SPC)
• Various (NCDC)
• Various (Plymouth State University)
• Various (Iowa State University)
• Radar and weather data (McGill University)
• Satellite data (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
• Upper air soundings (University of Wyoming)

Canadian tornado information

• Extreme Weather at the CBC.ca Archives
• Environment Canada's information page on Tornadoes
• Canadian Atlas of strong tornadoes
• List of strong tornadoes from 1879 to present