Tornado History Project - Over 49,000 tornado maps. Statistics from 1950-2006.*

Welcome to the Tornado History Project!

Are you a tornado enthusiast? Do you remember a tornado from your childhood, but wonder when it happened? Do you wonder what path it took, what Fujita rating it was assigned, or if anyone was injured? If so, this site is for you!

The Tornado History Project is a searchable, sortable database of tornado statistics based on official Storm Prediction Center (SPC) tornado records from 1950-2006. Results of your search can be viewed in the form of raw data or on a Google Map. Plus, users can leave comments/share memories of any tornado in the database.

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Tor. Date

Type

Comment

1985-04-05

I remember being in jr.high and going to see the damage from this one. The small town of Union was virtually destroyed....

1994-03-27

This was officially an F4 tornado.Severe damage occured in the Grove Oak and Rainsville communities.

1960-05-05

Well, i have a little to add mainly that i was in this one . I was about 5 years old but i remember it plain as day. We ...

1992-11-22

This was the closest encounter i had with a tornado.I was living just south of Crossville at the time. The tornado touch...

1974-04-03

The path shown on the map is incorrect. I have lived in Richmond since 1966, and was a SKYWARN spotter at the time of t...

1962-03-31

I am a survivor of that tornado. The storm tore the roof off of most of my home, including the living room where I and ...

1991-04-26

This was the infamous "overpass"tornado that was filmed by the news crew as they huddled with a man and his two daughter...

1991-04-26

This was not the "highway underpass" tornado.That was a much weaker F2 tornado that formed from the same supercell that ...

2004-09-17

I chased this tornado and caught it on video. It was just to the west of route 28 and intensified into a large wedge tor...

1956-04-03

I was a 6th grader at the home of my best friend, not too far from the high school. My best friend's dad called us all ...

1974-04-03

I was 24 when this occurred working in downtown Louisville at a performing arts center in the evening. Went to work earl...

1962-07-20

I have been fascinated by tornadoes ever since my Mom took my brother and me into the basement as a tornado swept throug...

1965-04-11

When this tornado went through on Palm Sunday, I was visiting my grandparents. It was dark so I did not see it but I wil...

1980-06-03

I was three years old that Night [of the Twisters], and remember sitting under the stairs with my mother. My dad had gon...

1984-06-07

I remember that at least 2 people died in this tornado - they were driving ion Highway 92 and were thrown from their car...

1974-04-03

i survived this monster and i have a deep fear/respect for mother nature. it changes one's entire outlook when they see ...

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*Data within this database has been pulled from the Storm Prediction Center's (SPC) historical tornado data file. Thus, the data included here is only as accurate as the data in the official SPC archive.