The following is a list of the costliest tornadoes in the Americas including Canada and the United States. It includes all tornadoes that, when damage totals are adjusted for inflation, have cost at least $100 million in 2023 dollars. As of June 1, 2023, there are 157 entries on this list with several of those entries including multiple tornadoes. This is dependent on how damages are assessed by certain agencies as well as the significance of certain events (e.g. 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak when seven tornadoes struck the city of Grand Island, Nebraska in the same night; and the Dunrobin—Ottawa, Ontario—Gatineau, Quebec, Canada tornadoes in 2018 — of which there were seven — since monetary damages in Canada are often reported by province and not individual tornado).

Analysis

  • Besides being one of the deadliest tornadoes on record in the Americas, the 2011 Joplin tornado is also the costliest; when adjusted for inflation, it resulted in $3.7762 billion in damages.
  • A total of 13 tornadoes have (each) caused in excess of $1 billion in damages.
  • Thirty-one tornadoes have (each) caused greater than $500 million in damages.
  • The top 100 tornadoes or tornado events on this list have (each) caused greater than $170 million in damages.

List of costliest tornadoes

Rank[lower-alpha 1] Affected Communities [lower-alpha 2] Year Month & Day Original Cost[lower-alpha 3] Adjusted Cost (May 15, 2023)[lower-alpha 4] F or EF [lower-alpha 5] References & Notes
1 Joplin—Duquesne, Missouri 2011 May 22 $2,800,000,000 $3,776,200,000 EF5 2011 Joplin tornado The most expensive tornado in recorded history
2 Tuscaloosa—Holt—Alberta City—Concord—Pleasant Grove—Birmingham (Pratt City)—Fultondale, Alabama 2011 April 27 $2,450,000,000 $3,304,200,000 EF4 2011 Tuscaloosa–Birmingham tornado
3 Newcastle, Oklahoma, Moore, Oklahoma 2013 May 20 $2,000,000,000 $2,604,500,000 EF5 2013 Moore tornado
4 North Dallas—Richardson, Texas 2019 October 20 $1,550,000,000 $1,839,200,000 EF3 Tornado outbreak of October 20–22, 2019
5 Bridge Creek—Moore, Oklahoma 1999 May 3 $1,000,000,000 $1,820,900,000 F5 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado
6 Nashville—Mount Juliet, Tennessee 2020 March 3 $1,501,000,000 $1,759,400,000 EF3 Tornado outbreak of March 2–3, 2020
7 Poquonock/Windsor Locks, Connecticut—Feeding Hills, Massachusetts 1979 October 3 $420,000,000 $1,755,000,000 F4 Windsor Locks, Connecticut, tornado Grazulis reported that damages totaled $214,000,000 or $894,210,000, when adjusted. (Grazulis, p. 1,216)
8 Hackleburg—Phil Campbell—Tanner—Harvest—Athens, Alabama 2011 April 27 $1,290,000,000 $1,739,800,000 EF5 2011 Hackleburg-Phil Campbell tornado
9 Wichita Falls, Texas 1979 April 10 $400,000,000 $1,671,400,000 F4 1979 Red River Valley tornado outbreak, (Grazulis, p. 1,209)
10 Omaha, Nebraska 1975 May 6 $250,000,000 $1,409,700,000 F4 1975 Omaha tornado outbreak, (Grazulis, p. 1,174) (Total damages may have been greater than this.)
11 East Peoria—Washington—Long Point, Illinois 2013 November 17 $935,000,000 $1,217,600,000 EF4 Tornado outbreak of November 17, 2013
12 Grand Island, Nebraska 1980 June 3 $300,000,000 $1,104,500,000 F4 (max) 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak: "The Night of the Twisters" This includes all seven tornadoes. (Grazulis, p. 1,223)
13 Lubbock, Texas 1970 May 11 $135,000,000 $1,055,500,000 F5 Lubbock tornado, (Grazulis, p. 1,113)
14 Topeka, Kansas 1966 June 8 $100,000,000 $936,310,000 F5 Tornado outbreak sequence of June 1966, (Grazulis, p. 1,081) (Total damages may have been greater than this.)
15 St. Louis, Missouri 1927 September 29 $53,000,000 $924,040,000 F3 Tornado outbreak of September 29, 1927, (Grazulis, p. 814)
16 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 1987 July 31 $332,270,000 CAD $890,330,000 USD F4 Edmonton tornado $734,420,000 CAD, adjusted for inflation
17 Grand Island, Nebraska (#5) 1980 June 3 $200,000,000 $736,320,000 F4 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak: This was the strongest and costliest of the seven tornadoes that touched down on "The Night of the Twisters"
18 Jackson, Mississippi 1966 March 3 $75,500,000 $706,910,000 F5 1966 Candlestick Park tornado outbreak
19 Fort Worth, Texas 2000 March 28 $400,000,000 $704,680,000 F3 2000 Fort Worth tornado outbreak[1]
20 Andover—Wichita, Kansas 1991 April 26 $300,000,000 $668,200,000 F5 1991 Andover tornado outbreak[2]
21 Xenia, Ohio 1974 April 3 $107,500,000 $661,490,000 F5 1974 Xenia tornado, (Grazulis, p. 1,154)
22 Haysville—McConnell AFB—Andover, Kansas 2012 April 14 $500,000,000 $660,650,000 EF5 Tornado outbreak of April 13–16, 2012
23 Monticello, Indiana (tornado family) 1974 April 3 $100,000,000 $615,340,000 F4 List of tornadoes in the 1974 Super Outbreak[3] (Total damages may have been greater than this.)
24 Conyers, Stockbridge, Georgia 1973 March 31 $90,000,000 $614,930,000 F4 (Grazulis, p. 1,135
25 Moore—Oklahoma City—Choctaw, Oklahoma 2003 May 8 $370,500,000 $610,850,000 F3 Tornado outbreak sequence of May 2003
26 Brookville—Trotwood—Dayton—Riverside, Ohio 2019 May 27 $500,000,000 $593,300,000 EF5 Tornado outbreak sequence of May 2019
27 Petersham—Barre—Rutland—Holden—Worcester—Shrewsbury—Westborough—Southborough, Massachusetts 1953 June 9 $52,193,000 $593,010,000 F4+ 1953 Worcester tornado (includes crop damage of ~$50,000)
28 Fort Smith—Van Buren, Arkansas 1996 April 21 $300,000,000 $580,040,000 F3 Tornado outbreak sequence of April 1996
29 Oak Leaf—Lancaster—Dallas, Texas 2012 April 3 $400,000,000 $525,860,000 EF2 Tornado outbreak of April 3, 2012
30 Conestogo Lake—Fergus—Tavistock, Ontario, Canada 2005 August 19 $500,000,000 CAD $523,710,000 USD F2-F1 Southern Ontario tornado outbreak of 2005 $707,410,000 CAD, adjusted for inflation (Total damages may have been greater than this.)
31 Tallulah, Louisiana—Yazoo City/Durant, Mississippi 2010 April 24 $364,000,000 $506,400,000 EF4 List of tornadoes in the tornado outbreak of April 22–25, 2010
32 Fayetteville, Tennessee 1952 February 29 $43,000,000 $492,250,000 F3 Tornado outbreak of Leap Day 1952, (Grazulis, p. 962)
33 Margaret/Ragland/Shoal Creek Valley/Ohatchee/Piedmont, Alabama—Cave Spring/Kingston, Georgia 2011 April 27 $366,755,000 $494,620,000 EF4 List of tornadoes in the 2011 Super Outbreak
34 Golden Valley—Mounds View—Centerville, Minnesota 1965 May 6 $51,000,000 $491,160,000 F4 Early May 1965 tornado outbreak, (Grazulis, p. 1,074)
35 Altus—Altus AFB, Oklahoma 1982 May 11 $150,000,000 $471,550,000 F3 Grazulis reported $200 million in damages including hail, estimated $150 million from the tornado alone (Grazulis, p. 1,239)
36 Waco, Texas 1953 May 11 $41,150,000 $467,540,000 F5 1953 Waco tornado outbreak
37 Shreveport—Bossier City, Louisiana 1978 December 3 $100,000,000 $465,280,000 F4 1978 Bossier City tornado outbreak (Total damages may have been higher than this.)
38 Enterprise, Alabama 2007 March 1 $307,000,000 $449,170,000 EF4 Tornado outbreak of February 28 – March 2, 2007
39 Albany—Ashburn—Rochelle, Georgia 2017 January 22 $310,000,000 $383,660,000 EF3 Tornado outbreak of January 21–23, 2017
40 Plainfield, Illinois 1990 August 28 $165,000,000 $382,980,000 F5 1990 Plainfield tornado
41 Birmingham, Alabama 1998 April 8 $202,830,000 $377,490,000 F5 Tornado outbreak of April 6–9, 1998
42 Oak Lawn—Evergreen Park—Chicago Illinois 1967 April 21 $40,000,000 $363,610,000 F4 1967 Oak Lawn tornado outbreak[4] (Total damages may have been greater than this.)
43 St. Louis—East St. Louis, Illinois 1896 May 27 $10,000,000 $361,150,000 F4 1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado
44 Atlanta, Georgia 2008 March 14 $250,000,000 $352,250,000 EF2 2008 Atlanta tornado outbreak
45 St. Louis, Missouri—Granite City, Illinois 2011 April 22 $250,000,000 $337,160,000 EF5 2011 St. Louis tornado
46 Atlanta, Georgia 1975 March 24 $56,500,000 $318,590,000 F3 "The Governor's Tornado" as it caused damage to the Governor's mansion among many other buildings (Grazulis, p. 1,173)
47 Carterville—Crainville—Marion, Illinois 1982 May 29 $100,000,000 $314,370,000 F4 Marion, Illinois, tornado outbreak, (Grazulis, p. 1,242)
48 Salt Lake City, Utah 1999 August 11 $170,000,000 $309,550,000 F2 1999 Salt Lake City tornado[5]
49 Orland, Indiana—East Gilead/Reading/Hillsdale/Manitou Beach, Michigan (two tornadoes) 1965 April 11 $32,000,000 $308,180,000 F4 List of tornadoes in the 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak
50 Westfield—West Springfield—Springfield—Wilbraham—Monson—Brimfield—Sturbridge—Southbridge—Charlton, Massachusetts 2011 June 1 $227,600,000 $306,950,000 EF3 2011 New England tornado outbreak "The Springfield tornado"
51 Augusta—Tupelo—Otwell—Jonesboro, Arkansas 1973 May 26 $44,110,000 $301,380,000 F4 [6] (Total damages may have been greater than this.) Grazulis reported $37 million in damages which adjusts to $252.8 million (Grazulis, p. 1,141)
52 Hamden—North Haven, Connecticut 1989 July 10 $120,000,000 $293,580,000 F4 [7] July 1989 Northeastern United States tornado outbreak
53 Brownsville—Monroe, Louisiana 2020 April 12 $250,000,000 $293,030,000 EF3 2020 Easter tornado outbreak,[8]
54 Ellington, Missouri-Murphysboro/De Soto, Illinois-Griffin/Princeton, Illinois 1925 March 18 $16,500,000 $286,030,000 F5 The Tri-State Tornado, (Grazulis, p. 796)
55 Mayflower, Vilonia, Arkansas 2014 April 27 $223,450,000 $286,340,000 EF4 Tornado outbreak of April 27–30, 2014
56 Vicksburg, Mississippi 1953 December 5 $25,000,000 $284,050,000 F5 1953 Vicksburg, Mississippi, tornado
57 Gainesville, Georgia 1936 April 6 $13,000,000 $283,720,000 F4 1936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak, (Grazulis, p. 866)
58 Woodstock, Stratford, Ontario, Canada 1979 August 7 $100,000,000 CAD $280,240,000 USD F4 1979 Woodstock, Ontario, tornado $378,540,000 CAD, adjusted for inflation (Total damages may have been greater than this.)
59 Charles City, Iowa 1968 May 15 $31,500,000 $274,600,000 F5 Tornado outbreak of May 1968, (Grazulis, p. 1,097)
60 Barrie, Ontario, Canada 1985 May 31 $150,000,000 CAD $266,880,000 USD F4 1985 Barrie tornado: $360,500,000 CAD, adjusted for inflation (Total damages may have been greater than this)
61 Kennedale—Arlington, Texas 2012 April 3 $200,000,000 $264,260,000 EF2 Tornado outbreak of April 3, 2012
62 Haysville—South Wichita, Kansas 1999 May 3 $145,000,000 $264,030,000 F4 List of tornadoes in the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak
63 Wildwood—Colfax, Wisconsin 1958 June 4 $25,000,000 $262,420,000 F5 Tornado outbreak of June 3–4, 1958[9]
64 Wilber—Hallam—Norris School District 160—Holland, Nebraska 2004 May 22 $160,220,000 $257,300,000 F4 2004 Hallam tornado The second-widest tornado on record almost completely destroyed the small town of Hallam.
65 Yale—Tulsa, Oklahoma 1981 April 19 $75,000,000 $250,300,000 F3 (Grazulis, p. 1,229)
66 Dunrobin—Ottawa, Ontario—Gatineau, Quebec, Canada 2018 September 21 $294,000,000 CAD*** $246,970,000 USD EF3 max 2018 United States-Canada tornado outbreak: $333,600,000 CAD, adjusted for inflation (Total damages may have been greater than this.) This includes all seven tornadoes from this event as damages (per event/outbreak) are reported by province, not tornado. Damages in Ontario were $192 million+ CAD, and damages in Quebec were $102 million+ CAD.[10]
67 Huntsville, Alabama 1989 November 15 $100,000,000 $244,650,000 F4 November 1989 tornado outbreak
68 Falmouth/Berlin/Bladeston/Chatham/Dover, Kentucky—Decatur/Otway, Ohio 1968 April 23 $27,775,000 $242,120,000 F4 Tornado outbreak of April 21–24, 1968 (Total damages were estimated.)
69 Toledo, Ohio—Lost Peninsula (Michigan) 1965 April 11 $25,000,000 $240,760,000 F4 List of tornadoes in the 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, (Grazulis, p. 1,071)
70 Sanford—Raleigh, North Carolina 2011 April 16 $172,000,000 $231,970,000 EF3 Tornado outbreak of April 14–16, 2011
71 Tulsa/Tulsa County—Catoosa/Rogers County, Oklahoma 1993 April 24 $110,000,000 $230,930,000 F4 (Grazulis, p. 1,348)
72 Carrollton—Reform—Cordova—Sipsey—Blountsville, Alabama 2011 April 27 $170,344,000 $229,730,000 EF4 List of tornadoes in the 2011 Super Outbreak
73 Macksburg—Winterset—Norwalk—Newton, Iowa 2022 March 5 $220,000,000 $228,050,000 EF4 Tornado outbreak of March 5–7, 2022
74 Mount Vernon/De Kalb, Texas—Mineral Springs, Arkansas 1999 May 4 $125,000,000 $227,610,000 F3 List of tornadoes in the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak
75 Wetumpka—LaFayette, Alabama 2011 April 27 $167,000,000 $225,220,000 EF4 List of tornadoes in the 2011 Super Outbreak
76 Largo—Clearwater—Carrollwood—Temple Terrace—Galloway—Gibsonia—Loughman, Florida 1966 April 4 $24,000,000 $224,713,000 F4 Tornado outbreak of April 4–5, 1966, (Grazulis, p. 1,079)
77 Hennepin County, Minnesota 2011 May 22 $166,620,000 $224,711,000 EF1 List of tornadoes in the tornado outbreak sequence of May 21–26, 2011
78 Greensburg, Kansas 2007 May 4 $153,000,000 $223,850,000 EF5 List of tornadoes in the tornado outbreak of May 4–6, 2007[11]
79 St. Peter, Minnesota 1998 March 29 $120,000,000 $223,330,000 F3 1998 Comfrey-St. Peter tornado outbreak
80 Sandusky—Lorain, Ohio 1924 June 28 $12,500,000 $221,760,000 F4 1924 Lorain–Sandusky tornado, (Grazulis, p. 790)
81 Flint—Beecher, Michigan 1953 June 8 $19,000,000 $215,880,000 F5 1953 Flint-Beecher tornado, (Grazulis, p. 974)
82 Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma 1948 20/25, March $16,400,000 $206,440,000 F3 1948 Tinker Air Force Base tornadoes: Three tornadoes affected Tinker AFB in the span of six days: two on March 20 led to successful prediction of the third on March 25. These tornadoes significantly contributed to the process of predicting these severe weather events. (Grazulis, p. 935)
83 Windsor, Colorado 2008 May 22 $147,000,000 $207,120,000 EF3 Tornado outbreak of May 22–27, 2008
84 Jefferson City, Missouri 2019 May 22 $174,000,000 $206,470,000 EF3 Tornado outbreak sequence of May 2019
85 Sarasota, Florida 1978 May 4 $43,000,000 $200,070,000 F3 (Grazulis, p. 1,202)
86 Belvidere, Illinois 1967 April 21 $22,000,000 $199,820,000 F4 1967 Oak Lawn tornado outbreak, (Grazulis, p. 1,088)
87 Raleigh, North Carolina 1988 November 28 $77,000,000 $197,460,000 F4 1988 Raleigh tornado outbreak
88 Southern Louisville suburbs, including Pioneer Village, Hillview, and Mount Washington, Kentucky 1996 May 28 $101,000,000 $195,280,000 F4 May 1996 Kentucky tornado outbreak[12]
89 La Plata, Maryland 2002 April 28 $115,000,000 $193,920,000 F4 2002 La Plata tornado
90 Fayetteville, North Carolina 2011 April 16 $141,100,000 $190,290,000 EF3 Tornado outbreak of April 14–16, 2011
91 Nashville—East Nashville—Donelson—The Hermitage—Mt. Juliet, Tennessee 1998 April 16 $101,000,000 $187,970,000 F3 Tornado outbreak of April 15–16, 1998 (1998 Nashville tornado outbreak)
92 Austin, Texas 1980 August 10 $50,000,000 $184,080,000 F2 (Grazulis, p. 1,226)
Kalamazoo, Michigan 1980 May 13 $50,000,000 $184,080,000 F3 1980 Kalamazoo tornado, (Grazulis, p. 1,221)
94 Mena, Arkansas 2009 April 9 $130,000,000 $183,820,000 EF3 Tornado outbreak of April 9–11, 2009
95 Oelwein—Maynard, Iowa 1968 May 15 $21,000,000 $183,060,000 F5 Tornado outbreak of May 1968, (Grazulis, p. 1,098)
96 Southaven, Mississippi—Memphis, Tennessee 2008 February 5 $128,400,000 $180,920,000 EF2 List of tornadoes in the 2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak
97 Newton Falls/Niles/Hubbard, Ohio—Wheatland/Hermitage/Greenfield, Pennsylvania 1985 May 31 $63,800,000++ $179,880,000++ F5 List of tornadoes in the 1985 United States–Canada tornado outbreak: "Niles-Wheatland Tornado" Grazulis reported $60 million in damages in Ohio alone. He also mentions a total of $3.8 million in damages in Pennsylvania but only with regard to trucks and other vehicles at a few different locations. He makes no mention of total damages in Pennsylvania and there are no resources available that provide that information. (Grazulis, p. 1,268) Considering the intensity of this violent tornado and the destruction of much of Wheatland's industry as well as the number of houses in and around Wheatland, we can safely surmise that the damage total is actually much higher.
98 Cordell, Oklahoma 2001 October 9 $100,000,000 $171,290,000 F3 Tornadoes of 2001[13]
99 Center Point, Alabama 1973 May 27 $25,000,000 $170,810,000 F3 [14] (Grazulis, p. 1,142)
Brent, Alabama 1973 May 27 $25,000,000 $170,810,000 F4 [15] (Grazulis, p. 1,142)
Warner Robins—Robins Air Force Base—Jeffersonville, Georgia 1953 April 30 $15,000,000 $170,430,000 F4 Tornado outbreak sequence of April 28 – May 2, 1953, (Grazulis, p. 968)
Highland Park—Detroit, Michigan 1997 July 2 $90,000,000 $170,110,000 F2 Tornado outbreak of July 1–3, 1997[16]
Little Rock Air Force Base—Jacksonville, Arkansas 2011 April 25 $125,000,000 $168,580,000 EF2 List of tornadoes in the 2011 Super Outbreak
Atkins—Clinton—Mountain View—Highland, Arkansas 2008 February 5 $119,310,000 $168,110,000 EF4 List of tornadoes in the 2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak
Wildwood—Lady Lake, Florida 2007 February 2 $114,000,000 $166,790,000 EF3 2007 Groundhog Day tornado outbreak
Monroe—Athens, Georgia 1973 March 31 $24,000,000 $163,980,000 F4 (Grazulis, p. 1,136)
Americus, Georgia 2007 March 1 $111,000,000 $162,400,000 EF4 Tornado outbreak of February 28 – March 2, 2007
Louisville, Mississippi 2014 April 28 $126,150,000 $161,650,000 EF4 Tornado outbreak of April 27–30, 2014
Paris—Reno—Blossom, Texas 1982 April 2 $50,000,000 $157,180,000 F4 Tornado outbreak of April 2–3, 1982, (Grazulis, p. 1,236)
Minneapolis—Roseville, Minnesota 1981 June 14 $47,000,000 $156,850,000 F3 (Grazulis, p. 1,232)
Whiteface—Whitharral—Anton, Texas 1970 April 17 $20,000,000 $156,370,000 F4 Tornado outbreak sequence of April 17–19, 1970
Jackson, Tennessee 2008 February 5 $110,300,000 $155,410,000 EF4 List of tornadoes in the 2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak
Omaha, Nebraska 1913 March 23 $5,000,000 $153,210,000 F3 Tornado outbreak sequence of March 1913, (Grazulis, p. 737)
Ardmore, Oklahoma 1995 May 7 $75,000,000 $149,290,000 F3 List of tornadoes in the May 1995 tornado outbreak sequence. Grazulis reported at least $100 million in damages or $199.06 million adjusted (Grazulis, p. 1,373)
Wichita Falls, Texas 1964 April 3 $15,000,000 $146,790,000 F5 (Grazulis, p. 1,050)
Tampa—Pinellas County, Florida 1979 May 8 $35,000,000 $146,250,000 F2 (Grazulis, p. 1,213)
Port Huron, Michigan, United States—Sarnia, Ontario, Canada 1953 May 21 $2,600,000 (U.S., USD) + $15,000,000 (Canada, USD) $145,200,000 F4 1953 Sarnia tornado outbreak CA:US$15 million = $14,620,000 CAD (average exchange rate for 1953, US$1 = 0.974478 CAD), $157.87 million CAD adjusted = $115.66 million USD adjusted(average exchange rate for 2023, 1 CAD = US$0.732616). US:US$2.6 million = $29.541 million USD adjusted
Comstock Park—Alpine—Grand Rapids, Michigan 1965 April 11 $15,000,000 $144,460,000 F4 List of tornadoes in the 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, (Grazulis, p. 1,065)
Delhi, Louisiana—Moorhead, Mississippi + Cary—Oxford, Mississippi + Vicksburg—Lexington, Mississippi (three tornadoes) 1971 February 21 $19,000,000 $142,320,000 F5 Tornado outbreak of February 21–22, 1971[17]
Millbury—Lake Township, Ohio 2010 June 5 $102,400,000 $142,460,000 EF4 Tornado outbreak of June 5–6, 2010
Bauxite—Vimy Ridge—Shannon Hills—North Little Rock, Arkansas 1997 March 1 $75,000,000 $141,760,000 F4 March 1997 tornado outbreak[18]
Murfreesboro, Tennessee 2009 April 10 $100,000,000 $141,400,000 EF4 Tornado outbreak of April 9–11, 2009[19]
Jeffers—Comfrey—Hanska, Minnesota 1998 March 29 $75,050,000 $139,680,000 F4 1998 Comfrey-St. Peter tornado outbreak
Dunwoody, Georgia 1998 April 8 $75,000,000 $139,580,000 F2 Tornado outbreak of April 6–9, 1998
Chesterfield—Maryland Heights—St. Ann—Lambert Field, St. Louis—Spanish Lake, Missouri 1967 January 24 $15,000,000 $136,240,000 F4 1967 St. Louis tornado outbreak, (Grazulis, p. 1,087)
Smith Mills, Kentucky—Evansville/Paradise/Gentryville, Indiana 2005 November 6 $87,260,000 $135,540,000 F3 Evansville tornado outbreak of November 2005
Oologah, Oklahoma 1991 April 26 $60,000,000 $133,640,000 F4 1991 Andover tornado outbreak, (Grazulis, p. 1,412)
Cedar Park, Texas 1997 May 27 $70,110,000 $132,520,000 F3 1997 Central Texas tornado outbreak
Forney, Texas 2012 April 3 $100,000,000 $132,130,000 EF3 Tornado outbreak of April 3, 2012
Mechanicville/Stillwater, New York—Bennington, Vermont 1998 May 31 $70,630,000 $131,450,000 F3 Late-May 1998 tornado outbreak and derecho
Marmaduke, Arkansas—Caruthersville, Missouri 2006 April 2 $86,500,000 $130,160,000 F3 Tornado outbreak of April 2, 2006
Tinker AFB, Oklahoma 1948 March 20 $10,250,000 $129,020,000 F3 (Grazulis, p. 935)
Bloodland—Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri 2010 December 31 $90,000,000 $125,210,000 EF3 2010 New Year's Eve tornado outbreak
College Park—Beltsville—Laurel, Maryland 2001 September 24 $73,000,000 $125,050,000 F3 Tornado outbreak of September 24, 2001
Cincinnati—Williamsburg, Ohio 1969 August 9 $15,000,000 $123,990,000 F3 (Grazulis, p. 1,107)
Emporia, Kansas 1974 June 8 $20,000,000 $123,070,000 F4 Tornado outbreak of June 8, 1974, (Grazulis, p. 1,166)
Camden—Hermitage, Arkansas 1979 April 8 $28,800,000 $120,340,000 F3 (Grazulis, p. 1,207)
Goderich, Ontario, Canada 2011 August 21 $130,000,000 CAD $120,270,000 F3 2011 Goderich, Ontario, tornado $164,160,000 CAD adjusted for inflation
Goodlettsville—Gallatin, Tennessee 2006 April 7 $79,000,000 $118,880,000 F3 Tornado outbreak of April 6–8, 2006[20]
Cookeville—Putnam County, Tennessee 2020 March 3 $100,000,000 $117,210,000 EF4 Tornado outbreak of March 2–3, 2020
Seneca—Clemson, South Carolina 2020 April 13 $100,000,000 $117,210,000 EF3 List of tornadoes in the 2020 Easter tornado outbreak
Eagle Pass, Texas 2007 April 24 $80,000,000 $117,050,000 EF3 Tornado outbreak sequence of April 20–27, 2007
Barneveld—Black Earth, Wisconsin 1984 June 7 $40,000,000 $116,790,000 F5 (Grazulis, p. 1,259)
Windsor—Tecumseh, Ontario, Canada 1946 June 17 $9,663,000 CAD $114,780,000 USD F4 1946 Windsor-Tecumseh tornado $155,040,000 CAD, adjusted for inflation
Lockett/Vernon, Texas—Davidson, Oklahoma 1979 April 10 $27,000,000 $112,820,000 F4 1979 Red River Valley tornado outbreak, (Grazulis, p. 1,207)
Fiatt—Canton, Illinois 1975 July 23 $20,000,000 $112,770,000 F3 1975 Canton, Illinois, tornado
Clarion—Belmond, Iowa 1966 October 14 $12,000,000 $112,360,000 F4 (Grazulis, p. 1,084)
Saugatuck—Hudsonville—Standale—Grand Rapids, Michigan 1956 April 3 $10,000,000 $111,530,000 F5 Tornado outbreak of April 2–3, 1956, (Grazulis, p. 995)
Atlanta Motor Speedway; Hampton, Georgia 2005 July 6 $71,500,000 $111,060,000 F2 Hurricane Cindy (2005)
Chandler—Lake Wilson, Minnesota 1992 June 16 $50,000,000 $108,110,000 F5 Tornado outbreak of June 14–18, 1992 Grazulis reported $45 million or $97,301,000 adjusted for inflation. (Grazulis, p. 1,331)
Parkersburg—New Hartford, Iowa 2008 May 25 $75,000,000 $105,680,000 EF5 Tornado outbreak of May 22–27, 2008
St. Louis, Missouri 1959 February 10 $10,000,000 $104,290,000 F4 St. Louis tornado outbreak of February 1959: Total damages may have been greater than this. (Grazulis, p. 1,018)
Canton—Hazlehurst—Newton—Meridian, Mississippi 1976 March 29 $19,550,000 $104,230,000 F4 (Grazulis, p. 1,183)
Ragland—Piedmont—Rock Run, Alabama 1994 March 27 $50,500,000 $103,370,000 F4 1994 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak
Campbell—Poinciana—Kissimmee—Buenaventura Lakes—Lake Hart—Lake Mary Jane, Florida 1998 February 22 $55,000,000 $102,360,000 F3 1998 Kissimmee tornado outbreak
Dallas—De Soto, Texas 1994 April 25 $50,000,000 $102,350,000 F2 Tornado outbreak of April 25–27, 1994
Louisville—Jefferson County, Kentucky 1890 March 27 $3,000,000 $100,010,000 F4 Tornado outbreak of March 27, 1890, (Grazulis, p. 651)

Bibliography

  • Grazulis, Thomas (1993). Significant Tornadoes 1680–1991. St. Johnsbury, Vermont: The Tornado Project of Environmental Films. ISBN 1-879362-03-1.
  • Grazulis, Thomas (1997). Significant Tornadoes Update, 1992–1995. St. Johnsbury, Vermont: The Tornado Project of Environmental Films. ISBN 1-879362-04-X.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ as of June 2023 when this article was created.
  2. ↑ These are the communities (e.g. cities, towns, counties) where the greatest damage or loss of life occurred or at the beginning or end of the tornado’s track. The number of places that experience loss of life or damage is often higher than this. Colloquial tornado/event names, if applicable/known, are included in the Notes column of this table.
  3. ↑ Estimated total damages are primarily taken from the NCEI database; however, before 1996, coding included on the Storm Data reports provided an extremely broad, often inaccurate, range for damage totals. If a more accurate or updated total can be obtained from a reputable source, it will be included here instead.
  4. ↑ Wikipedia formulas only allow adjusting damage totals (for inflation) through 2021. Adjustments of damage totals for inflation have been calculated with the website in2013dollars.com which includes rates of inflation through the current year. As these rates can be volatile (possibly changing from month to month), note that these calculations were made on May 15, 2023 and will be updated regularly.
  5. ↑ After the Fujita Scale was implemented in 1971, tornadoes from the previous 100 years (1871-1971) were retrospectively reviewed to determine their ratings. These reviews were completed by either Ted Fujita or Thomas P. Grazulis. Damage assessments from 1971-2006 were completed by using the Fujita Scale or, since 2007, the Enhanced Fujita Scale. These reviews have been handled by teams of meteorologists and structural engineers as assigned by National Weather Service (NWS) offices around the United States.

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