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{{Short description|Smaller tornado that orbits around a larger parent tornado}}

File:Satellite tornado.jpg and the small tornado to the left is a satellite tornado.]]

A satellite tornado is a tornado that revolves around a larger, primary tornado and interacts with the same mesocyclone. Satellite tornadoes occur apart from the primary tornado and are not considered subvortices; the primary tornado and satellite tornadoes are considered to be separate tornadoes. The cause of satellite tornadoes is not known. Such tornadoes are more often anticyclonic than are typical tornadoes and these pairs may be referred to as tornado couplets.{{cite book |last=Marshall |first=Tim |author-link=Timothy P. Marshall |others=David Hoadley (illust.) |title=Storm Talk |year=1995 |location=Texas }} Satellite tornadoes commonly occur in association with very powerful, large, and destructive tornadoes, indicative also of the strength and severity of the parent supercell thunderstorm.{{cite web |last=Edwards |first=Roger |title=Satellite tornado |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |date=2006-04-04 |url=http://www.spc.ncep.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/#satellite_tornado1 |work=The Online Tornado FAQ |access-date=2012-04-26 |archive-date=2006-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060929185156/http://www.spc.ncep.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/#satellite_tornado1 |url-status=dead }}

Satellite tornadoes are relatively uncommon. When a satellite tornado does occur, there is often more than one orbiting satellite spawned during the life cycle of the tornado or with successive primary tornadoes spawned by the parent supercell (a process known as cyclic tornadogenesis and leading to a tornado family). On tornado outbreak days, if satellite tornadoes occur with one supercell, there is an elevated probability of their occurrence with other supercells.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}}

Satellite tornadoes tend to orbit their parent cyclonically, counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere, and will generally form near the edge of a supercell's mesocyclone, and gradually travel inward to the parent tornado.{{Cite web |last=Edwards |first=Roger |title=CHARACTERISTICS OF SUPERCELLULAR SATELLITE TORNADOES |url=https://www.spc.noaa.gov/publications/edwards/slssat-t.pdf |access-date=11 October 2024}} Satellite tornadoes may merge into their companion tornado although the appearance of this occurring is often an illusion caused when an orbiting tornado revolves around the backside of a primary tornado obscuring view of the satellite.{{cite web |last = Edwards |first = Roger |title = Satellite Tornado |publisher = StormEyes |year = 2001 |url = http://www.stormeyes.org/tornado/faq/stlt_tor.html |access-date = 2014-03-22 }} During the March 1990 Central United States tornado outbreak, one member of a tornado family (rated F5) constricted and became a satellite tornado of the next tornado of the family before merging into the new primary tornado which soon also intensified to F5.{{cite journal |last= Davies |first=Jonathan M. |author-link=Jonathan M. Davies |author2=C. A. Doswell |author3=D. W. Burgess |author4=J. F. Weaver |title=Some Noteworthy Aspects of the Hesston, Kansas, Tornado Family of 13 March 1990 |journal=Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. |volume=75 |issue=6 |pages=1007–17 |year=1994 |doi=10.1175/1520-0477(1994)075<1007:SNAOTH>2.0.CO;2|bibcode = 1994BAMS...75.1007D |doi-access=free }}

Examples

Some examples of tornado couplets include the Tri-State Tornado,{{cite journal |last = Johns |first = Robert H. |author-link = Robert H. Johns |author2=D. W. Burgess |author3=C. A. Doswell III |author4=M. S. Gilmore |author5=J. A. Hart |author6=S. F. Piltz |title = The 1925 Tri-State Tornado Damage Path and Associated Storm System |journal = e-Journal of Severe Storms Meteorology |volume = 8 |issue = 2 |year = 2013 |pages = 1–33 |url = http://www.ejssm.org/ojs/index.php/ejssm/issue/view/44|doi=10.55599/ejssm.v8i2.47|doi-access=free }} multiple tornadoes during the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak,{{cite web |last = Edwards |first = Roger |author-link = Roger Edwards (meteorologist) |title = Central Oklahoma Tornado Intercept: 3 May 1999 |publisher = StormEyes |year = 2002 |url = http://www.stormeyes.org/tornado/3may99/ |access-date = 2014-03-22 }} the 2007 Greensburg tornado,{{cite conference |first = Leslie R. |last = Lemon |author-link = Leslie R. Lemon |author2=M. Umschied |title = The Greensburg, KS Tornadic Storm: A Storm of Extremes |book-title = 24th Conf Severe Local Storms |publisher = American Meteorological Society |date = 2008-10-27 |location = Savannah, GA |url = https://ams.confex.com/ams/24SLS/techprogram/paper_141811.htm }} and the 2013 El Reno tornado.{{cite journal |last = Wurman |first = Joshua |author-link = Joshua Wurman |author2=K. Kosiba |author3=P. Robinson |author4=T. Marshall |title = The Role of Multiple-Vortex Tornado Structure in Causing Storm Researcher Fatalities |journal = Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc. |volume = 95 |issue = 1 |pages = 31–45 |year = 2014 |doi = 10.1175/BAMS-D-13-00221.1 |bibcode = 2014BAMS...95...31W |doi-access = free }} Satellite tornadoes are more likely to be recognized in recent decades than in the far past as eyewitness accounts as well as damage survey information are often available for later events. The advent of storm chasing, in particular, boosts the likelihood that satellite tornadoes are noticed visually and/or on mobile radar.{{cite journal |last = Wurman |first = Joshua |author-link = Joshua Wurman |author2=K. Kosiba |title = Finescale Radar Observations of Tornado and Mesocyclone Structures |journal = Weather Forecast. |volume = 28 |issue = 5 |pages = 1157–74 |year = 2013 |doi = 10.1175/WAF-D-12-00127.1 |bibcode = 2013WtFor..28.1157W |doi-access = free }} These tornadoes may remain over open country and thus cause less structural damage and consequently are less widely known. Such examples include near Beloit, Kansas on 15 May 1990 and during Project VORTEX near Allison, Texas on 8 June 1995, among other events.

===List of confirmed satellite tornadoes===

{{Dynamic list|multiple=yes}}

class="sortable wikitable"
Date

!Primary F#/EF#

!Primary location

!Satellite F#/EF#

!Satellite location

!Fatalities{{efn|This includes any fatalities from the parent and satellite tornadoes}}

!Event

May 30, 1879

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat4}}" | F4{{efn|name="Unofficial rating"|This tornado's rating is unofficial.}}

|SW of Randolph, Kansas to Irving, Kansas to Dawson's Mill, Nebraska{{efn|name="tornado family"|This track was probably a tornado family.}}

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|unk}}" | F?

|NW of Randolph, Kansas

|18 (60 injuries)

|

March 13, 1954

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat3}}" | F3

|Howard, Georgia to Roberta, Georgia to Macon, Georgia{{cite web |title=Georgia Event Report: F3 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10001463 |website=National Centers for Environmental Information |publisher=National Weather Service |access-date=5 May 2022}}{{cite web |title=Georgia Event Report: F3 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10001467 |website=National Centers for Environmental Information |publisher=National Weather Service |access-date=5 May 2022}}{{cite web |title=Georgia Event Report: F3 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10001469 |website=National Centers for Environmental Information |publisher=National Weather Service |access-date=5 May 2022}}

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat1}}" | F1

|Turner Chapel, Georgia to Fickling, Georgia{{cite web |title=Georgia Event Report: F1 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10001464 |website=National Centers for Environmental Information |publisher=National Weather Service |access-date=5 May 2022}}

|5 (75 injuries)

|Tornadoes of 1954#March 13

May 16, 1961

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat1}}" | F1

|S of Mount Dora, New Mexico to NW of Clayton, New Mexico{{cite report |title=New Mexico Event Report: F1 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10078394 |website=National Weather Service |publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information |accessdate=10 September 2020}}

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|storm}}" | F0

|Mount Dora, New Mexico{{cite report |title=New Mexico Event Report: F0 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10078393 |website=National Weather Service |publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information |accessdate=10 September 2020}}

|0

|Tornado outbreak sequence of May 14–June 1, 1962 (List)

rowspan="4" |June 13, 1976

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat5}}" | F5

| rowspan="2" |SW of Luther, Iowa to Jordan, Iowa to SW of Gilbert, Iowa{{cite book |last1=Grazulis |first1=Thomas P. |title=Significant tornadoes, 1680-1991: A Chronology and Analysis of Events |date=1993 |publisher=Environmental Films |location=St. Johnsbury, Vermont |isbn=1-879362-03-1}}{{cite report |title=Iowa Event Report: F5 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10014924 |website=National Centers for Environmental Information |publisher=National Weather Service |access-date=7 April 2022}}{{cite report |title=Iowa Event Report: F5 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10014927 |website=National Centers for Environmental Information |publisher=National Weather Service |access-date=7 April 2022}}

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat2}}" | F2

|S to N of Jordan, Iowa{{cite report |title=Iowa Event Report: F2 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10014926 |website=National Centers for Environmental Information |publisher=National Weather Service |access-date=7 April 2022}}

| rowspan="2" |0 (9 injuries)

| rowspan="4" |Tornadoes of 1976#June 13

bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat3}}" | F3

|NE of Jordan, Iowa{{cite report |title=Iowa Event Report: F3 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10014928 |website=National Centers for Environmental Information |publisher=National Weather Service |access-date=7 April 2022}}

rowspan="2" bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat4}}" | F4

| rowspan="2" |Lemont, Illinois to S of Downers Grove, Illinois{{cite web |url=https://www.weather.gov/lot/13Jun1976_tornado |title=June 13, 1976 Lemont Tornado |publisher=National Weather Service Chicago, Illinois }}

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat1}}" | F1

|SW of Lemont, Illinois{{cite web |url=https://wgntv.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/06/ct-wea-0606-featureSUN.jpg |publisher=WGN-TV |title=A look back at the Lemont tornado of June 13, 1976 |date=5 June 2021 }}

| rowspan="2" |2 (23 injuries)

bgcolor="#{{storm colour|storm}}" | F0

|S of Lemont, Illinois

March 13, 1990

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat5}}" | F5

|Castleton, Kansas to Hesston, Kansas{{cite web |title=Kansas Event Report: F5 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10037677 |website=National Centers for Environmental Information |publisher=National Weather Service |access-date=14 July 2022}}{{cite web |title=Kansas Event Report: F5 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10037680 |website=National Centers for Environmental Information |publisher=National Weather Service |access-date=14 July 2022}}{{cite web |title=Kansas Event Report: F5 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10037684 |website=National Centers for Environmental Information |publisher=National Weather Service |access-date=14 July 2022}}

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat5}}" | F5

|Goessel, Kansas to NE of Hillsboro, Kansas{{cite web |title=Kansas Event Report: F5 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10037682 |website=National Centers for Environmental Information |publisher=National Weather Service |access-date=14 July 2022}}{{cite web |title=Kansas Event Report: F5 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10037685 |website=National Centers for Environmental Information |publisher=National Weather Service |access-date=14 July 2022}}{{cite web |title=Kansas Event Report: F5 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10037687 |website=National Centers for Environmental Information |publisher=National Weather Service |access-date=14 July 2022}}

|2

|March 1990 Central United States tornado outbreak

March 1, 1997

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat2}}" | F2

|S of College Station, Arkansas{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat2}}" | F2

|S of College Station, Arkansas{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

|0

|March 1997 tornado outbreak

May 3, 1999

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat5}}" | F5

|SSW of Amber, Oklahoma to Moore, Oklahoma to W of Midwest City, Oklahoma{{cite web|publisher=Risk Management Solutions|year=2009|access-date=June 28, 2013|title=The 1999 Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak: 10-Year Retrospective|url=http://www.rms.com/Publications/1999_Oklahoma_Tornado_Outbreak.pdf|archive-date=June 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110601123752/http://www.rms.com/Publications/1999_Oklahoma_Tornado_Outbreak.pdf|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|work=National Weather Service Office in Norman, Oklahoma|publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|date=May 22, 2013|access-date=June 1, 2013|title=The Great Plains Tornado Outbreak of May 3–4, 1999 Storm A Information|url=http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/?n=events-19990503-storma}}

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|storm}}" | F0

|N of Newcastle, Oklahoma

|36 (583 injuries)

|1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado

April 20, 2004

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat2}}" | F2

|N of Utica, Illinois to Ottawa, Illinois{{cite web |title=Storm Events Database |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=5390600 |publisher=National Weather Service |access-date=9 April 2022}}

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|storm}}" | F0

|E of Utica, Illinois{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

|0

|Tornado outbreak of April 20, 2004

rowspan="11" |May 4, 2007

| rowspan="11" bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat5}}" | EF5

| rowspan="11" |Greensburg, Kansas{{cite web | author = NWS Dodge City | title = Greensburg Tornado Rated EF-5 (updated May 22) | url = http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crnews/display_story.php?wfo=ddc&storyid=7828&source=0 | access-date = 2007-05-22 | archive-date = May 12, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070512192557/http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crnews/display_story.php?wfo=ddc&storyid=7828&source=0 | url-status = live }}{{cite web|title=NCDC Storm Reports |url=http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-win/wwcgi.dll?wwevent~storms |author=National Climatic Data Center |work=National Weather Service |access-date=2008-02-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090509142712/http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-win/wwcgi.dll?wwEvent~Storms |archive-date=2009-05-09 }}

bgcolor="#{{storm colour|storm}}" | EF0

|E of Greensburg, Kansas{{Cite web |last=Enquirer |first=Cincinnati |title=Tornado on May. 05, 2007 23:00 PM CDT |url=https://data.cincinnati.com/tornado-archive/kansas/37297/ |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=Cincinnati Enquirer |language=en}}

| rowspan="10" |11 (63 injuries)

| rowspan="10" |2007 Greensburg tornado

bgcolor="#{{storm colour|storm}}" | EF0

| Near Greensburg, Kansas

bgcolor="#{{storm colour|storm}}" | EF0

| Near Greensburg, Kansas

bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat1}}" | EF1

| Near Greensburg, Kansas

bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat1}}" | EF1

| Near Greensburg, Kansas

bgcolor="{{storm colour|storm}}" | EF0

|NE of Greensburg, Kansas

bgcolor="{{storm colour|storm}}" | EF0

|N of Greensburg, Kansas

bgcolor="{{storm colour|storm}}" | EF0

|E of Greensburg, Kansas

bgcolor="{{storm colour|cat1}}" | EF1

|E of Greensburg, Kansas

bgcolor="{{storm colour|storm}}" | EF0

|E of Greensburg, Kansas

May 23, 2008

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat2}}" | EF2

|N of Laird, Kansas{{Cite web|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=109893|title=Storm Events Database - Event Details {{pipe}} National Centers for Environmental Information|website=www.ncdc.noaa.gov}}

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat2}}" | EF2

|SE of Arnold, Kansas{{Cite web|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=109894|title=Storm Events Database - Event Details {{pipe}} National Centers for Environmental Information|website=www.ncdc.noaa.gov}}

|0

|Tornado outbreak sequence of May 22–31, 2008

May 10, 2010

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat3}}" | EF3

|SW of Wakita, Oklahoma to E of Hunnewell, Kansas{{cite web |title=Oklahoma Event Report: EF3 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=231830 |website=National Centers for Environmental Information |publisher=National Weather Service |access-date=25 May 2022}}{{cite web |title=Oklahoma Event Report: EF3 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=231833 |website=National Centers for Environmental Information |publisher=National Weather Service |access-date=25 May 2022}}{{cite web |title=Kansas Event Report: EF1 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=220263 |website=National Centers for Environmental Information |publisher=National Weather Service |access-date=25 May 2022}}

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|storm}}" | EF0

|NW of Medford, Oklahoma{{cite web |title=Oklahoma Event Report: EF0 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=231836 |website=National Centers for Environmental Information |publisher=National Weather Service |access-date=25 May 2022}}

|0 (2 injuries)

|Tornado outbreak of May 10–13, 2010

June 17, 2010

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat4}}" | EF4

|E of Conger, Minnesota to W of Albert Lea, Minnesota

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat1}}" | EF1

|Armstrong, Minnesota

|1 (14 injuries)

|2010 Conger–Albert Lea tornado

rowspan="5" |April 9, 2011

| rowspan="5" bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat3}}" | EF3

| rowspan="5" |W of Nemaha, Iowa to N of Ware, Iowa{{cite report |title=Iowa Event Report: EF2 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=283446 |website=National Centers for Environmental Information |publisher=National Weather Service |access-date=8 April 2022}}{{cite report |title=Iowa Event Report: EF2 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=302245 |website=National Centers for Environmental Information |publisher=National Weather Service |access-date=8 April 2022}}{{cite report |title=Iowa Event Report: EF3 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=283449 |website=National Centers for Environmental Information |publisher=National Weather Service |access-date=8 April 2022}}

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat2}}" | EF2

|SE of Newell, Iowa{{cite report |title=Iowa Event Report: EF3 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=283456 |website=National Centers for Environmental Information |publisher=National Weather Service |access-date=8 April 2022}}{{cite report |title=Iowa Event Report: EF3 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=302261ttps://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=283449 |website=National Centers for Environmental Information |publisher=National Weather Service |access-date=8 April 2022 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

| rowspan="5" |0

| rowspan="5" |Tornado outbreak of April 9–11, 2011

bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat4}}" | EF4

|W of Pocahontas, Iowa{{cite report |title=Iowa Event Report: EF4 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=283450 |website=National Centers for Environmental Information |publisher=National Weather Service |access-date=8 April 2022}}

bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat1}}" | EF1

|NE of Varina, Iowa{{cite report |title=Iowa Event Report: EF1 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=286538 |website=National Centers for Environmental Information |publisher=National Weather Service |access-date=8 April 2022}}

bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat1}}" | EF1

|NE of Varina, Iowa{{cite report |title=Iowa Event Report: EF1 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=286544 |website=National Centers for Environmental Information |publisher=National Weather Service |access-date=8 April 2022}}

bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat2}}" | EF2

|WSW of Pocahontas, Iowa{{cite report |title=Iowa Event Report: EF2 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=286555 |website=National Centers for Environmental Information |publisher=National Weather Service |access-date=8 April 2022}}

May 24, 2011

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat5}}" | EF5

|ESE of Hinton to Piedmont to NE of Guthrie, Oklahoma{{cite web |year=2011 |title=Oklahoma Event Report: EF5 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=315837 |access-date=January 28, 2023 |publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information}}{{cite web |year=2011 |title=Oklahoma Event Report: EF3 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=315839 |access-date=January 28, 2023 |publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information}}{{cite web |year=2011 |title=Oklahoma Event Report: EF3 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=315848 |access-date=January 28, 2023 |publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information}}

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|storm}}" | EF0

| NW of Richland, Oklahoma{{cite web |year=2011 |title=Oklahoma Event Report: EF0 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=315853 |access-date=January 28, 2023 |publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information}}

|9 (181 injuries)

|2011 El Reno–Piedmont tornado

November 7, 2011

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat4}}" | EF4

|SSW of Tipton, Oklahoma{{cite web |title=The Severe Weather Event of November 7-8, 2011 |url=https://www.weather.gov/oun/events-20111107 |access-date=8 November 2022 |publisher=National Weather Service}}

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|storm}}" | EF0

| S of Tipton, Oklahoma

|0

|Tornadoes of 2011#November 7–8

May 28, 2013

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat3}}" | EF3

|S of Centralia, Kansas{{cite report|department=National Weather Service Office in Topeka, Kansas|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|year=2013|accessdate=February 20, 2017|title=Kansas Event Report: EF3 Tornado|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=443113}}

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat1}}" | EF1

|W of Corning, Kansas{{cite report|department=National Weather Service Office in Topeka, Kansas|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|year=2013|accessdate=February 20, 2017|title=Kansas Event Report: EF1 Tornado|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=443117}}

|0

|Tornado outbreak of May 26–31, 2013

May 31, 2013

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat3}}" | EF3

|WSW of El Reno, Oklahoma to W of Yukon, Oklahoma{{cite web|work=National Weather Service Office in Norman, Oklahoma|publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|date=May 31, 2013|accessdate=June 7, 2013|title=Central Oklahoma Tornadoes and Flash Flooding – May 31, 2013|url=http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/?n=events-20130531}}

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat2}}" | EF2

|SE of El Reno, Oklahoma

|8 (151 injured)

|2013 El Reno tornado

April 9, 2015

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat4}}" | EF4

NNE of Franklin Grove, Illinois to NNW of Kirkland, Illinois{{cite report|department=National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Chicago, Illinois|title=Illinois Event Report: EF4 Tornado|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=574337|publisher=National Climatic Data Center|year=2015|accessdate=December 31, 2015}}

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|storm}}" | EF0

|S of Belvidere, Illinois{{cite report|department=National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Chicago, Illinois|title=Illinois Event Report: EF0 Tornado|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=574333|publisher=National Climatic Data Center|year=2015|accessdate=December 31, 2015}}

|2 (11 injuries)

|2015 Rochelle–Fairdale tornado

April 27, 2016

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|storm}}" | EF0

|ESE of Bedford, Iowa to S of Conway, Iowa{{cite report|department=National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Des Moines, Iowa|title=Iowa Event Report: EF0 Tornado|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=622332|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|year=2016|access-date=December 7, 2016}}

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|storm}}" | EF0

|S of Conway, Iowa{{cite report|department=National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Des Moines, Iowa|title=Iowa Event Report: EF0 Tornado|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=622333|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|year=2016|access-date=December 7, 2016}}

|0

|List of United States tornadoes from April to May 2016

May 9, 2016

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat1}}" | EF1

|ENE of Wapanucka, Oklahoma to N of Atoka, Oklahoma{{cite report|department=National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Norman, Oklahoma|title=Oklahoma Event Report: EF1 Tornado|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=633092|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|year=2016|accessdate=December 10, 2016}}

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|unk}}" | EFU

|ENE of Wapanucka, Oklahoma{{cite report|department=National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Norman, Oklahoma|title=Oklahoma Event Report: EFU Tornado|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=633097|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|year=2016|accessdate=December 10, 2016}}

|0

|List of United States tornadoes from April to May 2016

May 9, 2016

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|unk}}" | EFU

|NW of Sawyer, Oklahoma to S of Spencerville, Oklahoma{{cite report|department=National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Tulsa, Oklahoma|title=Oklahoma Event Report: EFU Tornado|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=638194|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|year=2016|accessdate=December 10, 2016}}

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|unk}}" | EFU

|N of Sawyer, Oklahoma{{cite report|department=National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Tulsa, Oklahoma|title=Oklahoma Event Report: EFU Tornado|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=638246|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|year=2016|accessdate=December 10, 2016}}

|0

|List of United States tornadoes from April to May 2016

June 22, 2016

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat1}}" | EF1

|WNW of West Brooklyn, Illinois to NW of Compton, Illinois{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|storm}}" | EF0

|NE of West Brooklyn, Illinois{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

|0

|List of United States tornadoes from June to August 2016

June 6, 2018

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat3}}" | EF3

|N of Laramie, Wyoming{{cite report|department=National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Cheyenne, Wyoming|title=Wyoming Event Report: EF3 Tornado|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=785903|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Mesonet|year=2018|accessdate=March 2, 2019}}

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat2}}" | EF2

|N of Laramie, Wyoming{{cite report|department=National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Cheyenne, Wyoming|title=Wyoming Event Report: EF2 Tornado|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=785904|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Mesonet|year=2018|accessdate=March 2, 2019}}

|0

|Tornadoes of 2018#June 6–8

July 19, 2018

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat3}}" | EF3

|Eastern Pella, Iowa{{cite report |title=Iowa Event Report: EF3 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=766071 |website=National Centers for Environmental Information |publisher=National Weather Service |access-date=8 April 2022}}{{cite report |title=Iowa Event Report: EF2 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=766072 |website=National Centers for Environmental Information |publisher=National Weather Service |access-date=8 April 2022}}

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|storm}}" | EF0

|NE of Pella, Iowa{{cite report |title=Iowa Event Report: EF0 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=766074 |website=National Centers for Environmental Information |publisher=National Weather Service |access-date=8 April 2022}}

|0 (13 injuries)

|from June to July 2018

November 25, 2018

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat2}}" | F2

|Gulf of Taranto to Patù, Italy to Corsano, Italy to eastern Tricase, Italy{{cite web|url=https://www.inmeteo.net/blog/2018/11/25/grosso-tornado-si-abbatte-a-nord-di-crotone-devastato-centro-commerciale-auto-scaraventate-via |title=Grosso tornado si abbatte a nord di Crotone: devastato centro commerciale, auto scaraventate via |publisher=Inmeteo.net |date=2018-11-25 |access-date=2022-05-06}}

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|unk}}" | FU

|Gulf of Taranto

|0

|Tornadoes of 2018#November 25 (Italy)

April 30, 2019

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat2}}" | EF2

|NW of Talala, Oklahoma{{cite report|department=National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Tulsa, Oklahoma|title=Oklahoma Event Report: EF2 Tornado|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=822193|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|year=2019|accessdate=December 21, 2019}}

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|unk}}" | EFU

|W of Talala, Oklahoma{{cite report|department=National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Tulsa, Oklahoma|title=Oklahoma Event Report: EFU Tornado|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=822195|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|year=2019|accessdate=December 21, 2019}}

|0

|List of United States tornadoes in April 2019

September 10, 2019

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat2}}" | EF2

|N of Fort Laramie, Wyoming to NE of Lingle, Wyoming{{cite report|department=National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Cheyenne, Wyoming|title=Wyoming Event Report: EF2 Tornado|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=854108|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|year=2019|accessdate=January 18, 2020}}

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|unk}}" | EFU

|N of Fort Laramie, Wyoming to NE of Lingle, Wyoming

|0

|List of United States tornadoes from September to October 2019

March 13, 2021

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat2}}" | EF2

|SW of Happy, Texas to ESE of Canyon, Texas{{cite report|department=National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Amarillo, Texas|title=NWS Damage Survey for 3/13/21 Tornado Event Update #3|url=https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=PNSAMA&e=202103190225|publisher=Iowa Environmental Mesonet|date=March 18, 2021|access-date=March 18, 2021}}

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat1}}" | EF1

|N of Happy, Texas{{cite report|department=National Centers for Environmental Information|title=Storm Events Database March 13, 2021|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=951821|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|access-date=June 16, 2021}}

|0

|March 2021 North American blizzard

April 27, 2021

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|unk}}" | EFU

|N of Haswell, Colorado{{cite report|department=National Centers for Environmental Information|title=Storm Events Database April 27, 2021|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=956809|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|access-date=August 12, 2021}}

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|unk}}" | EFU

|NNE of Haswell, Colorado{{cite report|department=National Centers for Environmental Information|title=Storm Events Database April 27, 2021|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=956811|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|access-date=August 12, 2021}}

|0

|List of United States tornadoes from April to June 2021

May 19, 2021

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|storm}}" | EF0

|NW of Medford, Minnesota{{cite report|department=National Centers for Environmental Information|title=Storm Events Database May 19, 2021|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=951199|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|access-date=August 28, 2021}}

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|storm}}" | EF0

|NW of Medford, Minnesota{{cite report|department=National Centers for Environmental Information|title=Storm Events Database May 19, 2021|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=950475|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|access-date=August 28, 2021}}

|0

|List of United States tornadoes from April to June 2021

July 13, 2021

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat2}}" | EF2

|NE of Beachburg, Ontario to L'Île-du-Grand-Calumet, Quebec{{Cite web |title=New ON tornadoes on May 25, Jun 11 and Jul 13 |url=https://www.uwo.ca/projects/ntp//blog/2021/new_on_tornadoes_on_may_25_jun_11_and_jul_13_.html |access-date=2022-09-06 |website=www.uwo.ca |language=en }}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat1}}" | EF1

|Sullivan Island, Ontario to Butternut Island, Ontario

|0

|

September 29, 2021

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat1}}" | F1

|Kiel, Germany (Meimersdorf District){{cite web|title=Several injured after tornado hits German city of Kiel|url=https://www.euronews.com/2021/09/30/several-injured-after-tornado-hits-german-city-of-kiel|access-date=October 3, 2021|website=Euronews.com|date=September 30, 2021|archive-date=October 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003184034/https://www.euronews.com/2021/09/30/several-injured-after-tornado-hits-german-city-of-kiel|url-status=live}}

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|unk}}" | FU

|Kieler Förde, Germany{{cite web |url=https://eswd.eu/cgi-bin/eswd.cgi?lang=en_0&lastquery=18111680794&force_dynamic_map=true%3B |title=European Severe Weather Database |website=eswd.eu |access-date=25 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120181143/https://eswd.eu/cgi-bin/eswd.cgi?lang=en_0&lastquery=18111680794&force_dynamic_map=true%3B |archive-date=20 January 2022 |url-status=dead}}

|0 (7 injured)

|Tornadoes of 2021#September 29 (Germany)

October 12, 2021

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat1}}" | EF1

|Clinton, Oklahoma to SSE of Custer City, Oklahoma{{cite report|department=National Centers for Environmental Information|title=Storm Events Database October 12, 2021|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=987096|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|access-date=January 24, 2022}}

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|unk}}" | EFU

|NE of Clinton, Oklahoma{{cite report|department=National Centers for Environmental Information|title=Storm Events Database October 12, 2021|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=989414|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|access-date=January 24, 2022}}

|0

|

December 11, 2021

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat3}}" | EF3

|SW of Bowling Green, Kentucky to S of Plum Springs, Kentucky to NNW of Rocky Hill, Kentucky{{cite report|department=National Weather Service in Louisville, Kentucky|title=Kentucky Event Report: EF3 Tornado|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=997207|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|year=2021|accessdate=March 20, 2022}}

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat2}}" | EF2

|Southeastern Bowling Green, Kentucky to SE of Plum Springs, Kentucky{{cite report|department=National Weather Service in Louisville, Kentucky|title=Kentucky Event Report: EF2 Tornado|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=996903|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|year=2021|accessdate=March 20, 2022}}

|16 (63 injuries)

|Tornado outbreak of December 10–11, 2021

March 5, 2022

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat3}}" | EF3

|E of Derby, Iowa to E of Chariton, Iowa{{cite tweet|author=NWS Des Moines|user=NWSDesMoines|title=Chariton/Red Haw State Park Tornado Peak Intensity: EF-3 (138 MPH) Path Length: 16.5 Miles 1 Injury, 1 Fatality|number=1500604091134713856}}

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|Storm}}" | EF0

|S of Chariton, Iowa{{cite web |title=ArcGIS Web Application |url=https://apps.dat.noaa.gov/StormDamage/DamageViewer/ |website=apps.dat.noaa.gov |access-date=March 8, 2022}}

|1 (1 injured)

|Tornado outbreak of March 5–7, 2022

April 5, 2022

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat2}}" | EF2

|NNE of Bladon Springs, Alabama to W of McEntyre, Alabama{{cite report|department=National Weather Service in Mobile, Alabama|title=NWS Damage Survey for 04/05/22 Clarke County Tornado Event|url=https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=PNSMOB&e=202204072358|publisher=Iowa Environmental Mesonet|date=April 7, 2022|accessdate=April 7, 2022}}

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat1}}" | EF1

|NNE Coffeeville, Alabama

|0

|Tornado outbreak of April 4–7, 2022

May 4, 2022

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat2}}" | EF2

|W of Maud, Oklahoma to E of Little, Oklahoma{{cite web|department=National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma|title=NWS Damage Survey for May 2 and May 4 Tornado Events|url=https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=PNSOUN&e=202205061905|publisher=Iowa Environmental Mesonet|date=May 6, 2022|accessdate=May 6, 2022}}{{cite web |title=We assessed damage from the tornado that moved from SW of Cromwell to NW of Okemah yesterday, and found EF-1 damage associated with it. It was very large as it approached/crossed I-40. We will continue our damage surveys for the area today. More details late this evening. |url=https://twitter.com/NWStulsa/status/1522598444426305538 |website=Twitter |publisher=National Weather Service Forecast Office in Tulsa, Oklahoma |access-date=6 May 2022 |language=en}}

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|Storm}}" | EF0

|NE of Seminole, Oklahoma to ESE of Little, Oklahoma

|0

|Tornadoes of 2022#May 4–6 (Central and Eastern United States)

December 14, 2022

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat2}}" | EF2

|New Iberia, Louisiana{{cite web |title=...NWS Damage Survey for 12/14/22 Tornado Event...Update |url=https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=PNSLCH&e=202212282035 |website=Iowa Environmental Mesonet |publisher=National Weather Service |access-date=29 December 2022}}

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|unk}}" | EFU

|SSW New Iberia, Louisiana

|0 (16 injuries)

|Tornado outbreak of December 12–15, 2022

June 28, 2023

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|storm}}" | EF0

|SW of Kimball{{cite web |title=NWS Damage Survey for 06/28/2023 Kimball County Tornado Event |url=https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=PNSCYS&e=202306291902 |website=Iowa Environmental Mesonet |publisher=National Weather Service |access-date=29 June 2023 |date=29 June 2023}}

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|unk}}" | EFU

|SW of Kimball

|0

April 30, 2024

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat1}}" | EF1

|NE of Hollister, Oklahoma{{cite web |url=https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=PNSOUN&e=202405021901 |publisher=National Weather Service Norman, Oklahoma |date=2 May 2024 |access-date=16 June 2024 |title=NWS Damage Survey for 04/30/24 Tornado Event - Update #2 }}

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat1}}" | EF1

|SW of Loveland, Oklahoma{{cite web |url=https://www.foxweather.com/learn/anticyclonic-tornado-loveland-oklahoma |publisher=Fox Weather |title=Rare 'backward-spinning' tornado among twisters wreaking havoc in Oklahoma Tuesday |date=1 May 2024 |access-date=16 June 2024 }}

|0

|Tornadoes of 2024#April 30 – May 4 (United States)

May 25, 2024

|bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat3}}" | EF3

|NE of Celina, Texas

| bgcolor="#{{storm colour|cat1}}" | EF1

|NNW of Celina, Texas to W of Weston, Texas{{cite web

|url=https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=PNSFWD&e=202405300201

|publisher=National Weather Service Fort Worth, Texas |date=27 May 2024

|access-date=22 June 2024 |title=NWS Damage Survey for May 25th Tornado Event - Update # 2 }}

|0

|Tornado outbreak sequence of May 19–27, 2024

See also

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Notes

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References

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External links

  • [http://www.stormeyes.org/tornado/faq/stlt_tor.html Satellite tornado] (by Roger Edwards)
  • {{cite journal |last = Lemon |first = Leslie R. |author2=A. Stan-Sion |author3=C. Soci |author4=E. Cordoneanu |title = A strong, long-track, Romanian tornado |journal = Atmos. Res. |volume = 67-68 |pages = 391–416 |date = Jul–Sep 2003 |doi = 10.1016/S0169-8095(03)00063-2 |bibcode = 2003AtmRe..67..391L }}

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