History of tropical cyclone-spawned tornadoes

Intense tropical cyclones usually produce tornadoes, the majority of those weak, especially upon Landfall (meteorology), landfall.

List of tornadoes

These are the tropical cyclones that are known to have spawned tornadoes. The list is most complete for the U.S., but does include other areas. Within the United States 1,163 tornadoes were associated with tropical cyclones, accounting for slightly under 6% of all tornadoes. The most tornadoes spawned by a single tropical cyclone were associated with Hurricane Ivan, which spawned 120 tornadoes.

Pre–1900

1900–1949

1950–1979

1980–1999

2000–2009

2010–2019

2020–2022

See also

* List of tropical cyclones
* List of Atlantic hurricanes
* List of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
* List of F5 and EF5 tornadoes
* List of F4 and EF4 tornadoes
** List of F4 and EF4 tornadoes (2010–2019)
** List of F4 and EF4 tornadoes (2020–present)

References

Further reading

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External links

The Tornado Project


(Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, AOML)

Tropical Cyclone Tornado Research Group
at Saint Louis University

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