List of tropical cyclones spawning tornadoes

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

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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,^[1] 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

Tropical cyclone	Outbreak dates	Tornadoes	Location of tornado(es)	Notes	Refs
Unnamed	September 10, 1811	1	South Carolina		[2]
Unnamed	June 30, 1814	1	South Carolina		[2]
Unnamed	September 10, 1882	*3	Florida		[2]
Unnamed	October 4, 1885	*1	New Jersey		[2]
Unnamed	October 11, 1885	*1	Florida		[2]
Unnamed	July 6, 1891	*4	Louisiana, Mississippi		[2]
Unnamed	September 13, 1892	*4	North Carolina, South Carolina		[2]
1893 Sea Islands hurricane	August 28, 1893	*1	North Carolina		[2]
Unnamed	September 7, 1893	*1	Louisiana		[2]
Unnamed	October 4, 1899	*1	Georgia		[2]

1900–1949

Tropical cyclone	Outbreak dates	Tornadoes	Location of tornado(es)	Notes	Refs
1900 Galveston hurricane	September 7, 1900	*2	Georgia		[2]
Hurricane Four (1915)	September 4, 1915	*2	Georgia, Virginia		[2]
1916 Gulf Coast hurricane	July 6, 1916	*11	Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi		[2]
1916 Charleston hurricane	July 15, 1916	*1	South Carolina		[2]
1916 Pensacola hurricane	October 18, 1916	*4	Alabama		[2]
Unnamed	October 29, 1917	*4	South Carolina, Virginia		[2]
1919 Florida Keys hurricane	September 10, 1919	*1	Florida		[2]
1919 Florida Keys hurricane	September 15, 1919	2	Texas, New Mexico		[2]
Hurricane Two (1921)	September 9, 1921	*6	Texas		[2]
1928 Haiti hurricane	August 10, 1928	*5	South Carolina		[2]
1928 Haiti hurricane	August 15, 1928	*4	South Carolina, North Carolina		[2]
1929 Bahamas hurricane	September 28, 1929	*6	Florida, South Carolina		[2]
1933 Treasure Coast hurricane	September 6, 1933	1	South Carolina		[2]
1933 Cuba–Bahamas hurricane	October 4, 1933	*2	Florida		[2]
Hurricane Three (1934)	July 24, 1934	*8	Texas		[2]
1935 Labor Day hurricane	September 4, 1935	*13	South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland		[2]
1938 Atlantic hurricane season	August 15, 1938	*1	Louisiana		[2]
1940 South Carolina hurricane	August 10, 1940	2	South Carolina		[2]
Tropical Storm Six (1941)	October 20, 1941	*2	Florida		[2]
1944 Cuba–Florida hurricane	October 18, 1944	3	Florida		[2]
1945 Texas hurricane	August 27, 1945	*2	Texas	F3 killed one and injured 15 in Houston	[2]
1945 Homestead hurricane	September 17, 1945	*1	South Carolina		[2]
Tropical Storm Six (1947)	September 19, 1947	*1	Florida	F3 killed two and injured 100 in Apalachicola	[2]
1947 Cape Sable hurricane	October 11, 1947	*4	Florida		[2]
Hurricane Five (1948)	September 4, 1948	1	Georgia, Florida		[2]
September 1948 Florida hurricane	September 21, 1948	*1	Florida		[2]
1948 Miami hurricane	October 5, 1948	*3	Florida		[2]
1949 Florida hurricane	August 28, 1949	*4	North Carolina		[2]
1949 Texas hurricane	October 3, 1949	1	Texas		-

1950–1979

Tropical cyclone	Outbreak dates	Tornadoes	Location of tornado(es)	Notes	Refs
Hurricane Baker	August 30–31, 1950	2	Texas		[2][3]
Hurricane Able	August 31, 1952	3	Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland		[2][4]
Hurricane Connie	August 10, 1955	4	South Carolina, North Carolina, Delaware		[2]
Hurricane Diane	August 19, 1955	*1	Pennsylvania		[2]
Hurricane Flossy	September 24, 1956	*5	Florida, Georgia, South Carolina		[2]
Hurricane Audrey	June 27, 1957	*21	Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Tennessee		[5]
Hurricane Cindy	July 10, 1959	11	North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Georgia		[2]
Hurricane Debra	July 24, 1959	5	Oklahoma, Texas		[2]
Hurricane Gracie	September 29, 1959	7	South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania		[2]
Hurricane Judith	October 17, 1959	1	Florida		[2]
Hurricane Donna	September 10, 1960	5	Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina		[2]
Hurricane Ethel	September 15, 1960	6	Florida, Alabama		[2]
Hurricane Carla	September 10, 1961	21	Texas, Louisiana, Georgia, Michigan, Arkansas	F4 killed 8 in Galveston, Texas vicinity; one of only two hurricane-spawned violent tornado	[6]
Hurricane Cleo	August 27, 1964	12	Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina		[7]
Hurricane Dora	September 12, 1964	3	South Carolina, North Carolina		[8]
Hurricane Hilda	October 3, 1964	12	Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina	F4 killed 22 in Larose, Louisiana vicinity; one of only two hurricane-spawned violent tornado	[9]
Hurricane Isbell	October 14, 1964	9	Florida		[9]
Hurricane Betsy	September 8, 1965	7	Florida, Alabama, Mississippi		[10]
Hurricane Alma	June 8, 1966	5	Florida, Mississippi		[2]
Hurricane Inez	October 4, 1966	2	Florida		[2]
Hurricane Beulah	September 20, 1967	115	Texas, Mexico	Second most tornadoes spawned by a tropical cyclone	[5]
Hurricane Abby	June 7, 1968	4	North Carolina		[2]
Hurricane Gladys	October 17, 1968	2	Florida		[2]
Hurricane Camille	August 17, 1969	2	Florida		[2]
Hurricane Celia	August 31, 1970	9	Texas		[2]
Hurricane Edith	September 16, 1971	16	Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi		[2]
Hurricane Fern	September 10, 1971	5	Texas		[2]
Hurricane Agnes	June 18, 1972	17	Florida, Georgia		[2]
Hurricane Carmen	September 8, 1974	4	Louisiana		[2]
Hurricane Eloise	September 23, 1975	5	Georgia, Florida		[2]
Hurricane Babe	September 5, 1977	14	Louisiana, South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama		[2]
Hurricane David	September 3, 1979	34	Florida, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware		[5]
Hurricane Frederic	September 12, 1979	10	Alabama, Georgia, Florida		[2]

1980–1999

Tropical cyclone	Date of (first) tornado	Tornadoes	Area affected	Notes	Refs
Hurricane Allen	August 9, 1980	*29	Texas	Costliest tropical cyclone–related tornado in history struck Austin, Texas vicinity inflicting $100 million in damages
T. D. #2	June 5, 1981	9	Louisiana, Texas		[11]
Hurricane Dennis	August 17, 1981	2	Florida
T. D. #8	August 31, 1981	14	Texas		[12]
Hurricane Alicia	August 17, 1983	*22	Texas
Hurricane Diana	September 5, 1984	1	Florida
Hurricane Danny	August 15, 1985	*39	Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia
Hurricane Elena	August 31, 1985	10	Florida
Typhoon Tess (Miling)	September 3, 1985	1	Lemery, Batangas, Philippines		[13]
Hurricane Gloria	September 27, 1985	2	New Jersey, Massachusetts
Hurricane Juan	October 28, 1985	11	Florida, Alabama, Mississippi
Hurricane Bonnie	June 27, 1986	5	Louisiana
Hurricane Gilbert	September 16, 1988	*29+	Texas, Mexico
Typhoon Ruby (Unsang)	October 23, 1988	1	Misamis Oriental, Philippines		[14]
Hurricane Chantal	August 1, 1989	4	Texas
Hurricane Hugo	September 22, 1989	3	South Carolina, North Carolina
Hurricane Jerry	October 15, 1989	5	Texas
Hurricane Bob	August 18, 1991	5	North Carolina, New York
Tropical Storm Beryl (1994)	August 16–17, 1994	37	Carolinas, Georgia, Mid Atlantic
Hurricane Georges	September 1998	47	Alabama, Georgia, Florida
Hurricane Floyd	September 16, 1999	14+	North Carolina		[15]

2000–2009

Tropical cyclone	Date of (first) tornado	Tornadoes	Area affected	Notes	Refs
Hurricane Gordon	September 16, 2000	11	Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina
Tropical Storm Helene	September 22, 2000	13	Florida, Georgia, South Carolina
Hurricane Keith	October 6, 2000	1	Texas
Tropical Storm Allison	June 11, 2001	28	Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Virginia, Massachusetts, Maine, Texas
Tropical Storm Barry	August 2, 2001	5	Florida, Mississippi, Missouri
Tropical Storm Gabrielle	September 13, 2001	18	Florida
Hurricane Michelle	November 5, 2001	5	Florida
Tropical Storm Fay	September 6, 2002	11	Texas
Hurricane Gustav	September 10, 2002	1	North Carolina
Tropical Storm Hanna	September 14, 2002	2	Alabama, Georgia
Hurricane Isidore	September 25, 2002	10	Alabama, Florida, Louisiana
Hurricane Lili	October 3, 2002	26	Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky
Hurricane Kyle	October 8, 2002	8	South Carolina, North Carolina
Hurricane Charley	August 13, 2004	16	Florida, North Carolina, Virginia
Hurricane Gaston	August 29, 2004	33
Hurricane Frances	September 4–8, 2004	103*	Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia	Third most tornadoes spawned by a tropical cyclone
Hurricane Ivan	September 16, 2004	120	United States Gulf Coast and Mid-Atlantic Coast	Most tornadoes spawned by a tropical cyclone worldwide, a record for a tornado outbreak in the month of September.
Tropical Storm Arlene	June 11, 2005	3	Florida, Indiana		[1]
Hurricane Cindy	July 5, 2005	44	Southeastern United States
Hurricane Dennis	July 10, 2005	10	Florida and Georgia		[16]
Hurricane Emily	July 20, 2005	11	Texas		[16]
Hurricane Katrina	August 25, 2005	59	United States Gulf Coast	Record tornado outbreak in the month of August.	[1]
Hurricane Rita	September 24, 2005	98	United States Gulf Coast		[1][16]
Tropical Storm Tammy	October 6, 2005	1	Georgia, United States		[16]
Hurricane Wilma	October 24, 2005	8	Florida		[16]
Tropical Storm Alberto	June 12, 2006	17	Southeastern United States		[1]
Hurricane Ernesto	August 24, 2006	5	Florida and North Carolina, United States		[17]
Tropical Storm Barry	June 1–2, 2007	4	Cuba, Florida, United States		[18][19]
Tropical Storm Erin	August 16, 2007	7	Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana United States		[18]
Hurricane Humberto	September 12, 2007	1	Louisiana, United States		[1]
Tropical Depression Ten	September 20, 2007	2	Florida, United States		[18]
Tropical Storm Olga	December 16, 2007	2	Florida, United States		[1][18]
Hurricane Dolly	July 23–24, 2008	6	Texas, United States		[1][20]
Tropical Storm Fay	August 18–27, 2008	50	South-eastern United States		[20]
Hurricane Gustav	August 31, 2008	49	United States Gulf Coast		[20]
Hurricane Hanna	September 6, 2008	1	Pennsylvania and Virginia		[20]
Hurricane Ike	September 9, 2008	33	United States Gulf Coast		[1][20]
Tropical Storm Nangka (Feria)	June 24, 2009	1	Samar, Philippines		[21]

2010–2019

Tropical cyclone	Outbreak dates	Tornadoes	Location of tornado(es)	Refs
Hurricane Alex	June 30 – July 2, 2010	11	Texas, United States	[1][22]
Tropical Storm Hermine	September 7–9, 2010	13	Southern United States	[1]
Cyclone Carlos	February 22, 2011	4	Karratha, Australia	[23]
Tropical Storm Arlene	June 30, 2011	1	Texas, United States	[24]
Hurricane Irene	August 26, 2011	9	United States East Coast	[1]
Tropical Storm Lee	September 3–7, 2011	46	Southeastern United States	[25]
Hurricane Rina	October 29, 2011	2	Florida, United States	[1]
Tropical Storm Beryl	May 28–30, 2012	4	Southeastern United States	[26]
Tropical Storm Debby	June 23–27, 2012	25	Florida, United States	[27]
Hurricane Isaac	August 21 – September 1, 2012	32	Southeastern, Midwestern, and Eastern United States	[28]
Typhoon Sanba (Karen)	September 18, 2012	Several	Japan	[29]
Hurricane Sandy	October 28, 2012	1	Bermuda	[30]
Cyclone Evan	December 2012	Several	Samoa	[31]
Cyclone Oswald	January 17–29, 2013	Several	Queensland, Australia	[32]
Tropical Storm Andrea	June 5–7, 2013	16	Cuba, Florida, North Carolina	[33]
Tropical Storm Bebinca (Fabian)	June 20, 2013	2	Palawan and Occidental Mindoro, Philippines	[34]
Severe Tropical Storm Rumbia (Gorio)	June 29, 2013	1	Quezon, Philippines	[35]
Severe Tropical Storm Toraji	September 4, 2013	3	Japan	[36][37]
Typhoon Man-yi	September 15–16, 2013	10	Japan	[36][38][39]
Tropical Storm Cindy	June 22, 2017	18	Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey	[40]
Tropical Storm Emily	July 31, 2017	18	Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey	[41]
Hurricane Harvey	August 25 – September 1, 2017	52	Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee	[42]
Tropical Storm Philippe	October 28–29, 2017	2	Florida	[43][44]
Tropical Storm Alberto	May 31, 2018	4	Florida, South Carolina, Ohio	[45]
Tropical Storm Gordon	September 5–8, 2018	7	Mississippi, Kentucky, Indiana	[46]
Hurricane Florence	September 13–17, 2018	44	North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina	[47]
Typhoon Mangkhut (Ompong)	September 14, 2018	1	Marikina, Metro Manila, Philippines	[48]
Hurricane Michael	October 10, 2018	16	Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia	[49]
Hurricane Dorian	September 5–6, 2019	20	North Carolina, South Carolina	[50]
Typhoon Hagibis	October 12, 2019	1	Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, Japan	[51]
Tropical Storm Nestor	October 19, 2019	3	Florida	[52]

2020–present

Tropical cyclone	Outbreak dates	Tornadoes	Location of tornado(es)	Refs
Severe Tropical Cyclone Harold	April 8, 2020	Several	Fiji	[53]
Tropical Storm Cristobal	June 6, 2020	13	Florida, Illinois, Ohio	[54]
Tropical Storm Fay	July 11, 2020	1	Maine	[55]
Hurricane Hanna	July 26, 2020	5	Texas	[56][57]
Hurricane Isaias	August 3–4, 2020	39	East Coast of the United States	[58]
Hurricane Laura	August 27–28, 2020	16	Gulf Coast of the United States
Hurricane Sally	September 16–18, 2020	23	Southern United States
Subtropical Storm Alpha	September 18, 2020	2	Portugal
Tropical Storm Beta	September 25, 2020	1	South Carolina
Hurricane Delta	October 8–11, 2020	14	Southern United States
Cyclone Yaas	May 25, 2021	2	West Bengal	[59][60]
Tropical Storm Claudette	June 19–20, 2021	9	Southern United States	[61]
Hurricane Elsa	July 6–9, 2021	17	East Coast of the United States
Tropical Storm Fred	August 17–19, 2021	30	East Coast of the United States
Hurricane Ida	August 29–September 2, 2021	29	Southeastern to Mid-Atlantic to Northeastern United States
Tropical Storm Alex	June 3, 2022	2	Cuba	[62]
Typhoon Chaba (Caloy)	June 28, 2022	3	Shantou, Chaozhou, and Foshan	[63][64][65]
Hurricane Ian	September 27–28, 2022	15	Florida, North Carolina	[66]
Hurricane Idalia	August 30, 2023	12	Florida
Typhoon Ewiniar (Aghon)	May 26, 2024	1	Lavezares, Northern Samar, Philippines	[67]
Hurricane Beryl	July 8–10, 2024	68	Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Kentucky, Indiana, New York, Ontario	[68][69]
Hurricane Debby	August 4–8, 2024	24	Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware
Hurricane Helene	September 25–27, 2024	31	Southeastern to Mid-Atlantic United States.	[70][71]
Hurricane Milton	October 9–10, 2024	45	Florida	[72]
Typhoon Man-yi (Pepito)	November 17, 2024	2	Aparri and Pamplona, Cagayan.	[73]

See also

• Lists of Atlantic hurricanes
• List of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
• List of F5, EF5, and IF5 tornadoes
• List of F4, EF4, and IF4 tornadoes
  • List of F4 and EF4 tornadoes (2000–2009)
  • List of F4 and EF4 tornadoes (2010–2019)
  • List of F4, EF4, and IF4 tornadoes (2020–present)