List of F5, EF5, and IF5 tornadoes
This is a list of tornadoes which have been officially or unofficially labeled as F5, EF5, IF5, T10-T11, the highest possible ratings on the various tornado intensity scales. These scales – the Fujita scale, the Enhanced Fujita scale, the International Fujita scale, and the TORRO tornado intensity scale – attempt to estimate the intensity of a tornado by classifying the damage caused to natural features and man-made structures in the tornado's path.
The most recent EF5 tornado was the 2025 Enderlin tornado, ending the record 12-year EF5 drought that began after the 2013 Moore tornado.
Background
Each year, more than 2,000 tornadoes are recorded worldwide, with the vast majority occurring in the central United States and Europe. In order to assess the intensity of these events, meteorologist Ted Fujita devised a method to estimate maximum wind speeds within tornadic storms based on the damage caused; this became known as the Fujita scale. The scale ranks tornadoes from F0 to F5, with F0 being the least intense and F5 being the most intense. F5 tornadoes were estimated to have had maximum winds between and.Following two particularly devastating tornadoes in 1997 and 1999, engineers questioned the reliability of the Fujita scale. Ultimately, a new scale was devised that took into account 28 different damage indicators; this became known as the Enhanced Fujita scale. The Enhanced Fujita scale is used predominantly in North America. Most of Europe, on the other hand, uses the TORRO tornado intensity scale, which ranks tornado intensity between T0 and T11; F5/EF5 tornadoes are approximately equivalent to T10 to T11 on the T-Scale.
File:F5 tornado damage example.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.15|F5 damage in Bridge Creek, Oklahoma, from the May 3, 1999, tornado.
In the United States, between 1950 and January 31, 2007, a total of 50 tornadoes were officially rated F5, and since February 1, 2007, a total of 10 tornadoes have been officially rated EF5. Since 1950, Canada has had one tornado officially rated an F5. Outside the United States and Canada, 11 tornadoes have been officially rated F5/EF5/IF5: three in Italy, two each in France and Germany, and one each in Argentina, Australia, the Netherlands, and Paraguay.
Several other tornadoes have also been documented as possibly attaining this status, though they are not officially rated as such. The work of tornado expert Thomas P. Grazulis revealed the existence of several dozen likely F5 tornadoes between 1880 and 1995. Grazulis also called into question the ratings of several tornadoes currently rated F5 by official sources. Many tornadoes officially rated F4/EF4 or equivalent have been disputed and described as actual F5/EF5/T10+ or equivalent tornadoes, and vice versa; since structures are completely destroyed in both cases, distinguishing between an EF4 tornado and an EF5 tornado is often very difficult. Additionally, because tornado ratings are damage-based, many tornadoes capable of causing F5/EF5/T10+ damage, such as those that move through rural areas, may receive lower ratings because their strongest winds do not strike any suitable damage indicators.
Research in the 2020s
In July 2023, the International Fujita scale was officially published, creating a new scale which improved on issues from the Fujita and Enhanced Fujita scales.In March 2024, Anthony W. Lyza, Matthew D. Flournoy, and A. Addison Alford, researchers with the National Severe Storms Laboratory, Storm Prediction Center, CIWRO, and the University of Oklahoma's School of Meteorology, published a paper stating, ">20% of supercell tornadoes may be capable of producing EF4–EF5 damage".
In May 2024, researchers with the University of Western Ontario's Northern Tornado Project and engineering department conducted a case study on the 2018 Alonsa EF4 tornado, the 2020 Scarth EF3 tornado, and the 2023 Didsbury EF4 tornado. In their case study, the researchers assessed extreme damage caused by the tornado which is ineligible for ratings on the or the American Enhanced Fujita scale. In their analysis, it was determined all three tornadoes caused damage well-beyond their assigned EF-scale ratings, with all three tornadoes having EF5-intensity winds. At the end of the analysis, the researchers stated, "the lofting wind speeds given by this model are much higher than the rating based on the ground survey EF-scale assessment. This may be due to the current tendency to bias strong EF5 tornadoes lower than reality, or limitations in conventional EF-scale assessments". However this study also lists a significant limitation to their estimation of wind speed data stating "Notably, the current lift coefficients for vehicles used in this study are based on a purely horizontal wind speed, which generates a lift due to the difference in pressure created on the roof of the vehicle to the undercarriage below the vehicle as the surrounding air moves through it. Therefore, there is a current disconnect in the lift coefficients used for the vehicles in this study and the likely physics causing the initiation of lofting for these objects in a tornadic wind field. It seems likely that more realistic coefficients may decrease the lofting wind speed."
List of events
The tornadoes on this list have been formally rated F5 by an official government source. Unless otherwise noted, the source of the F5 rating is the U.S. National Weather Service, as shown in the archives of the Storm Prediction Center and National Climatic Data Center.Prior to 1950, assessments of F5 tornadoes are based primarily on the work of Thomas P. Grazulis. The NCDC has accepted 38 of his F5 classifications of tornadoes occurring between 1880 and 1950. In addition to the accepted ones, Grazulis rated a further 25 during the same period which were not accepted. Grazulis' work has identified 16 additional F5 tornadoes between 1950 and 1995, with four later being accepted by the NCDC. From 1950 to 1970, tornadoes were assessed retrospectively, primarily using information recorded in government databases, as well as newspaper photographs and eyewitness accounts. Beginning in 1971, tornadoes were rated by the NWS using on-site damage surveys.
As of February 1, 2007, tornadoes in the United States are rated using the Enhanced Fujita scale, which replaced the Fujita scale in order to more accurately correlate tornadic intensity with damage indicators and to augment and refine damage descriptors. No earlier tornadoes will be reclassified on the Enhanced Fujita scale, and no new tornadoes in the United States will be rated on the original Fujita scale. France and Canada also adopted the EF-Scale in subsequent years. The ESSL has been reclassifying older tornado events since the creation of the new International Fujita Scale in 2018, resulting in 5 tornadoes being updated from F5 to IF5.
Official F5/EF5/IF5 tornadoes
Worldwide, a total of 72 tornadoes have been officially rated F5/EF5/IF5: 60 in the United States, two each in France, Italy, and Germany, and one each in Argentina, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, and Paraguay. Of the 60 tornadoes in the United States, 50 are officially rated F5 on the original Fujita scale, and 10 are officially rated EF5 on the Enhanced Fujita scale.In total worldwide, 56 of these tornadoes have been rated F5, 12 have been rated EF5, and eight have been rated IF5. Two have been simultaneously rated EF5 and IF5, and two others have been simultaneously rated F5 and IF5.
F5 tornadoes
Worldwide, 56 tornadoes have the rating of F5 on the Fujita scale.EF5 tornadoes
Worldwide, 10 tornadoes have the rating of EF5 on the Enhanced Fujita scale.IF5 tornadoes
Worldwide, seven tornadoes have the rating of IF5 on the International Fujita scale.Possible F5/EF5/IF5 tornadoes
Because the distinctions between F4/EF4/T9 and F5/EF5/T10 tornadoes are often ambiguous, the official ratings of numerous other tornadoes formally rated below F5/EF5/T10 or equivalent have been disputed, with certain government sources or independent studies contradicting the official record.Previously rated F5/EF5/IF5 or rated F5/EF5/IF5 by others
This list includes tornadoes previously rated F5 or EF5 by the National Weather Service as well as tornadoes rated F5/EF5 by other branches of the United States government, tornado experts, or meteorological research institutions.Possible F5/EF5/IF5 damage
This list includes tornadoes with possible F5 or EF5 damage indicated by the National Weather Service as well as tornadoes with possible F5/EF5 damage by other branches of the United States government, tornado experts, or meteorological research institutions.Possible F5/EF5/IF5 intensity
This list includes tornadoes believed or confirmed to have been at F5 or EF5 intensity. These indications can come from the United States government, Doppler on Wheels, tornado experts, or meteorological research institutions.Possible F5/EF5/IF5 tornadoes with no official rating
Many other tornadoes have never been formally rated by an official government source but have nonetheless been described as F5/EF5/T10+ or equivalent, often by independent studies. Most of these tornadoes occurred prior to 1950, before tornadoes were rated according to standardized damage assessments, and their unofficial classifications as F5/EF5/T10+ or equivalent have been made in retrospect, largely on the basis of photographic analysis and eyewitness accounts. A few, such as the Tri-State Tornado of 1925, are widely accepted as F5/EF5/T10+ tornadoes, despite not being rated as such in official records.This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by participating in discussions about tornadoes for this list.
| Day | Year | Country | Subdivision | Location | Fatalities | Notes | Rated F5/EF5 by |
| United States | Illinois | West Prairie, Christian County | 6 | Many "well built" homes were leveled and farms vanished. Its victims were reportedly carried up to half a mile. This is the earliest estimated F5 that can be verified in the U.S. according to Grazulis. The F5 rating is widely accepted. | NWS, NCDC, Grazulis | ||
| United States | Missouri | Hopkins | 2 | Tornado outbreak of June 1881 – Two farms were completely swept away. May have reached F5 intensity according to Grazulis. | NCDC, Grazulis | ||
| United States | Minnesota | Renville County | 20 | 1881 Minnesota tornado outbreak – According to Grazulis, this tornado was "probably" an F5. Severe damage occurred in Renville County where five farms were completely swept away. | Grazulis | ||
| United States | Iowa | Grinnell | 68 | 1882 Grinnell tornado – Sixteen farms were blown away and the town of Grinnell was devastated, as well as the Grinnell College campus. Debris was carried. Caused 68 fatalities according to Grazulis. | NWS, NCDC, Grazulis | ||
| United States | Minnesota | Rochester | 37 | 1883 Rochester tornado – Numerous homes in Rochester were destroyed, some of which were oblitereted and swept away with the debris finely granulated. Trees were completely debarked, and grass and shrubbery was scoured from the ground. A large metal railroad bridge was completely destroyed and mangled. At least 10 farms outside the city were also completely leveled and swept away, with little debris recovered at some of them. | NWS, Grazulis | ||
| United States | Indiana | Oakville | 8 | Among contemporary meteorologists, this was considered one of the most intense tornadoes observed up to that time. Parts of Oakville "vanished," with house debris scattered for miles. | NWS, NCDC, Grazulis | ||
| United States | Minnesota | Faribault County, Freeborn County, Steele County | 12 | 1892 Southern Minnesota tornado – Entire farms were obliterated, and house timbers were embedded into the ground away from the foundations. | Grazulis | ||
| United States | Wisconsin | Willow Springs | 3 | Two farm complexes were completely swept away. | NCDC, Grazulis | ||
| United States | Iowa | Pomeroy | 71 | Well-built homes were swept away in four counties with F5 damage in the town of Pomeroy. Grass was scoured from the ground, and a metal bridge was torn from its supports. A well pump and of piping were pulled out of the ground. | NWS, NCDC, Grazulis | ||
| United States | Iowa | Kossuth County | 43 | Five farms and a home were swept away, leaving little trace. | NWS, NCDC, Grazulis | ||
| United States | Kansas | Harvey County | 8 | Farms "entirely vanished," with debris carried for miles. | NWS, NCDC, Grazulis | ||
| United States | Iowa | Sioux County | 9 | Farms were swept away, with debris carried for miles. | NWS, Grazulis | ||
| United States | Texas | Sherman | 73 | 1896 Sherman, Texas Tornado – This was one of the most intense tornadoes of the 19th century according to Grazulis. "Extraordinary" damage occurred to farms and 20 homes that were obliterated and swept away. An iron-beam bridge was torn apart and scattered, with one of the beams deeply embedded into the ground. Trees were reduced to debarked stumps, and grass was scoured from lawns in town as well. Several headstones at a cemetery were shattered or thrown up to 250 yards through the air, and a trunk lid from Sherman was found 35 miles away. Reliable reports said that numerous bodies were carried hundreds of yards, and that multiple deaths occurred in 17 different families; seven deaths were in one family alone. | NWS, NCDC, Grazulis | ||
| United States | Kansas, Nebraska | Washington County, Marshall County, Nemaha County, Brown County, Richardson County | 25 | 1896 Seneca–Oneida-Falls City Tornado – An opera house in Seneca was swept away, along with some farms. Entire farms were reportedly swept clean of debris, leaving the areas "bare as the prairie." Damage estimated at $400,000. | NWS, Grazulis | ||
| United States | Michigan | Ortonville, Oakwood | 47 | Tornado outbreak sequence of May 1896 – Houses and farms were leveled and swept away, with debris carried up to away. Trees were completely debarked, with even small twigs stripped bare in some cases. | NWS, NCDC, Grazulis | ||
| United States | Wisconsin | Marathon County | 12 | Twelve farms were flattened. Timber losses totaled 100 million board feet. | Grazulis | ||
| United States | Nebraska, Iowa | Salix | 5 | This tornado impacted several farms, including one where a "fine new residence" was swept completely away. | NCDC | ||
| United States | Wisconsin | St. Croix County, New Richmond | 117 | 1899 New Richmond tornado – This tornado devastated New Richmond, leveling or sweeping away many homes and businesses. A large section of the town was reduced to nothing but scattered debris and house foundations. The three-story brick Nicollet Hotel was completely leveled to the ground. Numerous trees were completely debarked and shorn of their branches. A safe was carried a full block. | Grazulis | ||
| United States | Oklahoma | Snyder | 97 | 1905 Snyder tornado – The town of Snyder was devastated, with many structures swept away. A piano was found in a field outside town, and debris was carried away. | NWS, NCDC, Grazulis | ||
| United States | Michigan | Colling | 5 | Three farms were "wiped out of existence" with only "bits of kindling" remaining on the foundations. | Grazulis | ||
| United States | Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin | Houston County | 4 | A farm was completely leveled, and a child was reportedly carried away. | NCDC | ||
| United States | Nebraska | Cuming County, Thurston County | 3 | 1908 Dixie tornado outbreak – A well-built two-story home was swept away. | NCDC, Grazulis | ||
| United States | Iowa | Fremont County, Page County | 0 | Five farms had all buildings swept away, homes were "absolutely reduced to kindling," and lumber was scattered for miles. | NCDC, Grazulis | ||
| United States | Nebraska | Fillmore County | 11 | Farms vanished, with little left to indicate farmsteads ever existed at some locations. | NCDC, Grazulis | ||
| United States | Oklahoma | Kingfisher County | 2 | Tornado outbreak of April 20–22, 1912 - Entire farms were swept away. | NCDC | ||
| United States | Oklahoma | Kiowa County, Canadian County | 15 | This tornado is only listed as an F5 by a NCDC technical report, and is not listed at all by Grazulis or any other sources, and is therefore a possible typographical error in the report. | NCDC | ||
| United States | Missouri | Creighton | 5 | Two large homes were completely swept away. | Grazulis | ||
| United States | Nebraska | Omaha | 113 | Tornado outbreak sequence of March 1913 – Photo analysis by Grazulis revealed possible F5 damage with many empty foundations throughout Omaha, though it is uncertain if this was a result of the tornado or cleanup efforts following the event. An F4 rating was assigned due to the uncertainty. | Grazulis | ||
| United States | Kansas | Mullinville | 0 | One entire farm was swept completely away and many homes were reportedly leveled. | NWS, NCDC, Grazulis | ||
| United States | Kansas | Andale, Sedgwick | 23 | Tornado outbreak sequence of May 25 – June 1, 1917 – Many structures were swept away, and trees were debarked. The F5 rating is widely accepted. | NWS, NCDC, Grazulis | ||
| United States | Illinois | Pike, Greene, Macoupin, Montgomery, Christian, Shelby, Coles | 101 | Tornado outbreak sequence of May 25 – June 1, 1917 – J. P. Carey estimated winds of over. This tornado family retrospectively estimated to have been an F4. | Carey | ||
| United States | Kansas | Kiro, Elmont | 9 | The tornado hit only northwest of downtown Topeka. In the damaged area, homes and farms were swept completely away. A schoolhouse was reduced to an empty stone foundation. Trees were debarked, and heavy farm machinery was carried for miles. Rated F4 by Grazulis. | NCDC | ||
| United States | Iowa | Crawford County, Greene County | 6 | At least two farms were swept away, and house foundations were left bare. Mattresses from the homes were transported. | NWS, NCDC, Grazulis | ||
| United States | Iowa | Boone County, Story County | 9 | A large tornado completely swept away two entire farms. Mentioned as a possible F5 by Grazulis. | Grazulis | ||
| United States | Minnesota | Fergus Falls | 59 | 1919 Fergus Falls tornado – This tornado produced extreme damage in Fergus Falls. A three-block-wide swath was leveled, with some homes swept away. Several summer homes were swept away into Lake Alice. A train station was swept away, railroad tracks were ripped from the ground, and a large three-story hotel was completely leveled. Numerous small trees were completely debarked. | NCDC, Grazulis | ||
| United States | Indiana, Ohio | Jackson Township, West Liberty, Van Wert | 17 | 1920 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak – Farms were leveled and swept away in Indiana and Ohio. Some homes had their floors dislodged and moved some distance. Mentioned as a possible F5 by Grazulis. | NWS, Grazulis | ||
| Canada | Saskatchewan | Frobisher, Alameda | 4 | "Splendid homes" were swept away and "reduced to splinters." | Grazulis | ||
| United States | Texas, Arkansas | Harrison County, Pike County, Hempstead County | 62 | This tornado family tracked for, killing at least 59 people, and reached a peak width of. Many homes were leveled, some of which were swept away and scattered across fields. A large concrete fireplace was shifted, and a vehicle was thrown and partially buried into the soil. Tornado is not listed as an F5 by Grazulis. | NCDC | ||
| United States | Tennessee | Pinson | 20 | An entire section of the town was swept away. Bodies or body parts were found up to away. This is the first of the six potential F5/EF5 intensity tornadoes to hit Tennessee on record. | NCDC, Grazulis | ||
| United States | Texas | Big Spring | 23 | A large ranch home and farms were swept away. | Grazulis | ||
| United States | North Dakota | Hettinger | 8 | Some ranch homes had possible F5 damage. | Grazulis | ||
| United States | Wisconsin | Clark County, Taylor County | 18 | 20 farms were destroyed, some of which were obliterated. An entire wall of a home was carried for. Considered to be a probable F5 by Grazulis. | Grazulis | ||
| United States | Missouri, Illinois, Indiana | Ellington, Annapolis, Biehle, Gorham, Murphysboro, De Soto, West Frankfort, Parrish, Griffin, Owensville, Princeton | 695 | 1925 Tri-State tornado – This was the deadliest and longest-tracked single tornado in U.S. history, producing the highest tornado-related death toll in a single U.S. city and the largest such toll in a U.S. school. Thousands of structures were destroyed, with hundreds of homes swept away along the path, especially in Illinois and Indiana. The towns of Murphysboro, West Frankfort, Gorham, and Griffin were devastated, along with numerous other small towns and communities. Gorham and Griffin were destroyed entirely, with every single structure in Gorham leveled or swept away. Trees were debarked, debris was finely granulated, and deep ground scouring was noted in several areas as well. A Model T Ford was thrown a long distance and stripped, railroad tracks were ripped from the ground at multiple locations along the path, and a large, 80 foot coal tipple weighing hundreds of tons was blown over and rolled. The F5 rating is widely accepted. | NWS, NCDC, Grazulis | ||
| United States | Tennessee, Kentucky | Buck Lodge , Keytown , Oak Grove , Angeltown , Liberty , Holland , Beaumont | 41 | Tri-State tornado outbreak – This event was believed to have been a tornado family and is regarded as one of the most powerful tornadoes to affect Middle Tennessee. Bodies were mangled and hurled hundreds of yards, homes were obliterated, and ground scouring occurred. The tornado may have reached F5 intensity. | NWS | ||
| United States | Iowa | Pottawattamie County, Harrison County | 0 | Nineteen buildings on two farms reportedly "vanished". This tornado took nearly the same path as the next one, below. It is described as a "possible" F5. | Grazulis | ||
| United States | Iowa | Pottawattamie County, Harrison County | 1 | Parts of two farms and some homes swept away, but they may have been hit by both tornadoes, thus the uncertainty of a possible F5. | Grazulis | ||
| United States | Texas | Rocksprings | 74 | 1927 Rocksprings tornado – This massive tornado swept away or leveled 235 out of 247 structures, more than 90% of the town, killing or injuring a third of the population. Many of the structures were reduced to bare foundations, leaving "no trace of lumber or contents." Acres of ground were "swept bare" in some parts of town. | NWS, Grazulis | ||
| United States | Kansas | Barber County, McPherson County | 10 | Tornado outbreak of May 1927 – Many farms were destroyed and some were swept completely away. | NWS, NCDC, Grazulis | ||
| United States | Kansas | Dunlap, Lebo | 3 | Two farms incurred possible F5-level damage. | Grazulis | ||
| United States | Nebraska | Cuming County, Thurston County, Dakota County | 5 | Three rural schools houses were obliterated, at least one was "swept entirely away". Possible F5 damage, according to Grazulis, was in an area where two farms "were completely leveled". 66 homes and at least another 450 buildings were damaged or destroyed. The tornado caused $1 million in damages. | Grazulis | ||
| United States | Arkansas | Sneed | 23 | Sneed Tornado – This tornado is considered the only F5 on record in Arkansas. It destroyed the Sneed community, reduced homes to "splinters", and made a "clean sweep" of the area. Huge trees were snapped or torn apart. | NWS, Grazulis | ||
| United States | Nebraska | Tryon | 8 | Two farms were swept away. | NCDC, Grazulis | ||
| Canada | Saskatchewan | Benson | 1 | Several structures were leveled. | Grazulis | ||
| United States | Mississippi | Tupelo | 216 | 1936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak – This tornado leveled and swept away many large and well-constructed houses, killing entire families. A concrete war monument was toppled and broken, with nearby brick gate posts snapped off at the base. Granulated structural debris was scattered and wind-rowed for miles east of the city. Pine needles were reportedly driven into tree trunks as well. | NWS, Grazulis | ||
| United States | Nebraska | Oshkosh | 3 | A school disintegrated, and two farms were swept away. Dead bodies were carried away. | NCDC, Grazulis | ||
| United States | Texas | Clyde | 14 | All nine homes in a small subdivision "literally vanished", with bodies carried up to away. A car engine, found nearby, was carried for a similar distance. 19 railroad cars were "tossed like toys." | Grazulis | ||
| United States | Oklahoma, Kansas | Woodward County, Barber County | 7 | Homes and entire farms were swept away, and cars were carried for hundreds of yards. | NCDC, Grazulis | ||
| United States | Minnesota | Hennepin County, Anoka County | 9 | Homes were swept away in Champlin and Anoka. A car was tossed and smashed to pieces. As the tornado crossed the Mississippi River, witnesses reported that so much water was sucked into the air that the riverbed was briefly exposed, and that the flow of water was stopped until the tornado reached the opposite bank. Tornado is not listed as an F5 by Grazulis. | NCDC | ||
| United States | Louisiana | Amite | 3 | This tornado produced possible F5 damage to a "large new home," killing the couple inside. | Grazulis | ||
| United States | Illinois | Peoria County, Marshall County | 8 | Tornado outbreak of March 16–17, 1942 – Many homes were swept away in the town of Lacon, Illinois, and a rural farmhouse sustained F5-level damage. | NWS, NCDC, Grazulis | ||
| United States | Kansas | Oberlin | 15 | Three farms were obliterated, with all buildings and several inches of topsoil swept away. Debris from homes was granulated into splinters "no larger than match sticks." | NWS, NCDC, Grazulis | ||
| United States | South Dakota, Minnesota | Wilmot | 8 | 1944 South Dakota–Minnesota tornado outbreak - Farms were swept away with no visible debris left. | NWS, Grazulis | ||
| United States | Wisconsin, Illinois | Grant County, Stephenson County | 9 | This long-tracked tornado or tornado family destroyed many homes in both Wisconsin and Illinois. Hundreds of cattle were killed. Rated F4 by Grazulis. | NCDC | ||
| United States | Oklahoma | Antlers | 69 | Tornado outbreak of April 12, 1945 – Six hundred buildings were destroyed, and some areas were swept clean of all debris. The F5 rating is widely accepted. | NCDC, Grazulis | ||
| United States | Texas, Oklahoma | Glazier, Higgins, Woodward | 181 | 1947 Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornado outbreak – Several towns were partially or totally destroyed. Most structures in Glazier were swept away, where shrubbery was debarked, ground scouring occurred, and vehicles were thrown hundreds of yards. In Higgins, a lathe was ripped from its anchors and broken in half. A boiler tank in Woodward was thrown a block and a half. The F5 rating is widely accepted. | NWS, NCDC, Grazulis | ||
| United States | Missouri | Worth | 14 | Most of Worth was destroyed. Half of a brick building remained standing in the village. Considered to be a possible F5 by Grazulis. | Grazulis | ||
| United States | Oklahoma | Leedey | 6 | This tornado reportedly left more intense damage than the previous event did in Woodward. Many structures were swept away, leaving no debris or grass in some areas. Yards at some residences were stripped of their lawns and all vegetation, and several inches of topsoil were removed as well. The F5 rating is widely accepted, though the tornado was very slow-moving, which may have exacerbated the level of destruction to some extent. | NWS, Grazulis | ||
| United States | Illinois, Indiana | Palestine | 4 | A restaurant was leveled, and cars in the parking lot were thrown up to away from where they originated. Rated F4 by Grazulis. | NCDC | ||
| Australia | New South Wales | Bulahdelah | 0 | Bulahdelah tornado – Never officially rated, but is thought to have reached F4 or F5 intensity. Left a damage path long and wide through the Bulahdelah State Forest. According to reports, the tornado threw a tractor weighing through the air, depositing it upside-down. It is estimated that the tornado destroyed over one million trees. | Pending |