Every F5 and EF5 Tornado in the U.S. Since 1950 (59 in All)

By Twisters.us · Updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we count

The strongest rating a tornado can get. Since 1950 there have been 59, listed here from NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center database.

Date	Rating	Where	Path	Deaths	Injuries
May 20, 2013	EF5 (the Moore tornado)	Cleveland County, OK, McClain County, OK	13.8 mi	24	212
May 24, 2011	EF5	Canadian County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Logan County, OK	63.1 mi	9	181
May 22, 2011	EF5 (the Joplin tornado)	Jasper County, MO, Newton County, MO	21.6 mi	158	1,150
April 27, 2011	EF5	DeKalb County, AL, Dade County, GA	36.6 mi	25	0
April 27, 2011	EF5	Franklin County, AL, Marion County, AL, Itawamba County, MS, Monroe County, MS	37.1 mi	23	137
April 27, 2011	EF5	Franklin County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marion County, AL, [Morgan County	132 mi	72	145
April 27, 2011	EF5	Kemper County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Winston County, MS	28.3 mi	3	6
May 25, 2008	EF5	Black Hawk County, IA, Butler County, IA, Grundy County, IA	41 mi	9	70
May 4, 2007	EF5 (the Greensburg tornado)	Comanche County, KS, Kiowa County, KS	28.8 mi	11	63
May 3, 1999	F5 (the Bridge Creek and Moore tornado)	Cleveland County, OK, Grady County, OK, McClain County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK	37 mi	36	583
April 16, 1998	F5	Giles County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Maury County, TN, Wayne County, TN	69.4 mi	3	36
April 8, 1998	F5	Jefferson County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL	30.3 mi	32	259
May 27, 1997	F5	Williamson County, TX	5.1 mi	27	12
July 18, 1996	F5	Fond du Lac County, WI	13.3 mi	0	12
June 16, 1992	F5	Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN	16 mi	1	35
April 26, 1991	F5	Butler County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS	46 mi	17	225
August 28, 1990	F5	Kendall County, IL, Will County, IL	16.4 mi	29	350
March 13, 1990	F5	Harvey County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Marion County, KS	22 mi	1	0
March 13, 1990	F5	Harvey County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Reno County, KS	48 mi	1	60
May 31, 1985	F5	Portage County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Mercer County, PA	47 mi	18	310
June 7, 1984	F5	Columbia County, WI, Iowa County, WI	36 mi	9	200
April 2, 1982	F5	Choctaw County, OK, McCurtain County, OK	53 mi	0	29
April 4, 1977	F5	Jefferson County, AL	14.7 mi	22	130
June 13, 1976	F5	Boone County, IA, Story County, IA	21.3 mi	0	9
April 19, 1976	F5	Brown County, TX	10.5 mi	0	11
March 26, 1976	F5	Le Flore County, OK	11.9 mi	2	64
April 3, 1974	F5	Lamar County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Marion County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Winston County, AL	79.5 mi	28	272
April 3, 1974	F5	Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Franklin County, TN, Lincoln County, TN	83.3 mi	16	190
April 3, 1974	F5	Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Morgan County, AL	52 mi	28	267
April 3, 1974	F5	Ohio County, IN, Boone County, KY, Hamilton County, OH	20.8 mi	3	210
April 3, 1974	F5	Harrison County, IN, Breckinridge County, KY, Meade County, KY	32 mi	31	270
April 3, 1974	F5 (the Xenia tornado)	Clark County, OH, Greene County, OH	31.3 mi	36	1,150
April 3, 1974	F5	Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Perry County, IN, Scott County, IN, [Washington County, IN](/cou	68 mi	6	86
May 6, 1973	F5	Bosque County, TX, McLennan County, TX	10.6 mi	0	0
February 21, 1971	F5	East Carroll Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, [Leflore County, MS](/counties/leflore-county-	109.2 mi	47	510
May 11, 1970	F5	Lubbock County, TX	8.4 mi	26	500
June 13, 1968	F5	Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Redwood County, MN	9.1 mi	9	150
May 15, 1968	F5	Fayette County, IA	13.1 mi	5	156
May 15, 1968	F5	Butler County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Howard County, IA	62.1 mi	13	462
April 23, 1968	F5	Gallia County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Scioto County, OH	34 mi	7	93
October 14, 1966	F5	Wright County, IA	9.7 mi	6	172
June 8, 1966	F5	Shawnee County, KS	21.1 mi	16	450
March 3, 1966	F5	Pickens County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Hinds County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Leake County, MS, [Neshoba Cou	202.5 mi	58	518
May 8, 1965	F5	Tripp County, SD	30.1 mi	0	1
May 5, 1964	F5	Adams County, NE, Antelope County, NE, Clay County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Polk County, NE, [York County, NE](/counties	79.7 mi	4	50
April 3, 1964	F5	Wichita County, TX	4.7 mi	7	111
May 5, 1960	F5	Creek County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK	71.8 mi	5	81
June 4, 1958	F5	Dunn County, WI, St. Croix County, WI	33.7 mi	21	74
December 18, 1957	F5	Perry County, IL	5.4 mi	1	6
June 20, 1957	F5	Clay County, MN, Cass County, ND	52.4 mi	10	103
May 20, 1957	F5	Franklin County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Miami County, KS, Jackson County, MO	69.4 mi	44	207
April 3, 1956	F5	Allegan County, MI, Kent County, MI, Montcalm County, MI, Ottawa County, MI	58.8 mi	17	292
May 25, 1955	F5	Cowley County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Kay County, OK	56.4 mi	80	273
May 25, 1955	F5	Sumner County, KS, Kay County, OK	28.4 mi	20	280
December 5, 1953	F5	Warren County, MS	9 mi	38	270
June 27, 1953	F5	Adair County, IA	0.1 mi	1	2
June 8, 1953	F5 (the Flint (Beecher) tornado)	Genesee County, MI, Lapeer County, MI	18.9 mi	116	844
May 29, 1953	F5	Emmons County, ND, Morton County, ND	14.8 mi	2	20
May 11, 1953	F5 (the Waco tornado)	McLennan County, TX	20.9 mi	114	597

Patterns

By state: Alabama 9, Kansas 8, Texas 6, Iowa 6, Oklahoma 6, Minnesota 3, Wisconsin 3, Ohio 3.
By decade: 1950s: 12, 1960s: 11, 1970s: 14, 1980s: 3, 1990s: 10, 2000s: 2, 2010s: 7, 2020s: 0.
April 3 and 4, 1974 (the Super Outbreak) alone brought 7 F5 tornadoes.

No tornado was rated EF5 from the Moore, Oklahoma tornado of May 20, 2013 until October 2025, when the National Weather Service upgraded the June 20, 2025 tornado near Enderlin, North Dakota to EF5. NOAA had not added 2025 tornadoes to its final database when we checked, so Enderlin is not in the table yet.