@tornadotalk.bsky.socialCordell, OK F3 #Tornado – October 9, 2001
Oklahoma’s strongest October tornado outbreak produced 19 tornadoes. One F3 tore through Cordell, damaging hundreds of homes. The worst damage was near 9th Street and Crider Road. Nine people were injured.
@tornadotalk.bsky.socialParnell-Grant City-Eagleville, MO F3 #Tornado – October 8, 1958
An F3 damaged dozens of farms and homes across northern Missouri. Shirley Porter was killed in her farm home, while Pete Auten died two days after his pickup was hurled into a ditch.
@tornadotalk.bsky.socialAsheboro, NC F3 #Tornado – October 7, 1965
A tornado struck the Cricket Chair Company in South Asheboro, collapsing the roof and a wall. Clyde Whatley was killed, and four others were injured. The official record rates it F3; Grazulis listed F1.
@tornadotalk.bsky.socialArizona #Tornado Outbreak – October 6, 2010
Eleven tornadoes struck Arizona. An EF3 near Bellemont carved a 30-mile path and derailed 28 train cars, while another EF3 near Tuba City collapsed three massive transmission towers. Seven people were injured.
@tornadotalk.bsky.socialShawnee-Prague-Paden, OK F4 #Tornado – October 5, 1970
An F4 cut a skipping 25-mile path across central Oklahoma. Shawnee suffered widespread damage, and John Coats, Roy Lee Coats, Mrs. Allen Roberts, and Alex Taylor were killed. Prague was also struck.
@tornadotalk.bsky.socialWindsor, CT F4 #Tornado – October 3, 1979
An F4 swept homes from foundations, destroyed businesses, and demolished 16 aircraft at Bradley Air Museum. A 727 approaching the airport pulled out after the pilot spotted the funnel. Three people were killed.
@tornadotalk.bsky.socialVaughan-Lake Gaston, NC F2 #Tornado – October 2, 1969
An F2 damaged a church, store, barns, and trees near Vaughan before reaching Lake Gaston. A witness there reported seeing a sheet of water lifted about 50 feet into the air. No one was injured.
@tornadotalk.bsky.socialCleveland Area, OH F3 #Tornado – September 29, 1966
An F3 moved through the southeast Cleveland area, damaging or destroying about 248 structures. Witnesses described it as “a big pillar.” Twenty-two people were treated for minor injuries.
@tornadotalk.bsky.socialPolk & Jasper Counties, IA F4 #Tornado – September 28, 1986
An F4 tracked 20 miles through rural Iowa, damaging at least 40 homes. Seven were leveled and five more were badly damaged. No one was injured or killed.
@tornadotalk.bsky.socialHollow-Oswego-Chetopa F4 #Tornado – September 27, 1959
A slow-moving F4 crossed from Oklahoma into southeast Kansas. Three farms near Oswego were utterly destroyed. One man was injured, and another died from heart failure while trying to escape.
@tornadotalk.bsky.socialWaupaca, WI F4 #Tornado – September 26, 1951
An F4 swept away three farms north of Waupaca, killing five members of the Rasmussen family. Frances Melliet was also killed near Lebanon. Three others were injured.
@tornadotalk.bsky.socialRixeyville, VA F4 #Tornado – September 24, 2001
An F4 tore through Culpeper and Fauquier Counties. One large brick home was nearly swept away, with debris carried for miles. Three mobile homes were later destroyed near Jeffersonton.
@tornadotalk.bsky.socialCollege Park, MD F3 #Tornado – September 24, 2001
Sisters Colleen and Erin Marlatt were killed when their car was thrown hundreds of yards near the University of Maryland campus. Firefighter Clarence Kreitzer later died of a heart attack during cleanup.
@tornadotalk.bsky.socialLondon-Castleberry-Fairview, AL F2 #Tornado – September 23, 1985
An F2 skipped about 22 miles across Conecuh County, demolishing homes and damaging others. Four people were injured, including an elderly couple whose bedroom was destroyed around them.
@tornadotalk.bsky.socialCrosstown, MO F4 #Tornado – Sept 22, 2006
An F4 reached peak intensity near Crosstown, leveling homes before crossing the Mississippi River into Illinois. Sixty-two homes were destroyed in Perry County, and six people required medical attention.
@tornadotalk.bsky.socialCoon Rapids-Blaine, MN F2 #Tornado – September 21, 2005
An F2 damaged dozens of homes in Coon Rapids and Blaine, leaving 10 uninhabitable. One woman was blown from an upper story into a tree and suffered minor injuries.
@tornadotalk.bsky.socialXenia, OH F4 #Tornado – September 20, 2000
An F4 struck Xenia 26 years after the 1974 tornado, damaging or destroying about 250 homes and more than 40 businesses. One person was killed and about 100 were injured.
@tornadotalk.bsky.socialApalachicola, FL F3 #Tornado – September 19, 1947
An F3 struck shortly after midnight, destroying 27 homes and damaging 31 more. The tornado lasted about 30 seconds and killed two people.
@tornadotalk.bsky.socialRepublic (KS)-Hardy (NE) F3 #Tornado – September 18, 1986
An F3 crossed from Kansas into Nebraska and struck Hardy, where 10 homes and businesses were destroyed and more than 100 other buildings were damaged. Seven people were injured.
@tornadotalk.bsky.socialStanardsville, VA F2 #Tornado – September 17, 2004
Officially rated F2, but our detailed analysis suggests this tornado may have reached F3 intensity. It destroyed homes and flattened large sections of mature forest in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
