What is the Tornado History Project?

The Tornado History Project is a searchable database of every U.S. tornado from 1950-2007*. There are over 50,000 tornadoes in the database, each with its own map and forum. And it's all free! Be sure to log in to get access to all the great features of the site.

All visitors can:

• Search the tornado database by date, state, county, or Fujita rating.
• View search results in a table, showing all available statistics (Fujita rating, Fatalities, etc...) for each tornado
• View search results on an interactive tornado map, including approximate tornado paths
• Read eyewitness accounts or view tornado photos and videos in the tornado forums

Logged in users (registration is free) can:

• View enhanced tornado paths for select tornadoes
• Post comments, tornado photos, or tornado videos in the tornado forums
• Get notified when users post comments to specifc tornado forums
• Export tornado data to .csv
• Surf without advertisements
• Correlate tornado statistics to the SPC historical archive
• and more...

Latest Blog Posts

The SPC Archive and the Tornado History Project (read more...)

Enhanced Paths Explained (read more...)

Major Upgrade to Tornado History Project (read more...)

2004 Time Errors fixed (read more...)

Searches Now Easier Than Ever (read more...)