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tropical cyclone A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system with a low-pressure area, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depending on its locat ...
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tornado A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with the surface of Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. It is often referred to as a twister, whirlwind or cyclone, although the ...
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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, accounting for slightly under 6% of all tornadoes. The most tornadoes spawned by a single tropical cyclone were associated with
Hurricane Ivan Hurricane Ivan was a large, long-lived, and devastating tropical cyclone that caused widespread damage in the Caribbean and United States. The ninth named storm, the sixth hurricane, and the fourth major hurricane of the active 2004 Atlantic h ...
, which spawned 120 tornadoes.


Pre–1900


1900–1949


1950–1979


1980–1999


2000–2009


2010–2019


2020–present


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) Building destroyed north of the Norris School district caused by an 2004 Hallam tornado, enormous F4 tornado in Hallam, Nebraska in 2004. This is a list of tornadoes which have been officially labeled as F4, EF4, IF4, or an equivalent rating duri ...
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List of F4 and EF4 tornadoes (2010–2019) file:Yazoo City tornado damage.JPG, A sign on the ground near a destroyed house in Yazoo City, Mississippi after the 2010 Yazoo City tornado. This is a list of tornadoes that have been officially or unofficially labeled as F4, EF4, IF4, or an e ...
** List of F4, EF4, and IF4 tornadoes (2020–present)


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Further reading

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External links


The Tornado Project


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Tornadoes A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with the surface of Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. It is often referred to as a twister, whirlwind or cyclone, although the ...
Tornadoes A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with the surface of Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. It is often referred to as a twister, whirlwind or cyclone, although the ...
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