Tornado Alley - Number of U.S. Tornadoes Per State

Number of U.S. Tornadoes Per State

These figures, reported by the National Climatic Data Center for the period between January 1, 1950 and July 31, 2009, show the ten most affected states. As reports are taken from individual counties within States, sometimes the same tornado can be reported more than once as it crosses county lines.

  1. Texas: 8049
  2. Kansas: 3809
  3. Oklahoma: 3442
  4. Florida: 3032
  5. Nebraska: 2595
  6. Iowa: 2368
  7. Illinois: 2207
  8. Missouri: 2119
  9. Mississippi: 1972
  10. Alabama: 1844

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