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,[1] accounting for slightly under 6% of all tornadoes. The most tornadoes spawned by a single tropical cyclone were associated with Hurricane Ivan, which spawned 120 tornadoes.
Tropical cyclone | Outbreak dates | Tornadoes | Location of tornado(es) | Notes | Refs |
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| August 30–31, 1950 | 2 | Texas | | [3] |
| August 31, 1952 | 3 | Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland | | [4] |
| August 10, 1955 | 4 | South Carolina, North Carolina, Delaware | | |
| August 19, 1955 |
| Pennsylvania | | |
| September 24, 1956 |
| Florida, Georgia, South Carolina | | |
| June 27, 1957 |
| Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Tennessee | | [5] |
| July 10, 1959 | 11 | North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Georgia | | |
| July 24, 1959 | 5 | Oklahoma, Texas | | |
| September 29, 1959 | 7 | South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania | | |
| October 17, 1959 | 1 | Florida | | |
| September 10, 1960 | 5 | Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina | | |
| September 15, 1960 | 6 | Florida, Alabama | | |
| September 10, 1961 | 21 | Texas, Louisiana, Georgia, Michigan, Arkansas | F4 killed 8 in Galveston, Texas vicinity; one of only two hurricane-spawned violent tornado | [6] |
| August 27, 1964 | 12 | Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina | | [7] |
| September 12, 1964 | 3 | South Carolina, North Carolina | | [8] |
| October 3, 1964 | 12 | Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina | F4 killed 22 in Larose, Louisiana vicinity; one of only two hurricane-spawned violent tornado | [9] |
| October 14, 1964 | 9 | Florida | | |
| September 8, 1965 | 7 | Florida, Alabama, Mississippi | | [10] |
| June 8, 1966 | 5 | Florida, Mississippi | | |
| October 4, 1966 | 2 | Florida | | |
| September 20, 1967 | 115 | Texas, Mexico | | |
| June 7, 1968 | 4 | North Carolina | | |
| October 17, 1968 | 2 | Florida | | |
| August 17, 1969 | 2 | Florida | | |
| August 31, 1970 | 9 | Texas | | |
| September 16, 1971 | 16 | Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi | | |
| September 10, 1971 | 5 | Texas | | |
| June 18, 1972 | 17 | Florida, Georgia | | |
| September 8, 1974 | 4 | Louisiana | | |
| September 23, 1975 | 5 | Georgia, Florida | | |
| September 5, 1977 | 14 | Louisiana, South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama | | |
| September 3, 1979 | 34 | Florida, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware | | |
| September 12, 1979 | 10 | Alabama, Georgia, Florida | | |
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Tropical cyclone | Date of (first) tornado | Tornadoes | Area affected | Notes | Refs |
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| August 9, 1980 |
| Texas | Costliest tropical cyclone–related tornado in history struck Austin, Texas vicinity inflicting $100 million in damages | |
| June 5, 1981 | 9 | Louisiana, Texas | | [11] |
| August 17, 1981 | 2 | Florida | | |
| August 31, 1981 | 14 | Texas | | [12] |
| August 17, 1983 |
| Texas | | |
| September 5, 1984 | 1 | Florida | | |
| August 15, 1985 |
| Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia | | |
| August 31, 1985 | 10 | Florida | | |
| September 3, 1985 | 1 | Lemery, Batangas, Philippines | | [13] |
| September 27, 1985 | 2 | New Jersey, Massachusetts | | |
| October 28, 1985 | 11 | Florida, Alabama, Mississippi | | |
| June 27, 1986 | 5 | Louisiana | | |
| September 16, 1988 |
| Texas, Mexico | | |
| October 23, 1988 | 1 | Misamis Oriental, Philippines | | [14] |
| August 1, 1989 | 4 | Texas | | |
| September 22, 1989 | 3 | South Carolina, North Carolina | | |
| October 15, 1989 | 5 | Texas | | |
| August 18, 1991 | 5 | North Carolina, New York | | |
| August 16–17, 1994 | 37 | Carolinas, Georgia, Mid Atlantic | | |
| September 1998 | 47 | Alabama, Georgia, Florida | | |
| September 16, 1999 | 14+ | North Carolina | | [15] |
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Tropical cyclone | Date of (first) tornado | Tornadoes | Area affected | Notes | Refs |
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| September 16, 2000 | 11 | Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina | | |
| September 22, 2000 | 13 | Florida, Georgia, South Carolina | | |
| October 6, 2000 | 1 | Texas | | |
| June 11, 2001 | 28 | Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Virginia, Massachusetts, Maine, Texas | | |
| August 2, 2001 | 5 | Florida, Mississippi, Missouri | | |
| September 13, 2001 | 18 | Florida | | |
| November 5, 2001 | 5 | Florida | | |
| September 6, 2002 | 11 | Texas | | |
| September 10, 2002 | 1 | North Carolina | | |
| September 14, 2002 | 2 | Alabama, Georgia | | |
| September 25, 2002 | 10 | Alabama, Florida, Louisiana | | |
| October 3, 2002 | 26 | Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky | | |
| October 8, 2002 | 8 | South Carolina, North Carolina | | |
| August 13, 2004 | 16 | Florida, North Carolina, Virginia | | |
| August 29, 2004 | 33 | | | |
| September 4–8, 2004 | 103* | Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia | | |
| September 16, 2004 | 120 | United States Gulf Coast and Mid-Atlantic Coast | | |
| June 11, 2005 | 3 | Florida, Indiana | | |
| July 5, 2005 | 44 | Southeastern United States | | |
| July 10, 2005 | 10 | Florida and Georgia | | [16] |
| July 20, 2005 | 11 | Texas | | |
| August 25, 2005 | 59 | United States Gulf Coast | | |
| September 24, 2005 | 98 | United States Gulf Coast | | |
| October 6, 2005 | 1 | Georgia, United States | | |
| October 24, 2005 | 8 | Florida | | |
| June 12, 2006 | 17 | Southeastern United States | | |
| August 24, 2006 | 5 | Florida and North Carolina, United States | | [17] |
| June 1–2, 2007 | 4 | Cuba, Florida, United States | | [18] [19] |
| August 16, 2007 | 7 | Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana United States | | |
| September 12, 2007 | 1 | Louisiana, United States | | |
| September 20, 2007 | 2 | Florida, United States | | |
| December 16, 2007 | 2 | Florida, United States | | |
| July 23–24, 2008 | 6 | Texas, United States | | [20] |
| August 18–27, 2008 | 50 | South-eastern United States | | |
| August 31, 2008 | 49 | United States Gulf Coast | | |
| September 6, 2008 | 1 | Pennsylvania and Virginia | | |
| September 9, 2008 | 33 | United States Gulf Coast | | |
| June 24, 2009 | 1 | Samar, Philippines | | [21] | |
Tropical cyclone | Outbreak dates | Tornadoes | Location of tornado(es) | Refs |
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| June 30 – July 2, 2010 | 11 | Texas, United States | [22] |
| September 7–9, 2010 | 13 | Southern United States | |
| February 22, 2011 | 4 | Karratha, Australia | [23] |
| June 30, 2011 | 1 | Texas, United States | [24] |
| August 26, 2011 | 9 | United States East Coast | |
| September 3–7, 2011 | 46 | Southeastern United States | [25] |
| October 29, 2011 | 2 | Florida, United States | |
| May 28–30, 2012 | 4 | Southeastern United States | [26] |
| June 23–27, 2012 | 25 | Florida, United States | [27] |
| August 21 – September 1, 2012 | 32 | Southeastern, Midwestern, and Eastern United States | [28] |
| September 18, 2012 | | Japan | [29] |
| October 28, 2012 | 1 | Bermuda | [30] |
| December 2012 | | Samoa | [31] |
| January 17–29, 2013 | | Queensland, Australia | [32] |
| June 5–7, 2013 | 16 | Cuba, Florida, North Carolina | [33] |
| | | Palawan and Occidental Mindoro, Philippines | [34] |
| | | Quezon, Philippines | [35] |
| | | Japan | [36] [37] |
| | | Japan | [38] [39] |
| June 22, 2017 | 18 | Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey | [40] |
| July 31, 2017 | 18 | Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey | [41] |
| August 25 – September 1, 2017 | 52 | Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee | [42] |
| October 28–29, 2017 | 2 | Florida | [43] [44] |
| May 31, 2018 | 4 | Florida, South Carolina, Ohio | [45] |
| September 5–8, 2018 | 7 | Mississippi, Kentucky, Indiana | [46] |
| September 13–17, 2018 | 44 | North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina | [47] |
| September 14, 2018 | 1 | | [48] |
| October 10, 2018 | 16 | Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia | [49] |
| September 5–6, 2019 | 20 | | [50] |
| October 12, 2019 | 1 | Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, Japan | [51] |
| October 19, 2019 | 3 | | [52] | |