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Description2021 U.S. Tornadoes map.jpg	English: This map shows the touchdown locations of all confirmed tornadoes in the United States in 2021, as of October 31, color-coded by their rating on the Enhanced Fujita scale. Tornadoes were mapped using information from storm surveys from local National Weather Service (NWS) offices. This map may not reflect the most recent tornadoes, especially if damage survey results are pending. Sources: January 1 NWS Peachtree City, Georgia January 4 NWS Sacramento, California: [1], [2], [3] January 6 NWS Houston/Galveston, Texas, NWS Lake Charles, Louisiana January 25 NWS Birmingham, Alabama NWS Memphis, Tennessee January 27 NWS, Tallahassee, Florida January 30 NWS Tulsa, Oklahoma: [4], [5], [6], [7], [8] February 6 NWS Melbourne, Florida February 13 NWS Tampa Bay, Florida NWS Jacksonville, Florida February 15 NWS Tallahasee, Florida: [9], [10] NWS Jacksonville, Florida NWS Wilmington, North Carolina February 28 NWS Shreveport, Louisiana NWS Louisville, Kentucky NWS Jackson, Kentucky March 1 NCEI Storm Events Database March 12 NCEI Storm Events Database: [11], [12] March 13 NWS Amarillo, Texas:[13], Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS Lubbock, Texas: [14], Damage Assessment Toolkit NCEI Storm Events Database: [15], [16], [17], [18], [19], [20], [21], [22], [23], [24], [25], [26], [27], [28], [29], [30], [31], [32], [33], [34], [35] March 14 NCEI Storm Events Database: [36], [37] March 15 NWS Kansas City, Missouri (Damage Assessment Toolkit) NCEI Storm Sevents Database: [38], [39] March 16 NCEI Storm Events Database [40], [41] March 17 NWS Mobile, Alabama: [42], [43] NWS Birmingham, Alabama NWS Jackson, Mississippi: [44], Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS Shreveport, Louisiana (Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS New Orleans, Louisiana (Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS Little Rock, Arkansas NWS Springfield, Missouri (Damage Assessment Toolkit) NCEI Storm Events Database: [45], [46] March 18 NWS Tallahassee, Florida (Damage Assessment Toolkit) NWS Raleigh, North Carolina: [47], [48], [49] NWS Wakefield, Virginia NCEI Storm Events Database: [50], [51], [52] March 19 NWS Portland, Oregon March 22 NCEI Storm Events Database: [53] March 23 NWS Austin/San Antonio, Texas NWS Quad Cities Iowa/Illinois NCEI Storm Events Database March 24 NCEI Storm Events Database: [54], [55] March 25 NWS Birmingham, Alabama: [56], Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS Mobile, Alabama NWS Jackson, Mississippi NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina NWS Nashville, Tennessee NWS Louisville, Kentucky [57], [58], [59] NWS Peachtree City, Georgia NCEI Storm Events Database: [60], [61], [62], [63] March 26 NCEI Storm Events Database March 27 NWS Memphis, Tennessee: [64], [65], [66], Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS Shreveport, Louisiana (Damage Assessment Toolkit) NWS Saint Louis, Missouri NWS Little Rock, Arkansas NCEI Storm Events Database: [67], [68], [69], [70], [71] March 28 NWS Huntsville, Alabama March 30 NWS Jackson, Mississippi NWS Shreveport, Louisiana NCEI Storm Events database March 31 NWS Memphis, Tennessee NWS Birmingham, Alabama NWS Huntsville, Alabama April 7 NWS Shreveport, Louisiana NWS Jackson, Mississippi NWS Quad Cities, Iowa/Illinois NWS Lake Charles, Louisiana April 8 NWS New Orleans, Louisiana NWS Nashville, Tennessee NWS Morristown, Tennessee April 9 NWS Jackson, Mississippi NWS Shreveport, Louisiana April 10 NWS Lake Charles, Louisiana: NWS Jackson, Mississippi [72], [73] NWS Tallahassee, Florida NWS Grand Rapids, Michigan NWS Tampa Bay, Florida NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, NC: [74], [75], [76], [77], NCEI storm events: [78] April 18 NWS Jacksonville, Florida April 21 NWS Albany, New York April 23 NWS Norman, Oklahoma NCEI storm events:[79], [80], [81], [82], [83], [84], [85] April 24 NWS Tallahassee, Florida: [86], Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS Jacksonville, Florida: [87], Damage Assessment Toolkit April 25 NWS Jakcsonville, Florida NWS Sacramento, California: [88], [89], [90] NCEI storm events: [91], [92] April 27 NWS Denver, Colorado NWS Norman, Oklahoma NCEI Storm Events: [93], [94], [95], [96], [97], [98], [99], [100], [101], [102], [103], [104], [105] April 28 NWS Norman, Oklahoma NWS Tulsa, Oklahoma: [106], Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS Springfield, Missouri: Damage Assessment Toolkit, Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS Paducah, Kentucky (Damage Assessment Toolkit) NWS Austin/San Angelo, Texas (Damage Assessment Toolkit) NWS Lincoln, Illinois (Damage Assessment Toolkit) NCEI Storm Events: [107], [108] May 2 NWS Birmingham, Alabama NWS SHreveport, Louisiana NWS Jackson, Mississippi: [109], Damage assessment Toolkit NWS Hastings, Nebraska: [110], Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS Memphis, Tennessee: [111], [112], [113], NCEI Storm Events: [114], [115], [116], [117], [118], [119], https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=959697], [120], [121], [122], [123], [124], [125], [126], [127], [128], [129], [130], [131], [132], [133], [134], [135], [136], [137], [138], [139], [140], [141], May 3 NWS Louisville, Kentucky NWS Peachtree City, Georgia NWS Nashville, Tennessee (Damage Assessment Toolkit) NWS Greenville/Spartanburg, South Carolina: [142], [143] NWS Wakefield, Virginia: [144], Damage Assessment Toolkit. NWS Lincoln, Illinois NWS Baltimore, Maryland/Washington D.C.: [145], [146], [147], Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS Fort Worth, Texas NWS Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania NWS Tulsa, Oklahoma NCDC Storm Events: [148], [149], [150], [151], [152], [153], [154], [155], [156], [157], [158], [159], [160], [161], [162], [163], [164], [165], [166], [167], https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=959710], [168], [169], [170], [171], [172], [173], [174], [175], [176] May 4 NWS Paducah, Kentucky: [177], [178], [179], [180], [181], [182], [183], Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS Nashville, Tennessee: [184], Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS Jackson, Mississippi: [185], Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS Peachtree City, Georgia NWS State College, Pennsylvania NWS Columbia, South Carolina NWS Birmingham, Alabama NCDC Storm Events: [186], [187], [188], [189], [190], [191], [192], [193], [194], [195], [196], [197], [198], [199], [200], [201], [202], [203], [204], [205], [206], [207], [208], [209], [210], [211], [212], [213], [214], [215], [216], [217], [218], [219], [220], [221], [222], [223], [224], [225], [226], [227], [228], [229], [230], [231] May 5 NWS Omaha/Valley, Nebraska: [232], [233], [234] NWS Hastings, Nebraska NCEI Storm Events [235], [236], [237] May 6 NCEI Storm Events: [238], [239], [240], [241] May 7 NCEI Storm Events: [242] May 9 NWS Memphis, Tennessee NWS Nashville, Tennessee NCEI Storm Events: [243], [244], [245] May 10 NWS Raleigh, North Carolina NCEI Storm Events: [246], [247] May 11 NCEI Storm Events: [248], [249] May 12 NWS New Orleans, Louisiana May 13 NCEI Storm Events: [250] May 14 NCEI Storm Events: [251] May 15 NCEI Storm Events: [252], [253], [254], [255], [256], [257], [258], [259], [260], [261], [262] May 16 NWS Forth Worth, Texas NWS Pueblo, Colorado NWS San Angelo, Texas NCEI Storm Events: [263], [264], [265], [266], [267], [268], [269], [270] May 17 NWS Amarillo, Texas NWS San Angelo, Texas: [271], [272], Damage Assessment Toolkit NCEI Storm Events: [273], [274], [275], [276], [277], [278], [279], [280], [281], [282], [283], [284], [285], [286], [287] May 18 NWS New Orleans, Louisiana NWS Jackson, Mississippi NWS Austin/San Antonio, Texas: [288], [289] NWS Midland/Odessa, Texas: [290], [291], Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS Little Rock, Arkansas NCEI Storm Events: [292], [293], [294], [295], [296], [297], [298], [299], [300], [301] May 19 NWS Bismarck, North Dakota: [302], [303] NWS New Orleans, Louisiana NWS Twin Cities, Minnesota: [304], Damage Assessment Toolkit NCEI Storm Events: [305], [306], [307], [308], [309], [310], [311], [312], [313], [314] May 20 NWS Shreveport, Louisiana NWS Des Moines, Iowa (Damage Assessment Toolkit) NWS Springfield, Misssouri (Damage Assessment Toolkit) NCEI Storm Events: [315], [316], [317], [318] May 22 NCEI Storm Events: [319], [320], [321], [322], [323], [324], [325], [326], [327] May 23 NWS Rapid City, South Dakota: [328], Damage Assessment Toolkit NCEI Storm Events: [329], [330], [https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=955451, [331], [332], [333], [334], [335], [336], [337], [338] May 24 NWS Goodland, Kansas NCEI Storm Events: [339], [340], [341], [342], [343], [344], [345], [346] May 26 NWS Goodland, Kansas NWS Dodge City, Kansas (Damage Assessment Toolkit) NWS Wichita, Kansas NWS Cheyenne, Wyoming NWS Amarillo, Texas NCEI Storm Events: [347], [348], [349], [350], [351], [352], [353], [354], [355], [356], [357], [358], [359], [360], [361], [362], [363], [364], [365], [366] May 27 NWS Springfield, Missouri (Damage Assessment Toolkit) NWS Tulsa, Oklahoma May 28 NWS Shreveport, Louisana NWS Nashville, Tennessee: [367], [368] NWS Midland/Odessa, Texas May 29 NWS Grand Junction, Colorado NCEI Storm Events: [369], [370] May 30 NCEI Storm Events: [371], [372], [373], [374], [375], [376], [377], [378], [379], [380], [381], [382] May 31 NWS Midland/Odessa, Texas NCEI Storm Events: [383], https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=953282[] June 1 NCEI Storm Events June 2 NWS Newport/Morehead City, North Carolina NWS Wilmington, North Carolina: [384], [385], [386], [387], [388] NCEI Storm Events: [389], [390], [391], [392] June 3 NWS Wilmington, North Carolina NWS Binghamton, New York NWS Baltimore, Maryland/Washington D.C. NCEI Storm Events [393], [394] June 6 NCEI Storm Events June 7 NWS Denver/Boulder Colorado:[395], Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS Shreveport, Louisiana (Damage Assessment Toolkit) NCEI Storm Events [396], [397], [398], [399] June 8 NWS Shreveport, Louisiana NWS Paducah, Kentucky: [400], [401], [402] NCEI Storm Events: [403], [404], [405], [406], [407], [408], [409], [410], [411] June 9 NWS Gaylord, Michigan NWS Little Rock, Arkansas NCEI storm events [412], [413], [414] June 10 NCEI Storm Events: [415], [416], [417], [418] June 11 NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill, Missouri NWS Wilmington, Ohio NCEI Storm Events: [419], [420], [421] June 12 NWS Alburquerque, New Mexico (Damage Assesment Toolkit) NCEI Storm Events: [422], [423] June 13 NCEI Storm Events June 14 NWS Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania June 16 NCEI Storm Events June 17 NCEI Storm Events June 18 NWS Northern Indiana NWS Wilmington, Ohio: [424], [425], [426] NWS Lincoln, Illinois: [427], Damage Assessment Toolkit June 19 NWS New Orleans, Louisiana: [428], Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS Mobile, Alabama: [429], [430], [431], Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS Tallahasse, Florida (Damage Assessment Toolkit) June 20 NWS Quad Cities, Iowa/Illinois[432], [433], Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS Wakefield, Virginia NWS Detroit/Pontiac, Michigan: [434], Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS Chicago, Illinois: [435], Damage Assessment Toolkit June 21 NWS Northern Indiana: [436], Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS New Orleans, Lousiana: [437], Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania NWS Binghamton, New York (Damage Assessment Toolkit June 24 NWS Twin Cities, Minnesota: [438], Damage Assessment Toolkit June 25 NWS St. Louis, Missouri: [439], [440] NWS Indianapolis, Indiana NWS Lincoln, Illinois [441], [442], Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS Chicago, Illinois [443], [444] June 26 NWS St. Louis, Missouri: [445], Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS Grand Rapids, Michigan:[446], [447], [448], [449] NWS Detroit/Pontiac, Michigan NWS Lincoln, Illinois: [450], Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS Chicago, Illinois: [451], [452] July 1 NWS Mount Holly, New Jersey] NWS Baltimore, MAryland/Washington D.C. July 3 NWS North Platte, Nebraska July 6 NWS Jacksonville, Florida NWS Great Falls, Montana July 7 NWS Jacksonville, Florida: [453], [454] NWS Charleston, South Carolina: [455], [456], Damage Assessment Toolkit July 8 NWS Charleston, South Carolina: [457], Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS Columbia, South Carolina NWS Newport/Morehead City, North Carolina NWS Wakefield, Virginia: [458], [459] Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS Bimghamton, New York July 9 NWS Mount Holly, New Jersey July 10 NWS Lincoln, Illinois: [460], Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS Paducah, Kentucky July 12 NWS Lincoln, Illinois: [461], Damage Assessment Toolkit. July 14* NWS Des Moines, Iowa: [462], [463], Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS Quad Cities, Iowa/Illinois: Damage Assessment Toolkit July 15 NWS Las Vegas, Nevada July 17 NWS Mount Holly, New Jersey July 18 NWS Boston/Norton, Massachusetts July 24 NWS Detroit/Pontiac, Michigan: [464], [465], [466], [467] July 26 NWS Grand Forks, North Dakota July 28 NWS Green Bay, Wisconsin NWS Twin Cities, Minnesota: [468], Damage Assessment Toolkit July 29 NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan, Wisconsin: [469], Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: [470], [471], [472], [473], [474], [475], [476], [477], Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS Cleveland, Ohio: [478], [479], Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS New York, New York NWS State College, Pennsylvania: [480], [481], [482], Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS Mount Holly, New Jersey: [483], [484], [485], Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS Charleston, West Virginia NWS Baltimore, Maryland/Washington D.C.:[486], Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS Wilmington, Ohio NWS Indianapolis, Indiana NWS Lincoln, Illinois: [487], [488], Damage Assessment Toolkit July 31 NWS St. Louis, Missouri August 1 NWS Wakefield, Virginia August 7 NWS La Crosse, Wisconsin NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan, Wisconsin NWS Wakfield, Virginia (Damage Assessment Toolkit) August 8 NWS Paducah, Kentucky NWS Green Bay, Wisconsin: [489], Damage Assessment Toolkit August 9 NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan, Wisconsin NWS Chicago, Illinois: [490], Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS Quad Cities, Iowa/Illinois NWS Grand Forks, North Dakota August 10 NWS Green Bay, Wisconsin: [491], [492], Damage Assessment Toolkit August 11 NWS Northern Indiana: [493], [494], Damage Assessment Toolkit Lacrosse, Wisconsin NWS Green Bay, Wisconsin: [495], [496], [497], [498], [499] NWS Quad Cities Iowa/Illinois NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan Wisconsin NWS Grand Rapids, Michigan August 17 NWS Peachtree City, Georgia NWS Greenville/Spartanburg, South Carolina: [500], [501], [502], [503], [504], [505], [506] NWS Blacksburg, Virginia: [507] NWS Columbia, South Carolina [508], Damage Assessment Toolkit August 18 NWS State College, Pennsylvania: [509], [510], [511], [512] NWS Mount Holly, New Jersey August 19 NWS Mount Holly, New Jersey NWS Boston/Norton, Massachusetts August 20 NWS Sioux Falls, South Dakota: [513], Damage Assessment Toolkit August 23 NWS Boston/Norton Massachusetts August 25 NWS Lincoln, Illinois: [514], Damage Assessment Toolkit August 27 NWS Lacrosse, Wisconsin August 28 NWS Sioux Falls, South Dakota: [515], Damage Assessment Toolkit August 29 NWS New Orleans, Louisiana: [516], (Damage Assessment Toolkit) NWS Las Vegas, Nevada August 30 NWS Mobilem Alabama NWS Birmingham, Alabama August 31 NWS Tallahassee, Florida {https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=PNSRNK&e=202109012217 NWS Blacksburg, Virginia] September 1 NWS Baltimore, Maryland/Washington D.C. (Damage Assessment Toolkit) NWS Mount Holly, New Jersey: [517], Damage Assessment Toolkit September 2 NWS Boston/Norton, Massachusetts NWS Salt lake City, Utah September 7 NWS Northern Indiana: [518], Damage Assessment Toolkit September 8 NWS Stage College, Pennsylvania: [519], Damage Assessment Toolkit September 9 Boston/Norton, Massachusetts September 13 NWS Buffalo, New York September 17 NWS Twin Cities, Minnesota September 20 NWS La Crosss, Minnesota (Damage Assessment Toolkit) September 22 NWS Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania October 3 NWS Northern Indiana NWS Detroit/Pontiac, MI MSN/NWS Nashville, TN October 6 NWS Nashville, Tennessee October 9 NWS Grand Forks, North Dakota NWS Aberdeen, South Dakota October 10 NWS Duluth, Minnesota: [520], Damage Assessment Toolkit Northern Tornadoes Project NWS Tulsa, Oklahoma: [521], Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS Norman, Oklahoma: [522], Damage Assessment Toolkit October 11 NWS Tulsa, Oklahoma: [523], Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS Springfield, Missouri: [524], Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS St. Louis, Missouri: [525] NWS Lincoln, Illinois: [526], Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS Chicago, Illinois: [527], Damage Assessment Toolkit October 12 NWS Goodland, Kansas NWS Norman, Oklahoma: [528], Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS Dodge City, Kansas: [529], Damage Assessment Toolkit October 13: NWS Dodge City, Kansas: [530], Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS Norman, Oklahoma NWS Aberdeen, South Dakota October 14 NWS Detroit/Pontiac, Michigan October 15 NWS Tulsa, Oklahoma: [531], Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS Little Rock, Arkansas: [532], Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS Cleveland, Ohio NWS Paducah, Kentucky: [533], [534] NWS Louisville, Kentucky: [535], [536] October 16 NWS Wilmington, Ohio: [537], [538], [539], [540], [541], [542] NWS Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [543], [544] NWS State College, Pennsylvania: [545], Damage Assessment Toolkit October 21 NWS Cleveland, Ohio NWS Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: [546], Damage Assessment Toolkit October 24 NWS Kansas City, Missouri: [547], Damage Assessment Tooolkit NWS Springfield, Missouri (Damage Assessment Toolkit) NWS St. Louis, Missouri (Damage Assessment Toolkit) NWS Paducah, Kentucky October 26 NWS Wichita, Kansas (Damage Assessment Toolkit) October 27 NWS Tulsa, Oklahoma (Damage Assessment Toolkit) NWS Houston/Galveston, Texas: [548], [549] NWS Lake Charles, Louisiana: [550], Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS Jackson, Mississippi: [551], Damage Assessment Toolkit NWS New Orleans, Louisiana: [552], Damage Assessment Toolkit The locations of several tornado has been approximated based on their described locations, as no published coordinates are available.
Date	26 January 2021
Source	Own work
Author	TornadoLGS

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	19:24, 31 October 2021	3,181 × 2,219 (1.55 MB)	TornadoLGS	Update through October 31
	00:42, 13 September 2021	3,181 × 2,219 (1.47 MB)	TornadoLGS	Update through September 12. This may be the last update unless I find use of another GIS progem
	23:40, 3 September 2021	3,181 × 2,219 (1.53 MB)	TornadoLGS	Minor update: one tornado now has official coordinates
	20:46, 3 September 2021	3,181 × 2,219 (1.53 MB)	TornadoLGS	Update through September 3, most NCDC updates for May. Some results from Hurricane Ida are still pending.
	01:47, 22 August 2021	3,181 × 2,219 (1.45 MB)	TornadoLGS	Update through August 21
	00:49, 9 August 2021	3,181 × 2,219 (1.4 MB)	TornadoLGS	Update through August 8
	20:24, 13 July 2021	3,181 × 2,219 (1.35 MB)	TornadoLGS	Update for total reaching 500
	01:37, 11 July 2021	3,181 × 2,219 (1.35 MB)	TornadoLGS	Update through July 10
	02:15, 4 July 2021	3,181 × 2,219 (1.3 MB)	TornadoLGS	Update through July 3
	01:18, 28 June 2021	3,181 × 2,219 (1.29 MB)	TornadoLGS	Update through June 27