Tornado Fatalities by State and Circumstances, 1999-2013
Updated February 12, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
Here are tornado fatalities by state and circumstances for select years from 1999 to present.
2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | |
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Alabama | - | 3 | 245 | - | 1 | - | 13 | 6 | 13 | - |
Arkansas | 1 | - | 12 | 6 | - | - | 1 | 5 | - | 8 |
Florida | - | 1 | - | - | 7 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - |
Georgia | 1 | - | 16 | - | 1 | 6 | - | - | 19 | - |
Illinois | 7 | 9 | - | 1 | 9 | 2 | 4 | - | - | 3 |
Indiana | - | 13 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - |
Iowa | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Kansas | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | 8 | - | 1 | - | 6 |
Kentucky | - | 22 | 14 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - |
Louisiana | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 7 |
Maryland | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | - |
Massachusetts | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Minnesota | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Mississippi | 1 | - | 32 | 13 | 1 | - | 1 | 12 | - | 1 |
Missouri | - | 6 | 158 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 1 | - | - |
Montana | - | - | — | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Nebraska | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
New Jersey | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
New York | - | - | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
North Carolina | - | - | - | - | 3 | 26 | - | - | - | 1 |
Ohio | - | 4 | - | 7 | - | - | 5 | - | 1 | 4 |
Oklahoma | 34 | 6 | 14 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 42 |
Pennsylvania | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
South Carolina | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
South Dakota | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Tennessee | - | - | 32 | 1 | - | 12 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
Texas | 7 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | - | 4 | 6 |
Utah | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Wisconsin | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - |
West Virginia | - | - | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Virginia | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Circumstances: | ||||||||||
Mobile Home | 13 | 48 | 112 | 20 | 11 | 25 | 32 | 17 | 28 | 36 |
Permanent Home | 17 | 16 | 229 | 11 | 21 | 24 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 39 |
Vehicle | 9 | 2 | 34 | 7 | 2 | - | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
Business | 13 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 3 |
Outside/Open | - | 2 | 7 | 6 | - | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
Other/Unknown | - | - | 79 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Total | 52 | 68 | 553 | 45 | 36 | 54 | 55 | 40 | 41 | 94 |
Source: Storm Prediction Center at the National Weather Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Web: www.spc.noaa.gov
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