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Here is a comprehensive Sounding list of each Violent (EF4+) tornado via RUC/RAP models! For some disclaimers:
Here is a comprehensive Sounding list of each Violent (EF4+) tornado via RUC/RAP models! For some disclaimers:
-96 total EF4+ tornadoes via SHARPpy are included starting from 2009-2026/present. Tornado "families" with more than one EF4 in very close proximity (I.e. Pilger 2014 with 4 EF4s) are grouped together and considered one single sounding given total quantity in one area, hence not an exact sounding total of 96.
-Soundings are taken from initialized run frames of the RUC/RAP models
-Storm motion vector is utilized and is estimated from NEXRAD imagery which occasionally is not always exact due to wobbles, storm scale processes, etc.
-Sounding locations are specified on the top left of the sounding via their respective station IDs. If it shows "no-site-id", it is from a coordinate plotted sounding within proximity of the parent storm and/or tornado location (ideally <25 miles, =<1 hour time difference of occurrence).
-This list will be kept up to date
2009
2009
February 10, 2009 Lone Grove, Oklahoma EF4
Storm motion: ~234 @ 30
April 10, 2009 Murfreesboro, Tennessee EF4
Storm motion: ~242 @ 36
2010
2010
April 24, 2010 Yazoo City, Mississippi EF4
Storm motion: ~241 @ 49
April 25, 2010 Collinsville, Alabama EF4
Storm motion: ~240 @ 37
May 10, 2010 Moore-Norman, Oklahoma EF4s
Storm motion: ~272 @ 40
May 22, 2010 Bowdle, South Dakota EF4
Storm motion: ~247 @ 24
June 17, 2010 Holmes, North Dakota EF4
Storm motion: ~182 @ 27
June 17, 2010 Parkers Prairie-Wadena, Minnesota EF4s
Storm motion: ~211 @ 28
June 17, 2010 Albert Lea, Minnesota EF4
Storm motion: ~238 @ 21
June 25, 2010 Sibley, Iowa EF4
Storm motion: ~296 @ 24
August 7, 2010 Fairmount, North Dakota-Tyler, Minnesota EF4
Storm motion: ~287 @ 11
November 29, 2010 Atlanta, Louisiana EF4
Storm motion: ~223 @ 40
2011
2011
April 9, 2011 Pocahontas, Iowa EF4
Storm motion: ~226 @ 24
April 22, 2011 Maryland Heights-St. Louis, Missouri EF4
Storm motion: ~269 @ 34
April 27, 2011 Philadelphia-Preston, Mississippi EF5
Storm motion: ~236 @ 46
April 27, 2011 Cullman-Arab, Alabama EF4
Storm motion: ~236 @ 49
April 27, 2011 Hackleburg-Phil Campbell, Alabama EF5
Storm motion: ~234 @ 55
April 27, 2011 Reform-Cordova, Alabama EF4
Storm motion: ~240 @ 50
April 27, 2011 Smithville, Mississippi EF5
Storm motion: ~246 @ 52
April 27, 2011 Flat Rock-Pisgah, Alabama EF4
Storm motion: ~230 @ 42
April 27, 2011 Tuscaloosa-Birmingham, Alabama EF4
Storm motion: ~239 @ 45
April 27, 2011 Stevenson-Bridgeport, Alabama EF4
Storm motion: ~231 @ 54
April 27, 2011 Enterprise-Stonewall, Mississippi EF4
Storm motion: ~258 @ 38
April 27, 2011 Rainsville-Henagar, Alabama EF5
Storm motion: ~236 @ 52
April 27, 2011 Shoal Creek-Ohatchee, Alabama EF4
Storm motion: ~246 @ 51
April 27, 2011 Chilhowee-Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee EF4
Storm motion: ~233 @ 53
April 27, 2011 Ringgold, Georgia-Apison, Tennessee EF4
Storm motion: ~232 @ 52
April 27, 2011 Lake Martin-Dadeville, Alabama EF4
Storm motion: ~244 @ 42
April 27, 2011 New Harmony, Tennessee EF4
Storm motion: ~233 @ 57
May 22, 2011 Joplin, Missouri EF5
Storm motion: ~272 @ 25
May 24, 2011 El Reno-Piedmont, Oklahoma EF5
Storm motion: ~251 @ 27
May 24, 2011 Chickasha-Blanchard, Oklahoma EF4
Storm motion: ~231 @ 37
May 24, 2011 Criner-Goldsby, Oklahoma EF4
Storm motion: ~226 @ 37
May 24, 2011 Etna-Denning, Arkansas EF4
Storm motion: ~234 @ 42
November 7, 2011 Tipton, Oklahoma EF4
Storm motion: ~220 @ 25
2012
2012
February 29, 2012 Harrisburg, Illinois EF4
Storm motion: ~260 @ 55
March 2, 2012 Henryville, Indiana EF4
Storm motion: ~253 @ 50
March 2, 2012 Crittenden, Kentucky EF4
Storm motion: ~254 @ 47
April 14, 2012 Langley, Kansas EF4
Storm motion: ~227 @ 32
2013
2013
February 10, 2013 Hattiesburg, Mississippi EF4
Storm motion: ~252 @ 35
May 15, 2013 Granbury, Texas EF4
Storm motion: ~289 @ 17
May 18, 2013 Rozel, Kansas EF4
Storm motion: ~220 @ 12
NOTE: Some difficulty in pinpointing exact environment since it appears to be localized along a boundary. Perhaps a larger surface inversion given other nearby soundings and radar data containing high ZDR values indicative of higher low-level lapse rates.
May 19, 2013 Bethel Acres-Shawnee, Oklahoma EF4
Storm motion: ~240 @ 29
May 20, 2013 Moore, Oklahoma EF5
Storm motion: ~263 @ 17
October 4, 2013 Wayne, Nebraska EF4
Storm motion: ~213 @ 28
October 4, 2013 Pierson, Iowa EF4
Storm motion: ~228 @ 28
November 17, 2013 Washington, Illinois EF4
Storm motion: ~235 @ 48
November 17, 2013 New Minden, Illinois EF4
Storm motion: ~247 @ 58
2014
2014
April 27, 2014 Mayflower-Vilonia, Arkansas EF4
Storm motion: ~235 @ 39
April 28, 2014 Louisville, Mississippi EF4
Storm motion: ~244 @ 37
June 16, 2014 Stanton-Pilger-Wisner-Wakefield, Nebraska EF4 Family
Storm motion: ~236 @ 25
June 18, 2014 Alpena, South Dakota EF4
Storm motion: ~236 @ 25
2015
2015
April 9, 2015 Rochelle-Fairdale, Illinois EF4
Storm motion: ~228 @ 37
December 23, 2015 Holly Springs-Ashland, Mississippi EF4
Storm motion: ~230 @ 51
December 26, 2015 Rowlett, Texas EF4
Storm motion: ~203 @ 39
2016
2016
May 9, 2016 Katie-Wynnewood, Oklahoma EF4
Storm motion: ~267 @ 20
May 25, 2016 Chapman, Kansas EF4
Storm motion: ~279 @ 17
2017
2017
February 29, 2017 Perryville, Missouri EF4
Storm motion: ~251 @ 43
April 29, 2017 Tundra-Canton, Texas EF4
Storm motion: ~203 @ 25
2018
2018
No violent EF4+ tornadoes during 2018 in the United States.
2019
2019
March 3, 2019 Beauregard-Smiths Station, Alabama EF4
Storm motion: ~252 @ 47
May 27, 2019 Dayton, Ohio EF4
Storm motion: ~284 @ 31
May 28, 2019 Lawrence-Linwood, Kansas EF4
Storm motion: ~235 @ 29
2020
2020
March 3, 2020 Cookeville, Tennessee EF4
Storm motion: ~267 @ 54
April 12, 2020 Oak Vale, Mississippi EF4
Storm motion: ~238 @ 44
April 12, 2020 Bassfield, Mississippi EF4
Storm motion: ~236 @ 48
April 13, 2020 Estill, South Carolina EF4
Storm motion: ~248 @ 47
April 19, 2020 Sandy Hook-Purvis, Mississippi EF4
Storm motion: ~256 @ 40
July 8, 2020 Ashby-Dalton, Minnesota EF4
Storm motion: ~249 @ 16
2021
2021
March 25, 2021 Newnan, Georgia EF4
Storm motion: ~256 @ 41
December 10, 2021 Monette, Arkansas-Tiptonville, Tennessee EF4
Storm motion: ~238 @ 46
December 10, 2021 Mayfield, Kentucky/Western Kentucky EF4
Storm motion: ~242 @ 52
2022
2022
March 5, 2022 Winterset, Iowa EF4
Storm motion: ~236 @ 41
April 5, 2022 Pembroke-Ellabell, Georgia EF4
Storm motion: ~250 @ 37
November 4, 2022 Paris-Powderly, Texas EF4
Storm motion: ~222 @ 41
November 4, 2022 Clarksville-Dimple, Texas EF4
Storm motion: ~233 @ 43
2023
2023
March 24, 2023 Rolling Fork-Silver City, MS EF4
Storm motion: ~239 @ 43
March 31, 2023 Keota, Iowa EF4
Storm motion: ~222 @ 43
2024
2024
April 26, 2024 Elkhorn-Bennington, Nebraska EF4
Storm motion: ~213 @ 32
April 27, 2024 Marietta, Oklahoma EF4
Storm motion: ~209 @ 39
May 6, 2024 Barnsdall, Oklahoma EF4
Storm motion: ~219 @ 38
May 21, 2024 Greenfield, Iowa EF4
Storm motion: ~222 @ 53
2025
2025
March 14, 2025 FiftySix-Franklin, Arkansas EF4
Storm motion: ~244 @ 46
March 14, 2025 Diaz, Arkansas EF4
Storm motion: ~241 @ 47
March 15, 2025 Tylertown, Mississippi EF4
Storm motion: ~225 @ 45
May 16, 2025 Marion-Creal Springs, Illinois EF4
Storm motion: ~271 @ 49
May 16, 2025 Somerset-London, Kentucky EF4
Storm motion: ~270 @ 35
June 20, 2025 Enderlin, North Dakota EF5
Storm motion: ~275 @ 21
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