Tornadoes of 2025
List of notable worldwide tornadoes occurring in 2025 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2025 tornado season is the ongoing season of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks worldwide in the year 2025. Strong and destructive tornadoes form most frequently in the United States, Bangladesh, and Eastern India, but they can occur almost anywhere under the right conditions. Tornadoes also develop occasionally in southern Canada during the Northern Hemisphere's summer and somewhat regularly at other times of the year across Europe, Asia, and Australia. Tornadic events are often accompanied with other forms of severe weather including strong thunderstorms, winds and hail.
A chart of the 2025 United States tornado local storm report, up through 4/21/25 count compared to years 2010 through 2024, and the 2010–2024 mean. | |
| Timespan | January 3 – ongoing |
|---|---|
| Maximum rated tornado | EF4 tornado
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| Tornadoes in U.S. | 493 |
| Fatalities (U.S.) | 35 |
| Fatalities (worldwide) | 38 |
Worldwide, at least 38 tornado-related deaths have been confirmed – 35 in the United States and three in Spain.
It is believed that 2025's fading La Niña will influence tornado patterns[1] as it transitioned to ENSO neutral status in April.[2]
Events
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United States
| EFU | EF0 | EF1 | EF2 | EF3 | EF4 | EF5 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 135 | 253 | 79 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 496 |
- Note: One tornado has been officially confirmed but is yet to receive a rating.
Summary of tornadoes[3]
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Europe
According to the European Severe Storms Laboratory, there have been 123 confirmed reports of tornadoes and waterspouts in Europe and surrounding regions so far in 2025, resulting in three fatalities and five injuries.[4]
January
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January 3–5 (United States)
| EFU | EF0 | EF1 | EF2 | EF3 | EF4 | EF5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
From January 3 to January 7, a major winter storm passed over the contiguous United States. The storm system made landfall on January 3 over the West Coast of the United States,[5] where it produced the first tornado of the year, a brief EFU tornado in rural Tehama County, California, which caused no damage.[6][7] On January 4, a low pressure system organized over the Texas Panhandle and Oklahoma. Interacting with the pre-established cold temperatures, the system's warm front was predicted to generate severe thunderstorms across Southern United States the following day, prompting the Storm Prediction Center to issue an enhanced risk for the region. The outlook included a 10% risk area for tornadoes, along with the potential for large hail and damaging winds.[8][9]
On January 5, a small tornado outbreak occurred as a squall line of severe thunderstorms passed through the region,[10][11] producing multiple tornadoes in Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Alabama, a couple of which were strong. A high-end EF2 tornado touched down near Marion, Louisiana, completely destroying a mobile home and a well-built shop building, damaging the roofs of multiple houses, and snapping many large trees. In Mississippi, a low-end EF2 tornado snapped or uprooted numerous trees and downed power poles as it passed to the north of Brooksville. High-end EF1 tornadoes caused moderate tree and structure damage in the rural Mississippi communities of Boon and Gwinville as well. An EF1 tornado near Pelahatchie prompted a PDS warning,[12] damaged chicken houses, downed trees and power lines, and caused an indirect injury when a train ran into a downed tree that had fallen onto railroad tracks.[13] A total of 14 tornadoes were confirmed, resulting in one indirect injury and no fatalities.[14]
January 6 (Saudi Arabia)
As a red alert for severe weather was issued by the National Centre of Meteorology over the region around Mecca on January 6, a tornado was reported to have struck Rabigh, which was reported by Gulf News to be the strongest ever recorded in the coastal region of Saudi Arabia. The National Centre of Meteorology also discussed plans to further research the tornado.[15]
January 17 (Italy)
| IFU | IF0 | IF0.5 | IF1 | IF1.5 | IF2 | IF2.5 | IF3 | IF4 | IF5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Storm Gabri struck Italy on January 17, causing torrential rainfall, thunderstorms, strong winds, and multiple tornadoes, especially on the island of Sicily. A tornado impacted areas near Catania, which was rated IF2 and caused significant roof and tree damage, bent a metal truss electrical transmission tower in half, and rolled a roulotte trailer 30 m (33 yd). Metal light poles were also bent, a semi-trailer was overturned, and sheet metal from buildings was scattered 500 m (550 yd) up a hillside. A long-tracked multiple-vortex IF2 tornado that struck areas outside of Avola downed numerous trees and power lines, toppled another electrical transmission tower, destroyed a masonry outbuilding, unroofed a house, and damaged the roofs of other homes.[4] In Augusta, an IF0.5 tornado overturned a small ape car, damaged concrete monuments and decorations at a cemetery, downed trees and power lines, and tore sheet metal roofing from buildings. An IF1 tornado struck the outskirts of Licata as well, damaging crops and destroying greenhouses. A total of five tornadoes were confirmed.[4][16][17][18]
January 21 (Spain)
| IFU | IF0 | IF0.5 | IF1 | IF1.5 | IF2 | IF2.5 | IF3 | IF4 | IF5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Storm Garoé made landfall in Spain and Portugal on January 21, bringing strong winds, torrential rain, and severe weather in coastal areas.[19] During the late evening, an IF2 tornado tracked through rural areas near the community of Montevil in Setúbal District, Portugal at around 23:05 UTC. Many large trees were snapped or uprooted along the path, and some were defoliated and stripped of their branches. Some crop damage also occurred, and power lines were downed.[4] A waterspout transitioned onto land in Muğla, Turkey, where it briefly intensified into a weak tornado. There were no reports of damage.[20]
January 23 (United Kingdom)
| IFU | IF0 | IF0.5 | IF1 | IF1.5 | IF2 | IF2.5 | IF3 | IF4 | IF5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
On January 23, Storm Éowyn made landfall in United Kingdom, resulting in strong winds and heavy rain. An IF2 tornado moved through Holywell and Quintrell Downs, causing severe damage at the Trevornick Caravan Park, snapping many trees, and causing roof damage to homes. Multiple mobile homes and RVs were tossed and destroyed at the caravan park, resulting in one injury.[4][21]
January 26 (New Zealand)
A low-pressure system organized to the west of New Zealand, causing heavy rain and severe thunderstorms on the North Island.[22] In the early morning of January 26, a damaging tornado hit Mangawhai and surrounding areas in the Northland Region, downing many trees, snapping concrete power poles, and ripping roofs off of homes. A media business sustained extensive structural damage, cars were damaged, debris was left deposited in trees, and two people were seriously injured. There was damage to about 50 properties, and about 4,700 homes lost power.[23][24] The tornado was not officially rated, but was estimated to have reached high-end EF1 or low-end EF2 intensity.[25]
January 27 (Europe)
| IFU | IF0 | IF0.5 | IF1 | IF1.5 | IF2 | IF2.5 | IF3 | IF4 | IF5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
On January 27, a damaging IF2 tornado struck Torre de Juan Abad, Spain. The strong tornado tracked through the northern part of town, causing significant damage to cars, homes, restaurants, auto repair shops, and warehouses. Several brick and masonry buildings suffered major structural damage, including total roof loss and collapse of multiple exterior walls. The tornado also severely damaged farms in agricultural areas, and snapped or uprooted more than 1,000 olive trees. In England, a tornado downed trees and destroyed some sheds near Whitchurch Hill, and was rated IF1.[4]
February
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February 5–6 (United States)
| EFU | EF0 | EF1 | EF2 | EF3 | EF4 | EF5 |
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| 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
On February 5, a winter storm hit the Ohio Valley, bringing the possibility of severe weather and a few tornadoes on the warm side of the system in Kentucky and Tennessee. A line of severe thunderstorms impacted the region later that night and continued into the early morning hours of February 6. The storms produced several tornadoes, a couple of which were strong. Three tornadoes occurred in Kentucky, including an EF1 tornado near Island City in Owsley County. The tornado snapped or uprooted trees, destroyed a small shed-like residence, damaged two mobile homes, and was only the third tornado to be confirmed in the county since reliable records began in 1950. Two other EF1 tornadoes passed near Magnolia and Dango, downing trees, inflicting minor to moderate damage to homes, and damaging or destroying multiple barns and outbuildings.[14] In Tennessee, a high-end EF2 tornado snapped or uprooted countless trees in wooded areas and completely destroyed two mobile homes near the community of Deer Lodge, killing two people in one of them and injuring two others. Another EF2 tornado touched down near Center Grove, causing major tree damage and destroying multiple barns. Two EF1 tornadoes that touched down near Algood and Crawford downed many trees, inflicted minor to moderate damage to various structures, and injured one person each. The final tornado of the event caused high-end EF1 damage near Thorn Hill, destroying a barn, overturning a tanker trailer, and inflicting window and siding damage to a church. A total of eight tornadoes were confirmed, resulting in two fatalities and four injuries.[26][27][28][14]
February 11 (Florida)
| EFU | EF0 | EF1 | EF2 | EF3 | EF4 | EF5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
On February 11, a storm system affected the Florida panhandle, bringing light rain and producing an EF1 tornado that touched down in an industrial area in Ferry Pass, Florida. The tornado flipped or moved several boats at a manufacturing facility, damaged a few metal warehouse buildings, and injured three people.[29][30]
February 12 (United States)
| EFU | EF0 | EF1 | EF2 | EF3 | EF4 | EF5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
A second, more potent storm system impacted the southeast on February 12, bringing severe thunderstorms and a risk of tornadoes.[29][31] That evening, a few tornadoes touched down in Mississippi and Alabama, including two strong tornadoes. In Mississippi, a high-end EF0 tornado moved through the east side of Columbia, heavily damaging a hardware store, destroying a few sheds, and damaging the roofs of homes in town. A supercell in Wayne County produced a powerful multiple-vortex EF3 tornado that touched down in a rural area to the east of Laurel before it tracked to the northeast near Whistler and dissipated near Matherville, prompting a PDS tornado warning.[32][33] The tornado inflicted major structural damage to a few frame homes, and several mobile homes were completely swept away and obliterated, with their metal frames and debris strewn hundreds of yards across fields. Wooded areas suffered total deforestation, including large trees that were snapped, stripped of their branches, and sustained partial debarking. Some ground scouring also occurred, while a pickup truck, pieces of farming equipment, and RVs were thrown and destroyed as well.[32] In Alabama, A low-end EF2 tornado passed near Tattlersville, prompting another PDS tornado warning to be issued.[34][32] The tornado snapped or uprooted many trees in remote wooded areas and destroyed a poorly-constructed house. A total of five tornadoes were confirmed, resulting in no fatalities and three injuries.[14]
February 13–16 (United States)
| EFU | EF0 | EF1 | EF2 | EF3 | EF4 | EF5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A winter storm brought heavy rain and strong winds to Southern California on February 13, producing a high-end EF0 tornado that damaged mobile homes in Oxnard.[35][36] Moving across the United States, the storm system produced severe thunderstorms and tornadoes throughout the Deep South from February 15–16.[37] Tornadoes were confirmed in Kentucky, Tennessee,[38] Mississippi,[38][39] Alabama,[40][41][42] Louisiana,[43] and Georgia,[44] including a couple of strong tornadoes. The tornadoes were embedded in a fast-moving squall line, including an EF2 tornado that heavily damaged homes, destroyed a barn, and downed large trees near Bradford, Tennessee. In Alabama, another EF2 tornado touched down outside of Russellville and impacted areas in and around the small community of Waco, tearing the roof off of a house, destroying a silo and several outbuildings, tossing an ATV, and downing many trees and power lines. An EF1 tornado moved through Tuscumbia and Muscle Shoals, unroofing a school and another building. The towns of Collinsville, Mississippi and Rogersville, Alabama were also hit by EF1 tornadoes, resulting in minor to moderate damage.[42][14] A total of 23 tornadoes were confirmed, resulting in no fatalities and two injuries. The storm system also spawned heavy winds in the Northeastern United States, with hurricane force winds recorded at Camp David. One woman died due to the high winds in Philadelphia when a tree fell on her vehicle.[45]
March
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March 4–5 (United States)
| EFU | EF0 | EF1 | EF2 | EF3 | EF4 | EF5 |
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| 1 | 7 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
In early March, a storm system with intense wind shear brought strong winds and warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico to the southern Great Plains and the Deep South, creating a severe weather setup with the chance for severe thunderstorms and a few strong tornadoes. On March 4, the Storm Prediction Center issued an enhanced risk, including a 10% risk of tornadoes.[46][47] Numerous weak tornadoes touched down later that afternoon and evening across Oklahoma, Texas, and Louisiana, including an EF1 tornado that struck Ada, Oklahoma, destroying an old brick building, causing considerable damage to several apartment buildings, businesses, and a school, and injuring one person.[48][49][50] In Texas, a high-end EF1 tornado impacted Irving, where apartment buildings and the Irving Police Academy Family Advocacy building had partial roof loss. Another high-end EF1 tornado snapped many trees, destroyed a large metal outbuilding and overturned campers on the property of the Barry Telford Unit prison, and caused minor tree damage in the southern part of New Boston before dissipating.[14] In Louisiana, an EF1 tornado caused minor damage on the north side of Shreveport, and another EF1 tornado damaged homes and downed trees in Boyce.[14] Later that night, the storms moved into Mississippi and produced a strong EF2 tornado that touched down near Whistler in Wayne County, near the same area that was hit by an EF3 tornado the previous month on February 12. The tornado completely destroyed a few mobile homes and chicken houses, heavily damaged a couple of frame homes, tossed vehicles, and injured four people. Two additional weak tornadoes occurred in North Carolina and Virginia on March 5 before the outbreak came to an end. A total of 36 tornadoes were confirmed, resulting in no fatalities and 11 injuries.[14]
March 13–16 (United States)
| EFU | EF0 | EF1 | EF2 | EF3 | EF4 | EF5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 20 | 52 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 0 |
A destructive and deadly tornado outbreak occurred across mainly portions of the Midwestern and Southeastern United States between March 13–16. On March 13, a trough moved through the West Coast,[51] spawning a high-end EF0 tornado in the Los Angeles area.[52] The Storm Prediction Center issued a moderate risk for severe weather for parts of the Midwest and Southeast on March 14 as the trough moved west over the Rockies.[53] The Day 2 outlook was upgraded to a tornado-driven high risk area for portions of Mississippi and Alabama, making it the third ever issuance of a Day 2 high risk, with the previous two being for April 7, 2006 and April 14, 2012.[54]
On March 14, a moderate risk for severe weather was issued for the much of Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri, with a 15 percent risk for significant tornadoes centered around Southern Illinois and Southeastern Missouri.[53] In the early evening, a PDS tornado watch was issued for portions of Southeast Missouri, Northeast Arkansas, Northern Mississippi, and more.[55] Among the tornadoes that touched down that day were a long-track, high-end EF3 tornado that tracked through southern Missouri and prompted the issuance of a tornado emergency for Fremont and Van Buren,[56][57] an EF2 tornado that moved into the Greater St. Louis area, notably crossing a St. Louis Lambert International Airport runway while a plane was taking off,[58][59] a high-end EF4 tornado that caused catastrophic damage to rural neighborhood northwest of Diaz, Arkansas,[60] a very long-track, low-end EF4 tornado that struck near Fifty-Six and Franklin, Arkansas,[60] an EF3 tornado that killed three people in Bakersfield, Missouri,[61] a long-track, high-end EF3 tornado that went through Cushman and Cave City, Arkansas, killing three,[60] and a low-end EF3 tornado that killed one person after ripping through a trailer park near Poplar Bluff, Missouri,[56][62][63] Overall, 10 people in Missouri and three more in Arkansas were killed by tornadoes on the 14th.[64][65]
On March 15, the high risk area continued into the Day 1 Outlook, including a 30 percent risk for significant tornadoes in central Mississippi and Alabama.[66] In the late morning, a PDS tornado watch was issued for parts of Louisiana and nearly all of Mississippi[67] and later much of Alabama[68] as a tornado outbreak featuring "significant tornadoes, some of which should be long-track and potentially violent," was expected throughout the afternoon and evening.[69] In the early afternoon, a tornado emergency was issued for parts of Walthall, Lawrence, Marion, and Jefferson Davis counties in Mississippi[70][71] as a large, violent, long-track EF4 tornado was moving through the area; at least five people were killed and at least three others were injured by this tornado.[72] An EF2 tornado would intersect its path just 41 minutes later. Another deadly EF3 tornado also tracked just east of the path of the long-track EF4 tornado, touching down while the latter was still on the ground.[72] Tornadoes continued in Mississippi and Alabama throughout the afternoon and evening, including an EF2 tornado that struck Winterboro, Alabama, damaging a high school and killing one person, and an EF3 that killed two people near Plantersville, Alabama.[73] Overall, seven people were killed in Mississippi and three more were killed in Alabama from tornadoes on the 15th.[74][75]
On March 16, a slight risk for tornadoes was issued for the South Atlantic States[76] as several weak tornadoes touched down across the East Coast. 42 people were killed from this outbreak,[77] including 23 tornadic deaths: 10 in Missouri, seven in Mississippi, and three in Arkansas and Alabama.
March 19 (United States)
| EFU | EF0 | EF1 | EF2 | EF3 | EF4 | EF5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A strong low-pressure system brought high winds and thunderstorms to northern Illinois and Indiana on March 19.[78] 14 tornadoes were confirmed, including three that impacted Gary, Indiana. The strongest to impact the city, an EF1 tornado, injured one person after a roof collapsed on them.[79]
March 30–31 (United States)
| EFU | EF0 | EF1 | EF2 | EF3 | EF4 | EF5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A widespread severe weather outbreak impacted the Midwestern and Southern United States.[80] At least 32 tornadoes have been confirmed, including three EF2 tornadoes that occurred in the early morning hours of March 31, along with widespread damaging winds and large hail.[81][82][83] An EF1 tornado struck the downtown area of Dothan, Alabama on March 30, injuring five students when it hit Dothan Preparatory Academy.[84][85]
April
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April 1–2 (Greece and Turkey)
| IFU | IF0 | IF0.5 | IF1 | IF1.5 | IF2 | IF2.5 | IF3 | IF4 | IF5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Strong storms hit Southern Europe, bringing severe weather particularly to Turkey and Greece, spawning a small tornado outbreak.[86] On April 1, an IF1 tornado went through downtown Rhodes. The next day, several tornadoes touched down in Turkey, including an IF2 tornado that tore through Bostanlı, doing damage to a cinder-block building, ripping sheet metal off of other buildings, and deroofing one building.[87]
April 2–7 (United States)
| EFU | EF0 | EF1 | EF2 | EF3 | EF4 | EF5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 33 | 81 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
A slow-moving weather system resulted in both a devastating tornado outbreak as well as historic life-threatening flash floodings throughout the Southern and Midwestern United States from April 2–7, spawning 153 tornadoes in total. On April 2, a large, multiple-vortex EF3 tornado moved through Lake City, Arkansas, prompting a tornado emergency for the area.[88][89] Nobody was killed although eight were injured.[38] Additionally, one person was killed by an EF2 tornado that passed through Delta, Missouri.[90] On April 3, a destructive EF3 tornado devastated Selmer, Tennessee, killing five people.[38] Soon after, a second tornado emergency was issued as a long-track EF3 tornado struck Slayden, Mississippi before crossing the state line into Grand Junction, Tennessee, killing two people.[38][91] Relatively low tornado activity would continue through April 7 when the outbreak subsided, although an EF2 on April 6 killed one person in a mobile home near Stringer, Mississippi.[72] Overall, nine tornadic fatalities occurred as a result of this outbreak, with many more being killed by the devastating flooding that accompanied it.[92]
April 4 (Spain)
| IFU | IF0 | IF0.5 | IF1 | IF1.5 | IF2 | IF2.5 | IF3 | IF4 | IF5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
As Storm Nuria made landfall in Iberia, at least three tornadoes touched down in the province of Huelva.[93] An IF1 tornado was confirmed in San Bartolomé de la Torre, collapsing a greenhouse and injuring four workers. Another IF1 tornado struck Moguer, damaging crops and trees. A strong IF2 tornado struck the town of Coria del Río, collapsing an agricultural warehouse and killing three workers.[4]
April 17–20 (United States)
| EFU | EF0 | EF1 | EF2 | EF3 | EF4 | EF5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 22 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
A three-day outbreak of tornadoes took place from April 17–20 across the Midwest and parts of the South as a slow-moving upper-level trough moved through the region. On April 17, an intense tornado touched down northeast of Bennington, Nebraska, producing low-end EF3 damage before later causing additional damage in Nashville.[94] Additionally, a very large high-end EF1 tornado prompted the issuance of a tornado emergency for the city of Essex, Iowa.[95] Tornado activity remained relatively low for the remainder of the outbreak, though a high-end EF1 tornado killed one and injured two as it destroyed homes in the town of Spaulding, Oklahoma on April 20. This was the only fatality of the outbreak.[96] In addition, nine weak tornadoes were confirmed in northwestern Illinois.[97]
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