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The fifteen most destructive tornadoes in U.S. history (with damage values adjusted for 2013 dollars, rounded to the nearest million) are:

1. Joplin, Missouri, May 22, 2011

  • $2,907 million
2. Tuscaloosa/Birmingham, Alabama April 27, 2011
  • $2,544 million
3. Moore, Oklahoma May 20, 2013
  • $2,000 million
4. Oklahoma City/Moore/Bridge Creek, Oklahoma May 3, 1999
  • $1,402 million
5. Hackleburg/Phil Campbell/Tanner/Harvest, Alabama April 27, 2011
  • $1,339 million
6. Wichita Falls, Texas April 10, 1979
  • $1,287 million
7. Omaha, Nebraska May 6, 1975
  • $1,084 million
8. Washington, Illinois November 17, 2013
  • $935 million
9. Lubbock, Texas May 11, 1970
  • $812 million
10. Topeka, Kansas June 8, 1966
  • $719 million
11. Windsor Locks, Connecticut October 3, 1979
  • $643 million
12. St. Louis, Missouri/East St Louis, Illinois May 27, 1896
  • $567 million
13. Wichita, Kansas April 14, 2012
  • $510 million
14. Xenia, Ohio April 3, 1974
  • $473 million
15. Oklahoma City/Moore, Oklahoma May 8, 2003
  • $470 million
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