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There have been too many to list here. Here are some of the more notable tornadoes in the U.S.:

May 7, 1840: Natchez, Mississippi

May 27, 1896: St Louis, Missouri

May 10, 1905: Snyder, Oklahoma

March 23, 1913: Omaha, Nebraska

May 2, 1917: Peggs, Oklahoma

May 26, 1917: Mattoon, Illinois (and other towns)

June 28, 1924: Sandusky/Loraine, Ohio

March 18, 1925: Numerous towns in Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana

April 12, 1927: Rock Springs, Texas

May 9, 1927: Poplar Bluff, Missouri

April 5, 1936: Tupelo, Mississippi

April 6, 1936: Gainesville, Georgia

April 12, 1945: Antlers, Oklahoma

April 9, 1947: Woodward, Oklahoma

May 11, 1953: Waco, Texas

June 9, 1953: Worcester, Massachusetts

May 25, 1955: Udall, Kansas

May 20, 1957: Ruskin Heights, Missouri

April 11, 1965: Kokomo, Indiana

March 3, 1966: Jackson, Mississippi

June 8, 1966: Topeka, Kansas

May 11, 1970: Lubbock, Texas

April 3, 1974: Xenia, Ohio

April 3, 1974: Guin, Alabama

April 10, 1979: Wichita Falls, Texas

April 26, 1991: Andover, Kansas

May 27, 1997: Jarrell, Texas

May 3, 1999: Bridge Creek/Moore, Oklahoma

April 27, 2011: Hackleburg/Phil Campbell/Tanner, Alabama

April 27, 2011: Tuscaloosa/Birmingham, Alabama

May 22, 2011: Joplin, Missouri

May 20, 2013: Moore, Oklahoma

This list is by no means complete or comprehensive, and while all tornadoes on this list were highly destructive, selection was somewhat arbitrary.

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