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Storm history by state

Every state in NOAA’s Storm Events Database, with its tornado count, since 1950. Tornado reports are counted per county, so a tornado that crossed a county line appears once in each.

State	Tornado reports	All events	Hurricanes	Deaths
Alabama	3,206	44,336	71	1,006
Alaska	4	9,738	0	100
Arizona	306	17,893	0	3,147
Arkansas	2,565	48,967	4	668
California	488	41,553	0	1,364
Colorado	2,445	51,187	0	322
Connecticut	130	7,163	0	67
Delaware	81	4,839	1	41
District of Columbia	5	994	0	17
Florida	3,820	41,179	412	1,437
Georgia	2,356	56,834	349	457
Hawaii	42	15,419	12	178
Idaho	224	12,071	0	134
Illinois	3,647	66,756	0	1,174
Indiana	2,103	43,258	0	579
Iowa	3,501	69,606	0	223
Kansas	4,965	94,007	0	475
Kentucky	1,497	55,285	0	599
Louisiana	2,801	32,966	335	1,341
Maine	140	16,017	8	41
Maryland	438	25,037	15	241
Massachusetts	205	16,438	0	164
Michigan	1,291	36,397	0	495
Minnesota	2,433	56,536	0	298
Mississippi	3,532	42,127	176	928
Missouri	3,118	73,339	0	1,009
Montana	432	36,278	0	166
Nebraska	3,400	64,003	0	182
Nevada	97	8,761	0	990
New Hampshire	112	8,666	1	45
New Jersey	207	26,859	3	343
New Mexico	687	24,740	0	191
New York	563	56,795	0	651
North Carolina	1,691	54,913	424	730
North Dakota	1,799	33,350	0	100
Ohio	1,565	51,840	0	462
Oklahoma	5,054	82,919	0	705
Oregon	134	11,439	0	410
Pennsylvania	1,091	54,502	0	901
Rhode Island	20	2,495	0	20
South Carolina	1,319	32,809	44	342
South Dakota	1,947	55,877	0	147
Tennessee	1,704	46,287	0	804
Texas	10,090	165,670	85	2,507
Utah	146	12,098	0	257
Vermont	53	11,007	0	62
Virginia	913	57,829	69	249
Washington	138	10,042	0	332
West Virginia	191	29,911	0	153
Wisconsin	1,820	46,400	0	550
Wyoming	765	26,150	0	116

Territories

Territory	Tornado reports	All events	Hurricanes	Deaths
American Samoa	0	634	18	57
Guam	0	631	63	147
Puerto Rico	26	6,666	47	290
Virgin Islands	1	422	13	11

Marine forecast areas

NOAA files storms over the Great Lakes and coastal waters under these zones: waterspouts, marine thunderstorm wind, marine hail.

Area	All events	Deaths
Atlantic North	14,669	31
Atlantic South	9,733	27
Eastern Pacific	235	28
Guam Waters	3	4
Gulf of Alaska	43	0
Gulf of Mexico	17,895	69
Hawaii Waters	46	4
Lake Erie	2,614	3
Lake Huron	1,158	0
Lake Michigan	3,262	13
Lake Ontario	289	0
Lake St. Clair	672	0
Lake Superior	1,453	8
St. Lawrence River	29	0