Tornadoes of 1994
Piedmont, Alabama F4 tornado
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| Timespan | January–December 1994 |
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| Maximum rated tornado |
F4 tornado
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| Tornadoes in U.S. | 1,082 |
| Damage (U.S.) | unknown |
| Fatalities (U.S.) | 69 |
| Fatalities (worldwide) | >69 |
This page documents the tornadoes and tornado outbreaks of 1994, primarily in the United States.
In the first three months of the year, the number of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks were low to moderate. Then from April to August each month had over a hundred outbreaks. The fall season saw fewer tornadoes with the exception of a moderate outbreak in November. The killer F4 tornado that struck Piedmont, Alabama on Palm Sunday (a date of infamous tornado outbreaks in 1965 and 1920) killed 22 people, the most since the 1990 Plainfield, Illinois tornado.
There were a total of 13 tornadoes confirmed and in January.
Four tornadoes touched down in Mississippi, including one F2 tornado that caused seven injuries in the city of Brookhaven, Mississippi.
There were 9 tornadoes confirmed and in February.
There were 58 tornadoes confirmed and in March.
The 1994 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak was the third notable tornado outbreak. It occurred on Palm Sunday, and was the second in the southeastern US. The outbreak began on March 27, 1994. It was the most notable tornado event of the year, resulting in 27 tornadoes and 40 fatalities. Two of the tornadoes were rated F4, including the Piedmont, Alabama tornado that killed 22 people.
205 tornadoes were confirmed and in April. April 11–15 saw tornadoes across several states, resulting in six fatalities
The April 1994 tornado outbreak was widespread. It affected much of the Central and Southern Plains of the United States as well as the Midwest and the Deep South from Colorado to New York from April 25 to April 27, 1994. The outbreak killed at least six people across two states from two F4 tornadoes near Dallas, Texas and Lafayette, Indiana.
161 tornadoes were confirmed and in May.
234 tornadoes were confirmed and in June. On June 13, four tornadoes (no fatalities) included an F2 in Michigan and another F2 in New York. On June 18, one or more tornadoes were confirmed in St. Francis/Portage Lake, Maine and caused two injuries. Tornadoes on June 25 and June 27 resulted in three fatalities in Missouri and Georgia.
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