Significant Tornadoes of 2008
Updated 2/14/09 Final

Date/Time	County/State Damage Path Location	Intensity	PL	PW	Inj.	Fat.
January 8 3:30pm CST	Boone/McHenry IL 1 N Poplar Grove - 3 N-NE Harvard	EF3	13	100y	5	0
January 8 4:02pm CST	Kenosha WI 2 NE Pell Lake -  2 NW Paddock Lake	EF3	11	200y	15	0
January 8 6:25pm CST	Greene/Webster/Laclede MO 3 W Stafford - 13 E Lebanon	EF3	35	400y	6	3
January 8 8:06pm CST	Pulaski/Phelps MO 4 N Devils Elbow - 3 NE Jerome	EF3	9	400y	3	0
January 10 11:51am CST	Holmes/Attala MS 2 W-NW Pickens - 2 E-NE Goodman	EF3	10	600y	3	0
January 10 12:28pm CST	Attala/Choctaw MS 3 W Ethel - 2 S-SE Ackerman	EF3	24	600y	3	0
January 10 2:16pm CST	Lowndes MS & Lamar AL 5 SW Caledonia MS -  1 NE Molloy AL	EF3	14	400y	15	0
January 10 4:11pm CST	Tuscaloosa AL 2 SW Windham Springs - 1 NE Wiley	EF3	5	300y	0	0
February 5 5:00pm CST	Yell/Pope/Conway/VanBuren/ Stone/Izard/Sharp AR 2 S-SE Neely - 3 NE Highland Longest tornado damage track in Arkansas recorded history	EF4	123	800y	140	12
February 5 5:59pm CST	Lafayette MS 4 N Oxford - 7 SW Cornersville	EF3	8	600y	2	0
February 5 6:25pm CST	Fayette/Haywood/Madison TN 9 N Somerville - 4 W Jackson	EF3	30	1200y	0	1
February 5 659pm CST	Madison TN NW Jackson City Limits -  5 E-SE Fairview	EF4	11	100y	51	0
February 5 7:40pm CST	Hardin TN 4 NW Savannah - 3 W-SW Clifton	EF4	16	800y	5	3
February 5 7:44pm CST	Muhlenberg KY 4 SW Greenville - 3 NW Rockport	EF3	16	300y	24	3
February 5 9:54pm CST	Sumner/Trousdale/Macon TN & Monroe/Cumberland KY 3 S Gallatin TN - 3 SE Persimmon KY	EF3	51	600y	77	24
February 6 1:40am CST	Allen/Monroe KY 2 W-SW Amos - 1 S-SW Fountain Run	EF3	10	400y	11	4
February 6 3:00am CST	Lawrence/Morgan AL 2 SE Wren - 2 S-SE Trinity	EF4	17	800y	25	4
February 6 5:17am CST	Jackson AL 1 S Pisgah - 1 S-SE Flat Rock	EF4	11	600y	0	2
February 17 2:58pm CST	Autauga/Elmore AL 3 S-SW Prattville - 2 W Speigner	EF3	15	400y	50	0
February 26 5:55am CST	Carroll GA 3 NW Bowdon - 5 W-NW Carolllton	EF3	7	100y	1	0
March 15 12:25pm EDT	Polk/Floyd/Bartow GA 5 NW Aragon - 4 SW Cartersville	EF3	16	600y	3	2
March 15 4:25pm EDT	Newberry/Richland SC 2 SW Trinity - 1 N Spring Hill	EF3	28	1200y	2	2
March 15 7:29pm EDT	Orangeburg SC 3 W-SW Branchville - 2 NE Dorange	EF3	10	1200y	0	0
April 11 12:05pm CDT	Lawrence/Giles TN 4 N-NW Lawrenceburg -  4 NE Liberty Hill	EF3	15	100y	1	0
April 28 4:05pm EDT	Suffolk VA 2 NE Lummis - 1 N Driver	EF3	22	400y	220	0
May 2 2:03am CDT	Clay MO 3 NW Liberty - 4 NW Liberty	EF3	2	200y	0	0
May 2 8:25am CDT	Van Buren/Conway/Cleburne AR 1 E Birdtown - 5 E-SE Prim	EF3	??	500y	11	5
May 2 3:25pm CDT	Cross/Crittenden AR 2 S Parkin - 5 NE Turrell	EF3	??	400y	4	0
May 8 8:04am CDT	Lee MS 6 W-NW Tupelo - 3 S-SE Saltillo	EF3	9	200y	0	0
May 8 10:23pm EDT	Davie/Forsythe NC 3 SE Clemmons -  5 S-SE Muddy Creek	EF3	6	200y	2	0
May 10 5:32pm CDT	Craig/Ottawa OK &  Newton/Barry MO 8 N-NW Welch OK -  1 SE McDowell MO	EF4	75	1500y	351	21
May 10 8:06pm CDT	Lonoke/Prairie/Arkansas AR 4 SE Humnoke - 3 NE Almyra	EF3	21	800y	9	0
May 11 7:11am EDT	Treutlen/Montgomery GA 3 S-SE Soperton - 6 E-NE Kibbee	EF3	7	100y	0	0
May 11 7:35am EDT	Toombs/Tattnall GA 7 NE Lyons - 2 E Cobbtown	EF3	7	200y	2	0
May 11 9:52am CDT	McIntosh GA 3 NW Darien - 4 E Ashintilly	EF4	11	500y	9	0
May 22 11:26am MDT	Weld/Larimer CO 1 E Platteville - Near Wellington	EF3	35	1200y	20	1
May 23 5:14pm CDT	Gove KS 8 SW Quinter - 2 E Park	EF4	10	600y	2	0
May 23 7:25pm CDT	Clark/Kiowa KS 9 NE Ashland - 4 S-SW Mullinville	EF3	11	3000y	1	0
May 23 7:29pm CDT	Ness KS 3 S Osgood - 4 N-NE Osgood	EF3	6	700y	0	0
May 23 8:03pm CDT	Harper OK 6 N Fort Supply - 5 S-SW Selman	EF3	5	1000y	0	0
May 23 8:58pm CDT	Harper OK/Comanche KS 6 N Fort Supply - 5 S-SW Selman	EF3	12	800y	0	0
May 23 9:17pm CDT	Edwards/Pratt/Stafford KS 3 S Trousdale - 4 SE Garfield	EF3	15	1500y	0	0
May 23 10:26pm CDT	Pratt KS 3 E-SE Sawyer - 3 E-NE Preston	E  EF3F4	22	1200y	2	2
May 25 4:48pm CDT	Butler/Black Hawk/Buchanan IA 2 S Aplington - 2 SW Fairbank EF5 damage in the Parkersburg - New Hartford area (SE Butler Co.)	EF5	43	800y	70	8
May 25 4:55pm CDT	Anoka/Washington MN 1 E Lino Lakes - 1 E Hugo	EF3	6	200y	9	1
May 25 6:05m CDT	Buchanan/Delaware IA 3 SE Fairbank - 2 NW Oneida	EF3	32	700y	3	0
May 29 8:30pm CDT	Mitchell/Jewell KS 3 SW Glen Elder - 3 NE Jewell	E EF3F4	18	500y	0	0
May 29 8:06pm CDT	Republic KS &  Thayer/Jefferson NE 4 S Courtland KS - 5 NE Fairbury NE	EF3	53	500y	0	0
June 3 9:04pm EDT	Shelby/Rush IN 1 W-NW Waldron - 2 W-NW Milroy	EF3	10	200y	8	1
June 6 9:37am CDT	Hubbard MN 4 W-NW Dorset - 12 N-NE Park Rapids	EF3	7	400y	8	1
June 11 6:25pm CDT	Burt NE &  Harrison/Monona IA 6 NE Tekamah NE - 2 S-SW Moorhead	EF3	14	400y	48	4
June 11 9:40pm CDT	Saline/Dickinson KS 2 SW Salina - 5 E-SE New Cambria	EF3	16	200y	0	0
June 11 10:12pm CDT	Dickinson/Geary KS 2 N-NW Enterprise - 6 E-NE Chapman	EF3	11	600y	3	1
June 11 10:48pm CDT	Riley KS 1 N Ogden -  Manhattan City Limits	EF4	9	400y	0	0
July 7 2:50pm CDT	Rolette/Towner ND 5 E-NE San Haven -  11 W-NW Rocklake	EF3	21	200y	3	0
July 11 6:20pm CDT	Kandiyohi MN 6 SW Willmar - 4 SE Willmar	EF3	8	200y	2	0
Nov. 15 3:30am EST	Wilson NC Wilson City Limits -  2 NE Elm City	EF3	8	100y	4	1

Top 5 Most Violent Tornadoes - 2008 

Towns/Cities Directly Impacted By 
       F3 - F5 Tornadoes -  2008 (ytd)

Date	City/Town	County/State	Intensity	Fatalities
Jan. 8	Wheatland	Kenosha WI	EF3	0
Jan. 8	Sampson	Webster MO	EF3	0
Jan. 10	Caledonia	Lowndes MS	EF3	0
Feb. 5	Atkins	Pope AR	EF4	4
Feb. 5	Clinton	Van Buren AR	EF4	3
Feb. 5	Mountain View	Stone AR	EF4	1
Feb. 5	Zion	Izard AR	EF4	1
Feb. 5	Highland	Sharp AR	EF4	0
Feb. 5	Huntersville	Madison TN	EF3	2
Feb. 5	Jackson	Madison TN	EF4	0
Feb. 5	Cerro Gordo	Hardin TN	EF4	1
Feb. 5	Greenville	Muhlenberg KY	EF3	0
Feb. 5	Powderly	Muhlenberg KY	EF3	0
Feb. 5	Central City	Muhlenberg KY	EF3	0
Feb. 5	Castalian Springs	Sumner TN	EF3	7
Feb. 5	Williams	Macon TN	EF3	11
Feb. 5	Tompkinsville	Monroe KY	EF3	0
Feb. 6	Fairfield	Lawrence AL	EF4	0
Feb. 17	Prattville	Autauga AL	EF3	0
March 15	Prosperity	Newberry SC	EF3	0
March 15	Branchville	Orangeburg SC	EF3	0
April 11	Liberty Hill	Giles TN	EF3	0
April 28	Suffolk	Suffolk VA	EF3	0
April 28	Driver	Suffolk VA	EF3	0
May 2	North Kansas City	Clay MO	EF3	0
May 2	Earle	Crittenden AR	EF3	0
May 2	Heafer	Crittenden AR	EF3	0
May 8	Tupelo (N)	Lee MS	EF3	0
May 10	Picher	Ottawa OK	EF4	6
May 10	Newtonia	Newton MO	EF4	0
May 10	Fredville	Newton MO	EF4	0
May 10	Granby (S)	Newton MO	EF4	0
May 10	Purdy	Barry MO	EF4	1
May 10	Stuttgart	Arkansas AR	EF3	0
May 11	Cobbtown	Tattnall GA	EF3	0
May 22	Greeley	Weld CO	EF3	1
May 22	Windsor	Weld CO	EF3	0
May 25	Parkersburg	Butler IA	EF5	6
May 25	New Hartford (N)	Butler IA	EF5	2
May 25	Hugo	Washington MN	EF3	1
May 29	Jewell	Jewell KS	EF3	0
May 29	Hubbell	Thayer NE	EF3	0
June 3	Moscow	Rush IN	EF3	1
June 11	Salina	Saline KS	EF3	0
June 11	Chapman	Dickinson KS	EF3	1
June 11	Manhattan	Riley KS	EF4	0
July 7	Rolla	Rolette ND	EF3	0
Nov. 15	Wilson	Wilson NC	EF3	0
Nov. 15	Elm City	Wilson NC	EF3	0

        
  Strong/Violent Tornadoes By State - 2008

State	EF3	EF4	EF5	Total
Kansas	9	2	0	11
Alabama	3	2	0	5
Tennessee	3	2	0	5
Georgia	4	1	0	5
Mississippi	5	0	0	5
Arkansas	3	1	0	4
Missouri	3	1	0	4
Iowa	2	0	1	3
Oklahoma	2	1	0	3
Kentucky	3	0	0	3
Minnesota	3	0	0	3
South Carolina	2	0	0	2
Nebraska	2	0	0	2
North Carolina	2	0	0	2
Colorado	1	0	0	1
Illinois	1	0	0	1
Indiana	1	0	0	1
Wisconsin	1	0	0	1
North Dakota	1	0	0	1
Virginia	1	0	0	1
2008 Total (final ytd)	48	9	1	58

State Border Crossing Tornadoes: (6)
Jan. 10 Mississippi/Alabama EF3
Feb. 5 Tennessee/Kentucky EF3
May 10 Oklahoma/Missouri EF4
May 23 Oklahoma/Kansas EF3
May 29 Kansas/Nebraska EF3
June 11 Nebraska/Iowa EF3

2008 SPC Killer Tornado Map and Statistics

Past Tornado Information Links:
NCDC Storm Data Information
Tornado Project (Tom Grazulis)
Storm News (Sam Barricklow)