Tornado Fatalities by State and Circumstances, 1999-2013

Updated February 12, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Here are tornado fatalities by state and circumstances for select years from 1999 to present.

2013 2012 2011 2010 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999
Alabama - 3 245 - 1 - 13 6 13 -
Arkansas 1 - 12 6 - - 1 5 - 8
Florida - 1 - - 7 1 - 2 - -
Georgia 1 - 16 - 1 6 - - 19 -
Illinois 7 9 - 1 9 2 4 - - 3
Indiana - 13 - - 1 - - 2 - -
Iowa 1 - - - - - - 2 1 2
Kansas - 1 3 - - 8 - 1 - 6
Kentucky - 22 14 - - 3 1 - - -
Louisiana - - 1 - 1 - 2 1 - 7
Maryland - - - - - - 3 2 - -
Massachusetts - - 3 - - - - - - -
Minnesota - - 1 3 - - - - 1 -
Mississippi 1 - 32 13 1 - 1 12 - 1
Missouri - 6 158 5 7 19 4 1 - -
Montana - - 2 - - - - - -
Nebraska - - - 1 1 2 - - - -
New Jersey - - - - - 1 - - - -
New York - - 1 - - - - - -
North Carolina - - - - 3 26 - - - 1
Ohio - 4 - 7 - - 5 - 1 4
Oklahoma 34 6 14 3 - - - 1 - 42
Pennsylvania - - - - - - 1 - - -
South Carolina - - 3 - 1 - - - 1 -
South Dakota - - - - - - - - - 1
Tennessee - - 32 1 - 12 17 2 1 12
Texas 7 - - - 2 - 3 - 4 6
Utah - - - - - - - - 1 -
Wisconsin - - 1 - - - 3 - - -
West Virginia - - 1 - - - - - -
Virginia - - 6 - - - - - - -
Circumstances:
Mobile Home 13 48 112 20 11 25 32 17 28 36
Permanent Home 17 16 229 11 21 24 15 15 7 39
Vehicle 9 2 34 7 2 - 4 3 4 6
Business 13 - - 1 2 1 1 3 - 3
Outside/Open - 2 7 6 - 3 3 2 2 10
Other/Unknown - - 79 - - 1 - - - -
Total 52 68 553 45 36 54 55 40 41 94
Source: Storm Prediction Center at the National Weather Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Web: www.spc.noaa.gov

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