History of tropical cyclone-spawned tornadoes

Tropical cyclone

A tropical cyclone is a storm system characterized by a large low-pressure center and numerous thunderstorms that produce strong winds and heavy rain. Tropical cyclones strengthen when water evaporated from the ocean is released as the saturated air rises, resulting in condensation of water vapor...

s usually produce tornado

Tornado

A tornado is a violent, dangerous, rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. They are often referred to as a twister or a cyclone, although the word cyclone is used in meteorology in a wider...

es, the majority of them weak, especially upon landfall.

List of Atlantic tropical cyclones which spawned tornadoes

These are the Atlantic tropical cyclones that are known to have spawned tornadoes in the U.S.

Pre 1900

Tropical cyclone	Date of first tornado	Tornadoes	Area affected	Notes
unnamed 1810-1819 Atlantic hurricane seasons 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s-1810 Atlantic hurricane season:I. On July 30 and July 31, this tropical storm affected Jamaica.II. On August 12 a hurricane hit Trinidad, causing heavy damage. The system apparently moved to Jamaica by the 15th....	September 10, 1811	1	SC
unnamed 1810-1819 Atlantic hurricane seasons 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s-1810 Atlantic hurricane season:I. On July 30 and July 31, this tropical storm affected Jamaica.II. On August 12 a hurricane hit Trinidad, causing heavy damage. The system apparently moved to Jamaica by the 15th....	June 30, 1814	1	SC	Killer waterspout never reached land
unnamed	September 10, 1882	*3	FL
unnamed 1885 Atlantic hurricane season The 1885 Atlantic hurricane season ran through the summer and the first half of fall in 1885. The most significant storm of the season was hurricane 2, which hit Georgia as a Category 2 hurricane, causing 25 deaths.-Hurricane One:...	October 4, 1885	*1	NJ
unnamed 1885 Atlantic hurricane season The 1885 Atlantic hurricane season ran through the summer and the first half of fall in 1885. The most significant storm of the season was hurricane 2, which hit Georgia as a Category 2 hurricane, causing 25 deaths.-Hurricane One:...	October 11, 1885	*1	FL
unnamed 1891 Atlantic hurricane season The 1891 Atlantic hurricane season ran through the summer and the first half of fall in 1891. The season had 10 tropical storms, 7 of which became hurricanes...	July 6, 1891	*4	LA, MS
unnamed 1892 Atlantic hurricane season The 1892 Atlantic hurricane season ran through the summer and the first half of fall in 1892. The season accumulated 9 tropical storms, 5 hurricanes, and 0 major hurricanes, with an Accumulated Cyclone Energy of 116, making this season an above average season. Three tropical storms made landfall...	September 13, 1892	*4	NC, SC
1893 Sea Islands Hurricane 1893 Sea Islands Hurricane On August 27, 1893 a major hurricane which came to be known as the Sea Islands Hurricane struck the United States near Savannah, Georgia. It was one of two deadly hurricanes during the 1893 Atlantic hurricane season; the storm killed an estimated 1,000–2,000 people, mostly from storm surge...	August 28, 1893	*1	NC
unnamed 1893 Atlantic hurricane season The 1893 Atlantic hurricane season ran through the summer and the first half of fall in 1893. The 1893 season was fairly active, with 12 tropical storms forming, 10 of which became hurricanes. Of those, 5 became major hurricanes...	September 7, 1893	*1	LA
unnamed 1898 Atlantic hurricane season The 1898 Atlantic hurricane season ran through the summer and the first half of fall in 1898. The season was a fairly active one, with 11 storms forming, 5 of which became hurricanes.-Hurricane One:...	October 4, 1898	*1	GA

1900 - 1919

Tropical cyclone	Date of first tornado	Tornadoes	Area affected
unnamed 1900 Atlantic hurricane season The 1900 Atlantic hurricane season ran through the summer and early fall months of 1900. The season was below average, with seven tropical storms, of which three became hurricanes, two of them major.-Hurricane One:...	September 7, 1900	*2	GA
unnamed 1915 Atlantic hurricane season The 1915 Atlantic hurricane season ran through the summer and the first half of fall in 1915.-Storms:The 1915 season was not very active in terms of the number of storms but it was fairly eventful, with two powerful hurricanes hitting the Gulf Coast of the United States.-Hurricane One:The first...	September 4, 1915	*2	GA, VA
unnamed 1916 Atlantic hurricane season The 1916 Atlantic hurricane season ran through the summer and the first half of fall in 1916. The season is one of only two in which two major hurricanes were reported before the month of August, the other being the 2005 season.-Storms:...	July 6, 1916	*11	GA, AL, MS
unnamed 1916 Atlantic hurricane season The 1916 Atlantic hurricane season ran through the summer and the first half of fall in 1916. The season is one of only two in which two major hurricanes were reported before the month of August, the other being the 2005 season.-Storms:...	July 15, 1916	*1	SC
unnamed 1916 Atlantic hurricane season The 1916 Atlantic hurricane season ran through the summer and the first half of fall in 1916. The season is one of only two in which two major hurricanes were reported before the month of August, the other being the 2005 season.-Storms:...	October 18, 1916	*4	AL
unnamed 1917 Atlantic hurricane season The 1917 Atlantic hurricane season ran through the summer and the first half of fall in 1917. It was an inactive season. Only four tropical cyclones formed this season. Two of them were hurricanes; the other was a tropical storm that stayed out to sea. The first Atlantic hurricane stayed largely...	October 29, 1917	*4	SC. VA
1919 Florida Keys Hurricane 1919 Florida Keys Hurricane The Florida Keys Hurricane or Atlantic Gulf Hurricane of 1919 was an intense Atlantic hurricane, killing 772 people as it moved through the Florida Keys and Texas. The second tropical cyclone of the 1919 hurricane season, it moved in the proximity of the eastern Greater Antilles and Bahamas...	September 10, 1919	*1	FL
1919 Florida Keys Hurricane 1919 Florida Keys Hurricane The Florida Keys Hurricane or Atlantic Gulf Hurricane of 1919 was an intense Atlantic hurricane, killing 772 people as it moved through the Florida Keys and Texas. The second tropical cyclone of the 1919 hurricane season, it moved in the proximity of the eastern Greater Antilles and Bahamas...	September 15, 1919	2	TX, NM

1920 - 1939

Tropical cyclone	Date of first tornado	Tornadoes	Area affected
unnamed 1921 Atlantic hurricane season The 1921 Atlantic hurricane season ran through the summer and the first half of fall in 1921. The season was near average, with six tropical cyclones forming during the season.-Hurricane One:...	September 9, 1921	*6	TX
unnamed 1928 Atlantic hurricane season The 1928 Atlantic hurricane season ran through the summer and the first half of fall in 1928. The season was not active, but eventful. Six tropical cyclones formed during the season. Four of those became hurricanes. Only one became a major hurricane, which was also a Category 5 hurricane.-Hurricane...	August 10, 1928	*5	SC
unnamed 1928 Atlantic hurricane season The 1928 Atlantic hurricane season ran through the summer and the first half of fall in 1928. The season was not active, but eventful. Six tropical cyclones formed during the season. Four of those became hurricanes. Only one became a major hurricane, which was also a Category 5 hurricane.-Hurricane...	August 15, 1928	*4	SC, NC
unnamed 1929 Atlantic hurricane season The 1929 Atlantic hurricane season ran through the summer and the first half of fall in 1929. It was a mostly quiet season in the Atlantic as only five tropical cyclones formed during the season, with the distance between the first and second storms being nearly three months...	September 28, 1929	*6	FL, SC
unnamed 1933 Atlantic hurricane season The 1933 Atlantic hurricane season was the second most active Atlantic hurricane season on record, with 21 storms forming during that year in the northwest Atlantic Ocean. The season ran through the summer and the first half of fall in 1933, and was surpassed in total number of tropical cyclones by...	September 6, 1933	1	SC
unnamed 1933 Atlantic hurricane season The 1933 Atlantic hurricane season was the second most active Atlantic hurricane season on record, with 21 storms forming during that year in the northwest Atlantic Ocean. The season ran through the summer and the first half of fall in 1933, and was surpassed in total number of tropical cyclones by...	October 4, 1933	*2	FL
unnamed 1934 Atlantic hurricane season The 1934 Atlantic hurricane season ran through the summer and the first half of fall in 1934. The 1934 season was fairly quiet. However, it was a continuation of deadly seasons that had been going on since 1928....	July 24, 1934	*8	TX
Labor Day Hurricane	September 4, 1935	*13	SC, NC, VA, MD
unnamed 1938 Atlantic hurricane season The 1938 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 16, 1938, and lasted until October 31, 1938. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.-Tropical Storm One:...	August 15, 1938	*1	LA

1940 - 1959

Tropical cyclone	Date of first tornado	Tornadoes	Area affected
unnamed 1940 Atlantic hurricane season The 1940 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 16, 1940, and lasted until October 31, 1940. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin...	August 10, 1940	2	SC
unnamed 1941 Atlantic hurricane season The 1941 Atlantic hurricane season was the period during 1941 in which tropical cyclones formed in the Atlantic Basin. It was a relatively inactive hurricane season, with only six known storms. It officially began on June 16, 1941 and lasted until November 1, 1941. These dates delimit the period of...	October 20, 1941	*2	FL
unnamed 1944 Atlantic hurricane season The 1944 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 16, 1944, and lasted until October 31, 1944. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin....	October 18, 1944	3	FL
unnamed 1945 Atlantic hurricane season The 1945 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 16, 1945, and lasted until October 31, 1945. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin....	August 27, 1945	*2	TX
unnamed 1945 Atlantic hurricane season The 1945 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 16, 1945, and lasted until October 31, 1945. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin....	September 17, 1945	*1	SC
unnamed 1947 Atlantic hurricane season The 1947 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 16, 1947, and lasted until November 1, 1947. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin....	September 19, 1947	*1	FL
unnamed 1947 Atlantic hurricane season The 1947 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 16, 1947, and lasted until November 1, 1947. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin....	October 11, 1947	*4	FL
unnamed 1948 Atlantic hurricane season The 1948 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 15, 1948, and lasted until November 15, 1948. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin....	September 4, 1948	1	GA, FL
unnamed 1948 Atlantic hurricane season The 1948 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 15, 1948, and lasted until November 15, 1948. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin....	September 21, 1948	*1	FL
unnamed 1948 Atlantic hurricane season The 1948 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 15, 1948, and lasted until November 15, 1948. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin....	October 5, 1948	*3	FL
unnamed 1949 Atlantic hurricane season The 1949 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 16, 1949, and lasted until October 31, 1949. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin....	August 28, 1949	*4	NC
unnamed 1949 Atlantic hurricane season The 1949 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 16, 1949, and lasted until October 31, 1949. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin....	October 3, 1949	1	TX
Hurricane Baker	August 13, 1950	2	FL
Hurricane Able	August 31, 1952	*3	VA, NC, MD
Hurricane Connie Hurricane Connie Hurricane Connie was the first in a series of hurricanes to strike North Carolina during the 1955 Atlantic hurricane season. Connie struck as a Category 1, causing major flooding and inflicting extensive damage to the Outer Banks and inland to Raleigh....	August 10, 1955	*4	SC, NC, DE
Hurricane Diane Hurricane Diane Hurricane Diane was one of three hurricanes to hit North Carolina during the 1955 Atlantic hurricane season, striking an area that had been hit by Hurricane Connie five days earlier...	August 19, 1955	*1	PA
Hurricane Flossy	September 24, 1956	*5	FL, GA, SC
Hurricane Audrey Hurricane Audrey Hurricane Audrey was the first major hurricane of the 1957 Atlantic hurricane season. Audrey was the only storm to reach Category 4 status in June. A powerful hurricane, Audrey caused catastrophic damage across eastern Texas and western Louisiana. It then affected the South Central United States as...	June 27, 1957	*21	MS, AL, LA, TN
Hurricane Cindy Hurricane Cindy (1959) Hurricane Cindy impacted the Carolinas, the Mid-Atlantic states, New England, and the Canadian Maritime Provinces during the 1959 Atlantic hurricane season. The third storm of the season, Cindy originated from a low-pressure area associated with a cold front located east of northern Florida...	July 10, 1959	11	NC, VA, MD, GA
Hurricane Debra	July 24, 1959	1	TX
Hurricane Gracie Hurricane Gracie Hurricane Gracie was a major hurricane that formed in September 1959, the strongest during the 1959 Atlantic hurricane season and the most intense to strike the United States since Hurricane Hazel in 1954...	September 29, 1959	*7	SC, NC, VA, PA
Hurricane Judith	October 17, 1959	1	FL

1960 - 1979

Tropical cyclone	Date of first tornado	Tornadoes	Area affected	Notes
Hurricane Donna Hurricane Donna Hurricane Donna in the 1960 Atlantic hurricane season was a Cape Verde-type hurricane which moved across the Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Hispanola, Cuba, The Bahamas, and every state on the East Coast of the United States...	September 10, 1960	*5	VA, NC, SC
Hurricane Ethel Hurricane Ethel Hurricane Ethel was both one of the fastest intensifying and weakening storms on record, reaching Category 5 status 18 hours after being declared a tropical storm and weakening from that intensity to a tropical storm in roughly 12 hours...	September 15, 1960	*6	FL, AL
Hurricane Carla Hurricane Carla Hurricane Carla was one of two Category 5 tropical cyclones during the 1961 Atlantic hurricane season. It struck the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, becoming one of the most powerful storms to ever strike the United States. Hurricane Carla was the second most intense storm to ever...	September 10, 1961	*20	TX, LA, OK, AR	F4 killed 8 in Galveston, TX vicinity
Hurricane Cleo Hurricane Cleo Hurricane Cleo was the third named storm, first hurricane, and first major hurricane of the 1964 Atlantic hurricane season. Cleo was one of the longest-lived storms of the season...	August 27, 1964	*17	FL, SC, VA, NC
Hurricane Dora Hurricane Dora Hurricane Dora was the first tropical cyclone on record to make landfall over the extreme northeast coast of Florida. Dora was also the first storm to produce hurricane force winds to Jacksonville, Florida in the almost 80 years of record keeping. Dora killed five people and left over...	September 12, 1964	3	SC, NC
Hurricane Hilda Hurricane Hilda Hurricane Hilda was the third hurricane to make landfall in the United States during the 1964 Atlantic hurricane season. Originating near Cuba, the cyclone intensified while moving through the Gulf of Mexico, and became a Category 4 hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico before striking Louisiana in...	October 3, 1964	*10	LA, MS, AL, NC	Deadliest tropical cyclone spawned tornado killed 22 at Larose, LA
Hurricane Isbell	October 14, 1964	*9	FL
Hurricane Betsy Hurricane Betsy Hurricane Betsy was a Category 4 hurricane of the 1965 Atlantic hurricane season which caused enormous damage in the Bahamas, Florida, and Louisiana. Betsy made its most intense landfall near the mouth of the Mississippi River, causing significant flooding of the waters of Lake Pontchartrain into...	September 8, 1965	*6	FL, AL, MS
Hurricane Alma Hurricane Alma (1966) Hurricane Alma was a rare June major hurricane in the 1966 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the earliest continental U.S. hurricane strike within any season since 1908...	June 8, 1966	5	FL, MS
Hurricane Inez Hurricane Inez Hurricane Inez was a deadly, destructive, powerful and very long-lived Cape Verde-type hurricane that carved an erratic path through the Lesser Antilles, Hispaniola, Cuba, the Bahamas, Florida, and Mexico in 1966...	October 4, 1966	2	FL
Hurricane Beulah Hurricane Beulah Hurricane Beulah was the second tropical storm, second hurricane, and only major hurricane during the 1967 Atlantic hurricane season. It tracked through the Caribbean, struck the Yucatán peninsula of Mexico as a major hurricane, and moved west-northwest into the Gulf of Mexico, briefly gaining...	September 20, 1967	*115+	TX, Mexico
Hurricane Abby	June 7, 1968	4	NC
Hurricane Gladys	October 17, 1968	2	FL
Hurricane Camille Hurricane Camille Hurricane Camille was the third and strongest tropical cyclone and second hurricane during the 1969 Atlantic hurricane season. The second of three catastrophic Category 5 hurricanes to make landfall in the United States during the 20th century , which it did near the mouth of the Mississippi River...	August 17, 1969	2	FL
Hurricane Celia Hurricane Celia Hurricane Celia was the third named tropical cyclone, the second hurricane, and first major hurricane of the 1970 Atlantic hurricane season. Celia began as a tropical wave which formed off the eastern coast of Africa on July 23. The wave reached the eastern Caribbean Sea on July 28 and began to...	August 31, 1970	9	TX
Hurricane Edith Hurricane Edith Hurricane Edith was the strongest hurricane to form during the 1971 Atlantic hurricane season. It developed from a tropical wave on September 5 and quickly strengthened into a hurricane in the Caribbean Sea. Edith rapidly intensified on September 9 and made landfall on Cape Gracias a Dios as a...	September 16, 1971	*16	LA, AL, MS
Hurricane Fern	September 10, 1971	5	TX
Hurricane Agnes Hurricane Agnes Hurricane Agnes was the first tropical storm and first hurricane of the 1972 Atlantic hurricane season. A rare June hurricane, it made landfall on the Florida Panhandle before moving northeastward and ravaging the Mid-Atlantic region as a tropical storm...	June 18, 1972	*17	FL, GA	1972 Hurricane Agnes tornado outbreak 1972 Hurricane Agnes tornado outbreak The 1972 Hurricane Agnes tornado outbreak, the third deadliest outbreak associated with a tropical cyclone in the United States since 1900, was the deadliest tornado outbreak related to a tropical cyclone in Florida. The outbreak, produced by Hurricane Agnes, lasted for 14.6 hours from June 18 to...
Hurricane Carmen Hurricane Carmen Hurricane Carmen was the most intense tropical cyclone of the 1974 Atlantic hurricane season. A destructive and widespread storm, Carmen originated as a tropical disturbance that emerged from Africa toward the end of August. The wave traveled westward, spawning a tropical depression east of the...	September 8, 1974	4	LA
Hurricane Eloise Hurricane Eloise Hurricane Eloise was the most destructive tropical cyclone of the 1975 Atlantic hurricane season. The fifth tropical storm, fourth hurricane, and second major hurricane of the season, Eloise formed as a tropical depression on September 13 to the east of the Virgin Islands...	September 23, 1975	5	GA, FL
Hurricane Babe	September 5, 1977	*14	LA, SC, MS, AL
Hurricane David Hurricane David Hurricane David was the fourth named tropical cyclone, second hurricane, and first major hurricane of the 1979 Atlantic hurricane season. A Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, David was among the deadliest hurricanes in the latter half of the 20th century, killing...	September 3, 1979	*34	FL, MD, VA, PA, DE
Hurricane Frederic Hurricane Frederic Hurricane Frederic was the sixth tropical cyclone, third hurricane and second major hurricane of the 1979 Atlantic hurricane season. Frederic was the costliest hurricane to ever hit the U.S. Gulf Coast at that particular time...	September 12, 1979	10	AL, GA, FL

1980 - 1999

Tropical cyclone	Date of first tornado	Tornadoes	Area affected	Notes
Hurricane Allen Hurricane Allen Hurricane Allen was the first and strongest hurricane of the 1980 Atlantic hurricane season. It was one of the strongest hurricanes in recorded history, one of the few hurricanes to reach Category 5 status on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale on three separate occasions, and spent more time...	August 9, 1980	*29	TX	Costliest tropical cyclone related tornado in history struck Austin, TX vicinity inflicting $100 million in damages
T. D. #2	June 5, 1981	9	LA, TX
Hurricane Dennis	August 17, 1981	2	FL
T. D. #8	August 31, 1981	14	TX
Hurricane Alicia Hurricane Alicia Hurricane Alicia was the costliest tropical cyclone in the Atlantic since Hurricane Agnes in 1972. Alicia was the third depression, the first tropical storm, and the only major hurricane of the 1983 Atlantic hurricane season...	August 17, 1983	*22	TX
Hurricane Diana Hurricane Diana (1984) Hurricane Diana was the fourth tropical storm, the first hurricane, the first major hurricane, and the strongest storm of the 1984 Atlantic hurricane season. Diana was the first major hurricane to hit the U.S. East Coast in nearly 20 years. Watches and warnings were issued for the storm...	September 5, 1984	1	FL
Hurricane Danny	August 15, 1985	*39	LA, MS, TN, AL, SC, GA
Hurricane Elena Hurricane Elena Hurricane Elena was a category 3 major hurricane that produced heavy damage along the Gulf Coast of the United States in August and September of the 1985 Atlantic hurricane season. The fifth tropical storm, fourth hurricane, and first major hurricane of the season, Elena developed near Cuba from a...	August 31, 1985	10	FL
Hurricane Gloria Hurricane Gloria Hurricane Gloria was a powerful Cape Verde-type hurricane that formed during the 1985 Atlantic hurricane season and prowled the Atlantic Ocean from September 16 to September 28. Gloria reached Category 4 status on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale near the Bahamas, but weakened significantly...	September 27, 1985	2	NJ, MA
Hurricane Juan Hurricane Juan (1985) Hurricane Juan was a hurricane that formed in October 1985 and looped twice near the Louisiana coast, causing torrential flooding for several days. Juan was the costliest hurricane of the 1985 Atlantic hurricane season, and at the time was among the costliest of all historical U.S. hurricanes...	October 28, 1985	11	FL, AL, MS
Hurricane Bonnie	June 27, 1986	5	LA
Hurricane Gilbert Hurricane Gilbert Hurricane Gilbert was an extremely powerful Cape Verde-type hurricane that formed during the 1988 Atlantic hurricane season and created widespread destruction in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. It is the second most intense hurricane ever observed in the Atlantic basin behind only...	September 16, 1988	*29+	TX, Mexico
Hurricane Chantal	August 1, 1989	4	TX
Hurricane Hugo Hurricane Hugo Hurricane Hugo was a classical, destructive and rare Cape Verde-type hurricane which struck the Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe, Montserrat, St. Croix, Puerto Rico and the USA mainland in South Carolina as a Category 4 hurricane during September of the 1989 Atlantic hurricane season...	September 22, 1989	3	SC, NC
Hurricane Jerry	October 15, 1989	5	TX
Hurricane Bob Hurricane Bob Hurricane Bob was one of the costliest hurricanes in New England history. The second named storm and first hurricane of the 1991 Atlantic hurricane season, Bob developed from an area of low pressure near The Bahamas on August 16. The depression steadily intensified, and became Tropical Storm Bob...	August 18, 1991	5	NC, NY
Hurricane Georges Hurricane Georges Hurricane Georges was a very destructive, powerful and long-lived Cape Verde-type Category 4 hurricane. Georges was the seventh tropical storm, fourth hurricane, and second major hurricane of the 1998 Atlantic hurricane season...	September 1998	-	AL, GA, FL	Hurricane Georges tornado outbreak Hurricane Georges tornado outbreak The 1998 Hurricane Georges tornado outbreak was six day tornado outbreak associated with the passage of Hurricane Georges in the Southeast United States. Most of the tornadoes produced by the storm formed in the outer bands of the storm and were relatively weak; however, one F2 tornado touched down...
Hurricane Floyd Hurricane Floyd Hurricane Floyd was the sixth named storm, fourth hurricane, and third major hurricane in the 1999 Atlantic hurricane season. Floyd triggered the third largest evacuation in US history when 2.6 million coastal residents of five states were ordered from their homes as it approached...	September 16, 1999	14+	NC

2000 - present

Tropical cyclone	Date of first tornado	Tornadoes	Area affected	Notes
Hurricane Charley Hurricane Charley Hurricane Charley was the third named storm, the second hurricane, and the second major hurricane of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season. Charley lasted from August 9 to August 15, and at its peak intensity it attained 150 mph winds, making it a strong Category 4 hurricane on the...	August 13–14, 2004	16	FL, NC, VA
Hurricane Frances Hurricane Frances Hurricane Frances was the sixth named storm, the fourth hurricane, and the third major hurricane of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season. The system crossing the open Atlantic during mid to late August, moving to the north of the Lesser Antilles while strengthening. Its outer bands affected Puerto...	September 5–9, 2004	*103		see Hurricane Frances tornado outbreak Hurricane Frances tornado outbreak The 2004 Hurricane Frances tornado outbreak was a widespread tornado outbreak associated with Hurricane Frances that came ashore on eastern Florida on September 4–5, 2004...
Hurricane Gaston Hurricane Gaston (2004) Hurricane Gaston was a minimal hurricane that made landfall in South Carolina on August 29, 2004. It then crossed North Carolina and Virginia before exiting to the northeast and dissipating. The storm killed nine people — eight of them directly — and caused $130 million in damage....	August 2004	33
Hurricane Ivan Hurricane Ivan Hurricane Ivan was a large, long-lived, Cape Verde-type hurricane that caused widespread damage in the Caribbean and United States. The cyclone was the ninth named storm, the sixth hurricane and the fourth major hurricane of the active 2004 Atlantic hurricane season...	September 16–21, 2004	*117	VA, GA, FL, PA, AL, SC, MD, NC, WV	See Hurricane Ivan tornado outbreak Hurricane Ivan tornado outbreak The Hurricane Ivan tornado outbreak was a three-day tornado outbreak that was associated with the passage of Hurricane Ivan across the Southern United States starting on September 15, 2004 across the Gulf Coast states of Alabama and Florida as well as southern Georgia before ending in the Middle...
Hurricane Cindy Hurricane Cindy (2005) Hurricane Cindy was a tropical cyclone that briefly reached minimal hurricane strength in the Gulf of Mexico during July in the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season and made landfall in Louisiana. It was the third named storm and first hurricane of the season...	July 5–7, 2005	*33	NC, AL, VA, GA, MS, SC, LA, MD	2005 Hurricane Cindy tornado outbreak. Did a large part of the damage
Hurricane Dennis Hurricane Dennis Hurricane Dennis was an early-forming major hurricane in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico during the very active 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. Dennis was the fourth named storm, second hurricane, and first major hurricane of the season...	July 10–12, 2005	10	FL, GA
Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...	August 25–31, 2005	*44	FL, GA, AL, MS, VA, PA	See Hurricane Katrina tornado outbreak Hurricane Katrina tornado outbreak The Hurricane Katrina tornado outbreak was a tornado outbreak across the eastern United States from August 29 to August 31, 2005, spawned mostly by the outer bands of Hurricane Katrina . One person was killed and numerous communities suffered damage of varying degrees from central Mississippi to... article
Hurricane Rita Hurricane Rita Hurricane Rita was the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the most intense tropical cyclone ever observed in the Gulf of Mexico. Rita caused $11.3 billion in damage on the U.S. Gulf Coast in September 2005...	September 24–26, 2005	22	TX, LA, MS, AL, AR
Tropical Storm Tammy	October 6, 2005	1	GA
Hurricane Wilma Hurricane Wilma Hurricane Wilma was the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in the Atlantic basin. Wilma was the twenty-second storm , thirteenth hurricane, sixth major hurricane, and fourth Category 5 hurricane of the record-breaking 2005 season...	October 24, 2005	10	FL
Tropical Storm Alberto Tropical Storm Alberto (2006) Tropical Storm Alberto was the first tropical storm of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season. Forming on June 10 in the northwestern Caribbean, the storm moved generally to the north, reaching a maximum intensity of 70 mph before weakening and moving ashore in the Big Bend area of Florida on...	June 12–14, 2006	17	FL, GA, SC, NC
Hurricane Ernesto Hurricane Ernesto (2006) Hurricane Ernesto was the costliest tropical cyclone of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season. The sixth tropical storm and first hurricane of the season, Ernesto developed from a tropical wave on August 24 in the eastern Caribbean Sea...	August 24, 2006	5	FL, NC
Tropical Storm Barry Tropical Storm Barry (2007) Tropical Storm Barry was a rapidly-forming tropical cyclone that made landfall on Florida, United States, in early June 2007. The second named storm of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Barry developed from a trough of low pressure in the southeastern Gulf of Mexico on June 1...	June 1, 2007	2	FL
Tropical Storm Erin Tropical Storm Erin (2007) Tropical Storm Erin was the second tropical cyclone to make landfall in the United States in the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season. The fifth named storm of the season, it formed in the Gulf of Mexico on August 14 from a persistent area of convection...	August 16, 2007	7	TX, OK
Hurricane Humberto Hurricane Humberto (2007) Hurricane Humberto was a minimal hurricane that formed and intensified faster than any other North Atlantic tropical cyclone on record before landfall. Developing on September 12, 2007, in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico, the tropical cyclone rapidly strengthened and struck High Island, Texas, with...	September 12, 2007	1	LA
Hurricane Dolly Hurricane Dolly (2008) Hurricane Dolly was a tropical cyclone that made landfall in extreme southern Texas in July 2008. Dolly was the fourth tropical cyclone and second hurricane to form during the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the first U.S. landfalling hurricane of the 2008 season. Dolly developed on July 20...	July 23, 2008	5	TX
Tropical Storm Fay Tropical Storm Fay (2008) Tropical Storm Fay was a tropical storm and the sixth named storm of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. Fay formed from a vigorous tropical wave on August 15 over the Dominican Republic...	August 18, 2008	49	FL, AL, NC, SC, GA
Hurricane Gustav Hurricane Gustav The name Gustav has been used for five tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean:* 1984's Tropical Storm Gustav - Spent most of its existence as a tropical depression hovering over Bermuda, no major damage was reported....	August 21, 2008	28	FL, AL, LA, MS, AR, MO, IN
Hurricane Ike Hurricane Ike Hurricane Ike was the second-costliest hurricane ever to make landfall in the United States, the costliest hurricane ever to impact Cuba and the second most active hurricane to reach the Canadian mainland in the Great Lakes Region after Hurricane Hazel in 1954...	September 9, 2008	*33	FL, LA, MS, AR, TX
Hurricane Hanna Hurricane Hanna (2008) Hurricane Hanna was the deadliest storm of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm was the eighth tropical cyclone and fourth hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. It formed east-northeast of the northern Leeward Islands on August 28...	September 16, 2008	1	PA

* one or more listed as significant (F2-F5 or killer) tornadoes

External links

List of Known Tropical Cyclones Which Have Spawned Tornadoes (The Tornado Project)
Tropical Cyclones Spawning 20 or More Known Tornadoes (The Tornado Project)
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Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML)
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Tropical Cyclone Tornado Research Group at Saint Louis University
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