Tornadoes of 2010

Tornadoes of 2010
Clockwise from top: a massive EF4 tornado near Yazoo City, Mississippi on April 24; EF2 damage to a home in Bellemont, Arizona after a tornado on October 6; Damage in Cincinnati, Arkansas following an EF3 tornado on December 31; a deadly EF4 tornado seen on CCTV near Millbury, Ohio on June 5; Damage in Wadena, Minnesota from an EF4 tornado on June 17; NEXRAD imagery of the previously mentioned violent tornado hitting Yazoo City, Mississippi.
TimespanJanuary 19 – December 31, 2010
Maximum rated tornadoEF4 tornado
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    – Yazoo City–Durant, Mississippi
    on April 24
    – Collinsville, Alabama
    on April 24
    – Moore–Choctaw, Oklahoma
    on May 10
    – Norman–Little Axe, Oklahoma
    on May 10
    – Bowdle, South Dakota
    on May 22
    – Millbury, Ohio
    on June 5
    – Almora–Bluffton, Minnesota
    on June 17
    – Holmes, North Dakota
    on June 17
    – Wadena, Minnesota
    on June 17
    – Conger–Albert Lea, Minnesota
    on June 17
    – Sibley, Iowa
    on June 25
    – Doran, Minnesota
    on August 7
    – Atlanta, Louisiana
    on November 29
Tornadoes in U.S.1,266
Damage (U.S.)$1.07 billion (2010 US$)
Fatalities (U.S.)45
Fatalities (worldwide)107

This page documents the tornadoes and tornado outbreaks of 2010. The majority of tornadoes form in the U.S., but they can occur almost anywhere under the right conditions. A lesser number occur outside the U.S., most notably in parts of neighboring southern Canada during the Northern Hemisphere's summer season, but are also known in South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

There were 1,266 tornadoes confirmed in the United States in 2010, with 45 confirmed fatalities. Elsewhere in the world, 62 people were killed in tornadoes: 51 in China, six in Argentina, three in the Bahamas and one each in Bangladesh and Germany. The year was near average for tornadoes despite an extremely quiet early spring period, however such changed after a huge upswing starting in late April and a busy late spring and summer period. The autumn months were slightly above average.

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