The tornado season of 1985 saw very little action in the winter months, and even the spring wasn't particularly notable until the massive May 31 outbreak, one of the most intense and deadliest in modern American history, which saw 44 tornadoes kill 88 people in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and Ontario, Canada.

Another notable storm from this event includes an F3 tornado that started about 4 miles northeast of Ida, Louisiana, moving into Arkansas, where it mainly dealt F1 damage in wooded areas.

This storm brought the realization that TOTO had a center of gravity too high for extreme wind, resulting in it falling down when it got sideswiped.

[5] A major tornado outbreak occurred in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario on the last day of May.

Yourga Trucking in Wheatland was hit beyond recognition in addition to the Amish community in Atlantic.

An unrated but damaging tornado struck Musi Bayuasin Regency in the south part of Sumatra.

An F3 tornado spawned by Hurricane Bob briefly touched down near the Albemarle County and Greene County line, hitting a grocery store and a subdivision, causing no deaths or injuries.

An F3 tornado spawned by Hurricane Danny struck Waco, Tennessee, and produced a damage swath that was 500 yards wide.