Tornadoes of 2021

Following a period of inactivity, the Storm Prediction Center issued a slight risk for severe weather for a broad area in northwest Alabama, northeast Mississippi, and southern Tennessee on January 25.

Around midnight, a destructive high-end EF3 tornado heavily damaged or destroyed dozens of homes in the Ocean Ridge Plantation subdivision near Sunset Beach, North Carolina.

A long-tracked EF3 wedge tornado also tracked over 80 miles (130 km) across five counties in central Alabama for 98 minutes, causing significant damage near Sawyerville, Greensboro and Brent while injuring 13.

A final EF1 tornado that destroyed outbuildings and downed trees was confirmed near Fairview, Alabama, on the morning March 28 before a squall line produced widespread wind damage in the Delaware Valley that afternoon.

However, one strong multiple-vortex EF3 tornado touched down near Truscott, Texas, tossing a 4,000 lb (1,800 kg) cattle feeder and bending large metal power line pylons to the ground.

[85] Another high-end EF1 tornado near Hondo, Texas, destroyed a mobile home and a barn, severely damaged the roof of a house, downed trees and power lines, and toppled a hunting tower.

[90] More tornadic and severe weather occurred on May 4, affecting areas from East Texas to Pennsylvania, including an EF2 tornado that caused major damage to a home and tossed a car near Fulton, Kentucky.

A large grove of elm trees were completely mowed down, a tractor was thrown 100 yards (91 m), and power poles were snapped as the tornado traveled parallel to N-61.

Multiple mobile homes were obliterated in East Brewton, houses and a school building sustained severe roof damage, and countless large trees were snapped or uprooted along the path.

In Georgia, a long-tracked EF1 tornado downed numerous trees, and also caused damage to mobile homes and pump houses as it struck Zetto and passed near Cuthbert along a 30.32 mi (48.80 km)-long path.

[114][115][82] On June 26, an EF2 tornado caused significant damage in Port Austin, Michigan, ripping the roofs off of multiple homes, destroying garages and outbuildings, throwing a fifth-wheel trailer, and injuring six people.

On July 28, the SPC issued moderate risk of severe weather for parts of the Great Lakes region, highlighting the potential for a major damaging straight-line wind event.

The severe weather forced a nighttime airshow at the Experimental Aircraft Association's EAA AirVenture Oshkosh to be postponed until Thursday, and most activities at the event shut down earlier than planned on Wednesday.

[140] During the early evening hours of August 7, an isolated supercell thunderstorm produced a tornado that touched down and moved through the southern edge of Boscobel, Wisconsin, causing minor to moderate roof and tree damage in town.

[82][156] One person was killed and at least five others were injured due to a strong rain-wrapped EF2 tornado that moved through the Philadelphia suburbs of Fort Washington, Upper Dublin, and Maple Glen, flipping vehicles and leaving a path of significant damage to trees and structures.

This strong rain-wrapped tornado was spawned by a large high-precipitation supercell thunderstorm, and first developed over Lake Huron before moving ashore, causing extensive tree and structural damage from Kingsbridge to south of Lucknow.

[159] Later that day, a shortwave trough moved over the Great Plains, prompting the Storm Prediction Center to issue a moderate risk for portions of Oklahoma and northeastern Texas.

A lower-end severe weather threat occurred farther east the next day, with an EF1 tornado touching down and causing tree damage near Turbeville, Virginia.

Later that morning, a supercell ahead of the squall line produced an EF2 tornado northwest of Pinehurst, which crossed Interstate 10, heavily damaging a home and several garages at a Texas Department of Transportation maintenance facility.

[193][194] Early the next morning, as the squall line intensified and moved eastward, numerous tornadoes, rated EF0–EF1, were produced in Tennessee and Kentucky, causing mainly minor damage.

Several other strong EF2 tornadoes touched down in more rural areas of Illinois with one of them tearing the roof off of a house, flipping tanker trucks, and destroying buildings at an agricultural services plant near Gays.

It continued past Dresden and eventually crossed into Kentucky, where additional significant damage occurred in the town of Pembroke before the tornado dissipated, resulting in 34 injuries but no fatalities along its path.

After moving away from Soresina, the same parent supercell thunderstorm produced a large, destructive F2 stovepipe tornado that caused significant damage in the small village of Bettegno, located near Pontevico.

Streets in Bettegno were left covered in debris as multiple large brick buildings sustained major structural damage, including roof loss and collapse of exterior walls.

This large F2 cone tornado ripped the roofs off of several brick farm homes near Carpenedolo, including one that sustained partial loss of its upper exterior walls.

The last tornado, also rated F2, was spawned by a separate supercell thunderstorm and hit a small airport north of Carpi, badly damaging or destroying hangars and other structures on the property.

[259][260] Multiple cyclic supercell thunderstorms developed in a very moist, highly sheared, and unstable environment, sparking a significant two-day tornado outbreak across parts of China.

The first tornado touched down near Baochang in Inner Mongolia before devastating the small village of Jianguo at high-end EF3 strength, completely leveling brick homes, debarking trees, tossing cars and farm implements, producing ground scouring in open fields, and killing at least six people.

[271][272] On the evening of July 1, a damaging tornado struck Guyuan in Hebei Province for the second time in six days, completely destroying multiple small and unreinforced brick homes.

The narrow but strong tornado downed power lines, snapped or uprooted large trees, and damaged multiple homes and apartment buildings, some of which sustained shattered windows and had roofing torn off.

EF3 damage to a home in Fultondale, Alabama.
High-end EF3 damage to a home where two fatalities occurred in Grissettown, North Carolina.
EF2 damage to a home north of Happy, Texas.
High-end EF2 damage to a house near Billingsley, Alabama .
EF3 damage to the Precision Materials manufacturing facility near Ohatchee, Alabama .
A home that was swept off its foundation at low-end EF4 intensity in Newnan, Georgia.
A mobile home that was obliterated by an EF3 tornado in Waxia, Louisiana.
EF2 damage to a home that was shifted off its foundation and sustained partial roof loss southwest of Douglas, Georgia.
EF2 damage to a two-story house near Waxahachie, Texas .
EF2 damage to a garage near Bryant, Indiana.
EF2 damage to mobile homes in East Brewton, Alabama.
A poorly-anchored house that was leveled by a low-end EF3 tornado on the southeast side of Naperville, Illinois.
EF2 damage to houses in Port Austin, Michigan.
EF3 damage to a home at a farmstead near Lake City, Iowa.
Flipped vehicles and EF3 damage to the Faulkner auto dealership in Trevose, Pennsylvania.
High-end EF3 damage to a house east of Boscobel, Wisconsin.
The remnants of Ida producing tornadoes and flash flooding in the Northeastern United States.
EF3 damage to a home in Mullica Hill, New Jersey.
EF3 damage to a large metal-framed warehouse building at the Black River Electric Co-op in Fredericktown, Missouri.
A home partially destroyed by an EF2 tornado near Mauriceville, Texas.
An EF4 tornado near Hayti, Missouri
EF4 damage to well-built brick buildings in downtown Mayfield, Kentucky.
High-end EF2 damage to a small and poorly-anchored home near Neillsville, Wisconsin .
Severe damage to cars and an industrial building as a result of an F4 tornado in Lužice, Czech Republic.
Damage from an EF3 tornado in Shengze, China.