Atlantic Hurricanes – Most Tornadoes Spawned

A hurricane or tropical storm’s intensity, rotation, and interaction with land can produce tornadoes. Most of them are EF0 or EF1 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. However, there are instances where, strong hurricanes can produce EF3 twisters. Below is the list of Atlantic Hurricanes that have produced the most tornadoes.

Watch the footage of Tropical Storm Isiaias at Greg’s Weather Center in South Plainfield, NJ on August 4, 2020. Isaias produced 39 tornadoes throughout the Mid-Atlantic.

Storm	Year	Location	Number of Tornadoes
Hurricane Ivan	2004	Alabama and Florida	120
Hurricane Beulah	1967	Texas	115
Hurricane Frances	2004	Florida to Maryland	103
Hurricane Rita	2005	Louisiana	89
Hurricane Beryl	2024	Southeast Texas	68
Hurricane Andrew	1992	South Florida	61
Hurricane Katrina	2005	United States Gulf Coast	59
Hurricane Harvey	2017	Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee	52
Hurricane Gustav	2008	United States Gulf Coast	49
Hurricane Georges	1998	Alabama, Georgia, and Florida	48
Hurricane Gilbert	1988	Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Yucatan Peninsula, Northern Mexico and South Texas	47
Hurricane Milton	2024	Florida	46

Table 1: Atlantic Hurricanes – Most Tornadoes Spawned

**Figure 1**: Tornadoes Spawned by Hurricane Ivan – Courtesy of TroPYcal, HURDAT, and NOAA.

Data courtesy of NOAA, National Weather Service, the National Hurricane Center, the Tornado Project, The Weather Channel, and Wikipedia