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Contributed by Bill McCaul

Historical records show that the largest and most intense TC tornado outbreaks have occured in Texas (Hurricane Carla in 1961, Beulah in 1967, Allen in 1980, and Gilbert in 1988), Louisiana (Hurricane Audrey in 1957, Carla in 1961, Hilda in 1964, and Andrew in 1992), Mississippi(Hurricane Audrey in 1957 and Andrew in 1992), Alabama (Hurricane Audrey in 1957, Danny in 1985, Andrew in 1992, and Georges in 1998), South Carolina (Tropical Storm Beryl in 1994), and Florida (Hurricane Agnes in 1972, Opal in 1995, and Tropical Storm Josephine in 1996). The Gulf Coast states tend to have the most frequent and significant TC tornado events, partly because of their tendency to have at least one state fully exposed to the right-front quadrant of the TC when landfall occures there (McCaul 1991).

Last updated August 13, 2004