Severe Weather History


2009 Severe Weather Season in the United States

36,253

Recorded events

2,992

Counties affected

138

Direct deaths

$4.5B

Property damage

The 2009 severe weather season produced 36,253 recorded events across 2,992 U.S. counties, with 138 direct deaths. It ranks #11 among all years in the archive by event count.

Through the year

2009 severe weather by month

2009 recorded severe weather events by month
2009 recorded severe weather events by month

By hazard type

What hit the U.S. in 2009

HazardEventsDeathsDamage
Thunderstorm Wind13,37720$1.4B
Hail13,3120$1.4B
Flash Flood4,08933$442.5M
Flood1,94423$590.2M
Tornado1,27321$565.9M
Heavy Rain1,0796$5.7M
Lightning72035$43.9M
Funnel Cloud4470$0
Dust Devil120$227K
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · county-tagged records

Deadliest days

The deadliest events of 2009

DateEventCountyDeathsInjuries
Feb 11, 2009Tornado EF4Carter County, Oklahoma846
Sep 21, 2009Flash FloodDouglas County, Georgia60
Oct 30, 2009FloodButler County, Missouri31
Apr 10, 2009Tornado EF3Polk County, Arkansas330
May 24, 2009Thunderstorm WindLake County, Florida32
May 8, 2009Thunderstorm WindButler County, Missouri20
May 24, 2009Flash FloodCraighead County, Arkansas20
Apr 10, 2009Tornado EF4Rutherford County, Tennessee258
Nov 27, 2009Heavy RainMaui County, Hawaii20
May 13, 2009Tornado EF2Adair County, Missouri26
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · dates UTC

Violent tornadoes

EF4 and EF5 tornadoes of 2009

DateScaleTouchdown countyDeathsPath
2009-02-10EF4Montague County, Texas837.0 mi
2009-04-10EF4Williamson County, Tennessee223.3 mi
Source: NOAA SPC SVRGIS mapped tornado tracks

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