This is a list of all tornadoes that were confirmed by local offices of the National Weather Service in the United States from September to October 2009.
September
September 2 event List of reported tornadoes - Thursday, September 2, 2009 EF# Location County Coord. Time (UTC) Path length DamageSouth Dakota EF0WNW of KimballBrule2051Damage limited to a few trees. Sources: NWS Storm Data
September 3 event List of reported tornadoes - Thursday, September 3, 2009 EF# Location County Coord. Time (UTC) Path length DamageColorado EF0WNW of Sugar CityCrowley2128Landspout tornado remained over open country. Sources: NWS Storm Data
September 6 event List of reported tornadoes - Sunday, September 6, 2009 EF# Location County Coord. Time (UTC) Path length DamageWashington EF1E of Bonney LakePierce2319A barn, a silo and a trailer were destroyed. Another barn was damaged along with trees and a nursery. Sources: Storm Reports for September 6, 2009, NWS Seattle (PNS), NWS Storm Data
September 7 event List of reported tornadoes - Monday, September 7, 2009 EF# Location County Coord. Time (UTC) Path length DamageTennessee EF0NW of McMinnvilleWarren2358Minor peeling of metal roofs to a couple of homes, otherwise damaged mostly to trees. Sources: Storm Reports for September 7, 2009, NWS Nashville (PNS), NWS Storm Data
September 16 event List of reported tornadoes - Wednesday, September 16, 2009 EF# Location County Coord. Time (UTC) Path length DamageAlabama EF0LomaxChilton1558A house sustained minor damage and an outbuilding was heavily damaged. Sources: Storm Reports for September 16, 2009, NWS Birmingham, NWS Storm Data
September 20 event List of reported tornadoes - Sunday, September 20, 2009 EF# Location County Coord. Time (UTC) Path length DamageIndiana EF1NE of BordenClark2158Damage to a modular home (from a tree) and multiple trees. A shed was destroyed. Sources: Storm Reports for September 20, 2009, NWS Louisville, NWS Storm Data
September 22 event List of reported tornadoes - Tuesday, September 22, 2009 EF# Location County Coord. Time (UTC) Path length DamageTexas EF0SE of San PerlitaWillacy2130unknownBrief tornado reported by local television with no damage. Sources: NWS Storm Data
September 24 event List of reported tornadoes - Thursday, September 24, 2009 EF# Location County Coord. Time (UTC) Path length DamageNebraska EF0SW of HollingerFurnas1945unknownBrief tornado touchdown with no damage. Sources: NWS Storm Data
October
Note: 1 tornado was confirmed in the final totals, but does not have a listed rating.
October 1 event List of reported tornadoes - Thursday, October 1, 2009 EF# Location County/Parish Coord. Time (UTC) Path length DamageLouisiana EF0WSW of LuckyBienville0415Tornado remained primarily in open timber land. Sources: Storm Reports for October 2, 2009, NCDC Storm Data
October 3 event List of reported tornadoes - Saturday, October 3, 2009 EF# Location County Coord. Time (UTC) Path length DamageTexas EF0NNW of EdnaJackson2012unknownA few trees and power poles were blown down near FM 530. Sources: NCDC Storm Data
October 7 event List of reported tornadoes - Wednesday, October 7, 2009 EF# Location County Coord. Time (UTC) Path length DamageAlabama EF0SW of MoultonLawrence0630A chicken house collapsed and a mobile home were damaged. Sources: Storm Reports for October 6, 2009, NWS Huntsville, NCDC Storm Data
October 9 event List of reported tornadoes - Friday, October 9, 2009 EF# Location County/Parish Coord. Time (UTC) Path length DamageNorth Dakota EF0ENE of SanishMountrail1500unknownBrief waterspout touched down on Lake Sakakawea and made landfall.Louisiana EF1E of FarmervilleUnion1512One house was destroyed by a fallen tree, and several other houses were damaged. One person was injured.Mississippi EF0Benoit areaBolivar1643Minor damage to several houses, a farm building and a mobile home. EF1S of WaysideWashington16451 death - Three mobile homes were destroyed and 16 houses were damaged, and many trees were knocked down. The fatality took place in a mobile home. Two others were injured.Kentucky EF2Mud Lick areaMonroe1720Extensive tree damage along the path. A few houses and barns were also heavily damaged. EF0ESE of HardinsburgBreckinridge1820Two barns were destroyed and several mobile homes were damaged. EF2SW of LibertyCasey1836Extensive damage to trees and houses. EF1Jinks areaEstill2043Numerous trees were uprooted. A motor home and a barn were heavily damaged.Tennessee EF1SW of RidgetopRobertson, Davidson1712A house and an outbuilding sustained roof damaged and an old barn was destroyed. One person was injured. EF1S of FayettevilleLincoln2057A house sustained significant damage with minor injuries to one occupant. Many large trees were damaged. EF0E of JasperMarion2248Numerous trees were knocked down. EF0HaletownMarion2255Brief tornado knocked down a few trees. EF0N of NiotaMonroe2315Tornado reported along Interstate 75. A few trees were knocked down. EF0E of EnglewoodMcMinn0025Brief tornado touchdown with minor damage. Sources: Storm Reports for October 9, 2009, NWS Louisville, NWS Jackson, MS, NWS Nashville, NWS Shreveport, NWS Huntsville, NWS Morristown, NCDC Storm Data
October 15 event List of reported tornadoes - Thursday, October 15, 2009 EF# Location County/Parish Coord. Time (UTC) Path length DamageLouisiana EF0NW of St. JosephTensas1744A mobile home rolled over and two commercial buildings were damaged.Georgia EF1S of AmericusSumter2300A grocery store was heavily damaged and a house was also damaged. At least 100 trees were snapped. Sources: Storm Reports for October 15, 2009, NWS Peachtree City, NCDC Storm Data
October 22 event List of reported tornadoes - Thursday, October 22, 2009 EF# Location County/Parish Coord. Time (UTC) Path length DamageLouisiana EF0Grand ChenierCameron1532Tornado started as a waterspout that moved ashore in open marshlands with no damage. EF0CoushattaRed River1620Brief tornado snapped several trees. EF0W of Lake ArthurJefferson Davis1700Damaged limited to power lines and poles in the rural area. EF1NW of JenningsJefferson Davis1722Large multiple-vortex tornado remained mostly over rural countryside with minor damage to trees, power lines and houses. One person was injured when a vehicle was thrown as the tornado crossed Interstate 10. EF1Elton areaJefferson Davis, Allen174715 houses were damaged and many trees and power lines were snapped. EF0SE of ChestnutNatchitoches1753Brief tornado snapped several trees. EF0N of EltonAllen1805Brief tornado reported by KPLC-TV damaged a barn. EF0S of OakdaleElton1815Tornado remained in forested areas damaging trees. Sources: Storm Reports for October 15, 2009, NWS Lake Charles, NWS Shreveport, NCDC Storm Data
October 23 event List of reported tornadoes - Friday, October 23, 2009 EF# Location County Coord. Time (UTC) Path length DamageOhio EF0Port WilliamClinton2216One barn had two broken windows with remainder of damage limited to trees and branches. Sources: NWS Wilmington, OH, NCDC Storm Data
October 26 event List of reported tornadoes - Monday, October 26, 2009 EF# Location County Coord. Time (UTC) Path length DamageOregon EF0ENE of Oregon CityClackamas2210Brief tornado with damage to houses and buildings. Sources: Storm Reports for October 26, 2009
October 27 event List of reported tornadoes - Tuesday, October 27, 2009 EF# Location County Coord. Time (UTC) Path length DamageGeorgia EF0NNE of DonaldLong2156Two houses sustained shingle damage. EF2SW of WillieLiberty2228Over 850 trees were damaged, many of which were knocked down in a matchstick pattern on Fort Stewart. Sources: NCDC Storm Data
October 29 event List of reported tornadoes - Thursday, October 29, 2009 EF# Location County/Parish Coord. Time (UTC) Path length DamageOklahoma EF0SW of WeleetkaOkfuskee1617A few houses lost shingles, and trees and power lines were damaged. EF0NE of DunbarPushmataha1914Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted.Louisiana EF1Haughton areaBossier175030 homes were damaged in the Eastwood area from both direct structural damage and fallen trees and many trees were damaged, closing Interstate 20 in the area. Eight people were injured. EF0Hall Summit areaRed River, Bienville1829Several broken large tree limbs in a forested area. EF0S of BerniceUnion1833Roof damage to a home and a car wash. EF0SW of BlanchardCaddo2016Damage limited to trees in a forested area. EF0SW of BelcherCaddo2025Damage limited to trees. EF0SW of Plain DealingBossier2053Damage limited to trees. EF2Shreveport/Bossier CityCaddo, Bossier2113Tornado toppled a church steeple and damaged businesses and the convention center in downtown Shreveport - the second tornado to hit the downtown area in 2009 - where damage was rated EF1. EF2 damage was noted in nearby Bossier City in several subdivisions. Over 100 houses and many businesses were damaged in Bossier Parish as well as the Bossier Emergency Service Center. Three people were injured. EF0SE of Oil CityCaddo2352Several trees were uprooted. EF0SE of VivianCaddo0004Several trees were uprooted. One indirect fatality occurred when the driver of the car hit a downed tree. EF0SE of StonewallCaddo0028Several trees were uprooted in a forest and an oil field. EF0SE of HaynesvilleClaiborne0049Damage limited to trees. EF0W of ShongalooWebster0142Damage limited to trees.Arkansas EF0NE of Junction CityUnion1855Damage to tree limbs with three downed trees. EF1SW of Smackover (1st tornado)Union, Ouachita, Calhoun2007Several trees were snapped or uprooted by a long track, large wedge tornado. Several roofs were damaged in Ouachita County as well as structural damage at Southern Arkansas University Tech. Nine trailers were destroyed with major damage to three others. EF1SW of Smackover (2nd tornado)Union2013Several trees were snapped or uprooted damaging four houses. EF2NE of East CamdenCalhoun, Ouachita2045Large wedge tornado with major structural damage to the Arkansas Fire Training Academy and roof damage to homes and businesses in an industrial park. EF1SW of RamseyDallas2100A barn was damaged and power poles and hundreds of trees were downed. EF1SW of JunetGrant2204Thousands of trees were knocked down. EF1SE of BonnevilleScott, Logan2226Thousands of trees were downed at the Ouachita National Forest. Several barns and sheds were also damaged. EF1Magnolia area (1st tornado)Columbia2234Minor damage to houses and one business. EF1Magnolia area (2nd tornado)Columbia2239Major damage to mobile homes and power lines. A residential shop was damaged by fallen trees. One person was injured. EF0S of ScottLonoke2259Damage limited to trees as the tornado primarily remained over farm country. EF2Amy areaOuachita, Dallas2327Long track, large wedge tornado heavily damaged two houses and destroyed several outbuildings. Extensive and widespread tree damage. EF1Magnolia area (3rd tornado)Columbia2333One house was damaged and a tree fell on a vehicle. EF1NW of TurinGrant0045A house, shed, mobile home and amateur radio antenna were damaged. EF0NE of EmersonColumbia0110Damage limited to trees. EF1S of Pine BluffJefferson0352Damage at a discount store, a gas station, two restaurants and a car dealership where two cars flipped and an 18-wheeler was overturned. A shed and a carport were destroyed while a church and several homes were damaged. Four people were injured.Texas EF0NW of Elysian FieldsHarrison1927Several trees were snapped and uprooted. EF0NW of Gary CityPanola2144Damage limited to trees. EF0SW of TexarkanaBowie0002Damage limited to trees. Sources: Storm Reports for October 29, 2009, NWS Shreveport, NWS Little Rock #1, NWS Little Rock #2, NWS Little Rock (monthly summary), NCDC Storm Data
October 30 event