Category talk:Tornadoes of 1971
Highest rated tornadoes
F5
- Transylvania, Louisiana/Leland, Mississippi on February 21
Possible F5 tornadoes
- Russell Springs, Kentucky on April 27
- Milan, Tennessee on May 7
F4 tornadoes
- Bentonia, Mississippi on February 21
- Oxford, Mississippi/Middleton, Tennessee on February 21
- Bowling Green, Kentucky on April 27
- Elma, Iowa on July 12
Two F3 tornadoes were confirmed on February 22 in Fayetteville, North Carolina and Bexley, Ohio. Additionally there were three tornadoes on September 12, including an F2 tornado in Forestville, Maryland southeast of Washington, D.C. and on September 16, an F3 tornado hit Baton Rouge, Louisiana an on July 30, an F2 tornado caused 40 injuries in Tempe, Arizona.