Arizona, despite what some might think, is no stranger to tornadoes.
A recent surge in activity has put the natural disaster in the spotlight. Memorial Day tornadoes smashed through parts of Ohio and Indiana. On Tuesday, a storm spawned tornadoes in Kansas City while warnings reached as far east as New York City.
The National Weather Service in Phoenix said although Arizona doesn't experience "too many tornadoes like what has been happening in the Midwest," tornadoes do and have touched down in the state.
From 1950 to 2017 the Grand Canyon State experienced 247 tornadoes a majority (58) of which were in Maricopa County, according to the National Weather Service in Phoenix.
NWS Phoenix shared an image of the state that mapped out where the tornadoes touched down between 1950 to 2017. The top three years in that time period were 1972 with 16, 1992 with 14 and 2010 with 12 tornadoes in Arizona.
Coconino County had the second most tornadoes between those years with 34, Pinal and Yavapai counties were tied with 26 tornadoes each.
The image shared by NWS Phoenix also shows the intensity of each tornado that happened between those years. Most of the tornadoes where EF-0 while just a handful were EF-2 and only a couple it appears were EF-3.
"Fortunately, most are weak," NWS Phoenix tweeted.
EF-2 to EF-3 tornadoes are considered strong with winds speed of 111 to 165. A "violent" tornado would be measured at EF-4 or EF-5 with winds speed of 166 to 200 mph and even higher. EF-0 to EF-1 tornadoes have wind speeds of 65 to 110 mph.
A tornado touched down in Coconino County just a few months ago in October of 2018. A landspout tornado popped up in Glendale around the same time. That tornado was an EF-0.