The severe wind outbreak of June 17, 1992
306 wind reportsMichigan, Indiana, Illinois and 8 more states
306 damaging wind reports across 11 states between 1:20 AM and 12:45 AM the next day CDT, 14 of them 65 knots (75 mph) or stronger. 61 hail reports and 28 tornadoes the same day.
Watch the day unfoldSevere wind day · June 17, 1992
How the day unfolded
Every damaging wind report of the day at its logged time, with the day's hail reports and tornadoes, and the counties they reached.
The day in numbers
- Wind reports
- 306
- on Wednesday, June 17, 1992
- 75 mph or more
- 14
- 3 of 86 mph (75 knots) or more
- Strongest measured gust
- —
- No measured gust reported
- Measured
- 0
- reports with an instrument reading; the rest are estimates from damage
- Killed by wind
- 1
- 20 injured
- Counties reporting
- 179
- in 11 states
Hour by hour
Damaging wind reports in each hour, Central Daylight Time.
The strongest winds
The 91 strongest reports with a speed. Measured gusts come from an instrument; estimated speeds are judged from damage.
| 4:10 PM | Ottawa County MI | 90 mph | Estimated |
| 3:10 PM | Kenosha County WI | 86 mph | Estimated |
| 3:28 PM | Lake County IL | 86 mph | Estimated |
| 2:05 AM | Worth County IA | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 2:05 AM | Worth County IA | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 2:30 AM | Mower County MN | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 2:45 AM | Mower County MN | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 4:04 PM | Ottawa County MI | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 4:10 PM | Will County IL | 79 mph | Estimated |
| 7:43 PM | Oakland County MI | 79 mph | Estimated |
| 8:11 PM | Wayne County MI | 79 mph | Estimated |
| 5:35 PM | Presque Isle County MI | 78 mph | Estimated |
| 2:51 PM | Kenosha County WI | 76 mph | Estimated |
| 2:25 PM | Racine County WI | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 3:29 PM | Will County IL | 74 mph | Estimated |
| 2:48 PM | Osceola County MI | 72 mph | Estimated |
| 3:34 PM | Cook County IL | 72 mph | Estimated |
| 4:37 PM | Ottawa County MI | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 4:43 PM | Montcalm County MI | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:08 PM | Isabella County MI | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:12 PM | Oscoda County MI | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:20 PM | Ionia County MI | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:20 PM | Midland County MI | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 5:48 PM | Genesee County MI | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 6:00 PM | Genesee County MI | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 7:45 PM | Oakland County MI | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 2:53 AM | Olmsted County MN | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 5:10 PM | Cass County MI | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 1:51 PM | Milwaukee County WI | 68 mph | Estimated |
| 9:25 PM | Hamilton County IN | 68 mph | Estimated |
| 12:40 AM | Marion County IN | 67 mph | Estimated |
| 10:44 PM | Hamilton County IN | 66 mph | Estimated |
| 10:44 PM | Hamilton County IN | 66 mph | Estimated |
| 2:30 PM | Van Buren County MI | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 4:50 PM | Kalamazoo County MI | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 5:15 PM | Eaton County MI | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 5:30 PM | Eaton County MI | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 5:30 PM | Clinton County MI | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 5:55 PM | Berrien County MI | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 7:05 PM | Jackson County MI | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 7:34 PM | Washtenaw County MI | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 8:06 PM | Miami County IN | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 10:51 PM | Hendricks County IN | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 1:45 PM | DeKalb County IL | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 7:19 PM | St. Joseph County IN | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 9:10 PM | Fulton County OH | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 1:45 AM | Brown County KS | 62 mph | Estimated |
| 2:24 AM | Jackson County KS | 62 mph | Estimated |
| 4:50 PM | Calhoun County MI | 62 mph | Estimated |
| 5:24 PM | Saginaw County MI | 62 mph | Estimated |
| 12:25 AM | Marion County IN | 62 mph | Estimated |
| 1:20 AM | Pottawatomie County KS | 61 mph | Estimated |
| 2:37 PM | LaSalle County IL | 61 mph | Estimated |
| 4:10 PM | Kent County MI | 61 mph | Estimated |
| 7:35 PM | Miami County IN | 61 mph | Estimated |
| 4:21 PM | Allegan County MI | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 5:00 PM | Gratiot County MI | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 5:16 PM | Clayton County IA | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 5:20 PM | Gratiot County MI | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 5:49 PM | St. Joseph County IN | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 6:03 PM | Ingham County MI | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 6:03 PM | Livingston County MI | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 6:04 PM | Genesee County MI | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 6:08 PM | Calhoun County MI | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 6:20 PM | Livingston County MI | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 6:21 PM | Allegan County MI | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 7:00 PM | Branch County MI | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 7:12 PM | St. Joseph County IN | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 7:15 PM | Branch County MI | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 7:38 PM | Jackson County MI | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 7:45 PM | Washtenaw County MI | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 7:45 PM | Washtenaw County MI | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 8:00 PM | Washtenaw County MI | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 8:00 PM | Washtenaw County MI | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 8:45 PM | Oklahoma County OK | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 9:30 PM | Monroe County MI | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 10:10 PM | Craig County OK | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 10:55 PM | Boone County IN | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 10:55 PM | Boone County IN | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 11:03 PM | Mercer County OH | 59 mph | Estimated |
| 11:55 PM | Erie County OH | 59 mph | Estimated |
| 3:36 AM | Marshall County IA | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 3:40 AM | Tama County IA | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 4:20 AM | Black Hawk County IA | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 4:30 AM | Fayette County IA | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 4:30 AM | Fayette County IA | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 12:53 PM | Dodge County WI | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 1:52 PM | Washington County WI | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 2:09 PM | Milwaukee County WI | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 2:17 PM | Roscommon County MI | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 5:50 PM | Iosco County MI | 58 mph | Estimated |
By state
Counties with the most wind reports
- Cook CountyIL · 7 reports
- St. Joseph CountyIN · 6 reports
- Boone CountyIN · 5 reports
- Allegan CountyMI · 5 reports
- Washtenaw CountyMI · 5 reports
- Mason CountyMI · 4 reports
- Osceola CountyMI · 4 reports
- Genesee CountyMI · 4 reports
- Ottawa CountyMI · 4 reports
- Tazewell CountyIL · 3 reports
Hail and tornadoes that day
61 hail reports, 4 of 2 inches or more; 28 tornadoes.
| 12:35 PM | Lee County IA | 4.50 |
| 2:05 PM | Adams County IL | 2.75 |
| 11:00 AM | Kewaunee County WI | 2.50 |
| 12:10 PM | Henry County IA | 2.00 |
| 1:35 AM | Pierce County WI | 1.75 |
| 1:35 AM | Nemaha County KS | 1.75 |
| 8:35 AM | Outagamie County WI | 1.75 |
| 12:17 PM | Des Moines County IA | 1.75 |
| 12:27 PM | Scott County IA | 1.75 |
| 12:28 PM | Dane County WI | 1.75 |
| 12:55 PM | Whiteside County IL | 1.75 |
| 1:05 PM | Shawano County WI | 1.75 |
| 2:18 PM | Adams County IL | 1.75 |
| 4:30 PM | Roscommon County MI | 1.75 |
| 4:30 PM | Macon County IL | 1.75 |
| 4:40 PM | De Witt County IL | 1.75 |
| 4:49 PM | Macon County IL | 1.75 |
| 5:24 PM | Jasper County MO | 1.75 |
| 8:23 PM | Carroll County IN | 1.75 |
| 10:33 PM | Wood County OH | 1.75 |
| 11:15 PM | Delaware County IN | 1.75 |
| 12:05 PM | Winnebago County IL | 1.50 |
| 5:15 PM | Lawrence County MO | 1.50 |
| 12:55 PM | Marion County MO | 1.25 |
| 4:20 AM | Eau Claire County WI | 1.00 |
| 4:30 AM | Trempealeau County WI | 1.00 |
| 10:10 AM | Kewaunee County WI | 1.00 |
| 11:00 AM | Door County WI | 1.00 |
| 12:36 PM | Rock Island County IL | 1.00 |
| 12:55 PM | Rock Island County IL | 1.00 |
| 1:25 PM | Milwaukee County WI | 1.00 |
| 3:00 PM | Will County IL | 1.00 |
| 5:45 PM | Greene County MO | 1.00 |
| 6:15 PM | Gasconade County MO | 1.00 |
| 6:30 PM | Maries County MO | 1.00 |
| 7:32 PM | Payne County OK | 0.88 |
| 4:20 AM | Trempealeau County WI | 0.75 |
| 11:38 AM | Carroll County IL | 0.75 |
| 12:17 PM | Henderson County IL | 0.75 |
| 12:30 PM | Clinton County IA | 0.75 |
| 12:34 PM | Winnebago County IL | 0.75 |
| 12:55 PM | Ogle County IL | 0.75 |
| 1:30 PM | Lee County IL | 0.75 |
| 1:34 PM | Washington County WI | 0.75 |
| 1:35 PM | Adams County IL | 0.75 |
| 2:09 PM | Crawford County MI | 0.75 |
| 2:55 PM | Cheboygan County MI | 0.75 |
| 3:36 PM | Mason County IL | 0.75 |
| 4:11 PM | McLean County IL | 0.75 |
| 5:14 PM | Maries County MO | 0.75 |
- F1 tornado11:55 AM CDT
- F3 tornado12:00 PM CDT
- F0 tornado1:20 PM CDT
- F0 tornado1:54 PM CDT
- F0 tornado1:55 PM CDT
- F1 tornado3:00 PM CDT
- F1 tornado3:00 PM CDT
- F0 tornado3:10 PM CDT
- F1 tornado3:45 PM CDT
- F0 tornado3:51 PM CDT
- F0 tornado4:00 PM CDT
- F0 tornado4:00 PM CDT
- F1 tornado4:05 PM CDT
- F1 tornado4:05 PM CDT
- F0 tornado4:09 PM CDT
- F0 tornado4:10 PM CDT
- F0 tornado4:10 PM CDT
- F1 tornado4:25 PM CDT
- F0 tornado4:37 PM CDT
- F1 tornado4:37 PM CDT
- F2 tornado4:40 PM CDT
- F1 tornado4:40 PM CDT
- F1 tornado4:45 PM CDT
- F0 tornado4:45 PM CDT
- F1 tornado5:30 PM CDT
- F0 tornado5:37 PM CDT
- F1 tornado7:10 PM CDT
- F0 tornado11:15 PM CDT
1992 · On this date in other years · The biggest severe wind days
- A report is a single damage or measurement report to the National Weather Service. Several reports can describe one gust front, so reports are not storms.
- Reporting has grown with population, spotter networks and the internet, so counts from different decades are not directly comparable.
- Thunderstorm wind reports start at 50 knots (58 mph). SPC began flagging measured against estimated speeds in 2006; earlier reports are shown as estimated.
Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1955 to 2025. A day is SPC’s calendar date in Central Standard Time; a severe wind day here has 300 or more damaging wind reports, or 15 or more of 75 knots (86 mph) or more.