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The severe wind outbreak of July 8, 1993

213 wind reportsNebraska, Iowa, Kansas and 20 more states

213 damaging wind reports across 23 states between 1:00 AM and 12:50 AM the next day CDT, 45 of them 65 knots (75 mph) or stronger. 43 hail reports and 18 tornadoes the same day.

Watch the day unfold

Severe wind day · July 8, 1993

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.

About this replay
Central time—Historical replay — logged report times
Wind reports—of 213 that day
Strongest gust—measured, so far
Largest hail—so far

The day in numbers

Wind reports
213
on Thursday, July 8, 1993
75 mph or more
45
19 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
0
38 injured
Counties reporting
152
in 23 states

Hour by hour

Damaging wind reports in each hour, Central Daylight Time.

Wind reports per hour, July 8, 1993 1 AM: 3 2 AM: 0 3 AM: 1 4 AM: 2 5 AM: 0 6 AM: 0 7 AM: 0 8 AM: 0 9 AM: 0 10 AM: 1 11 AM: 1 Noon: 7 1 PM: 10 2 PM: 10 3 PM: 13 4 PM: 7 5 PM: 18 6 PM: 21 7 PM: 23 8 PM: 19 9 PM: 16 10 PM: 25 25 11 PM: 22 Midnight: 14 1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM

The strongest winds

The 80 strongest reports with a speed. Measured gusts come from an instrument; estimated speeds are judged from damage.

Strongest wind reports, July 8, 1993
10:00 PMYork County NE121 mph105Estimated0
8:55 PMAdams County NE100 mph87Estimated0
10:30 PMSaunders County NE100 mph87Estimated0
12:02 AMPottawattamie County IA96 mph83Estimated0
1:25 PMGreenville County SC92 mph80Estimated0
7:55 PMNorton County KS90 mph78Estimated0
8:34 PMBuffalo County NE90 mph78Estimated0
10:00 PMPolk County NE90 mph78Estimated0
10:35 PMCass County NE90 mph78Estimated0
10:35 PMCass County NE90 mph78Estimated0
3:03 PMAdams County CO89 mph77Estimated0
4:00 PMBrown County SD86 mph75Estimated0
4:30 PMDay County SD86 mph75Estimated0
11:05 PMFremont County IA86 mph75Estimated0
11:15 PMMills County IA86 mph75Estimated0
11:30 PMShelby County IA86 mph75Estimated0
11:50 PMCass County IA86 mph75Estimated0
12:15 AMAdair County IA86 mph75Estimated0
12:30 AMGuthrie County IA86 mph75Estimated0
8:45 PMCrawford County IA85 mph74Estimated0
9:24 PMHall County NE85 mph74Estimated0
10:00 PMFillmore County NE85 mph74Estimated0
7:00 PMPhillips County KS81 mph70Estimated0
7:30 PMFurnas County NE81 mph70Estimated0
8:00 PMPhillips County KS81 mph70Estimated0
8:15 PMNorton County KS81 mph70Estimated0
8:30 PMKearney County NE81 mph70Estimated0
8:30 PMSmith County KS81 mph70Estimated0
9:30 PMNance County NE81 mph70Estimated0
9:30 PMClay County NE81 mph70Estimated0
9:43 PMJewell County KS81 mph70Estimated0
11:10 PMWashington County NE81 mph70Estimated0
11:31 PMMontgomery County IA81 mph70Estimated0
11:35 PMShelby County IA81 mph70Estimated0
11:50 PMAdair County IA81 mph70Estimated0
12:00 AMMontgomery County IA81 mph70Estimated0
12:25 AMClarke County IA81 mph70Estimated0
12:50 AMWarren County IA81 mph70Estimated0
12:50 AMCass County IA81 mph70Estimated0
1:00 AMPhillips County KS75 mph65Estimated0
4:30 AMHarrison County IA75 mph65Estimated0
1:35 PMMcHenry County IL75 mph65Estimated0
1:50 PMMcHenry County IL75 mph65Estimated0
2:10 PMMcHenry County IL75 mph65Estimated0
11:39 PMCass County IA75 mph65Estimated0
7:00 PMCrawford County IA74 mph64Estimated0
12:22 AMUnion County IA74 mph64Estimated0
10:50 PMBuchanan County IA72 mph63Estimated0
11:01 PMDouglas County NE71 mph62Estimated0
2:45 PMMilwaukee County WI70 mph61Estimated0
7:30 PMGosper County NE70 mph61Estimated0
7:40 PMCuster County NE70 mph61Estimated0
9:45 PMMerrick County NE70 mph61Estimated0
11:55 PMPottawattamie County IA70 mph61Estimated0
12:15 AMPottawattamie County IA70 mph61Estimated0
7:10 PMThomas County KS69 mph60Estimated0
10:42 PMDodge County NE69 mph60Estimated0
1:20 AMSherman County KS68 mph59Estimated0
11:37 PMPage County IA68 mph59Estimated0
2:11 PMHarrison County MS67 mph58Estimated0
3:30 AMRawlins County KS66 mph57Estimated0
8:00 PMFurnas County NE64 mph56Estimated0
8:21 PMFranklin County NE64 mph56Estimated0
9:14 PMHoward County NE64 mph56Estimated0
12:50 AMPolk County IA64 mph56Estimated0
7:36 PMNorton County KS63 mph55Estimated0
6:33 PMSherman County KS62 mph54Estimated0
8:44 PMEddy County NM62 mph54Estimated0
8:05 PMCheyenne County KS61 mph53Estimated0
1:30 PMBoone County IL60 mph52Estimated0
3:39 PMWeld County CO60 mph52Estimated0
5:19 PMCuster County MT60 mph52Estimated0
7:00 PMCheyenne County KS60 mph52Estimated0
7:35 PMFrontier County NE60 mph52Estimated0
7:58 PMPhelps County NE60 mph52Estimated0
9:15 PMAllegan County MI60 mph52Estimated0
10:05 PMMadison County NE60 mph52Estimated0
11:35 PMAtchison County MO60 mph52Estimated0
7:48 PMCarroll County IA58 mph50Estimated0
8:45 PMGreene County IA58 mph50Estimated0

By state

Severe weather reports by state, July 8, 1993
Nebraska54—82.75
Iowa38—53.00
Kansas15—142.75
New York14—11.00
Vermont10—0—
Connecticut9—0—
Louisiana9—0—
Georgia8—10.75
Michigan8—0—
Alabama7—51.00
Massachusetts7—0—
Illinois6—0—
South Carolina5—10.88
Wisconsin5—0—
Colorado4—31.00
North Carolina4—0—
Mississippi2—11.75
New Mexico2—11.00
South Dakota2—10.75
Florida1—11.00
Maryland1—0—
Missouri1—0—
Montana1—0—
North Dakota0—10.75

Counties with the most wind reports

Hail and tornadoes that day

43 hail reports, 5 of 2 inches or more; 18 tornadoes.

Largest hail, July 8, 1993
6:06 PMHarrison County IA3.00
6:55 PMSherman County KS2.75
8:35 PMCrawford County IA2.75
11:37 PMBanner County NE2.75
4:30 AMHarrison County IA2.25
3:10 PMForrest County MS1.75
5:46 PMPerkins County NE1.75
6:05 PMStanton County NE1.75
6:30 PMCuming County NE1.75
6:52 PMCrawford County IA1.75
7:03 PMSherman County KS1.75
7:17 PMRawlins County KS1.75
10:10 PMCheyenne County NE1.75
10:25 PMCheyenne County NE1.75
10:26 PMRooks County KS1.75
10:56 PMBanner County NE1.75
11:55 PMPhillips County KS1.75
2:39 PMWeld County CO1.00
2:46 PMAlbany County NY1.00
3:41 PMDeKalb County AL1.00
4:30 PMKearny County KS1.00
5:12 PMJefferson County AL1.00
5:20 PMManatee County FL1.00
8:00 PMCheyenne County KS1.00
8:17 PMRoosevelt County NM1.00
9:58 PMGraham County KS1.00
3:59 PMSpartanburg County SC0.88
10:10 AMMuscatine County IA0.75
2:14 PMWeld County CO0.75
2:21 PMBoulder County CO0.75
3:00 PMEddy County ND0.75
3:48 PMBrown County SD0.75
3:50 PMJackson County AL0.75
4:21 PMKearny County KS0.75
5:00 PMChilton County AL0.75
5:03 PMJefferson County AL0.75
6:10 PMPerkins County NE0.75
7:00 PMCheyenne County KS0.75
8:40 PMCoweta County GA0.75
10:20 PMEllis County KS0.75
10:37 PMOsborne County KS0.75
11:48 PMTrego County KS0.75
12:15 AMGraham County KS0.75
  • F0 tornado5:00 AM CDT
  • F0 tornado12:25 PM CDT
  • F2 tornado12:59 PM CDT
  • F1 tornado1:10 PM CDT
  • F0 tornado5:10 PM CDT
  • F0 tornado6:15 PM CDT
  • F0 tornado8:20 PM CDT
  • F0 tornado8:45 PM CDT
  • F0 tornado9:25 PM CDT
  • F0 tornado9:36 PM CDT
  • F1 tornado9:48 PM CDT
  • F1 tornado10:05 PM CDT
  • F1 tornado10:08 PM CDT
  • F1 tornado10:13 PM CDT
  • F1 tornado10:13 PM CDT
  • F1 tornado11:30 PM CDT
  • F1 tornado11:35 PM CDT
  • F1 tornado12:10 AM CDT

1993 · On this date in other years · The biggest severe wind days

  1. 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.
  2. Reporting has grown with population, spotter networks and the internet, so counts from different decades are not directly comparable.
  3. 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.