The severe wind outbreak of November 17, 2013
420 wind reportsOhio, Indiana, Illinois and 11 more states
420 damaging wind reports across 14 states between 9:25 AM and 11:35 PM CST, 35 of them 65 knots (75 mph) or stronger; the strongest measured gust was 84 mph in Miami County, IN. 62 hail reports and 76 tornadoes the same day.
Watch the day unfoldSevere wind day · November 17, 2013
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
- 420
- 70th of 15,807 days with wind reports since 1955
- 75 mph or more
- 35
- 3 of 86 mph (75 knots) or more
- Strongest measured gust
- 84 mph
- 73 knots, Miami County, IN
- Measured
- 66
- reports with an instrument reading; the rest are estimates from damage
- Killed by wind
- 0
- 1 injured
- Counties reporting
- 246
- in 14 states
Hour by hour
Damaging wind reports in each hour, Central Standard Time.
The strongest winds
The 100 strongest reports with a speed. Measured gusts come from an instrument; estimated speeds are judged from damage.
| 10:05 AM | Dodge County WI | 100 mph | Estimated |
| 10:21 AM | Washington County WI | 100 mph | Estimated |
| 10:28 AM | Washington County WI | 100 mph | Estimated |
| 1:13 PM | Lake County IN | 85 mph | Estimated |
| 2:47 PM | Grant County IN | 85 mph | Estimated |
| 7:50 PM | Washington County OH | 85 mph | Estimated |
| 2:30 PM | Miami County IN | 84 mph | Measured |
| 1:50 PM | Tippecanoe County IN | 82 mph | Measured |
| 12:30 PM | Champaign County IL | 82 mph | Estimated |
| 1:34 PM | Porter County IN | 81 mph | Measured |
| 3:02 PM | Huntington County IN | 81 mph | Measured |
| 3:07 PM | Huntington County IN | 81 mph | Measured |
| 5:30 PM | Seneca County OH | 81 mph | Measured |
| 12:35 PM | Cook County IL | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 12:38 PM | Kankakee County IL | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 1:25 PM | Porter County IN | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 1:36 PM | Jasper County IN | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 1:40 PM | Porter County IN | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 2:26 PM | Miami County IN | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 2:51 PM | Grant County IN | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 3:38 PM | Monroe County IN | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 12:15 PM | Whiteside County IL | 79 mph | Measured |
| 5:10 PM | Shelby County OH | 75 mph | Measured |
| 5:47 PM | Hamilton County OH | 75 mph | Measured |
| 11:05 AM | Lee County IA | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 12:36 PM | Lee County IL | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 12:42 PM | Kankakee County IL | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 12:51 PM | Kankakee County IL | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 2:36 PM | Van Buren County MI | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 2:55 PM | Grant County IN | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 2:55 PM | Grant County IN | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 3:11 PM | Hancock County IN | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 3:17 PM | Allen County IN | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 3:47 PM | Defiance County OH | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 6:31 PM | Pickaway County OH | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 4:25 PM | Wood County OH | 74 mph | Measured |
| 9:55 PM | Upshur County WV | 72 mph | Measured |
| 11:03 AM | Macoupin County IL | 70 mph | Measured |
| 11:20 AM | Kendall County IL | 70 mph | Measured |
| 1:03 PM | Williamson County IL | 70 mph | Measured |
| 3:04 PM | Calhoun County MI | 70 mph | Measured |
| 4:38 PM | Wayne County MI | 70 mph | Measured |
| 6:20 PM | Delaware County OH | 70 mph | Measured |
| 7:02 PM | Lake County OH | 70 mph | Measured |
| 10:45 AM | Peoria County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 10:50 AM | Lincoln County MO | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 11:10 AM | Marshall County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 11:17 AM | Logan County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 11:28 AM | St. Louis County MO | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 11:30 AM | Menard County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 11:37 AM | DuPage County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 11:40 AM | St. Louis MO | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 11:50 AM | Christian County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 11:56 AM | Cook County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 11:57 AM | McLean County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 11:59 AM | Henry County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 12:15 PM | McLean County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 12:22 PM | Piatt County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 12:25 PM | Montgomery County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 12:28 PM | McLean County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 12:30 PM | Shelby County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 12:30 PM | Champaign County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 12:30 PM | Champaign County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 12:45 PM | Douglas County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 12:45 PM | Douglas County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 12:48 PM | Champaign County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 1:00 PM | Douglas County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 1:11 PM | Vermilion County IL | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 1:54 PM | Ballard County KY | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 2:42 PM | Kalamazoo County MI | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 3:02 PM | Noble County IN | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 3:13 PM | Isabella County MI | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 3:45 PM | Eaton County MI | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 3:45 PM | Marion County IN | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 4:45 PM | Jackson County IN | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 12:55 PM | Cook County IL | 69 mph | Measured |
| 2:48 PM | Wabash County IN | 69 mph | Measured |
| 10:37 AM | Louisa County IA | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 12:20 PM | LaSalle County IL | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 12:32 PM | Kankakee County IL | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 12:35 PM | Kankakee County IL | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 1:37 PM | LaPorte County IN | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 1:55 PM | Berrien County MI | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 1:55 PM | White County IN | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 2:00 PM | White County IN | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 2:10 PM | St. Joseph County IN | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 2:10 PM | St. Joseph County IN | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 2:12 PM | Pulaski County IN | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 2:19 PM | St. Joseph County IN | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 2:23 PM | Cass County IN | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 2:24 PM | Fulton County IN | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 2:28 PM | Whitley County IN | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 2:33 PM | Cass County MI | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 2:50 PM | Kosciusko County IN | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 2:55 PM | Kosciusko County IN | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 2:55 PM | Kosciusko County IN | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 2:55 PM | Grant County IN | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 2:57 PM | Huntington County IN | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 3:02 PM | Huntington County IN | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 3:04 PM | Whitley County IN | 69 mph | Estimated |
By state
Counties with the most wind reports
- Kankakee CountyIL · 7 reports
- Montgomery CountyOH · 7 reports
- St. Joseph CountyIN · 6 reports
- Huntington CountyIN · 6 reports
- Athens CountyOH · 6 reports
- Kosciusko CountyIN · 5 reports
- Allegheny CountyPA · 5 reports
- Darke CountyOH · 5 reports
- Allen CountyIN · 5 reports
- Grant CountyIN · 5 reports
Hail and tornadoes that day
62 hail reports, 5 of 2 inches or more; 76 tornadoes.
| 12:00 PM | McLean County IL | 4.00 |
| 11:57 AM | McLean County IL | 2.75 |
| 12:14 PM | Christian County IL | 2.75 |
| 11:55 AM | Washington County IL | 2.50 |
| 11:36 AM | McLean County IL | 2.00 |
| 10:45 AM | Muscatine County IA | 1.75 |
| 11:20 AM | Ogle County IL | 1.75 |
| 11:25 AM | Menard County IL | 1.75 |
| 12:45 PM | Will County IL | 1.75 |
| 11:20 AM | Milwaukee County WI | 1.50 |
| 12:30 PM | Marion County IL | 1.50 |
| 11:09 AM | Ogle County IL | 1.25 |
| 11:59 AM | Washington County IL | 1.25 |
| 2:45 PM | McCracken County KY | 1.25 |
| 10:07 AM | McDonough County IL | 1.00 |
| 10:30 AM | Winnebago County IL | 1.00 |
| 10:37 AM | Louisa County IA | 1.00 |
| 10:37 AM | Milwaukee County WI | 1.00 |
| 10:38 AM | Putnam County IL | 1.00 |
| 10:38 AM | Putnam County IL | 1.00 |
| 10:41 AM | LaSalle County IL | 1.00 |
| 10:50 AM | Scott County IA | 1.00 |
| 10:50 AM | Putnam County IL | 1.00 |
| 11:10 AM | Woodford County IL | 1.00 |
| 11:11 AM | LaSalle County IL | 1.00 |
| 11:12 AM | Macoupin County IL | 1.00 |
| 11:25 AM | Milwaukee County WI | 1.00 |
| 11:26 AM | McLean County IL | 1.00 |
| 11:26 AM | Menard County IL | 1.00 |
| 11:28 AM | Tazewell County IL | 1.00 |
| 11:38 AM | Winnebago County IL | 1.00 |
| 11:53 AM | Christian County IL | 1.00 |
| 11:53 AM | Montgomery County IL | 1.00 |
| 12:25 PM | Grundy County IL | 1.00 |
| 12:35 PM | Cook County IL | 1.00 |
| 12:45 PM | Cook County IL | 1.00 |
| 1:36 PM | Cook County IL | 1.00 |
| 2:09 PM | Allegan County MI | 1.00 |
| 2:57 PM | Caldwell County KY | 1.00 |
| 3:26 PM | Adams County IN | 1.00 |
| 10:10 AM | McDonough County IL | 0.88 |
| 10:24 AM | Lincoln County MO | 0.88 |
| 10:25 AM | Peoria County IL | 0.88 |
| 10:58 AM | Macoupin County IL | 0.88 |
| 11:09 AM | Cass County IL | 0.88 |
| 12:05 PM | DuPage County IL | 0.88 |
| 3:47 PM | Calhoun County MI | 0.88 |
| 3:54 PM | Brown County IN | 0.88 |
| 4:30 PM | Knox County MO | 0.88 |
| 10:25 AM | Van Buren County IA | 0.75 |
The tornado outbreak of November 17, 2013: 76 tornadoes, each with its touchdown time and path.
2013 · 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.