The severe wind outbreak of June 20, 2019
379 wind reportsNorth Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and 17 more states
379 damaging wind reports across 20 states between 1:00 AM and 12:58 AM the next day CDT, 24 of them 65 knots (75 mph) or stronger; the strongest measured gust was 96 mph in Furnas County, NE. 52 hail reports and 5 tornadoes the same day.
Watch the day unfoldSevere wind day · June 20, 2019
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
- 379
- 100th of 15,807 days with wind reports since 1955
- 75 mph or more
- 24
- 8 of 86 mph (75 knots) or more
- Strongest measured gust
- 96 mph
- 83 knots, Furnas County, NE
- Measured
- 33
- reports with an instrument reading; the rest are estimates from damage
- Killed by wind
- 1
- 1 injured
- Counties reporting
- 190
- in 20 states
Hour by hour
Damaging wind reports in each hour, Central Daylight Time.
The strongest winds
The 100 strongest reports with a speed. Measured gusts come from an instrument; estimated speeds are judged from damage.
| 3:20 AM | Rapides Parish LA | 110 mph | Estimated |
| 3:17 PM | Orangeburg County SC | 110 mph | Estimated |
| 3:10 PM | Orangeburg County SC | 105 mph | Estimated |
| 2:54 PM | Orangeburg County SC | 100 mph | Estimated |
| 11:53 PM | Furnas County NE | 96 mph | Measured |
| 12:54 AM | Kearney County NE | 96 mph | Measured |
| 11:35 PM | Furnas County NE | 90 mph | Measured |
| 11:23 PM | Norton County KS | 89 mph | Measured |
| 11:15 PM | Furnas County NE | 85 mph | Estimated |
| 3:15 PM | Richland County SC | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 3:54 PM | Aiken County SC | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 11:00 PM | Furnas County NE | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 5:05 PM | Dare County NC | 78 mph | Measured |
| 7:12 PM | Watonwan County MN | 78 mph | Measured |
| 2:53 PM | Garfield County CO | 76 mph | Measured |
| 12:58 AM | Kearney County NE | 75 mph | Measured |
| 1:18 PM | Caswell County NC | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 1:58 PM | Halifax County VA | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 2:09 PM | McCormick County SC | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 3:15 PM | Kershaw County SC | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 3:25 PM | Richland County SC | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 3:25 PM | Grand County UT | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 3:48 PM | Sumter County SC | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 4:30 PM | Berkeley County SC | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 12:29 AM | Harlan County NE | 70 mph | Measured |
| 1:00 AM | Bienville Parish LA | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 4:04 PM | Darlington County SC | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 4:22 PM | Florence County SC | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 12:37 AM | Kearney County NE | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 3:35 PM | McDuffie County GA | 69 mph | Measured |
| 4:54 AM | Franklin County MS | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 2:23 PM | Lincoln County GA | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 2:56 PM | Monroe County GA | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 3:00 PM | Richland County SC | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 3:20 PM | Lexington County SC | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 3:36 PM | Orangeburg County SC | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 3:39 PM | Baldwin County GA | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 3:41 PM | Clarendon County SC | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 4:00 PM | Orangeburg County SC | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 4:32 PM | Knox County TN | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 4:40 PM | Greene County TN | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 4:52 PM | Barnwell County SC | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 5:03 PM | Clarendon County SC | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 5:04 PM | Dare County NC | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 5:06 PM | Dare County NC | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 5:15 PM | Dare County NC | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 5:15 PM | Clarendon County SC | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 5:15 PM | Barnwell County SC | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 5:21 PM | Dare County NC | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 10:25 AM | Broome County NY | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 2:59 PM | Florence County SC | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:30 PM | Marion County SC | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:26 PM | Orangeburg County SC | 63 mph | Measured |
| 5:16 PM | Tyrrell County NC | 63 mph | Measured |
| 12:40 AM | Kearney County NE | 63 mph | Measured |
| 3:31 AM | Warren County MS | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 12:10 PM | Yadkin County NC | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 12:34 PM | Stokes County NC | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 12:49 PM | Stokes County NC | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 1:03 PM | Rockingham County NC | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 1:11 PM | Rockingham County NC | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 1:21 PM | Rockingham County NC | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 1:40 PM | Elbert County GA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 2:05 PM | Meriwether County GA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 2:20 PM | Greenwood County SC | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 2:25 PM | McCormick County SC | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 2:35 PM | Lincoln County GA | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 2:36 PM | Saluda County SC | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 2:36 PM | Newberry County SC | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 2:40 PM | Edgefield County SC | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 2:54 PM | Fairfield County SC | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 2:54 PM | Newberry County SC | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 3:13 PM | Lexington County SC | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 3:36 PM | Cabarrus County NC | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:20 PM | Hancock County TN | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 5:04 PM | Washington County TN | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 6:50 PM | McMinn County TN | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 3:27 PM | Richland County SC | 61 mph | Measured |
| 3:31 PM | Armstrong County TX | 61 mph | Measured |
| 5:00 PM | Virginia Beach VA | 61 mph | Measured |
| 3:40 PM | Brevard County FL | 60 mph | Measured |
| 5:10 PM | Horry County SC | 60 mph | Measured |
| 5:49 PM | Brunswick County NC | 60 mph | Measured |
| 1:30 AM | Shelby County TX | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 1:54 AM | Morehouse Parish LA | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 2:15 AM | Colbert County AL | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 2:42 AM | Cullman County AL | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:17 AM | Maury County TN | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:18 AM | Maury County TN | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:20 AM | Morgan County AL | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:22 AM | Maury County TN | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 4:00 AM | Moore County TN | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 4:00 AM | Concordia Parish LA | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 4:04 AM | Concordia Parish LA | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:39 PM | Darlington County SC | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:52 PM | Florence County SC | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 4:14 PM | Williamsburg County SC | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 4:17 PM | Darlington County SC | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 4:17 PM | Florence County SC | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 4:19 PM | Williamsburg County SC | 60 mph | Estimated |
By state
| North Carolina | 97 | 78 mph |
| South Carolina | 85 | 63 mph |
| Georgia | 62 | 69 mph |
| Alabama | 32 | 58 mph |
| Tennessee | 31 | — |
| Nebraska | 17 | 96 mph |
| Virginia | 13 | 61 mph |
| Mississippi | 8 | — |
| Louisiana | 7 | — |
| Vermont | 6 | — |
| Colorado | 4 | 76 mph |
| New Jersey | 4 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 3 | — |
| Texas | 2 | 61 mph |
| Kansas | 2 | 89 mph |
| New York | 2 | — |
| Minnesota | 1 | 78 mph |
| Wyoming | 1 | — |
| Florida | 1 | 60 mph |
| Utah | 1 | — |
| Montana | 0 | — |
| Iowa | 0 | — |
Counties with the most wind reports
- Colleton CountySC · 14 reports
- Cullman CountyAL · 11 reports
- Charleston CountySC · 9 reports
- Hertford CountyNC · 8 reports
- Randolph CountyNC · 8 reports
- Guilford CountyNC · 8 reports
- Berkeley CountySC · 7 reports
- Orangeburg CountySC · 6 reports
- Person CountyNC · 6 reports
- Hamilton CountyTN · 6 reports
Hail and tornadoes that day
52 hail reports, 1 of 2 inches or more; 5 tornadoes.
| 6:20 PM | Brown County MN | 2.00 |
| 3:53 PM | Yellow Medicine County MN | 1.75 |
| 5:35 PM | Redwood County MN | 1.75 |
| 7:09 PM | Watonwan County MN | 1.75 |
| 7:20 PM | Marshall County KS | 1.75 |
| 7:58 PM | Washington County CO | 1.75 |
| 8:06 PM | Yuma County CO | 1.75 |
| 8:09 PM | Yuma County CO | 1.75 |
| 8:45 PM | Yuma County CO | 1.50 |
| 4:46 PM | Yellow Medicine County MN | 1.25 |
| 6:04 PM | Larimer County CO | 1.25 |
| 6:30 PM | Box Butte County NE | 1.25 |
| 8:44 PM | Yuma County CO | 1.25 |
| 8:51 PM | Yuma County CO | 1.25 |
| 1:00 AM | Sheridan County NE | 1.00 |
| 2:23 AM | Somervell County TX | 1.00 |
| 3:45 AM | McLennan County TX | 1.00 |
| 4:19 AM | Falls County TX | 1.00 |
| 4:52 AM | Limestone County TX | 1.00 |
| 7:45 AM | Navarro County TX | 1.00 |
| 3:50 PM | Anderson County TN | 1.00 |
| 4:40 PM | Yellow Medicine County MN | 1.00 |
| 5:28 PM | Big Horn County MT | 1.00 |
| 6:05 PM | Larimer County CO | 1.00 |
| 6:15 PM | Sioux County NE | 1.00 |
| 6:40 PM | Campbell County WY | 1.00 |
| 7:16 PM | Marshall County KS | 1.00 |
| 7:23 PM | Box Butte County NE | 1.00 |
| 7:45 PM | Monona County IA | 1.00 |
| 7:45 PM | Martin County MN | 1.00 |
| 7:52 PM | Washington County CO | 1.00 |
| 8:33 PM | Yuma County CO | 1.00 |
| 8:50 PM | Dawes County NE | 1.00 |
| 10:17 PM | Sheridan County NE | 1.00 |
| 10:53 PM | Furnas County NE | 1.00 |
| 11:30 PM | Cherry County NE | 1.00 |
| 12:04 AM | Phelps County NE | 1.00 |
| 4:08 PM | Lyon County MN | 0.88 |
| 4:31 PM | Arapahoe County CO | 0.88 |
| 5:20 PM | Scotts Bluff County NE | 0.88 |
| 6:05 PM | Larimer County CO | 0.88 |
| 6:26 PM | Platte County WY | 0.88 |
| 7:16 PM | Marshall County KS | 0.88 |
| 8:40 PM | Yuma County CO | 0.88 |
| 8:52 PM | Treasure County MT | 0.88 |
| 9:48 PM | Rosebud County MT | 0.88 |
| 4:15 AM | McLennan County TX | 0.75 |
| 2:55 PM | Golden Valley County MT | 0.75 |
| 4:09 PM | Lyon County MN | 0.75 |
| 8:57 PM | Yellowstone County MT | 0.75 |
- EF1 tornado3:14 AM CDT
- EF1 tornado3:30 AM CDT
- EF1 tornado5:18 PM CDT
- EF0 tornado6:27 PM CDT
- EF0 tornado6:42 PM CDT
2019 · 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.