The tornado outbreak of April 21, 1967
46 tornadoesIllinois, Missouri, Michigan and 3 more states
46 tornadoes touched down across 6 states between 8:00 AM and 8:50 PM CST, 8 of them rated F3 or stronger, and 58 people were killed. The 14th-deadliest tornado day since 1950.
Watch the day unfoldTornado outbreak · April 21, 1967
How the day unfolded
Every tornado recorded that day, at its logged touchdown time and along its path, with the counties it crossed.
The day in numbers
- Tornadoes
- 46
- 94th of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
- F3 or stronger
- 8
- 5 rated F4 or F5
- Killed
- 58
- 14th-deadliest tornado day since 1950
- Injured
- 1,118
- Along all the paths
- Path miles
- 329
- All the paths end to end
- First and last
- 8:00 AM to 8:50 PM
- Touchdowns, Central Standard Time
Hour by hour
Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Standard Time.
Every tornado
In order of touchdown. 5 have a record page, linked from the rating.
By state
Tornadoes in 1967 · On this date in other years · The biggest outbreak days
Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025. A day is SPC’s calendar date in Central Standard Time; an outbreak day here has 40 or more tornadoes, or 6 or more rated F3/EF3 or stronger.