The tornado outbreak of April 30, 1967

21 tornadoesIowa, Minnesota and South Dakota

21 tornadoes touched down across 3 states between 4:15 PM and 10:00 PM CDT, 7 of them rated F3 or stronger, and 13 people were killed.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · April 30, 1967

How the day unfolded

Every tornado recorded that day, at its logged touchdown time and along its path, with the counties it crossed.

About this replay

Central time—Historical replay — logged touchdown times

Tornadoes—of 21 that day

Strongest so far—

Killed—in tornadoes so far

The day’s milestones

Tornado pathsWider and brighter with the rating; F3 and stronger glow

On the groundEach grows from its logged touchdown time

Counties crossedLit as a tornado reaches them, brighter for F3 or stronger

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database (touchdown times, ratings, start and end points) and Storm Events Database (segment paths and times for the notable tornadoes that have record pages). SPC logs the touchdown time only; other paths are drawn at a typical forward speed of 35 mph. Times are Central Daylight Time.

The day in numbers

Tornadoes: 21; on Sunday, April 30, 1967
F3 or stronger: 7; 4 rated F4 or F5
Killed: 13; 83rd-deadliest tornado day since 1950
Injured: 81; Along all the paths
Path miles: 182; All the paths end to end
First and last: 4:15 PM to 10:00 PM; Touchdowns, Central Daylight Time

Hour by hour

Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Daylight Time.

Every tornado

In order of touchdown. 4 have a record page, linked from the rating.

Tornadoes of April 30, 1967

4:15 PM	F1	Kingsbury County SD	0.1	10	0	0
4:50 PM	F2	Webster County IA	6.8	200	0	0
5:00 PM	F2	Emmet County IA	8.2	300	0	0
5:10 PM	F2	Palo Alto County, Emmet County IA	14.0	300	0	0
5:30 PM	F2	Hancock County IA	4.3	300	0	0
5:33 PM	F2	Emmet County IA	1.0	200	0	0
6:05 PM	F3	Cerro Gordo County IA	7.7	250	0	0
6:20 PM	F2	Lee County IA	2.3	400	0	0
6:28 PM	F4	Worth County IA	13.3	400	0	0
6:30 PM	F3	Worth County IA	17.2	800	0	0
7:00 PM	F2	Waseca County MN	9.2	67	0	0
7:05 PM	F1	Steele County MN	0.2	10	0	0
7:05 PM	F3	Freeborn County, Waseca County MN	18.4	100	2	23
7:20 PM	F4	Worth County, Freeborn County IA, MN	7.6	500	0	1
7:23 PM	F4	Freeborn County, Steele County MN	38.7	100	5	35
7:52 PM	F4	Freeborn County, Waseca County MN	20.1	267	6	22
8:00 PM	F1	Buchanan County IA	0.1	50	0	0
8:00 PM	F1	Poweshiek County IA	0.1	10	0	0
8:15 PM	F2	Mower County MN	3.8	10	0	0
9:10 PM	F2	Olmsted County MN	6.8	10	0	0
10:00 PM	F2	Dubuque County IA	2.0	400	0	0

By state

Tornadoes by state, April 30, 1967

Iowa	13	4	0
Minnesota	7	3	13
South Dakota	1	0	0

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.