The tornado outbreak of April 2, 1982
55 tornadoesArkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and 8 more states
55 tornadoes touched down across 11 states between 2:00 PM and 11:40 PM CST, 15 of them rated F3 or stronger, and 30 people were killed.
Watch the day unfoldTornado outbreak · April 2, 1982
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
- 55
- 61st of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
- F3 or stronger
- 15
- 4 rated F4 or F5
- Killed
- 30
- 32nd-deadliest tornado day since 1950
- Injured
- 383
- Along all the paths
- Path miles
- 412
- All the paths end to end
- First and last
- 2:00 PM to 11:40 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 1982 · 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.