The tornado outbreak of March 28, 1984
29 tornadoesNorth Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama
29 tornadoes touched down across 4 states between 12:08 AM and 9:15 PM CST, 12 of them rated F3 or stronger, and 57 people were killed. The 16th-deadliest tornado day since 1950.
Watch the day unfoldTornado outbreak · March 28, 1984
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
- 29
- on Wednesday, March 28, 1984
- F3 or stronger
- 12
- 7 rated F4 or F5
- Killed
- 57
- 16th-deadliest tornado day since 1950
- Injured
- 1,249
- Along all the paths
- Path miles
- 315
- All the paths end to end
- First and last
- 12:08 AM to 9:15 PM
- Touchdowns, Central Standard Time
Hour by hour
Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Standard Time.
Every tornado
In order of touchdown. 9 have a record page, linked from the rating.
By state
| North Carolina | 11 | 6 | 40 |
| South Carolina | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| Georgia | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Alabama | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Tornadoes in 1984 · 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.