The tornado outbreak of June 7, 1984

41 tornadoesIowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and 6 more states

41 tornadoes touched down across 9 states between 1:55 AM and 12:41 AM the next day CDT, 5 of them rated F3 or stronger, and 13 people were killed.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · June 7, 1984

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 41 that day
Strongest so far—
Killed—in tornadoes so far

The day in numbers

Tornadoes
41
on Thursday, June 7, 1984
F3 or stronger
5
2 rated F4 or F5
Killed
13
83rd-deadliest tornado day since 1950
Injured
320
Along all the paths
Path miles
514
All the paths end to end
First and last
1:55 AM to 12:41 AM the next day
Touchdowns, Central Daylight Time

Hour by hour

Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Daylight Time.

Tornadoes per hour, June 7, 1984 1 AM: 1 2 AM: 0 3 AM: 0 4 AM: 0 5 AM: 0 6 AM: 0 7 AM: 0 8 AM: 0 9 AM: 0 10 AM: 0 11 AM: 0 Noon: 0 1 PM: 0 2 PM: 0 3 PM: 1 4 PM: 5 5 PM: 8 8 6 PM: 7 7 PM: 7 8 PM: 3 9 PM: 2 10 PM: 3 11 PM: 2 Midnight: 2 1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM

Every tornado

In order of touchdown. 2 have a record page, linked from the rating.

Tornadoes of June 7, 1984
1:55 AMF2Avoyelles Parish LA1.010003
3:45 PMF1Woodbury County, Plymouth County IA7.010000
4:14 PMF2Cherokee County IA10.07700
4:30 PMF0Grant County ND0.31000
4:33 PMF2Brown County KS18.030005
4:42 PMF2Ida County IA16.015001
4:43 PMF2Cass County IA23.015008
5:04 PMF1O'Brien County IA6.07700
5:10 PMF2Ida County IA12.010001
5:12 PMF2Buena Vista County IA4.010003
5:17 PMF2Pocahontas County, Palo Alto County IA25.010002
5:20 PMF3Page County, Taylor County and 1 more IA25.010003
5:23 PMF1Clay County IA1.07700
5:30 PMF2Clay County IA2.07700
5:37 PMF0Ward County ND0.51000
6:00 PMF2Pocahontas County IA8.010000
6:15 PMF2Humboldt County, Kossuth County and 1 more IA22.015000
6:15 PMF3Kossuth County IA9.015005
6:29 PMF2Kossuth County, Winnebago County IA21.015001
6:45 PMF4Harrison County, Mahaska County and 6 more MO, IA134.0250364
6:45 PMF2Hancock County, Winnebago County IA18.012700
6:59 PMF0Wells County ND0.51000
7:00 PMF1Pawnee County NE0.35000
7:15 PMF1Freeborn County MN6.08000
7:19 PMF3Freeborn County MN14.0100012
7:20 PMF1Waseca County MN1.05000
7:25 PMF1Freeborn County, Steele County MN18.08000
7:36 PMF2Mower County MN5.010007
7:54 PMF1Lucas County IA0.55000
8:15 PMF1Olmsted County MN1.05000
8:35 PMF0Goodhue County MN2.55000
8:45 PMF2Ringgold County IA14.015013
9:33 PMF1Wayne County IA0.55000
9:33 PMF2Keokuk County, Washington County and 1 more IA24.020001
10:00 PMF2Chippewa County, Clark County WI12.015000
10:00 PMF2Miner County SD0.16000
10:30 PMF2Daviess County MO1.010000
11:00 PMF2Daviess County MO3.010001
11:30 PMF1Price County WI1.05000
12:30 AMF2Lafayette County, Iowa County WI11.04000
12:41 AMF5Iowa County, Columbia County WI36.04509200

By state

Tornadoes by state, June 7, 1984
Iowa2021
Minnesota710
Wisconsin419
Missouri313
North Dakota300
Kansas100
Louisiana100
Nebraska100
South Dakota100

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.