The tornado outbreak of March 13, 1990
59 tornadoesKansas, Nebraska, Iowa and 3 more states
59 tornadoes touched down across 6 states between 12:10 AM and 10:01 PM CST, 14 of them rated F3 or stronger, and 2 people were killed.
Watch the day unfoldTornado outbreak · March 13, 1990
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
- 59
- 51st of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
- F3 or stronger
- 14
- 4 rated F4 or F5
- Killed
- 2
- Along all the paths
- Injured
- 88
- Along all the paths
- Path miles
- 794
- All the paths end to end
- First and last
- 12:10 AM to 10:01 PM
- Touchdowns, Central Standard Time
Hour by hour
Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Standard Time.
Every tornado
In order of touchdown. 4 have a record page, linked from the rating.
By state
Tornadoes in 1990 · 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.