The tornado outbreak of June 2, 1990
68 tornadoesIndiana, Illinois, Kentucky and 7 more states
68 tornadoes touched down across 10 states between 11:35 AM and 12:50 AM the next day CDT, 12 of them rated F3 or stronger, and 9 people were killed.
Watch the day unfoldTornado outbreak · June 2, 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
- 68
- 31st of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
- F3 or stronger
- 12
- 7 rated F4 or F5
- Killed
- 9
- Along all the paths
- Injured
- 253
- Along all the paths
- Path miles
- 557
- All the paths end to end
- First and last
- 11:35 AM to 12:50 AM the next day
- Touchdowns, Central Daylight Time
Hour by hour
Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Daylight Time.
Every tornado
In order of touchdown. 7 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.