The tornado outbreak of March 27, 1991
29 tornadoesMichigan, Indiana, Illinois and 5 more states
29 tornadoes touched down across 8 states between 12:30 AM and 7:53 PM CST, 6 of them rated F3 or stronger, and 2 people were killed.
Watch the day unfoldTornado outbreak · March 27, 1991
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 27, 1991
- F3 or stronger
- 6
- None rated F4 or F5
- Killed
- 2
- Along all the paths
- Injured
- 55
- Along all the paths
- Path miles
- 185
- All the paths end to end
- First and last
- 12:30 AM to 7:53 PM
- Touchdowns, Central Standard Time
Hour by hour
Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Standard Time.
Every tornado
In order of touchdown.
| 12:30 AM | F1 | Chase County KS | 0 |
| 12:35 AM | F1 | Orange County CA | 0 |
| 4:00 AM | F1 | San Diego County CA | 0 |
| 12:18 PM | F2 | Dubuque County, Jackson County IA | 0 |
| 1:20 PM | F1 | Shelby County TN | 0 |
| 1:50 PM | F2 | Green County, Rock County and 2 more WI | 1 |
| 3:50 PM | F0 | Will County IL | 0 |
| 3:55 PM | F3 | Will County, Cook County IL | 0 |
| 4:02 PM | F1 | Mecosta County MI | 0 |
| 4:02 PM | F0 | Newaygo County MI | 0 |
| 4:10 PM | F1 | Kankakee County IL | 0 |
| 4:15 PM | F2 | Osceola County MI | 0 |
| 4:30 PM | F1 | Osceola County MI | 0 |
| 4:37 PM | F0 | Will County IL | 0 |
| 5:05 PM | F0 | Osceola County MI | 0 |
| 5:10 PM | F0 | Tippecanoe County IN | 0 |
| 5:15 PM | F2 | Ogemaw County MI | 0 |
| 5:15 PM | F3 | Ogemaw County, Iosco County and 1 more MI | 0 |
| 5:20 PM | F3 | Ogemaw County, Iosco County and 1 more MI | 0 |
| 5:25 PM | F0 | Cass County IN | 0 |
| 6:00 PM | F2 | Ingham County MI | 0 |
| 6:00 PM | F3 | Calhoun County MI | 0 |
| 6:20 PM | F0 | Madison County IN | 0 |
| 6:28 PM | F0 | Ingham County MI | 0 |
| 6:37 PM | F3 | Hillsdale County MI | 0 |
| 7:20 PM | F3 | Williams County, Steuben County OH, IN | 1 |
| 7:39 PM | F0 | Monroe County MI | 0 |
| 7:45 PM | F0 | Monroe County MI | 0 |
| 7:53 PM | F1 | St. Clair County MI | 0 |
By state
Tornadoes in 1991 · 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.