The tornado outbreak of April 26, 1991
53 tornadoesKansas, Oklahoma, Texas and 4 more states
53 tornadoes touched down across 7 states between 6:45 AM and 12:05 AM the next day CDT, 12 of them rated F3 or stronger, and 21 people were killed.
Watch the day unfoldTornado outbreak · April 26, 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
- 53
- 66th of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
- F3 or stronger
- 12
- 5 rated F4 or F5
- Killed
- 21
- 55th-deadliest tornado day since 1950
- Injured
- 313
- Along all the paths
- Path miles
- 501
- All the paths end to end
- First and last
- 6:45 AM to 12:05 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. 5 have a record page, linked from the rating.
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.