The tornado outbreak of June 15, 1992

56 tornadoesKansas, Nebraska and South Dakota

56 tornadoes touched down across 3 states between 4:15 PM and 12:38 AM the next day CDT, 6 of them rated F3 or stronger.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · June 15, 1992

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

The day in numbers

Tornadoes
56
58th of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
F3 or stronger
6
2 rated F4 or F5
Killed
0
Along all the paths
Injured
17
Along all the paths
Path miles
143
All the paths end to end
First and last
4:15 PM to 12:38 AM the next day
Touchdowns, Central Daylight Time

Hour by hour

Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Daylight Time.

Tornadoes per hour, June 15, 1992 4 PM: 5 5 PM: 3 6 PM: 7 7 PM: 16 16 8 PM: 8 9 PM: 5 10 PM: 6 11 PM: 1 Midnight: 5 4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PMMidnight

Every tornado

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

Tornadoes of June 15, 1992
4:15 PMF0Rooks County KS1.010000
4:26 PMF1Osborne County KS1.010000
4:28 PMF0Rooks County KS1.010000
4:37 PMF1Rooks County KS7.010002
4:46 PMF0Osborne County KS0.510000
5:15 PMF2Haakon County SD2.05000
5:51 PMF0Osborne County KS0.55000
5:51 PMF1Osborne County KS2.010000
6:15 PMF1Osborne County KS0.85000
6:34 PMF1Osborne County KS1.05000
6:40 PMF1Osborne County KS1.07300
6:45 PMF1Osborne County KS0.55000
6:55 PMF1Osborne County KS1.05000
6:56 PMF2Mitchell County KS3.510000
6:59 PMF1Jewell County KS1.05000
7:02 PMF2Mitchell County KS3.010000
7:05 PMF0Clark County SD0.21300
7:06 PMF1Jewell County KS2.07300
7:07 PMF1Mitchell County KS1.57300
7:09 PMF2Jewell County KS1.57300
7:10 PMF2Mitchell County KS4.010000
7:20 PMF1Hall County NE0.13000
7:30 PMF4Mitchell County KS3.010000
7:35 PMF1Jewell County KS1.510000
7:35 PMF2Mitchell County KS2.05000
7:38 PMF2Mitchell County KS2.07300
7:40 PMF1Mitchell County KS2.05000
7:45 PMF2Polk County NE2.015000
7:45 PMF3Mitchell County KS2.010000
7:55 PMF2Hamilton County NE0.13000
7:55 PMF1Mitchell County KS1.55000
8:00 PMF0Republic County KS0.52300
8:05 PMF1Mitchell County KS1.35000
8:15 PMF0Colfax County NE0.13000
8:15 PMF0Colfax County NE0.13000
8:35 PMF1Mitchell County KS2.07300
8:52 PMF1Cloud County KS2.01700
8:55 PMF3Saline County, Seward County NE21.050000
8:58 PMF1Cloud County KS2.010000
9:35 PMF1Ottawa County KS1.05000
9:50 PMF0Day County SD0.54000
9:50 PMF1Cuming County NE0.53000
9:52 PMF3Ottawa County KS3.080000
9:55 PMF1Cuming County NE0.53004
10:00 PMF1Cuming County NE4.08000
10:15 PMF3Seward County NE14.050001
10:20 PMF1Cuming County NE0.54000
10:35 PMF4McPherson County KS6.073010
10:37 PMF1Cloud County KS1.05000
10:40 PMF2McPherson County KS7.07300
11:58 PMF1Johnson County NE1.515000
12:09 AMF1McPherson County, Marion County KS17.010000
12:12 AMF1Johnson County NE1.210000
12:20 AMF1Dickinson County KS2.07300
12:30 AMF1Otoe County NE1.52000
12:38 AMF0Dickinson County KS0.11000

By state

Tornadoes by state, June 15, 1992
Kansas3940
Nebraska1420
South Dakota300

Tornadoes in 1992 · 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.