The tornado outbreak of June 16, 1992

67 tornadoesMinnesota, South Dakota, Nebraska and 3 more states

67 tornadoes touched down across 6 states between 1:48 AM and 12:45 AM the next day CDT, 12 of them rated F3 or stronger, and 1 people were killed.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · June 16, 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 67 that day
Strongest so far—
Killed—in tornadoes so far

The day in numbers

Tornadoes
67
33rd of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
F3 or stronger
12
2 rated F4 or F5
Killed
1
Along all the paths
Injured
64
Along all the paths
Path miles
261
All the paths end to end
First and last
1:48 AM to 12:45 AM the next day
Touchdowns, Central Daylight Time

Hour by hour

Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Daylight Time.

Tornadoes per hour, June 16, 1992 1 AM: 1 2 AM: 1 3 AM: 0 4 AM: 0 5 AM: 0 6 AM: 0 7 AM: 0 8 AM: 0 9 AM: 0 10 AM: 0 11 AM: 0 Noon: 0 1 PM: 0 2 PM: 2 3 PM: 4 4 PM: 4 5 PM: 6 6 PM: 12 12 7 PM: 7 8 PM: 8 9 PM: 8 10 PM: 3 11 PM: 8 Midnight: 3 1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM

Every tornado

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

Tornadoes of June 16, 1992
1:48 AMF1Dickinson County KS1.07300
2:05 AMF1Dickinson County KS1.510000
2:30 PMF2Davison County SD3.07300
2:30 PMF2Davison County SD3.07300
3:03 PMF1Black Hawk County IA4.72300
3:23 PMF0Sanborn County SD0.11000
3:25 PMF2Miner County SD0.55001
3:45 PMF3Miner County SD3.07300
4:20 PMF0Box Butte County NE0.12000
4:35 PMF3Kingsbury County, Brookings County SD4.010000
4:37 PMF0Kingsbury County SD0.11000
4:51 PMF0Box Butte County NE0.13000
5:00 PMF5Nobles County, Murray County MN16.0280135
5:15 PMF3Buffalo County SD2.07308
5:15 PMF1Brown County NE4.015000
5:18 PMF4Murray County MN7.016003
5:30 PMF3Yellow Medicine County MN6.02300
5:30 PMF2Murray County MN13.04000
6:00 PMF3Murray County, Lyon County MN12.08000
6:15 PMF1Rock County NE1.08000
6:17 PMF1Custer County NE0.55000
6:18 PMF2Lyon County MN2.03000
6:20 PMF0Burleigh County ND0.11000
6:23 PMF0Custer County NE0.22300
6:25 PMF3Redwood County MN16.09000
6:35 PMF1Custer County NE0.42300
6:38 PMF1Boyd County NE1.58000
6:50 PMF1Boyd County NE10.08000
6:55 PMF1Redwood County MN0.13000
6:58 PMF2Swift County MN1.51300
7:03 PMF0Charles Mix County SD0.32000
7:10 PMF3Redwood County MN13.08000
7:25 PMF2Redwood County MN12.06000
7:25 PMF2Redwood County MN8.03000
7:30 PMF1Redwood County MN6.52300
7:40 PMF2Redwood County MN5.52300
7:50 PMF2Renville County MN5.02300
8:10 PMF0Hutchinson County SD0.32300
8:25 PMF2Renville County MN3.01300
8:30 PMF1McCook County SD0.53000
8:30 PMF1McCook County SD0.53000
8:30 PMF1Brookings County SD7.03000
8:45 PMF1Lake County SD1.03000
8:47 PMF1Cedar County NE0.11000
8:50 PMF0Clay County SD0.52300
9:00 PMF2Renville County MN2.51300
9:00 PMF1Pipestone County MN0.51300
9:00 PMF2Minnehaha County SD5.05000
9:10 PMF2Murray County MN4.04000
9:20 PMF2Murray County MN0.53000
9:30 PMF3Harrison County, Crawford County IA26.020003
9:40 PMF3Yellow Medicine County MN2.510006
9:55 PMF0Sioux County IA0.21300
10:30 PMF2Renville County MN2.02000
10:30 PMF2Cottonwood County MN7.59000
10:48 PMF0Ida County IA0.11300
11:00 PMF1Brown County MN1.010000
11:00 PMF2Burt County NE4.015000
11:01 PMF0Monona County IA0.12000
11:05 PMF0Saline County NE0.17300
11:10 PMF3Wright County MN10.012008
11:20 PMF2Wright County MN10.08000
11:23 PMF0Lancaster County NE0.17300
11:50 PMF2Benton County MN0.33000
12:00 AMF2Pottawattamie County IA4.010000
12:14 AMF2Mills County IA3.07300
12:45 AMF0Shelby County IA0.22300

By state

Tornadoes by state, June 16, 1992
Minnesota2781
South Dakota1630
Nebraska1300
Iowa810
Kansas200
North Dakota100

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.