The tornado outbreak of November 21, 1992
30 tornadoesTexas, Louisiana and Mississippi
30 tornadoes touched down across 3 states between 1:30 PM and 11:30 PM CST, 7 of them rated F3 or stronger, and 12 people were killed.
Watch the day unfoldTornado outbreak · November 21, 1992
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
- 30
- on Saturday, November 21, 1992
- F3 or stronger
- 7
- 2 rated F4 or F5
- Killed
- 12
- 94th-deadliest tornado day since 1950
- Injured
- 288
- Along all the paths
- Path miles
- 416
- All the paths end to end
- First and last
- 1:30 PM to 11:30 PM
- Touchdowns, Central Standard Time
Hour by hour
Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Standard Time.
Every tornado
In order of touchdown. 2 have a record page, linked from the rating.
By state
| Texas | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| Louisiana | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| Mississippi | 6 | 2 | 12 |
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.