The tornado outbreak of May 7, 1993
46 tornadoesKansas, Minnesota, South Dakota and 4 more states
46 tornadoes touched down across 7 states between 3:06 PM and 9:48 PM CDT, 3 of them rated F3 or stronger, and 1 people were killed.
Watch the day unfoldTornado outbreak · May 7, 1993
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
- 46
- 94th of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
- F3 or stronger
- 3
- 1 rated F4 or F5
- Killed
- 1
- Along all the paths
- Injured
- 11
- Along all the paths
- Path miles
- 355
- All the paths end to end
- First and last
- 3:06 PM to 9:48 PM
- Touchdowns, Central Daylight Time
Hour by hour
Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Daylight Time.
Every tornado
In order of touchdown. One has a record page, linked from the rating.
By state
Tornadoes in 1993 · 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.