The tornado outbreak of June 7, 1993

40 tornadoesSouth Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota and 3 more states

40 tornadoes touched down across 6 states between 11:45 AM and 9:45 PM CDT, 6 of them rated F3 or stronger.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · June 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.

About this replay

Central time—Historical replay — logged touchdown times

Tornadoes—of 40 that day

Strongest so far—

Killed—in tornadoes so far

The day’s milestones

Tornado pathsWider and brighter with the rating; F3 and stronger glow

On the groundEach grows from its logged touchdown time

Counties crossedLit as a tornado reaches them, brighter for F3 or stronger

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database (touchdown times, ratings, start and end points) and Storm Events Database (segment paths and times for the notable tornadoes that have record pages). SPC logs the touchdown time only; other paths are drawn at a typical forward speed of 35 mph. Times are Central Daylight Time.

The day in numbers

Tornadoes: 40; on Monday, June 7, 1993
F3 or stronger: 6; 2 rated F4 or F5
Killed: 0; Along all the paths
Injured: 22; Along all the paths
Path miles: 210; All the paths end to end
First and last: 11:45 AM to 9:45 PM; Touchdowns, Central Daylight Time

Hour by hour

Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Daylight Time.

Every tornado

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

Tornadoes of June 7, 1993

11:45 AM	F0	Miami-Dade County FL	2.0	100	0
1:45 PM	F1	Brule County SD	13.0	73	2
1:50 PM	F0	Buffalo County SD	0.1	30	0
1:55 PM	F0	Buffalo County SD	0.1	30	0
2:10 PM	F1	Hughes County SD	0.4	40	0
2:46 PM	F0	Hand County SD	0.1	30	0
2:55 PM	F0	Hand County SD	0.1	30	0
3:07 PM	F0	Hand County SD	0.1	30	0
3:30 PM	F3	Spink County SD	5.0	400	0
3:30 PM	F2	Miner County SD	3.0	73	0
3:30 PM	F2	Miner County SD	3.0	73	0
3:30 PM	F2	Miner County SD	3.0	73	0
3:35 PM	F2	Sanborn County SD	9.0	100	0
3:40 PM	F2	Spink County SD	10.0	100	0
3:40 PM	F2	Spink County SD	10.0	100	0
3:40 PM	F2	Spink County SD	10.0	100	0
3:45 PM	F1	Hanson County SD	12.0	73	0
3:45 PM	F0	Sumner County KS	0.1	100	0
3:54 PM	F1	McCook County SD	5.0	100	0
4:03 PM	F0	Beadle County SD	0.2	30	0
4:03 PM	F1	Beadle County SD	1.0	50	0
4:07 PM	F1	McCook County SD	2.0	100	0
4:23 PM	F3	McCook County SD	5.0	250	0
4:30 PM	F4	Minnehaha County, Brookings County SD	54.0	800	5
4:40 PM	F4	Lake County SD	10.0	500	4
4:50 PM	F3	Lake County SD	6.0	100	0
4:50 PM	F3	Lake County SD	6.0	100	0
5:52 PM	F1	Rock County MN	12.0	200	0
6:00 PM	F0	Deuel County SD	0.3	30	0
6:30 PM	F1	O'Brien County IA	1.8	67	0
6:38 PM	F1	Sioux County IA	7.5	30	0
6:40 PM	F0	O'Brien County IA	0.5	23	0
6:41 PM	F2	Lyon County, Osceola County IA	10.0	127	5
6:42 PM	F0	Sioux County IA	0.3	20	0
6:52 PM	F1	Lyon County MN	2.5	50	6
6:57 PM	F0	Yellow Medicine County MN	1.0	40	0
7:28 PM	F1	Redwood County MN	3.0	80	0
7:40 PM	F0	Jackson County MN	0.2	10	0
9:37 PM	F0	Green Lake County WI	0.1	23	0
9:45 PM	F0	Marquette County WI	0.1	23	0

By state

Tornadoes by state, June 7, 1993

South Dakota	26	6
Iowa	5	0
Minnesota	5	0
Wisconsin	2	0
Florida	1	0
Kansas	1	0

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.