The tornado outbreak of June 8, 1993

58 tornadoesWisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota and 7 more states

58 tornadoes touched down across 10 states between 6:35 AM and 11:39 PM CDT, 1 of them rated F3 or stronger.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · June 8, 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 58 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: 58; 53rd of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
F3 or stronger: 1; None rated F4 or F5
Killed: 0; Along all the paths
Injured: 2; Along all the paths
Path miles: 163; All the paths end to end
First and last: 6:35 AM to 11:39 PM; Touchdowns, Central Daylight Time

Hour by hour

Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Daylight Time.

Every tornado

In order of touchdown.

Tornadoes of June 8, 1993

6:35 AM	F0	Miller County MO	0.4	50	0
10:08 AM	F0	Love County OK	1.5	40	0
10:45 AM	F0	Boone County IA	0.2	20	0
1:05 PM	F1	Vernon County WI	11.0	100	0
1:08 PM	F1	Winnebago County IA	0.3	30	0
1:20 PM	F2	Mitchell County IA	6.0	100	0
1:55 PM	F0	Mower County MN	0.1	10	0
1:55 PM	F0	Mower County MN	0.1	10	0
1:55 PM	F0	Mower County MN	0.1	10	0
2:07 PM	F0	Fillmore County MN	0.1	10	0
2:07 PM	F0	Fillmore County MN	0.1	10	0
2:28 PM	F0	Olmsted County MN	0.1	10	0
2:30 PM	F0	Adams County WI	1.5	73	0
3:01 PM	F1	Itasca County MN	0.5	10	0
3:08 PM	F0	Olmsted County MN	0.1	10	0
3:30 PM	F0	Putnam County OH	0.2	30	0
3:32 PM	F1	Hancock County OH	1.0	30	0
4:25 PM	F0	Koochiching County MN	0.1	10	0
4:48 PM	F0	Adams County WI	1.0	50	0
4:52 PM	F0	Adams County WI	1.5	73	0
5:06 PM	F1	Marquette County WI	10.0	850	0
5:07 PM	F0	Kay County OK	0.1	20	0
5:10 PM	F1	Cambria County PA	1.0	100	0
5:10 PM	F0	Marquette County WI	1.0	50	0
5:16 PM	F0	Koochiching County MN	0.1	10	0
5:20 PM	F0	Kay County OK	0.1	20	0
5:23 PM	F0	Marquette County WI	0.1	23	0
5:26 PM	F2	Columbia County, Green Lake County and 1 more WI	28.0	1,000	0
5:30 PM	F1	Sangamon County IL	5.0	100	0
5:30 PM	F0	Madison County IL	0.4	30	0
5:30 PM	F0	Adams County WI	2.0	73	0
5:35 PM	F0	Adams County WI	0.5	23	0
5:35 PM	F3	Kay County OK	11.5	150	0
5:37 PM	F0	Green Lake County WI	0.3	30	0
5:40 PM	F0	Macon County IL	3.0	23	0
5:45 PM	F1	Fayette County PA	3.0	250	2
5:45 PM	F0	Green Lake County WI	4.0	50	0
6:15 PM	F0	Kay County OK	0.3	80	0
6:20 PM	F0	Champaign County IL	0.1	10	0
6:23 PM	F0	Champaign County IL	0.1	10	0
6:23 PM	F1	Washington County, Louisa County IA	5.0	40	0
6:28 PM	F0	Champaign County IL	0.1	10	0
6:35 PM	F0	Winnebago County WI	0.1	23	0
6:38 PM	F0	Tippecanoe County IN	0.1	20	0
6:40 PM	F1	Tippecanoe County IN	10.0	60	0
6:40 PM	F1	Marshall County IN	19.0	73	0
7:01 PM	F0	Vermilion County IL	0.1	10	0
7:16 PM	F0	Vermilion County IL	0.1	10	0
7:20 PM	F0	Kosciusko County IN	0.1	10	0
7:35 PM	F0	Washington County OK	0.1	30	0
7:38 PM	F0	Waushara County WI	8.0	23	0
7:47 PM	F0	McHenry County IL	0.2	20	0
7:59 PM	F0	Dane County WI	4.0	50	0
8:15 PM	F0	Waushara County WI	12.0	33	0
8:35 PM	F0	Waushara County WI	6.0	23	0
10:10 PM	F0	Fannin County TX	0.1	10	0
10:20 PM	F0	Green Lake County WI	0.1	23	0
11:39 PM	F0	Whiteside County IL	1.0	30	0

By state

Tornadoes by state, June 8, 1993

Wisconsin	18	0
Illinois	10	0
Minnesota	10	0
Oklahoma	6	1
Iowa	4	0
Indiana	4	0
Ohio	2	0
Pennsylvania	2	0
Missouri	1	0
Texas	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.