The tornado outbreak of April 26, 1994

66 tornadoesTexas, Illinois, Oklahoma and 8 more states

66 tornadoes touched down across 11 states between 6:03 AM and 12:10 AM the next day CDT, 1 of them rated F3 or stronger, and 3 people were killed.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · April 26, 1994

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 66 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: 66; 36th of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
F3 or stronger: 1; 1 rated F4 or F5
Killed: 3; Along all the paths
Injured: 83; Along all the paths
Path miles: 183; All the paths end to end
First and last: 6:03 AM to 12:10 AM the next day; 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.

Tornadoes of April 26, 1994

6:03 AM	F1	Story County IA	1.0	30	0	0
12:00 PM	F2	Washington County MN	5.0	1,300	0	1
12:50 PM	F0	Archer County TX	0.1	20	0	0
1:03 PM	F1	Dunn County, Barron County WI	4.0	1,200	0	0
1:05 PM	F2	Archer County TX	9.5	150	0	0
1:10 PM	F2	Barron County WI	4.0	1,200	0	0
1:30 PM	F0	Carter County OK	0.1	30	0	0
2:20 PM	F2	Price County WI	12.0	1,200	0	0
2:40 PM	F0	Montague County TX	0.1	10	0	0
2:55 PM	F0	Wise County TX	0.1	10	0	0
3:07 PM	F0	Montague County TX	2.8	100	0	0
3:25 PM	F1	Atoka County, Pushmataha County OK	9.0	80	0	0
3:30 PM	F1	Montague County TX	5.0	200	0	0
3:30 PM	F0	Montague County TX	0.1	10	0	0
3:37 PM	F0	Cooke County TX	0.1	10	0	0
3:45 PM	F2	Cooke County TX	16.0	200	0	8
3:46 PM	F1	Pittsburg County OK	3.0	73	0	0
3:50 PM	F0	Cooke County TX	1.0	100	0	0
3:55 PM	F1	Vilas County WI	4.5	150	0	0
4:02 PM	F1	Pushmataha County OK	12.0	80	0	0
4:05 PM	F0	Cooke County TX	0.1	10	0	0
4:10 PM	F0	Cooke County TX	4.0	100	0	0
4:10 PM	F0	Hillsborough County FL	0.1	10	0	0
4:20 PM	F1	Latimer County OK	6.0	50	0	0
4:30 PM	F0	Mohave County AZ	3.0	20	0	0
4:30 PM	F0	Grayson County TX	0.1	10	0	0
4:40 PM	F0	Grayson County TX	0.1	10	0	0
4:52 PM	F0	Comanche County TX	0.1	10	0	0
5:11 PM	F0	Comanche County TX	0.1	10	0	0
5:15 PM	F0	Grayson County TX	0.1	10	0	0
6:03 PM	F0	DeSoto County MS	3.0	50	0	0
6:05 PM	F0	Erath County TX	0.1	10	0	0
6:18 PM	F1	Bryan County OK	8.5	40	0	0
6:20 PM	F2	Bosque County TX	1.0	100	0	1
6:35 PM	F0	Bryan County OK	1.5	40	0	0
6:50 PM	F1	Greene County MO	0.5	33	0	0
6:55 PM	F0	Polk County MO	2.0	50	0	0
7:00 PM	F0	Fannin County TX	0.1	10	0	0
7:00 PM	F2	Lamar County TX	6.0	100	0	0
7:05 PM	F0	DeSoto County MS	1.0	50	0	0
7:06 PM	F0	Bosque County TX	0.1	10	0	0
7:20 PM	F0	Fannin County TX	0.1	10	0	0
7:20 PM	F0	Fannin County TX	0.1	10	0	0
7:22 PM	F1	Laclede County MO	2.5	50	0	0
7:25 PM	F0	Marshall County MS	0.5	23	0	0
7:25 PM	F0	Lamar County TX	0.1	10	0	0
7:45 PM	F1	Wright County MO	1.0	50	0	0
7:50 PM	F0	Marshall County MS	0.2	10	0	0
8:20 PM	F0	Callaway County MO	0.6	20	0	0
8:30 PM	F0	Bosque County TX	0.1	10	0	0
8:35 PM	F0	Red River County TX	0.1	10	0	0
8:50 PM	F0	Erath County TX	0.1	10	0	0
9:30 PM	F0	Douglas County IL	1.0	100	0	0
9:31 PM	F1	Coles County IL	3.0	130	0	0
9:35 PM	F0	Jefferson County MO	0.3	30	0	0
9:40 PM	F1	Lake County, Will County IN, IL	2.0	20	0	0
9:40 PM	F0	Will County IL	3.0	20	0	0
9:43 PM	F1	Bosque County TX	0.1	10	0	0
9:45 PM	F1	Iroquois County IL	1.0	20	0	0
9:45 PM	F0	Pulaski County IN	0.1	30	0	0
9:45 PM	F2	Pulaski County, Fulton County and 1 more IN	20.0	440	0	0
11:30 PM	F2	Effingham County IL	6.0	50	0	3
11:45 PM	F0	Champaign County IL	0.3	50	0	0
11:58 PM	F4	Tippecanoe County, Carroll County IN	14.0	100	3	70
12:10 AM	F0	Crawford County IL	0.1	20	0	0
12:10 AM	F1	Owen County IN	0.2	40	0	0

By state

Tornadoes by state, April 26, 1994

Texas	29	0	0
Illinois	8	0	0
Oklahoma	7	0	0
Missouri	6	0	0
Indiana	4	1	3
Mississippi	4	0	0
Wisconsin	4	0	0
Arizona	1	0	0
Florida	1	0	0
Iowa	1	0	0
Minnesota	1	0	0

Tornadoes in 1994 · 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.