The tornado outbreak of June 26, 1994

40 tornadoesTennessee, Georgia, Alabama and 7 more states

40 tornadoes touched down across 10 states between 1:15 AM and 12:55 AM the next day CDT, 2 of them rated F3 or stronger.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · June 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 40 that day

Strongest so far—

Killed—in tornadoes so far

The day in numbers

Tornadoes: 40; on Sunday, June 26, 1994
F3 or stronger: 2; None rated F4 or F5
Killed: 0; Along all the paths
Injured: 46; Along all the paths
Path miles: 158; All the paths end to end
First and last: 1:15 AM to 12:55 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.

Tornadoes of June 26, 1994

1:15 AM	F1	Dent County MO	3.0	50	2
2:45 PM	F0	Scott County IA	0.1	23	0
3:30 PM	F0	Chouteau County MT	0.1	10	0
3:30 PM	F0	Chouteau County MT	0.1	10	0
3:30 PM	F0	Stephens County GA	0.3	20	0
4:15 PM	F0	Obion County TN	0.5	23	0
4:27 PM	F1	Calloway County KY	1.0	20	0
4:45 PM	F0	Taylor County GA	0.2	20	1
5:15 PM	F1	Pulaski County KY	1.0	100	0
5:17 PM	F1	Gibson County TN	4.0	50	0
5:33 PM	F0	Tazewell County IL	0.2	20	0
6:00 PM	F0	Lauderdale County TN	0.5	10	0
7:00 PM	F0	Coffee County TN	3.0	50	0
7:05 PM	F0	Fayette County TN	2.0	10	0
7:10 PM	F0	Haywood County TN	1.0	10	0
7:30 PM	F0	Hardeman County TN	2.0	23	0
7:30 PM	F2	Grundy County TN	4.0	50	6
7:32 PM	F0	Fayette County TN	0.5	10	0
8:15 PM	F2	Sequatchie County TN	2.0	100	0
8:30 PM	F1	Franklin County TN	8.0	200	0
8:30 PM	F0	Tippah County MS	2.0	50	0
9:00 PM	F3	Wayne County, Lawrence County and 1 more TN, AL	38.0	880	22
9:05 PM	F0	Tippah County MS	2.0	50	0
9:30 PM	F0	Tippah County MS	1.5	40	0
9:35 PM	F0	Fayette County TN	2.0	20	0
9:50 PM	F3	Limestone County AL	3.0	300	0
10:12 PM	F1	Limestone County AL	5.0	100	0
10:20 PM	F0	Hall County GA	0.5	30	0
10:26 PM	F1	Habersham County, Stephens County GA	18.0	220	2
10:30 PM	F2	Cobb County GA	2.0	440	1
10:30 PM	F2	Oconee County SC	12.0	900	1
10:50 PM	F2	Limestone County AL	7.0	200	2
11:00 PM	F1	Wayne County TN	5.0	50	0
11:02 PM	F1	Hall County GA	8.0	100	7
11:05 PM	F1	Pickens County SC	8.0	200	0
11:45 PM	F1	Hall County GA	4.0	200	0
12:05 AM	F1	Chickasaw County MS	2.0	100	1
12:20 AM	F0	Cherokee County AL	4.0	200	0
12:50 AM	F0	Hall County GA	0.5	50	0
12:55 AM	F0	Polk County GA	0.3	20	1

By state

Tornadoes by state, June 26, 1994

Tennessee	14	1
Georgia	9	0
Alabama	4	1
Mississippi	4	0
Kentucky	2	0
Montana	2	0
South Carolina	2	0
Iowa	1	0
Illinois	1	0
Missouri	1	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.