The tornado outbreak of June 13, 2001

40 tornadoesMinnesota, Nebraska, Kansas and 5 more states

40 tornadoes touched down across 8 states between 9:07 AM and 10:45 PM CDT, 2 of them rated F3 or stronger.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · June 13, 2001

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 Wednesday, June 13, 2001
F3 or stronger: 2; 1 rated F4 or F5
Killed: 0; Along all the paths
Injured: 5; Along all the paths
Path miles: 83; All the paths end to end
First and last: 9:07 AM to 10:45 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.

Tornadoes of June 13, 2001

9:07 AM	F0	Jefferson Parish LA	0.1	25	0
1:22 PM	F0	Richland County SC	0.1	40	0
4:50 PM	F0	Jones County MS	0.3	100	0
5:11 PM	F0	Hamlin County SD	0.1	25	0
5:40 PM	F0	Grant County MN	0.5	25	0
6:12 PM	F0	Big Stone County MN	0.5	25	0
6:51 PM	F0	Cuming County NE	0.5	30	0
6:53 PM	F3	Otter Tail County, Todd County MN	12.0	100	3
6:59 PM	F0	Grant County MN	0.5	25	0
7:00 PM	F0	Douglas County MN	0.1	25	0
7:12 PM	F0	Lincoln County MN	0.1	50	0
7:12 PM	F0	Lincoln County MN	0.1	50	0
7:18 PM	F1	Lincoln County MN	0.5	100	0
7:44 PM	F0	Todd County MN	0.1	25	0
7:45 PM	F4	Seward County NE	8.0	400	2
8:00 PM	F2	Morrison County MN	4.0	50	0
8:10 PM	F2	Crow Wing County MN	5.0	880	0
8:20 PM	F0	Lincoln County MN	0.1	50	0
8:32 PM	F0	Todd County MN	0.1	25	0
8:42 PM	F0	Lancaster County NE	0.1	30	0
8:46 PM	F1	Lincoln County MN	2.0	100	0
8:46 PM	F1	Republic County KS	8.0	300	0
8:52 PM	F0	Osceola County IA	0.1	50	0
8:55 PM	F0	Saunders County NE	0.1	30	0
8:58 PM	F0	Hodgeman County KS	0.1	30	0
8:58 PM	F0	Republic County KS	5.0	100	0
9:00 PM	F0	Hodgeman County KS	2.0	50	0
9:05 PM	F1	Thayer County NE	3.0	150	0
9:12 PM	F0	Hodgeman County, Pawnee County KS	7.0	250	0
9:20 PM	F1	O'Brien County IA	7.0	200	0
9:20 PM	F0	Monona County IA	0.1	30	0
9:25 PM	F0	Furnas County NE	0.5	30	0
9:25 PM	F0	Thayer County NE	0.5	20	0
9:28 PM	F0	Pawnee County KS	0.1	30	0
9:31 PM	F0	Fillmore County NE	0.2	20	0
9:45 PM	F0	Rush County KS	9.0	150	0
10:00 PM	F0	Hodgeman County KS	2.5	150	0
10:10 PM	F0	Ida County IA	0.1	50	0
10:18 PM	F0	Cherokee County IA	0.1	50	0
10:45 PM	F0	Thayer County NE	3.0	50	0

By state

Tornadoes by state, June 13, 2001

Minnesota	14	1
Nebraska	9	1
Kansas	8	0
Iowa	5	0
Louisiana	1	0
Mississippi	1	0
South Carolina	1	0
South Dakota	1	0

Tornadoes in 2001 · 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.