The tornado outbreak of June 24, 2003

95 tornadoesSouth Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska and 2 more states

95 tornadoes touched down across 5 states between 2:30 PM and 11:12 PM CDT, 3 of them rated F3 or stronger. The 6th-most tornadoes of any day since 1950.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · June 24, 2003

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 95 that day
Strongest so far—
Killed—in tornadoes so far

The day in numbers

Tornadoes
95
6th of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
F3 or stronger
3
1 rated F4 or F5
Killed
0
Along all the paths
Injured
12
Along all the paths
Path miles
127
All the paths end to end
First and last
2:30 PM to 11:12 PM
Touchdowns, Central Daylight Time

Hour by hour

Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Daylight Time.

Tornadoes per hour, June 24, 2003 2 PM: 1 3 PM: 0 4 PM: 0 5 PM: 7 6 PM: 11 7 PM: 25 8 PM: 29 29 9 PM: 11 10 PM: 10 11 PM: 1 2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM

Every tornado

In order of touchdown. One has a record page, linked from the rating.

Tornadoes of June 24, 2003
2:30 PMF0Sweetwater County WY0.0000
5:15 PMF0Davison County SD0.45000
5:17 PMF2Davison County SD6.040000
5:38 PMF0Lincoln County MN0.15000
5:53 PMF0Pottawattamie County IA0.33000
5:55 PMF0Pope County MN0.12500
5:55 PMF0Cedar County NE0.03000
5:58 PMF0Clay County SD0.25000
6:08 PMF0Dixon County NE0.15000
6:17 PMF0Lincoln County SD1.05000
6:19 PMF0Sanborn County SD0.15000
6:23 PMF3Jerauld County, Sanborn County SD6.050000
6:30 PMF0Lincoln County SD0.15000
6:42 PMF0Clay County SD0.15000
6:42 PMF0Clay County SD0.55000
6:44 PMF0Lincoln County NE0.11000
6:45 PMF0Sanborn County SD0.55000
6:46 PMF1Renville County, Sibley County MN4.510000
6:55 PMF0Sanborn County SD0.15000
7:00 PMF0Custer County, Lincoln County NE2.13000
7:00 PMF0Beadle County SD0.25000
7:00 PMF0Beadle County SD0.25000
7:10 PMF0Lincoln County NE0.11000
7:16 PMF0Beadle County SD0.15000
7:27 PMF0Kingsbury County SD0.410000
7:29 PMF4Kingsbury County SD10.01,00004
7:30 PMF0Sibley County, Renville County MN3.05000
7:30 PMF0Clay County SD0.710000
7:30 PMF0Clay County SD1.010000
7:32 PMF1Clay County SD1.520000
7:32 PMF0Clay County SD2.010000
7:33 PMF2Sibley County, Renville County MN5.588005
7:33 PMF0Clay County SD0.55000
7:33 PMF0Turner County SD1.010000
7:35 PMF0Codington County SD0.52500
7:38 PMF0Lincoln County SD0.55000
7:47 PMF0Kandiyohi County MN0.12500
7:49 PMF0Kandiyohi County MN0.210000
7:52 PMF0Kingsbury County SD0.15000
7:53 PMF0Kandiyohi County MN0.25000
7:54 PMF0Charles Mix County SD0.55000
7:55 PMF0Turner County SD2.010000
7:58 PMF0Kandiyohi County MN0.15000
7:58 PMF2Kingsbury County SD2.220000
8:00 PMF2Turner County SD7.040000
8:03 PMF1Kandiyohi County MN3.05000
8:03 PMF1Charles Mix County SD3.020000
8:04 PMF0Rock County NE0.12000
8:05 PMF1Kingsbury County SD0.710000
8:10 PMF1Sibley County, Renville County MN1.510000
8:10 PMF1Lincoln County SD2.810000
8:10 PMF0Turner County SD3.510000
8:10 PMF1Charles Mix County SD3.015000
8:15 PMF0Kandiyohi County, Meeker County MN0.55000
8:17 PMF0Kingsbury County SD0.15000
8:19 PMF0Kingsbury County SD0.15000
8:20 PMF1Kingsbury County SD0.710000
8:20 PMF2Lincoln County, Turner County SD7.730000
8:20 PMF0Turner County SD0.75000
8:20 PMF0Turner County SD1.05000
8:25 PMF0Rock County NE0.11000
8:28 PMF1Kingsbury County, Clark County SD1.530000
8:30 PMF1Lincoln County, Turner County SD3.510000
8:30 PMF0Hand County SD0.12500
8:32 PMF0Kingsbury County SD0.15000
8:35 PMF0Hamlin County SD0.12500
8:38 PMF0Yellow Medicine County, Chippewa County MN3.05000
8:39 PMF0Renville County MN2.510000
8:48 PMF0Keya Paha County NE0.12000
8:50 PMF0Chisago County MN0.32500
8:52 PMF0Lincoln County SD0.65000
8:55 PMF0Douglas County SD0.75000
8:55 PMF0Lincoln County SD0.85000
9:00 PMF1Lincoln County SD1.310000
9:05 PMF0Hayes County NE0.11000
9:05 PMF0Douglas County SD0.75000
9:05 PMF0Lincoln County SD2.310000
9:07 PMF0Lincoln County SD1.55000
9:09 PMF0Lincoln County SD1.25000
9:12 PMF0Lincoln County SD0.85000
9:25 PMF3Beadle County SD3.530000
9:30 PMF2Turner County SD1.520000
9:40 PMF0Turner County SD0.610000
9:50 PMF1Minnehaha County SD0.610003
10:05 PMF2Beadle County SD2.015000
10:05 PMF1Minnehaha County SD1.710000
10:13 PMF1Kingsbury County SD0.710000
10:30 PMF0Loup County NE0.11000
10:34 PMF0Minnehaha County SD0.55000
10:40 PMF0Lake County SD0.85000
10:40 PMF1Turner County SD1.210000
10:47 PMF0Lincoln County SD0.95000
10:50 PMF0Moody County SD0.85000
10:52 PMF0Rock County NE0.12000
11:12 PMF0Lyon County IA0.15000

By state

Tornadoes by state, June 24, 2003
South Dakota6630
Minnesota1500
Nebraska1100
Iowa200
Wyoming100

Tornadoes in 2003 · On this date in other years · The biggest outbreak days · The day’s damaging winds

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.