The tornado outbreak of March 28, 2007

66 tornadoesKansas, Texas, Nebraska and 3 more states

66 tornadoes touched down across 6 states between 3:05 PM and 10:24 PM CDT, 6 of them rated EF3 or stronger, and 5 people were killed.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · March 28, 2007

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; EF3 and stronger glow

On the groundEach grows from its logged touchdown time

Counties crossedLit as a tornado reaches them, brighter for EF3 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
EF3 or stronger: 6; None rated EF4 or EF5
Killed: 5; Along all the paths
Injured: 14; Along all the paths
Path miles: 400; All the paths end to end
First and last: 3:05 PM to 10:24 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 March 28, 2007

3:05 PM	EF0	Logan County IL	0.1	10	0	0
3:19 PM	EF0	McLean County IL	0.1	10	0	0
5:20 PM	EF0	Swisher County, Briscoe County TX	2.5	75	0	0
5:28 PM	EF0	Briscoe County TX	2.0	75	0	0
5:43 PM	EF1	Briscoe County TX	6.8	100	0	0
6:03 PM	EF0	Floyd County TX	0.5	50	0	0
6:03 PM	EF0	Briscoe County TX	4.8	220	0	0
6:10 PM	EF0	Briscoe County TX	1.8	100	0	0
6:35 PM	EF2	Briscoe County, Hall County TX	16.5	300	0	0
6:40 PM	EF0	Donley County TX	1.0	100	0	0
6:49 PM	EF0	Wallace County KS	0.5	10	0	0
6:52 PM	EF0	Wallace County KS	6.0	75	0	0
6:55 PM	EF1	Donley County TX	7.3	150	0	0
7:05 PM	EF0	Donley County TX	1.0	200	0	0
7:05 PM	EF0	Decatur County KS	8.0	25	0	0
7:12 PM	EF0	Cherry County NE	3.0	150	0	0
7:16 PM	EF0	Lipscomb County TX	6.0	150	0	0
7:28 PM	EF0	Meade County KS	1.4	50	0	0
7:28 PM	EF2	Beaver County OK	16.0	150	2	0
7:32 PM	EF0	Meade County KS	1.3	50	0	0
7:33 PM	EF0	Hamilton County KS	10.6	100	0	0
7:37 PM	EF0	Sherman County KS	0.5	10	0	0
7:39 PM	EF3	Donley County TX	3.4	600	0	2
7:42 PM	EF1	Meade County, Gray County KS	13.5	125	0	0
7:46 PM	EF2	Donley County TX	4.2	528	0	0
7:48 PM	EF3	Gray County TX	3.0	600	0	2
7:48 PM	EF0	Greeley County KS	11.0	100	0	0
7:49 PM	EF0	Sherman County KS	0.5	10	0	0
7:58 PM	EF0	Ford County KS	7.8	50	0	0
8:02 PM	EF0	Donley County TX	0.2	50	0	0
8:04 PM	EF2	Beaver County OK	6.0	100	0	0
8:05 PM	EF0	Chase County NE	0.1	20	0	0
8:05 PM	EF1	Arthur County NE	20.6	100	0	0
8:06 PM	EF0	Sherman County KS	3.0	25	0	0
8:09 PM	EF0	Greeley County KS	15.0	100	0	0
8:11 PM	EF1	Chase County, Perkins County NE	2.5	20	0	0
8:12 PM	EF0	Perkins County NE	0.2	20	0	0
8:13 PM	EF2	Donley County TX	4.5	200	0	0
8:14 PM	EF1	Gray County KS	10.4	200	0	0
8:15 PM	EF0	Donley County TX	1.0	50	0	0
8:15 PM	EF2	Sherman County KS	7.0	350	0	0
8:20 PM	EF1	Perkins County NE	2.3	30	0	0
8:20 PM	EF2	Perkins County NE	15.9	900	0	0
8:23 PM	EF2	Gray County TX	3.6	200	0	0
8:29 PM	EF2	Cheyenne County KS	27.0	700	0	0
8:30 PM	EF0	Gray County TX	0.2	50	0	0
8:32 PM	EF1	Ford County, Hodgeman County KS	10.7	200	0	0
8:36 PM	EF1	Gray County TX	0.2	50	0	0
8:39 PM	EF0	Meade County KS	8.7	100	0	0
8:41 PM	EF1	Wallace County KS	8.0	100	0	0
8:45 PM	EF3	Gray County TX	8.0	1,760	0	0
8:46 PM	EF1	Grant County NE	2.0	100	0	0
8:49 PM	EF1	Cheyenne County KS	4.0	100	0	0
8:54 PM	EF3	Prowers County, Kiowa County CO	28.0	900	2	9
9:00 PM	EF0	Keith County NE	0.1	20	0	0
9:01 PM	EF3	Hodgeman County, Ness County KS	29.1	1,320	0	0
9:09 PM	EF1	Cheyenne County KS	3.0	200	0	0
9:11 PM	EF1	Keith County NE	0.7	20	0	0
9:17 PM	EF1	Dundy County NE	12.0	440	0	0
9:20 PM	EF0	Keith County NE	0.1	20	0	0
9:29 PM	EF0	Sherman County KS	2.5	25	0	0
9:30 PM	EF3	Hemphill County TX	7.8	1,408	1	1
9:40 PM	EF1	Kiowa County, Greeley County CO, KS	11.6	440	0	0
9:54 PM	EF0	Sherman County KS	0.5	10	0	0
10:09 PM	EF0	Wallace County KS	0.5	10	0	0
10:24 PM	EF0	Cheyenne County KS	2.0	25	0	0

By state

Tornadoes by state, March 28, 2007

Kansas	26	1	0
Texas	22	4	1
Nebraska	12	0	0
Colorado	2	1	2
Oklahoma	2	0	2
Illinois	2	0	0

Tornadoes in 2007 · 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.