The tornado outbreak of June 4, 2008

46 tornadoesNebraska, Iowa, Virginia and 6 more states

46 tornadoes touched down across 9 states between 3:30 AM and 11:28 PM CDT, none rated EF3 or stronger.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · June 4, 2008

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 46 that day

Strongest so far—

Killed—in tornadoes so far

The day in numbers

Tornadoes: 46; 94th of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
EF3 or stronger: 0; None rated EF4 or EF5
Killed: 0; Along all the paths
Injured: 0; Along all the paths
Path miles: 123; All the paths end to end
First and last: 3:30 AM to 11:28 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 June 4, 2008

3:30 AM	EF0	Randolph County IL	0.6	50
3:48 AM	EF0	Randolph County IL	1.5	50
3:49 AM	EF0	Randolph County IL	0.7	25
6:13 AM	EF0	Greene County IN	0.1	50
6:50 AM	EF0	Hamilton County OH	1.9	50
12:25 PM	EF1	Clarke County VA	0.5	100
1:19 PM	EF0	Fauquier County VA	4.0	150
1:35 PM	EF0	Loudoun County VA	5.4	150
2:18 PM	EF0	Frederick County VA	0.5	100
2:20 PM	EF0	Montgomery County MD	0.3	50
2:40 PM	EF0	Calvert County MD	1.6	75
3:12 PM	EF0	Caroline County MD	2.2	50
3:29 PM	EF0	Washington County CO	0.1	50
4:01 PM	EF0	Yuma County CO	0.7	25
4:04 PM	EF0	Adams County CO	0.1	50
4:53 PM	EF0	Howard County NE	3.6	25
5:00 PM	EF0	Dearborn County IN	0.7	50
5:20 PM	EF0	Pendleton County KY	0.2	25
5:49 PM	EF1	Chase County NE	0.9	30
6:04 PM	EF1	Mills County IA	4.8	220
6:08 PM	EF1	Chase County NE	0.1	20
6:13 PM	EF0	Chase County NE	0.1	20
6:15 PM	EF0	Culpeper County VA	4.0	100
6:27 PM	EF1	Fauquier County, Stafford County VA	9.6	100
6:35 PM	EF1	Stafford County VA	1.0	100
6:50 PM	EF1	Mills County IA	5.1	440
6:53 PM	EF0	Chase County NE	0.1	20
7:04 PM	EF0	Union County IA	0.9	50
7:10 PM	EF0	Hayes County NE	0.1	20
7:25 PM	EF1	Seward County, Butler County NE	5.6	440
7:26 PM	EF0	Yuma County CO	0.5	25
7:44 PM	EF1	Butler County NE	3.8	440
7:45 PM	EF1	Livingston County IL	3.4	200
8:00 PM	EF1	Butler County NE	5.5	220
8:13 PM	EF0	Adams County IA	2.3	75
8:18 PM	EF0	Tazewell County IL	1.5	30
8:24 PM	EF0	Tazewell County, McLean County and 1 more IL	6.1	150
8:24 PM	EF1	Adams County IA	9.5	150
8:37 PM	EF1	Saunders County NE	6.5	880
8:55 PM	EF1	Saunders County NE	4.9	440
8:58 PM	EF1	Adams County IA	5.6	150
9:18 PM	EF0	Union County IA	1.1	75
9:37 PM	EF1	Union County IA	3.9	150
9:58 PM	EF1	Union County, Clarke County IA	10.9	100
11:23 PM	EF0	Phelps County NE	0.1	25
11:28 PM	EF0	Gosper County NE	0.1	25

By state

Tornadoes by state, June 4, 2008

Nebraska	13	0	0
Iowa	9	0	0
Virginia	7	0	0
Illinois	6	0	0
Colorado	4	0	0
Maryland	3	0	0
Indiana	2	0	0
Kentucky	1	0	0
Ohio	1	0	0

Tornadoes in 2008 · 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.