The tornado outbreak of June 5, 2008

41 tornadoesKansas, Iowa, Missouri and 4 more states

41 tornadoes touched down across 7 states between 1:15 PM and 12:49 AM the next day CDT, none rated EF3 or stronger.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · June 5, 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 41 that day

Strongest so far—

Killed—in tornadoes so far

The day in numbers

Tornadoes: 41; on Thursday, June 5, 2008
EF3 or stronger: 0; None rated EF4 or EF5
Killed: 0; Along all the paths
Injured: 2; Along all the paths
Path miles: 206; All the paths end to end
First and last: 1:15 PM to 12:49 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 5, 2008

1:15 PM	EF0	Prowers County CO	6.5	150	0
2:30 PM	EF0	Logan County KS	1.0	25	0
2:41 PM	EF0	Logan County KS	1.0	25	0
2:59 PM	EF1	Pratt County KS	1.1	100	0
3:13 PM	EF0	Gove County KS	1.0	25	0
3:39 PM	EF0	Trego County KS	1.0	75	0
3:40 PM	EF2	Rock County, Holt County NE	29.9	50	0
3:40 PM	EF0	Trego County KS	1.7	75	0
4:19 PM	EF1	Clay County KS	14.3	100	0
4:20 PM	EF0	Clay County KS	4.6	50	0
4:33 PM	EF1	Clay County KS	10.1	25	0
5:00 PM	EF1	Charles Mix County SD	9.9	100	0
5:08 PM	EF0	Washington County KS	0.1	25	0
5:41 PM	EF0	Marshall County KS	0.1	50	0
6:20 PM	EF1	Nemaha County NE	2.6	100	0
6:23 PM	EF1	Nemaha County NE	6.5	220	0
6:35 PM	EF1	Nemaha County NE	0.7	100	0
6:55 PM	EF0	Atchison County MO	0.1	25	0
7:02 PM	EF0	Fremont County IA	0.5	50	0
7:11 PM	EF0	Fremont County IA	1.3	50	0
7:23 PM	EF0	Atchison County MO	0.1	25	0
7:24 PM	EF0	Page County IA	1.2	80	0
7:27 PM	EF0	Brown County KS	0.1	25	0
7:33 PM	EF0	Richardson County NE	1.3	100	0
7:39 PM	EF2	Richardson County, Holt County NE, MO	18.4	880	0
7:55 PM	EF0	Holt County MO	4.4	25	0
7:59 PM	EF0	Atchison County MO	10.5	100	0
8:12 PM	EF0	Cass County IA	1.5	50	0
8:15 PM	EF0	Minnehaha County SD	1.5	50	0
8:42 PM	EF2	Minnehaha County SD	2.6	100	0
9:00 PM	EF1	Moody County SD	0.8	50	0
9:24 PM	EF1	Union County IA	3.0	150	0
10:57 PM	EF0	Linn County KS	1.0	25	0
11:15 PM	EF0	Bates County MO	0.3	50	0
11:35 PM	EF0	Okmulgee County OK	4.4	100	0
11:49 PM	EF1	Clarke County IA	7.6	125	0
12:10 AM	EF1	Warren County, Marion County IA	18.3	150	0
12:23 AM	EF0	Lafayette County MO	0.2	25	0
12:36 AM	EF1	Jasper County IA	9.8	125	0
12:45 AM	EF1	Jasper County IA	14.2	150	2
12:49 AM	EF0	Jasper County IA	10.9	75	0

By state

Tornadoes by state, June 5, 2008

Kansas	13	0	0
Iowa	10	0	0
Missouri	6	0	0
Nebraska	6	0	0
South Dakota	4	0	0
Colorado	1	0	0
Oklahoma	1	0	0

Tornadoes in 2008 · 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.