The tornado outbreak of June 11, 2008

42 tornadoesIowa, Kansas, Minnesota and 2 more states

42 tornadoes touched down across 5 states between 5:51 AM and 11:46 PM CDT, 4 of them rated EF3 or stronger, and 7 people were killed.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · June 11, 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 42 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: 42; on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
EF3 or stronger: 4; 1 rated EF4 or EF5
Killed: 7; Along all the paths
Injured: 52; Along all the paths
Path miles: 139; All the paths end to end
First and last: 5:51 AM to 11:46 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 11, 2008

5:51 AM	EF1	Marshall County SD	0.3	20	0	0
5:25 PM	EF0	Lyon County IA	0.8	50	0	0
5:29 PM	EF0	Osceola County IA	0.8	50	0	0
5:37 PM	EF0	Woodbury County IA	0.9	50	0	0
5:46 PM	EF1	Nobles County, Murray County MN	3.8	100	0	0
5:49 PM	EF0	O'Brien County IA	0.9	50	0	0
6:05 PM	EF1	Murray County MN	2.7	100	0	1
6:06 PM	EF2	O'Brien County IA	5.7	300	0	0
6:13 PM	EF0	Barton County KS	0.7	50	0	0
6:20 PM	EF1	O'Brien County IA	0.9	50	0	0
6:25 PM	EF1	Burt County NE	1.3	440	0	0
6:27 PM	EF3	Harrison County, Monona County IA	13.0	440	4	48
6:40 PM	EF2	Clay County IA	13.1	100	0	0
6:45 PM	EF0	Cottonwood County MN	2.0	50	0	0
6:45 PM	EF1	Barton County, Ellsworth County KS	10.0	100	0	0
6:59 PM	EF0	Douglas County NE	0.1	40	0	0
7:11 PM	EF0	Ellsworth County KS	0.7	50	0	0
7:11 PM	EF0	Clay County IA	0.4	50	0	0
7:20 PM	EF1	Brown County MN	0.6	25	0	0
7:20 PM	EF1	Pottawattamie County IA	2.4	40	0	0
7:20 PM	EF0	Monona County IA	0.3	60	0	0
7:21 PM	EF0	Crawford County IA	1.2	60	0	0
7:23 PM	EF0	Pottawattamie County IA	0.8	20	0	0
7:25 PM	EF0	Clay County IA	0.4	50	0	0
7:35 PM	EF0	Barton County KS	0.7	50	0	0
7:39 PM	EF0	Cass County NE	0.2	40	0	0
7:46 PM	EF0	Brown County MN	0.4	25	0	0
7:50 PM	EF1	Cass County NE	5.4	80	0	0
7:52 PM	EF1	Brown County MN	2.0	25	0	0
7:57 PM	EF0	Barton County KS	0.7	50	0	0
7:59 PM	EF0	Shelby County IA	0.4	60	0	0
8:05 PM	EF0	Shelby County IA	0.2	80	0	0
8:15 PM	EF0	Ellsworth County KS	0.8	50	0	0
8:38 PM	EF0	Jefferson County NE	0.2	40	0	0
8:48 PM	EF0	Saline County KS	1.6	75	0	0
9:06 PM	EF0	Sibley County MN	0.3	25	0	0
9:40 PM	EF3	Saline County KS	16.4	225	0	0
10:12 PM	EF3	Dickinson County, Geary County KS	15.3	880	1	3
10:45 PM	EF0	Dickinson County KS	0.2	50	0	0
10:48 PM	EF4	Riley County KS	8.6	440	0	0
11:20 PM	EF0	Pottawatomie County KS	4.6	75	0	0
11:46 PM	EF2	Pottawatomie County, Jackson County and 1 more KS	17.3	300	2	0

By state

Tornadoes by state, June 11, 2008

Iowa	16	1	4
Kansas	13	3	3
Minnesota	7	0	0
Nebraska	5	0	0
South Dakota	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.