The tornado outbreak of June 5, 2010

43 tornadoesIllinois, Michigan, Ohio and 5 more states

43 tornadoes touched down across 8 states between 12:46 PM and 12:48 AM the next day CDT, 4 of them rated EF3 or stronger, and 8 people were killed.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · June 5, 2010

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 43 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: 43; on Saturday, June 5, 2010
EF3 or stronger: 4; 1 rated EF4 or EF5
Killed: 8; Along all the paths
Injured: 64; Along all the paths
Path miles: 182; All the paths end to end
First and last: 12:46 PM to 12:48 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. One has a record page, linked from the rating.

Tornadoes of June 5, 2010

12:46 PM	EF0	Richland County OH	0.5	20	0	0
1:30 PM	EF1	Orleans County VT	2.1	83	0	0
1:40 PM	EF1	Holmes County, Tuscarawas County OH	12.8	100	0	0
3:14 PM	EF0	Coos County NH	0.1	40	0	0
4:19 PM	EF1	Oxford County ME	4.2	300	0	0
6:11 PM	EF0	Warren County IA	1.1	30	0	0
7:34 PM	EF0	Knox County IL	0.1	10	0	0
7:40 PM	EF1	Jackson County IA	2.2	150	0	1
7:56 PM	EF2	Knox County IL	5.7	50	0	0
8:00 PM	EF0	Clinton County IA	0.4	100	0	0
8:04 PM	EF2	Peoria County IL	2.1	50	0	0
8:10 PM	EF1	Peoria County IL	4.9	100	0	0
8:10 PM	EF2	Putnam County IL	8.0	880	0	0
8:18 PM	EF1	Peoria County IL	3.9	75	0	0
8:28 PM	EF0	LaSalle County IL	1.3	30	0	0
8:32 PM	EF0	LaSalle County IL	0.2	50	0	0
8:32 PM	EF0	Peoria County IL	2.0	100	0	0
8:34 PM	EF2	Marshall County, LaSalle County IL	17.6	800	0	17
8:50 PM	EF0	LaSalle County IL	0.1	20	0	0
8:51 PM	EF2	Tazewell County IL	0.8	250	0	0
8:53 PM	EF2	Woodford County IL	2.3	250	0	0
8:58 PM	EF3	Livingston County IL	8.6	440	0	0
9:12 PM	EF2	Livingston County IL	6.0	300	1	13
9:16 PM	EF0	Livingston County IL	2.4	20	0	0
9:31 PM	EF0	Livingston County IL	3.8	20	0	0
9:38 PM	EF2	Fulton County OH	7.2	700	0	0
10:00 PM	EF1	Lucas County OH	3.4	100	0	0
10:02 PM	EF1	Kankakee County IL	0.6	30	0	0
10:08 PM	EF0	Livingston County IL	0.4	50	0	0
10:18 PM	EF3	Kankakee County IL	7.8	175	0	1
10:19 PM	EF1	Kankakee County IL	0.6	50	0	0
10:20 PM	EF4	Wood County, Ottawa County OH	8.8	400	7	28
10:28 PM	EF2	Berrien County MI	3.4	200	0	0
10:36 PM	EF1	Berrien County MI	1.4	100	0	0
10:57 PM	EF0	Logan County IL	5.9	300	0	0
10:59 PM	EF2	Cass County MI	2.7	200	0	0
11:03 PM	EF1	Calhoun County MI	1.6	300	0	0
11:06 PM	EF0	De Witt County IL	5.9	300	0	0
11:32 PM	EF2	St. Joseph County MI	10.7	200	0	0
12:03 AM	EF1	White County, Carroll County IN	12.6	150	0	2
12:25 AM	EF1	Carroll County, Cass County IN	6.3	150	0	1
12:41 AM	EF3	Cass County, Miami County IN	7.5	250	0	1
12:48 AM	EF1	Lenawee County MI	2.5	250	0	0

By state

Tornadoes by state, June 5, 2010

Illinois	23	2	1
Michigan	6	0	0
Ohio	5	1	7
Iowa	3	0	0
Indiana	3	1	0
Maine	1	0	0
New Hampshire	1	0	0
Vermont	1	0	0

Tornadoes in 2010 · 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.