The tornado outbreak of October 26, 2010

61 tornadoesIndiana, Ohio, Kentucky and 7 more states

61 tornadoes touched down across 10 states between 5:41 AM and 11:15 PM CDT, none rated EF3 or stronger.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · October 26, 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 61 that day

Strongest so far—

Killed—in tornadoes so far

The day in numbers

Tornadoes: 61; 47th of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
EF3 or stronger: 0; None rated EF4 or EF5
Killed: 0; Along all the paths
Injured: 21; Along all the paths
Path miles: 125; All the paths end to end
First and last: 5:41 AM to 11:15 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 October 26, 2010

5:41 AM	EF1	Lee County IL	1.1	50	0
6:55 AM	EF1	Kane County IL	0.9	20	0
7:23 AM	EF0	Wabash County IL	1.4	50	0
7:29 AM	EF1	Wabash County IL	1.5	75	0
7:40 AM	EF2	Will County IL	2.3	200	2
7:47 AM	EF1	Kenosha County WI	0.4	100	0
7:48 AM	EF1	Racine County WI	5.4	100	2
8:33 AM	EF0	Porter County IN	0.1	30	0
8:42 AM	EF1	LaPorte County IN	1.9	150	0
8:50 AM	EF0	Howard County IN	0.5	50	0
9:18 AM	EF0	Wabash County IN	5.8	100	0
9:20 AM	EF1	Grant County IN	1.1	100	0
9:21 AM	EF0	Huntington County, Whitley County IN	1.9	175	0
9:23 AM	EF0	Hancock County IN	0.5	50	0
9:27 AM	EF0	Muhlenberg County KY	0.1	50	0
9:28 AM	EF1	Christian County KY	2.4	130	0
9:31 AM	EF1	Huntington County IN	0.7	75	0
9:31 AM	EF0	Kosciusko County IN	0.9	30	0
9:42 AM	EF1	Whitley County IN	2.2	150	0
9:52 AM	EF0	Christian County KY	1.8	50	0
9:58 AM	EF0	Todd County KY	0.2	30	0
10:02 AM	EF0	Allen County IN	1.2	175	0
10:02 AM	EF0	Van Wert County OH	2.0	80	0
10:04 AM	EF1	Allen County IN	7.0	150	0
10:12 AM	EF1	Van Wert County, Paulding County OH	9.3	100	0
10:29 AM	EF1	Paulding County, Putnam County OH	4.9	175	0
10:40 AM	EF1	Preble County, Darke County OH	4.3	30	0
10:48 AM	EF0	Auglaize County OH	0.1	40	0
10:51 AM	EF0	Bullitt County KY	0.1	75	0
10:59 AM	EF2	Auglaize County, Allen County OH	3.9	110	0
11:04 AM	EF0	Dearborn County IN	0.1	10	0
11:08 AM	EF1	Warren County KY	1.5	60	0
11:35 AM	EF0	Trimble County KY	1.1	20	0
12:20 PM	EF0	Clinton County, Fayette County OH	4.0	200	0
12:30 PM	EF0	Fayette County OH	5.5	200	0
12:52 PM	EF0	Pickaway County OH	2.2	30	0
1:05 PM	EF0	Franklin County OH	0.2	100	0
1:23 PM	EF1	Lawrence County AL	1.0	50	0
1:27 PM	EF0	Licking County OH	0.6	50	0
2:30 PM	EF1	Bradley County TN	0.1	40	0
2:55 PM	EF1	Loudon County TN	2.0	50	0
3:40 PM	EF0	Limestone County AL	0.3	50	0
5:02 PM	EF0	Oconee County SC	0.8	150	0
5:10 PM	EF1	Bell County KY	0.7	220	0
5:16 PM	EF0	Oconee County SC	0.5	200	0
5:25 PM	EF0	Marion County TN	0.4	20	0
5:50 PM	EF2	Hamilton County TN	1.2	100	6
6:03 PM	EF1	DeKalb County AL	4.5	175	0
6:08 PM	EF2	Lincoln County NC	2.6	200	11
6:12 PM	EF0	Catawba County NC	0.7	100	0
6:13 PM	EF0	Marshall County AL	0.9	50	0
6:17 PM	EF0	Greenville County SC	4.7	40	0
6:44 PM	EF2	Catawba County NC	2.5	100	0
7:03 PM	EF0	Polk County NC	0.5	40	0
7:15 PM	EF0	Rutherford County NC	0.3	30	0
9:10 PM	EF1	Jefferson County AL	4.3	200	0
10:14 PM	EF1	Stokes County NC	2.2	200	0
10:35 PM	EF0	Catawba County NC	0.4	75	0
10:36 PM	EF0	Iredell County NC	1.8	75	0
11:14 PM	EF0	Henry County VA	5.4	200	0
11:15 PM	EF0	Pittsylvania County VA	5.4	200	0

By state

Tornadoes by state, October 26, 2010

Indiana	13	0	0
Ohio	11	0	0
Kentucky	8	0	0
North Carolina	8	0	0
Alabama	5	0	0
Illinois	5	0	0
Tennessee	4	0	0
South Carolina	3	0	0
Virginia	2	0	0
Wisconsin	2	0	0

Tornadoes in 2010 · 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.