The tornado outbreak of April 14, 2012

84 tornadoesKansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Iowa

84 tornadoes touched down across 4 states between 11:38 AM and 12:55 AM the next day CDT, 6 of them rated EF3 or stronger, and 6 people were killed. The 10th-most tornadoes of any day since 1950.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · April 14, 2012

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 84 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: 84; 10th of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
EF3 or stronger: 6; 1 rated EF4 or EF5
Killed: 6; Along all the paths
Injured: 73; Along all the paths
Path miles: 588; All the paths end to end
First and last: 11:38 AM to 12:55 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. 2 have a record page, linked from the rating.

Tornadoes of April 14, 2012

11:38 AM	EF1	Pawnee County KS	4.1	100	0	0
12:14 PM	EF1	Rush County KS	17.2	200	0	0
1:23 PM	EF0	Russell County KS	0.5	75	0	0
1:34 PM	EF0	Russell County KS	1.8	75	0	0
1:43 PM	EF0	Russell County KS	2.9	75	0	0
1:57 PM	EF1	Ford County, Hodgeman County KS	33.7	200	0	0
2:03 PM	EF1	Mitchell County KS	4.0	300	0	0
2:10 PM	EF0	Nuckolls County NE	3.1	40	0	0
2:24 PM	EF1	Clark County KS	6.3	150	0	0
2:28 PM	EF0	Monona County IA	0.4	25	0	0
2:30 PM	EF0	Thayer County NE	0.0	25	0	0
2:56 PM	EF0	Thayer County NE	0.3	60	0	0
3:24 PM	EF1	Pawnee County, Rush County KS	4.7	100	0	0
3:28 PM	EF1	Edwards County KS	9.3	100	0	0
3:49 PM	EF0	Woodward County OK	4.0	30	0	0
3:59 PM	EF1	Woodward County, Harper County OK	0.5	30	0	0
3:59 PM	EF1	Comanche County, Barber County KS	10.9	125	0	0
4:04 PM	EF0	Rush County KS	0.9	75	0	0
4:25 PM	EF1	Stafford County KS	9.8	150	0	0
4:26 PM	EF0	Woodward County OK	0.2	30	0	0
4:33 PM	EF0	Woods County OK	0.3	30	0	0
4:35 PM	EF1	Stafford County KS	14.3	150	0	0
4:44 PM	EF0	Pratt County KS	2.3	100	0	0
4:50 PM	EF0	Barton County KS	0.5	50	0	0
4:50 PM	EF0	Johnson County NE	2.8	100	0	0
4:56 PM	EF2	Johnson County NE	5.8	440	0	0
5:02 PM	EF0	Kingman County KS	0.5	50	0	0
5:07 PM	EF0	Johnson County, Nemaha County NE	3.8	100	0	0
5:08 PM	EF0	Pratt County KS	2.3	75	0	0
5:18 PM	EF0	Lincoln County NE	0.1	20	0	0
5:18 PM	EF0	Woodward County OK	0.2	30	0	0
5:21 PM	EF1	Otoe County NE	2.0	200	0	0
5:24 PM	EF0	Woodward County OK	0.2	30	0	0
5:27 PM	EF0	Lincoln County NE	0.0	10	0	0
5:28 PM	EF0	Lincoln County NE	0.0	10	0	0
5:28 PM	EF0	Lincoln County NE	0.0	20	0	0
5:28 PM	EF2	Fremont County IA	12.2	880	0	4
5:32 PM	EF0	Lincoln County NE	0.5	20	0	0
5:33 PM	EF4	Rice County, Ellsworth County and 2 more KS	50.3	400	0	0
5:47 PM	EF0	Lincoln County NE	0.0	10	0	0
6:15 PM	EF0	Woodward County OK	0.2	30	0	0
6:16 PM	EF0	Harlan County NE	0.8	40	0	0
6:30 PM	EF0	Kingman County KS	1.3	50	0	0
6:36 PM	EF0	Lincoln County NE	15.1	20	0	0
6:50 PM	EF0	Saline County KS	0.6	50	0	0
6:50 PM	EF0	Woodward County OK	0.1	20	0	0
6:51 PM	EF0	Woodward County OK	0.2	50	0	0
6:52 PM	EF2	Adams County, Union County IA	16.6	800	0	2
6:55 PM	EF0	Kingman County KS	0.2	50	0	0
6:55 PM	EF1	Saline County, Ottawa County and 1 more KS	15.8	100	0	0
7:01 PM	EF0	Major County OK	0.1	30	0	0
7:06 PM	EF1	Major County, Woods County OK	7.2	150	0	0
7:10 PM	EF0	Reno County KS	0.3	50	0	0
7:19 PM	EF0	Woods County OK	1.0	75	0	0
7:30 PM	EF0	Woods County OK	9.0	400	0	0
7:31 PM	EF0	Dickinson County KS	3.3	25	0	0
7:47 PM	EF1	Alfalfa County OK	10.0	400	0	0
7:54 PM	EF1	Warren County IA	0.8	75	0	0
7:57 PM	EF0	Alfalfa County OK	12.0	400	0	0
8:03 PM	EF0	McPherson County KS	0.6	100	0	0
8:05 PM	EF1	McPherson County KS	7.0	250	0	0
8:19 PM	EF1	Alfalfa County, Grant County OK	12.9	600	0	0
8:27 PM	EF3	Kiowa County, Edwards County and 1 more KS	48.0	1,720	0	0
8:40 PM	EF1	Kiowa County KS	4.9	75	0	0
8:41 PM	EF1	Marion County, Morris County KS	16.4	250	0	0
8:42 PM	EF1	Harper County KS	22.3	1,000	0	0
9:10 PM	EF3	Sumner County KS	18.1	400	0	0
9:10 PM	EF3	Stafford County, Rice County KS	39.7	2,640	0	0
9:22 PM	EF1	Mahaska County IA	1.3	90	0	0
9:23 PM	EF1	Stafford County KS	6.6	150	0	0
9:32 PM	EF1	Sumner County KS	7.4	100	0	0
9:35 PM	EF1	Keokuk County IA	3.0	50	0	0
10:21 PM	EF3	Sedgwick County KS	13.2	1,760	0	38
10:44 PM	EF0	Saline County KS	10.3	100	0	0
10:49 PM	EF0	Butler County KS	1.5	250	0	0
10:55 PM	EF0	Butler County KS	0.4	50	0	0
10:55 PM	EF1	Butler County KS	4.5	100	0	0
11:10 PM	EF0	Butler County KS	15.1	250	0	0
11:16 PM	EF1	Ellsworth County KS	7.6	100	0	0
11:26 PM	EF1	Seward County NE	2.3	50	0	0
11:42 PM	EF3	Ellis County, Woodward County OK	34.0	400	6	29
12:06 AM	EF0	Lyon County KS	0.1	25	0	0
12:18 AM	EF1	Cass County, Sarpy County NE	1.9	50	0	0
12:55 AM	EF1	Pottawattamie County IA	1.0	440	0	0

By state

Tornadoes by state, April 14, 2012

Kansas	43	5	0
Oklahoma	17	1	6
Nebraska	17	0	0
Iowa	7	0	0

Tornadoes in 2012 · 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.