The tornado outbreak of November 17, 2013

76 tornadoesIndiana, Illinois, Kentucky and 4 more states

76 tornadoes touched down across 7 states between 10:52 AM and 9:37 PM CST, 9 of them rated EF3 or stronger, and 8 people were killed. The 19th-most tornadoes of any day since 1950.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · November 17, 2013

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 76 that day
Strongest so far—
Killed—in tornadoes so far

The day in numbers

Tornadoes
76
19th of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
EF3 or stronger
9
2 rated EF4 or EF5
Killed
8
Along all the paths
Injured
194
Along all the paths
Path miles
580
All the paths end to end
First and last
10:52 AM to 9:37 PM
Touchdowns, Central Standard Time

Hour by hour

Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Standard Time.

Tornadoes per hour, November 17, 2013 10 AM: 2 11 AM: 3 Noon: 12 1 PM: 25 25 2 PM: 19 3 PM: 7 4 PM: 4 5 PM: 1 6 PM: 2 7 PM: 0 8 PM: 0 9 PM: 1 10 AMNoon2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM

Every tornado

In order of touchdown. 2 have a record page, linked from the rating.

Tornadoes of November 17, 2013
10:52 AMEF2Peoria County, Tazewell County IL2.3100010
10:59 AMEF4Tazewell County, Woodford County and 2 more IL46.48803125
11:30 AMEF0Macoupin County, Montgomery County IL4.05000
11:43 AMEF0Livingston County IL2.65000
11:47 AMEF1Clinton County IL0.45000
12:04 PMEF4Washington County IL10.620022
12:13 PMEF1Washington County, Clinton County IL4.810000
12:15 PMEF1Christian County IL2.510000
12:22 PMEF2Grundy County, Will County IL12.020005
12:22 PMEF2Fayette County, Effingham County IL11.420000
12:25 PMEF1Jasper County IL3.510000
12:26 PMEF0Perry County MO0.15000
12:30 PMEF1Moultrie County, Douglas County IL10.544000
12:42 PMEF2Will County IL5.220000
12:44 PMEF3Douglas County, Champaign County IL18.744000
12:45 PMEF3Champaign County, Vermilion County and 1 more IL29.888006
12:46 PMEF1Douglas County IL4.544000
1:00 PMEF1Kankakee County, Will County IL0.215000
1:03 PMEF2Vermilion County IL19.744001
1:05 PMEF1Jefferson County IL0.12500
1:07 PMEF3Scott County MO14.260000
1:08 PMEF2Wayne County IL9.515000
1:19 PMEF0Iroquois County IL4.57500
1:22 PMEF2Vermillion County, Warren County IN5.915000
1:27 PMEF1Newton County, Jasper County IN5.510000
1:29 PMEF2Wayne County, Edwards County IL7.930000
1:32 PMEF2Fountain County, Montgomery County and 1 more IN12.77500
1:33 PMEF2Edwards County IL4.110000
1:40 PMEF2Benton County, White County IN12.01,20000
1:44 PMEF2Wabash County IL10.322501
1:47 PMEF1Montgomery County IN1.84000
1:47 PMEF1Tippecanoe County IN3.95000
1:50 PMEF1Jasper County IN10.210000
1:51 PMEF0Tippecanoe County IN0.25000
1:51 PMEF2White County IN4.230000
1:51 PMEF2White County IN4.230000
1:52 PMEF2Tippecanoe County IN3.17500
1:52 PMEF2White County IN9.290000
1:54 PMEF3Tippecanoe County, Clinton County and 2 more IN37.910000
1:55 PMEF0Muskegon County, Newaygo County MI36.79500
1:56 PMEF1Tippecanoe County IN2.93500
1:56 PMEF2Knox County IN8.810001
2:03 PMEF1Pulaski County IN13.210000
2:05 PMEF3McCracken County, Livingston County and 3 more KY, IL42.5500334
2:07 PMEF1White County IN0.815000
2:13 PMEF2Clinton County, Howard County IN25.415000
2:20 PMEF0Mecosta County MI0.25000
2:20 PMEF0Cass County IN1.115000
2:20 PMEF2Daviess County IN2.812500
2:27 PMEF1Cass County MI0.45000
2:29 PMEF2Howard County IN0.57505
2:30 PMEF1Miami County IN2.925000
2:36 PMEF2Boone County IN3.77502
2:38 PMEF1Kosciusko County IN1.125000
2:41 PMEF3Union County, Henderson County KY14.120000
2:42 PMEF2Grant County, Wabash County IN11.870000
2:43 PMEF2Wabash County, Kosciusko County IN4.115000
2:46 PMEF1Boone County IN3.63300
2:54 PMEF1Kosciusko County IN1.627500
2:55 PMEF0Grant County IN0.02000
2:57 PMEF1Lawrence County IN1.35000
3:05 PMEF1Hamilton County, Tipton County IN1.912500
3:18 PMEF1Caldwell County KY3.220000
3:27 PMEF0Otsego County MI0.315000
3:32 PMEF3Hopkins County KY8.220001
3:47 PMEF1Van Wert County OH2.115000
3:50 PMEF1Muhlenberg County KY0.88000
3:52 PMEF2Putnam County, Paulding County OH11.144000
4:10 PMEF1Butler County KY5.520001
4:32 PMEF1Wood County OH1.07500
4:35 PMEF2Wood County, Lucas County OH11.310000
4:41 PMEF1Wood County OH1.310000
5:00 PMEF1Ottawa County OH0.87500
6:31 PMEF1Robertson County TN1.010000
6:42 PMEF0Sumner County TN0.35000
9:37 PMEF0Lincoln County TN0.62500

By state

Tornadoes by state, November 17, 2013
Indiana3110
Illinois2445
Kentucky633
Ohio600
Michigan400
Tennessee300
Missouri210

Tornadoes in 2013 · 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.