The tornado outbreak of March 6, 2017
54 tornadoesIowa, Missouri, Kansas and 5 more states
54 tornadoes touched down across 8 states between 5:04 PM and 11:52 PM CST, 1 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
Watch the day unfoldTornado outbreak · March 6, 2017
How the day unfolded
Every tornado recorded that day, at its logged touchdown time and along its path, with the counties it crossed.
The day in numbers
- Tornadoes
- 54
- 63rd of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
- EF3 or stronger
- 1
- None rated EF4 or EF5
- Killed
- 0
- Along all the paths
- Injured
- 21
- Along all the paths
- Path miles
- 455
- All the paths end to end
- First and last
- 5:04 PM to 11:52 PM
- Touchdowns, Central Standard Time
Hour by hour
Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Standard Time.
Every tornado
In order of touchdown.
By state
Tornadoes in 2017 · 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.