The tornado outbreak of December 15, 2021
125 tornadoesIowa, Nebraska, Minnesota and Wisconsin
125 tornadoes touched down across 4 states between 1:27 PM and 9:22 PM CST, none rated EF3 or stronger. The 4th-most tornadoes of any day since 1950.
Watch the day unfoldTornado outbreak · December 15, 2021
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
- 125
- 4th of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
- EF3 or stronger
- 0
- None rated EF4 or EF5
- Killed
- 0
- Along all the paths
- Injured
- 2
- Along all the paths
- Path miles
- 861
- All the paths end to end
- First and last
- 1:27 PM to 9:22 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 2021 · 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.