The tornado outbreak of March 30, 2022

81 tornadoesMississippi, Alabama, Louisiana and 7 more states

81 tornadoes touched down across 10 states between 4:04 AM and 12:37 AM the next day CDT, 2 of them rated EF3 or stronger. The 11th-most tornadoes of any day since 1950.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · March 30, 2022

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

The day in numbers

Tornadoes
81
11th of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
EF3 or stronger
2
None rated EF4 or EF5
Killed
0
Along all the paths
Injured
16
Along all the paths
Path miles
425
All the paths end to end
First and last
4:04 AM to 12:37 AM the next day
Touchdowns, Central Daylight Time

Hour by hour

Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Daylight Time.

Tornadoes per hour, March 30, 2022 4 AM: 3 5 AM: 0 6 AM: 1 7 AM: 1 8 AM: 0 9 AM: 0 10 AM: 0 11 AM: 4 Noon: 7 1 PM: 1 2 PM: 3 3 PM: 4 4 PM: 7 5 PM: 3 6 PM: 7 7 PM: 4 8 PM: 12 12 9 PM: 7 10 PM: 9 11 PM: 4 Midnight: 4 4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM

Every tornado

In order of touchdown.

Tornadoes of March 30, 2022
4:04 AMEF3Washington County AR5.235007
4:34 AMEF1Rockwall County TX0.55000
4:39 AMEF0Pittsburg County OK0.610000
6:25 AMEF1Red River County TX3.010000
7:47 AMEF1Johnson County AR3.540000
11:16 AMEF1Sabine County TX0.910000
11:41 AMEF1Newton County TX1.910000
11:53 AMEF0Natchitoches Parish LA1.210000
11:53 AMEF0Natchitoches Parish LA5.510000
12:05 PMEF1Natchitoches Parish LA3.720000
12:20 PMEF1Bienville Parish LA1.740000
12:22 PMEF0Natchitoches Parish LA2.75000
12:28 PMEF1Jackson Parish LA0.320000
12:37 PMEF1Vernon Parish LA2.18500
12:42 PMEF1Jackson Parish LA0.750000
12:44 PMEF1Jackson Parish LA4.220000
1:53 PMEF1Richland Parish LA7.41,00000
2:03 PMEF0Richland Parish LA1.82500
2:10 PMEF1Franklin Parish LA6.835000
2:51 PMEF2Madison Parish, Warren County LA, MS17.330000
3:19 PMEF1Bolivar County MS7.945000
3:31 PMEF1Bolivar County MS1.07501
3:41 PMEF1Warren County, Hinds County MS6.010000
3:58 PMEF1Yazoo County MS16.670000
4:21 PMEF1Holmes County, Carroll County MS11.51,70001
4:26 PMEF1Hinds County MS6.435000
4:37 PMEF1Panola County MS16.220001
4:41 PMEF1Hinds County MS2.935000
4:43 PMEF1Hinds County, Rankin County MS8.520000
4:52 PMEF1Carroll County MS6.125000
4:56 PMEF1Madison County MS5.335000
5:23 PMEF0Franklin County IL4.010000
5:24 PMEF1Calhoun County MS7.610000
5:32 PMEF2Leake County, Attala County MS10.71,20000
6:01 PMEF0Wayne County IL0.35000
6:11 PMEF1White County IL6.640000
6:12 PMEF1Tangipahoa Parish LA6.415000
6:18 PMEF1Madison County TN8.517500
6:31 PMEF1Madison County, Gibson County TN7.125000
6:50 PMEF1Carroll County TN9.215000
6:59 PMEF1Vanderburgh County IN1.07500
7:16 PMEF0Monroe County MS7.715000
7:44 PMEF1Lamar County MS1.942500
7:44 PMEF0Lamar County, Forrest County MS7.32500
7:45 PMEF0St. Tammany Parish LA2.05000
8:01 PMEF0Clarke County MS2.112500
8:06 PMEF1Clarke County, Lauderdale County MS3.75000
8:08 PMEF2Noxubee County MS11.040002
8:11 PMEF2Forrest County, Perry County MS11.350000
8:24 PMEF1Lauderdale County MS6.820000
8:31 PMEF1Lauderdale County MS3.925000
8:43 PMEF1Wayne County MS0.55000
8:45 PMEF1Wayne County MS0.25000
8:46 PMEF2Perry County, Greene County MS2.025000
8:47 PMEF1Wayne County MS1.93000
8:51 PMEF1Sumter County AL5.660000
8:55 PMEF1Wayne County MS0.35000
9:02 PMEF1Pickens County, Tuscaloosa County AL16.645000
9:10 PMEF1Greene County AL8.827500
9:12 PMEF2Choctaw County, Marengo County AL37.41,35000
9:33 PMEF2Perry County AL6.062000
9:38 PMEF1Greene County AL1.227000
9:47 PMEF1Jackson County MS2.510000
9:53 PMEF3Perry County, Bibb County and 1 more AL29.21,20002
10:10 PMEF1Tuscaloosa County AL3.940000
10:25 PMEF1Marengo County AL1.018000
10:25 PMEF0Jackson County MS4.15000
10:31 PMEF0Mobile County AL0.95000
10:33 PMEF1Clarke County AL0.17500
10:41 PMEF0Mobile County AL0.62000
10:43 PMEF0Mobile County AL0.73000
10:43 PMEF0Dallas County AL2.817500
10:58 PMEF1Mobile County AL3.03000
11:09 PMEF1Wilcox County AL0.817000
11:22 PMEF0Baldwin County AL0.65000
11:50 PMEF0Baldwin County AL1.33000
11:58 PMEF1Shelby County AL4.513500
12:09 AMEF0Lowndes County AL2.912500
12:25 AMEF0Escambia County FL0.35000
12:32 AMEF1Santa Rosa County FL0.45000
12:37 AMEF1Santa Rosa County FL6.010002

By state

Tornadoes by state, March 30, 2022
Mississippi2900
Alabama2010
Louisiana1500
Texas400
Florida300
Illinois300
Tennessee300
Arkansas210
Indiana100
Oklahoma100

Tornadoes in 2022 · 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.