The tornado outbreak of January 12, 2023
42 tornadoesAlabama, Georgia, Kentucky and 4 more states
42 tornadoes touched down across 7 states between 2:03 AM and 6:03 PM CST, 2 of them rated EF3 or stronger, and 11 people were killed.
Watch the day unfoldTornado outbreak · January 12, 2023
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
- 42
- on Thursday, January 12, 2023
- EF3 or stronger
- 2
- None rated EF4 or EF5
- Killed
- 11
- Along all the paths
- Injured
- 86
- Along all the paths
- Path miles
- 638
- All the paths end to end
- First and last
- 2:03 AM to 6:03 PM
- Touchdowns, Central Standard Time
Hour by hour
Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Standard Time.
Every tornado
In order of touchdown. One has a record page, linked from the rating.
By state
| Alabama | 16 | 1 | 7 |
| Georgia | 13 | 1 | 4 |
| Kentucky | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Tennessee | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| South Carolina | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mississippi | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| North Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tornadoes in 2023 · 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.