The tornado outbreak of March 31, 2023
127 tornadoesIllinois, Iowa, Indiana and 6 more states
127 tornadoes touched down across 9 states between 2:18 PM and 12:53 AM the next day CDT, 10 of them rated EF3 or stronger, and 23 people were killed. The 3rd-most tornadoes of any day since 1950.
Watch the day unfoldTornado outbreak · March 31, 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
- 127
- 3rd of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
- EF3 or stronger
- 10
- 1 rated EF4 or EF5
- Killed
- 23
- 47th-deadliest tornado day since 1950
- Injured
- 210
- Along all the paths
- Path miles
- 1,044
- All the paths end to end
- First and last
- 2:18 PM to 12:53 AM the next day
- Touchdowns, Central Daylight Time
Hour by hour
Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Daylight Time.
Every tornado
In order of touchdown. 3 have a record page, linked from the rating.
By state
Tornadoes in 2023 · 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.