The tornado outbreak of March 14, 2025
54 tornadoesMissouri, Illinois, Arkansas and 2 more states
54 tornadoes touched down across 5 states between 6:40 PM and 12:56 AM the next day CDT, 10 of them rated EF3 or stronger, and 13 people were killed.
Watch the day unfoldTornado outbreak · March 14, 2025
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
- 10
- 2 rated EF4 or EF5
- Killed
- 13
- 83rd-deadliest tornado day since 1950
- Injured
- 26
- Along all the paths
- Path miles
- 946
- All the paths end to end
- First and last
- 6:40 PM to 12:56 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. 2 have a record page, linked from the rating.
By state
| Missouri | 22 | 6 | 7 |
| Illinois | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Arkansas | 14 | 4 | 6 |
| Mississippi | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Iowa | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tornadoes in 2025 · 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.