The tornado outbreak of March 15, 2025
50 tornadoesAlabama, Mississippi, Indiana and 5 more states
50 tornadoes touched down across 8 states between 1:03 AM and 11:59 PM CDT, 4 of them rated EF3 or stronger, and 11 people were killed.
Watch the day unfoldTornado outbreak · March 15, 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
- 50
- 75th of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
- EF3 or stronger
- 4
- 1 rated EF4 or EF5
- Killed
- 11
- Along all the paths
- Injured
- 26
- Along all the paths
- Path miles
- 612
- All the paths end to end
- First and last
- 1:03 AM to 11:59 PM
- Touchdowns, Central Daylight Time
Hour by hour
Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Daylight Time.
Every tornado
In order of touchdown. One has a record page, linked from the rating.
By state
Tornadoes in 2025 · 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.