The tornado outbreak of April 2, 2025
88 tornadoesIndiana, Illinois, Missouri and 8 more states
88 tornadoes touched down across 11 states between 5:13 AM and 12:52 AM the next day CDT, 5 of them rated EF3 or stronger, and 5 people were killed. The 8th-most tornadoes of any day since 1950.
Watch the day unfoldTornado outbreak · April 2, 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
- 88
- 8th of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
- EF3 or stronger
- 5
- None rated EF4 or EF5
- Killed
- 5
- Along all the paths
- Injured
- 35
- Along all the paths
- Path miles
- 765
- All the paths end to end
- First and last
- 5:13 AM to 12:52 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. One has a record page, linked from the rating.
By state
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.