Mid-June 1992 Tornado Outbreak
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| Date of tornado outbreak: | June 15-16, 1992 |
| Duration1: | ~32 hours |
| Maximum rated tornado2: | F5 tornado |
| Tornadoes caused: | 123 confirmed (3rd most ever in a two day outbreak) |
| Damages: | $160 million (1992 dollars) |
| Fatalities: | 1 |
| Areas affected: | Midwestern United States |
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The Mid-June 1992 Tornado Outbreak was a tornado outbreak that affected portions of the Central United States on June 15 and 16, 1992. 58 tornadoes were reported on June 15, and 65 more were reported on June 16. The 123 tornadoes that touched down over the two days made it the 3rd largest two-day tornado outbreak in U.S. history behind only the Super Outbreak of April 3 and 4, 1974 and the May 2004 tornado outbreak sequence.
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[edit] Outbreak description
The outbreak ravaged portions of Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, and South Dakota. The 27 tornadoes that touched down in Minnesota on June 16 marks the largest single day tornado outbreak in Minnesota since accurate records started being kept in 1950. [1]
Remarkably there was only one fatality from this outbreak, that coming from an F5 tornado in Chandler, Minnesota. In addition to the F5, three F4 tornadoes were reported in Murray County, Minnesota, and Mitchell and McPherson counties in Kansas. Damage estimates for the two days were in excess of $160 million dollars.[2][3][4][5]
[edit] Tornado table
| Confirmed Total |
Confirmed F0 |
Confirmed F1 |
Confirmed F2 |
Confirmed F3 |
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| 123 | 25 | 48 | 32 | 14 | 3 | 1 |
[edit] June 15 event
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| F0 | NE of Plainville (1st tornado) | Rooks | 2115 | 1 miles (1.6 km) | ||
| F1 | N of Natoma (1st tornado) | Osborne | 2126 | 1 miles (1.6 km) | ||
| F0 | E of Zurich | Rooks | 2128 | 1 miles (1.6 km) | ||
| F1 | NE of Plainville (2nd tornado | Rooks | 2137 | 7 miles (11.2 km) | ||
| F0 | N of Natona (2nd tornado) | Osborne | 2146 | 0.5 miles (0.8 km) | ||
| F0 | SE of Bloomington (1st tornado) | Osborne | 2251 | 0.5 miles (0.8 km) | ||
| F1 | SE of Bloomington (2nd tornado) | Osborne | 2251 | 2 miles (3.2 km) | ||
| F1 | SE of Osborne (1st tornado) | Osborne | 2315 | 0.8 miles (1.3 km) | ||
| F1 | SW of Osborne | Osborne | 2334 | 1 miles (1.6 km) | ||
| F1 | S of Osborne | Osborne | 2340 | 1 miles (1.6 km) | ||
| F1 | Osborne area | Osborne | 2345 | 0.5 miles (0.8 km) | ||
| F1 | SE of Osborne (2nd tornado) | Osborne | 2355 | 1 miles (1.6 km) | ||
| F2 | SE of Corinth | Mitchell | 2356 | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) | ||
| F1 | SE of Mankato | Jewell | 2359 | 1 miles (1.6 km) | ||
| F2 | NE of Tipton (1st tornado) | Mitchell | 0002 | 3 miles (4.8 km) | ||
| F1 | SW of Webber | Jewell | 0006 | 2 miles (3.2 km) | ||
| F1 | NE of Tipton (2nd tornado) | Mitchell | 0007 | 1.5 miles (2.4 km) | ||
| F2 | E of Mankato | Jewell | 0009 | 1.5 miles (2.4 km) | ||
| F2 | E of Tipton | Mitchell | 0010 | 4 miles (6.4 km) | ||
| F4 | SW of Beloit (1st tornado) | Mitchell | 0030 | 3 miles (4.8 km) | ||
| F1 | NW of Lovewell | Jewell | 0035 | 1.5 miles (2.4 km) | ||
| F2 | SW of Beloit (2nd tornado) | Mitchell | 0035 | 2 miles (3.2 km) | ||
| F2 | SW of Beloit (3rd tornado) | Mitchell | 0038 | 2 miles (3.2 km) | ||
| F1 | SW of Beloit (4th tornado) | Mitchell | 0040 | 2 miles (3.2 km) | ||
| F3 | SW of Beloit (5th tornado) | Mitchell | 0045 | 2 miles (3.2 km) | ||
| F1 | SW of Beloit (6th tornado) | Mitchell | 0055 | 1.5 miles (2.4 km) | ||
| F0 | N of Republic | Republic | 0100 | 0.5 miles (0.8 km) | ||
| F1 | SW of Beloit (7th tornado) | Mitchell | 0105 | 1.3 miles (2.1 km) | ||
| F1 | SW of Simpson | Mitchell | 0135 | 2 miles (3.2 km) | ||
| F1 | SE of Simpson | Cloud | 0152 | 2 miles (3.2 km) | ||
| F1 | NE of Simpson | Cloud | 0158 | 2 miles (3.2 km) | ||
| F1 | S of Delphos | Ottawa | 0235 | 1 miles (1.6 km) | ||
| F3 | W of Delphos | Ottawa | 0252 | 3 miles (4.8 km) | ||
| F4 | McPherson area | McPherson | 0335 | 6 miles (9.6 km) | ||
| F1 | NW of Miltonvale | Cloud | 0337 | 1 miles (1.6 km) | ||
| F2 | Roxbury area | McPherson | 0340 | 7 miles (11.2 km) | ||
| F1 | SE of Roxbury to NW of Ramona | McPherson, Marion | 0509 | 17 miles (27.2 km) | ||
| F1 | SW of Elmo | Dickinson | 0520 | 2 miles (3.2 km) | ||
| F0 | SW of Abilene | Dickinson | 0538 | 0.1 miles (0.16 km) | ||
| F1 | E of Enterprise | Dickinson | 0648 | 1 miles (1.6 km) | ||
| F0 | S of Solomon | Dickinson | 0705 | 1.5 miles (2.4 km) | ||
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| F2 | S of Philip | Haakon | 2210 | 2 miles (3.2 km) | ||
| F0 | NE of Raymond | Clark | 0005 | 0.2 miles (0.32 km) | ||
| F0 | SE of Bristol | Day | 0250 | 0.5 miles (0.8 km) | ||
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| F1 | Doniphan area | Hall | 0020 | 0.1 miles (0.16 km) | ||
| F2 | SW of Osceola | Polk | 0045 | 2 miles (3.2 km) | ||
| F2 | N of Hampton | Hamilton | 0055 | 0.1 miles (0.16 km) | ||
| F0 | N of Schuyler (1st tornado) | Colfax | 0115 | 0.1 miles (0.16 km) | ||
| F2 | N of Schuyler (2nd tornado) | Colfax | 0115 | 0.1 miles (0.16 km) | ||
| F3 | SE of Milligan to W of Milford | Saline, Seward | 0155 | 21 miles (33.6 km) | ||
| F1 | W of West Point | Cuming | 0250 | 0.5 miles (0.8 km) | ||
| F1 | SW of West Point | Cuming | 0255 | 0.5 miles (0.8 km) | ||
| F1 | SE of West Point | Cuming | 0300 | 4 miles (6.4 km) | ||
| F3 | W of Malcolm | Seward | 0315 | 14 miles (22.4 km) | ||
| F1 | N of Bancroft | Cuming | 0320 | 0.5 miles (0.8 km) | ||
| F1 | NW of Tecumseh | Johnson | 0458 | 1.5 miles (2.4 km) | ||
| F1 | NW of Johnson | Johnson | 0512 | 1.2 miles (1.9 km) | ||
| F1 | SW of Burr | Otoe | 0530 | 1.5 miles (2.4 km) | ||
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[edit] June 16 event
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| F2 | W of Mitchell (1st tornado) | Davison | 1930 | 3 miles (4.8 km) | ||
| F2 | W of Mitchell (2nd tornado) | Davison | 1930 | 3 miles (4.8 km) | ||
| F0 | NE of Letcher | Sanborn | 2023 | 0.1 miles (0.16 km) | ||
| F2 | SW of Fedora | Miner | 2025 | 0.5 miles (0.8 km) | ||
| F3 | SW of Oldham | Miner | 2045 | 3 miles (4.8 km) | ||
| F3 | S of Arlington | Kingsbury, Brookings | 2135 | 4 miles (6.4 km) | ||
| F0 | W of Oldham | Kingsbury | 2137 | 0.1 miles (0.16 km) | ||
| F3 | W of Fort Thompson | Buffalo | 2215 | 2 miles (3.2 km) | ||
| F0 | SW of Pickstown | Charles Mix | 0003 | 0.3 miles (0.5 km) | ||
| F0 | NE of Tripp | Hutchinson | 0110 | 0.3 miles (0.5 km) | ||
| F1 | Bridgewater area (1st tornado) | McCook | 0130 | 0.5 miles (0.8 km) | ||
| F1 | Bridgewater area (2nd tornado) | McCook | 0130 | 0.5 miles (0.8 km) | ||
| F1 | Brookings area | Brookings | 0130 | 7 miles (11.2 km) | ||
| F1 | NE of Rutland | Lake | 0145 | 1 miles (1.6 km) | ||
| F0 | SW of Centerville | Clay | 0150 | 0.5 miles (0.8 km) | ||
| F2 | Colton area | Minnehaha | 0200 | 5 miles (8 km) | ||
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| F1 | NE of Cedar Falls | Black Hawk | 2003 | 4.7 miles (7.5 km) | ||
| F3 | NW of Logan to N of Dow City | Harrison, Crawford | 0230 | 26 miles (41.6 km) | ||
| F0 | SE of Perkins | Sioux | 0255 | 0.2 miles (0.32 km) | ||
| F0 | S of Ida Grove | Ida | 0348 | 0.1 miles (0.16 km) | ||
| F0 | NE of Soldier | Monona | 0401 | 0.1 miles (0.16 km) | ||
| F2 | NE of Oakland | Pottawattamie | 0500 | 4 miles (6.4 km) | ||
| F2 | SW of Dumfries | Mills | 0514 | 3 miles (4.8 km) | ||
| F0 | Harlan area | Shelby | 0545 | 0.2 miles (0.32 km) | ||
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| F0 | SW of Hemingford | Box Butte | 2120 | 0.1 miles (0.16 km) | ||
| F0 | W of Alliance | Box Butte | 2151 | 0.1 miles (0.16 km) | ||
| F1 | SE of Ainsworth | Brown | 2215 | 4 miles (6.4 km) | ||
| F1 | N of Newport | Rock | 2315 | 1 miles (1.6 km) | ||
| F1 | SW of Anselmo | Custer | 2317 | 0.5 miles (0.8 km) | ||
| F0 | SE of Anselmo | Custer | 2323 | 0.2 miles (0.32 km) | ||
| F1 | NW of Gates | Custer | 2335 | 0.4 miles (0.6 km) | ||
| F1 | SE of Naper | Boyd | 2338 | 1.5 miles (2.4 km) | ||
| F1 | NE of Butte | Boyd | 2350 | 10 miles (16 km) | ||
| F1 | Hartington area | Cedar | 0147 | 0.1 miles (0.16 km) | ||
| F2 | NE of Oakland | Burt | 0400 | 4 miles (6.4 km) | ||
| F0 | S of Western | Saline | 0405 | 0.1 miles (0.16 km) | ||
| F0 | NE of Waverly | Lancaster | 0423 | 0.1 miles (0.16 km) | ||
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| F5 | S of Leota to E of Lake Wilson | Nobles, Murray | 2200 | 16 miles (25.6 km) | 1 death | |
| F4 | E of Lake Wilson | Murray | 2218 | 7 miles (11.2 km) | ||
| F3 | S of Clarkfield | Yellow Medicine | 2230 | 6 miles (9.6 km) | ||
| F2 | NE of Hadley | Murray | 2230 | 13 miles (20.8 km) | ||
| F3 | NW of Currie | Murray, Lyon | 2300 | 12 miles (19.2 km) | ||
| F2 | E of Amiret | Lyon | 2318 | 2 miles (3.2 km) | ||
| F3 | NE of Tracy | Redwood | 2325 | 16 miles (25.6 km) | ||
| F1 | SW of Milroy | Redwood | 2355 | 0.1 miles (0.16 km) | ||
| F2 | NE of Danvers | Swift | 2358 | 1.5 miles (2.4 km) | ||
| F3 | W of Wabasso | Redwood | 0010 | 13 miles (20.8 km) | ||
| F2 | N of Vesta | Redwood | 0025 | 12 miles (19.2 km) | ||
| F2 | S of Delhi | Redwood | 0025 | 8 miles (12.8 km) | ||
| F1 | W of Redwood Falls | Redwood | 0030 | 6.5 miles (10.4 km) | ||
| F2 | E of Delhi | Redwood | 0040 | 5.5 miles (8.8 km) | ||
| F2 | W of Bechyn | Renville | 0050 | 5 miles (8 km) | ||
| F2 | NW of Bechyn | Renville | 0125 | 3 miles (4.8 km) | ||
| F2 | W of Sacred Heart | Renville | 0200 | 2.5 miles (4 km) | ||
| F1 | NW of Jasper | Pipestone | 0200 | 0.5 miles (0.8 km) | ||
| F2 | S of Chandler | Murray | 0210 | 4 miles (6.4 km) | ||
| F2 | W of Slayton | Murray | 0220 | 0.5 miles (0.8 km) | ||
| F3 | SE of Clarkfield | Yellow Medicine | 0240 | 2.5 miles (4 km) | ||
| F2 | S of Danube | Renville | 0330 | 2 miles (3.2 km) | ||
| F2 | E of Westbrook | Cottonwood | 0330 | 7.5 miles (12 km) | ||
| F1 | SE of Leavenworth | Brown | 0400 | 1 miles (1.6 km) | ||
| F3 | Cokato area | Wright | 0410 | 10 miles (16 km) | ||
| F2 | N of Maple Lake | Wright | 0420 | 10 miles (16 km) | ||
| F2 | NW of Foley | Benton | 0450 | 0.3 miles (0.5 km) | ||
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| F0 | E of Bismarck | Burleigh | 2320 | 0.1 miles (0.16 km) | ||
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[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Minnesota Tornado History and Statistics. Minnesota Climatology Office (2006-09-20). Retrieved on 2007-03-09.
- ^ JUNE IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS STATES. Intellicast.com. Retrieved on 2007-03-09.
- ^ Woelm, Scott. Top 10 Minnesota Severe Weather Events 1990-1999. Minnesota Skywarn. Retrieved on 2007-03-09.
- ^ Chandler-Lake Wilson Minnesota F5 Tornado. National Weather Service - Sioux Falls. Retrieved on 2007-03-09.
- ^ Storm Events. National Climatic Data Center. Retrieved on 2007-03-09.
