YearFinal SPC data

1990

1,133 tornadoes in 1990, with 3,618 hail and 6,064 wind reports, from the NOAA SPC severe weather database.

Tornado recordHail + windDaily reportsStorm Events narrativesEF ScaleMax path width

Tornado deaths

F0 537 F1 385 F2 155 F3 41 F4 12 F5 3

Hail and wind show significant reports only (2 in or larger, 65 kt or stronger). Click a legend item to show or hide it, or "only" to see just that. Select anything on the map to open its record.

Tornadoes by month

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Hail reports by month

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Wind reports by month

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Storm days

Every day with a tornado, hail or wind report. Warmer colors mean more tornadoes; gray days had hail or wind only; a white ring marks a day with an F4/EF4 or stronger tornado.

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Running count

1990 against the years around it and the 1991 to 2020 average

19901991 to 2020 average1985 to 1995 (other years)

1,133 tornadoes in 1990, 8% below the 1991 to 2020 average of 1,231.

Counts by storm day (12Z to 12Z). Reporting changed a great deal over the decades, so years far from 1991 to 2020 are not a like-for-like comparison with the average.

Busiest tornado days

#	Day	Tornadoes	F/EF4+	Deaths	Strongest	States
1	06/02/90	68	7	9	F4	AR, FL, IA, IL, IN, KY, MI, MN, OH, WI
2	03/13/90	59	4	2	F5	IA, IL, KS, MO, NE, OK, TX
3	04/27/90	29	0	0	F3	LA, MS, TX
4	06/16/90	28	0	0	F2	IA, IL, KS, MN, NE, SD
5	05/24/90	24	0	0	F3	KS, MT, SD, WY
6	06/07/90	23	0	0	F2	CO, FL, IA, KS, MO, SD
7	12/21/90	23	0	2	F3	LA, MS
8	06/01/90	21	1	2	F4	CO, IA, MN, NE, SD, TX
9	05/30/90	21	0	0	F2	FL, LA, TX
10	06/08/90	21	0	0	F2	IN, KS, MD, MO, OH, PA, TX
11	02/09/90	20	0	1	F2	AL, AR, GA, MS, SC, TN, TX, VA
12	05/15/90	19	0	1	F3	CO, FL, IL, KS, MO, OK
13	05/18/90	19	0	0	F2	KS, MA, NE, TX, WY
14	05/14/90	17	0	0	F3	KS, TX
15	05/16/90	17	0	1	F2	AR, IL, LA, MO, OH, TX

Busiest severe weather days

tornado, hail and wind reports together

#	Day	All reports	Tornadoes	Hail	Wind	Largest hail	Top gust
1	08/28/90	282	9	52	221	4.5 in	80 kt (92 mph)
2	02/09/90	248	20	44	184	2.5 in	76 kt (87 mph)
3	03/13/90	230	59	99	72	4 in	75 kt (86 mph)
4	05/16/90	194	17	63	114	2.75 in	69 kt (79 mph)
5	06/21/90	189	7	77	105	4.5 in	78 kt (90 mph)
6	06/18/90	182	15	46	121	3.5 in	74 kt (85 mph)
7	07/01/90	169	4	49	116	2.5 in	63 kt (72 mph)
8	06/02/90	168	68	13	87	2.5 in	65 kt (75 mph)
9	06/08/90	161	21	89	51	4 in	70 kt (81 mph)
10	05/15/90	156	19	83	54	4.75 in	80 kt (92 mph)
11	05/20/90	154	9	68	77	2.75 in	56 kt (64 mph)
12	07/09/90	147	7	13	127	2.75 in	70 kt (81 mph)
13	06/03/90	135	3	23	109	2.75 in	74 kt (85 mph)
14	06/01/90	133	21	56	56	4.5 in	83 kt (96 mph)
15	06/22/90	129	13	10	106	1.75 in	78 kt (90 mph)

Largest hail

top 15

#	Date	Size	Place
1	06/12/90	6 in	Buffalo County, NE
2	07/07/90	5 in	Campbell County, SD
3	05/15/90	4.75 in	Dewey County, OK
4	03/06/90	4.5 in	Young County, TX
5	04/14/90	4.5 in	Fisher County, TX
6	05/14/90	4.5 in	King County, TX
7	05/15/90	4.5 in	Blaine County, OK
8	06/01/90	4.5 in	Hitchcock County, NE
9	06/07/90	4.5 in	Sedgwick County, KS
10	06/21/90	4.5 in	Faulkner County, AR
11	07/07/90	4.5 in	Grant County, ND
12	08/27/90	4.5 in	Pembina County, ND
13	08/27/90	4.5 in	Kittson County, MN
14	08/29/90	4.5 in	Mahaska County, IA
15	03/13/90	4 in	Marion County, KS

Strongest wind gusts

top 15, measured first on ties

#	Date	Gust	mph	Type	Place
1	06/29/90	130 kt	150	Not given	Cook County, IL
2	06/29/90	106 kt	122	Not given	Orange County, NY
3	04/10/90	100 kt	115	Not given	Pickens County, SC
4	06/19/90	100 kt	115	Not given	Kingman County, KS
5	06/19/90	100 kt	115	Not given	Sedgwick County, KS
6	06/29/90	100 kt	115	Not given	Orange County, NY
7	10/18/90	100 kt	115	Not given	Washington County, RI
8	04/25/90	98 kt	113	Not given	Val Verde County, TX
9	06/16/90	91 kt	105	Not given	Clay County, IA
10	02/22/90	90 kt	104	Not given	Holmes County, FL
11	06/06/90	90 kt	104	Not given	Marshall County, KS
12	06/19/90	90 kt	104	Not given	Reno County, KS
13	06/19/90	90 kt	104	Not given	Reno County, KS
14	06/19/90	90 kt	104	Not given	Sedgwick County, KS
15	06/19/90	90 kt	104	Not given	Sedgwick County, KS

F4/EF4 and stronger

Date	Rating	Tornado	State	Length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
03/13/90	F5	Pretty Prairie to Hesston, Kansas	KS	48.0 mi	1,320 yd	1	60
03/13/90	F4	Central City to Dyersville, Iowa	IA	19.0 mi	200 yd	0	0
03/13/90	F4	Red Cloud to Schuyler, Nebraska	NE	131 mi	440 yd	0	8
03/13/90	F5	Hesston to Hillsboro, Kansas	KS	22.0 mi	1,320 yd	1	0
04/25/90	F4	Weatherford to Springtown, Texas	TX	10.0 mi	880 yd	0	0
06/01/90	F4	McCamey to Iraan, Texas	TX	22.0 mi	1,233 yd	2	21
06/02/90	F4	Cisne to Olney, Illinois	IL	23.0 mi	300 yd	0	2
06/02/90	F4	Newton to Oblong, Illinois	IL	12.5 mi	200 yd	0	6
06/02/90	F4	Wayne City, IL to West Baden Springs, IN	IL, IN	106 mi	300 yd	1	12
06/02/90	F4	Mitchell to Bedford, Indiana	IN	11.0 mi	400 yd	1	51
06/02/90	F4	Patoka to Petersburg, Indiana	IN	13.0 mi	200 yd	6	60
06/02/90	F4	Medora to Rockford, Indiana	IN	18.0 mi	200 yd	0	9
06/02/90	F4	St. Leon, IN to Mason, OH	IN, OH	33.0 mi	1,350 yd	0	37
06/15/90	F4	Benkelman to Indianola, Nebraska	NE	28.0 mi	2,640 yd	0	1
08/28/90	F5	Oswego to Rockdale, Illinois	IL	16.4 mi	600 yd	29	350

Deadliest tornadoes

Date	Rating	Tornado	State	Length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
08/28/90	F5	Oswego to Rockdale, Illinois	IL	16.4 mi	600 yd	29	350
06/02/90	F4	Patoka to Petersburg, Indiana	IN	13.0 mi	200 yd	6	60
05/04/90	F2	Craigsville, Virginia	VA	7.0 mi	27 yd	2	10
06/01/90	F4	McCamey to Iraan, Texas	TX	22.0 mi	1,233 yd	2	21
02/09/90	F1	Canton, Mississippi	MS	1.0 mi	40 yd	1	4
03/13/90	F5	Pretty Prairie to Hesston, Kansas	KS	48.0 mi	1,320 yd	1	60
03/13/90	F5	Hesston to Hillsboro, Kansas	KS	22.0 mi	1,320 yd	1	0
03/14/90	F2	Fordyce, Arkansas	AR	2.0 mi	200 yd	1	6
05/04/90	F2	Middletown, Ohio	OH	0.2 mi	150 yd	1	5
05/15/90	F3	Stillwater, Oklahoma	OK	7.0 mi	440 yd	1	12
05/16/90	F2	Corning to Qulin, Arkansas	AR	15.0 mi	77 yd	1	1
06/02/90	F4	Wayne City, IL to West Baden Springs, IN	IL, IN	106 mi	300 yd	1	12
06/02/90	F4	Mitchell to Bedford, Indiana	IN	11.0 mi	400 yd	1	51
06/02/90	F2	Bainbridge to North Salem, Indiana	IN	3.5 mi	50 yd	1	6
10/18/90	F3	West Point, Virginia	VA	5.0 mi	430 yd	1	0

Storm days. A day here runs from 12Z to 12Z (6 a.m. CST to 6 a.m. CST the next morning), the way SPC counts storm days, so an overnight tornado counts with the afternoon and evening before it.
Reporting changed over time. Tornado counts rose from the 1990s on as Doppler radar, spotter networks and cameras caught more weak tornadoes. Counts from different decades are not directly comparable, especially for the weakest ratings.
F and EF ratings. The Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale replaced the Fujita (F) Scale on 02/01/07. Both estimate wind speed from damage, but they use different damage indicators, so each rating is shown with its own scale.

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