YearFinal SPC data

1993

1,172 tornadoes in 1993, with 5,838 hail and 6,924 wind reports, from the NOAA SPC severe weather database.

Tornado recordHail + windDaily reportsStorm Events narrativesEF ScaleMax path width

Tornado deaths

F0 733 F1 323 F2 80 F3 30 F4 6

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.

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Storm days

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Running count

1993 against the years around it and the 1991 to 2020 average

19931991 to 2020 average1988 to 1998 (other years)

1,172 tornadoes in 1993, 5% 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	06/08/93	57	0	0	F3	IA, IL, IN, MN, OH, OK, PA, TX, WI
2	05/07/93	46	1	1	F4	IA, KS, MN, NE, OK, SD, TX
3	06/07/93	41	2	0	F4	FL, IA, KS, MN, MO, SD, WI
4	06/30/93	33	0	0	F3	CO, FL, KS, KY, MO, OH, TN
5	06/22/93	29	0	0	F1	CO, FL, KS, MN, ND, NE, SC, SD, WY
6	08/06/93	22	1	4	F4	NC, VA
7	02/21/93	22	0	3	F3	AL, GA, KY, MS, OH, SC, TN
8	09/13/93	22	0	0	F2	MO, OK, TX, WI
9	05/06/93	21	0	0	F2	IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, OK
10	05/08/93	19	0	0	F1	KS, NE, OK, TX
11	07/08/93	19	0	0	F2	IA, IL, MI, NE, NY, WI
12	07/27/93	19	0	0	F1	MN, ND, WI
13	07/01/93	17	0	0	F1	IA, IN, KS, KY, ND, NE, OH, SD
14	07/09/93	17	0	0	F1	CO, KS, MI, MN
15	05/05/93	16	1	0	F4	KS, NE, OK, SD, TX, UT

Busiest severe weather days

tornado, hail and wind reports together

#	Day	All reports	Tornadoes	Hail	Wind	Largest hail	Top gust
1	06/08/93	422	57	153	212	4.75 in	87 kt (100 mph)
2	06/04/93	329	12	89	228	4.5 in	87 kt (100 mph)
3	06/09/93	284	9	106	169	2.75 in	87 kt (100 mph)
4	07/08/93	279	19	43	217	3 in	105 kt (121 mph)
5	06/07/93	252	41	115	96	4.5 in	92 kt (106 mph)
6	05/07/93	219	46	100	73	3 in	109 kt (125 mph)
7	07/10/93	211	5	53	153	4.5 in	79 kt (91 mph)
8	03/30/93	197	10	151	36	4.5 in	61 kt (70 mph)
9	04/15/93	189	4	45	140	1.75 in	69 kt (79 mph)
10	06/29/93	173	16	41	116	4.5 in	83 kt (96 mph)
11	05/17/93	169	5	96	68	2.75 in	82 kt (94 mph)
12	03/29/93	165	9	135	21	4.5 in	67 kt (77 mph)
13	02/21/93	164	22	66	76	4.5 in	100 kt (115 mph)
14	07/11/93	155	2	46	107	2.5 in	95 kt (109 mph)
15	07/07/93	150	15	37	98	2.75 in	78 kt (90 mph)

Largest hail

top 15

#	Date	Size	Place
1	06/03/93	6 in	Garfield County, OK
2	06/08/93	4.75 in	Mitchell County, IA
3	02/21/93	4.5 in	Etowah County, AL
4	03/25/93	4.5 in	Bastrop County, TX
5	03/29/93	4.5 in	Beckham County, OK
6	03/29/93	4.5 in	Beckham County, OK
7	03/30/93	4.5 in	Rankin County, MS
8	04/30/93	4.5 in	Harper County, OK
9	05/01/93	4.5 in	Haskell County, TX
10	05/29/93	4.5 in	Adams County, NE
11	06/03/93	4.5 in	Garfield County, OK
12	06/03/93	4.5 in	Payne County, OK
13	06/03/93	4.5 in	Creek County, OK
14	06/03/93	4.5 in	Creek County, OK
15	06/03/93	4.5 in	Okmulgee County, OK

Strongest wind gusts

top 15, measured first on ties

#	Date	Gust	mph	Type	Place
1	05/07/93	109 kt	125	Not given	Brookings County, SD
2	07/08/93	105 kt	121	Not given	York County, NE
3	02/21/93	100 kt	115	Not given	Walton County, GA
4	06/18/93	96 kt	110	Not given	Pawnee County, KS
5	07/11/93	95 kt	109	Not given	Sedgwick County, KS
6	10/30/93	95 kt	109	Not given	Clay County, GA
7	02/18/93	93 kt	107	Not given	Los Angeles County, CA
8	07/01/93	93 kt	107	Not given	Washington County, MN
9	06/07/93	92 kt	106	Not given	Dickinson County, KS
10	07/16/93	91 kt	105	Not given	Reeves County, TX
11	04/24/93	90 kt	104	Not given	Montmorency County, MI
12	06/07/93	90 kt	104	Not given	Dickinson County, KS
13	05/08/93	87 kt	100	Not given	Jefferson County, OK
14	06/04/93	87 kt	100	Not given	Hardin County, KY
15	06/08/93	87 kt	100	Not given	Stark County, OH

F4/EF4 and stronger

Date	Rating	Tornado	State	Length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
04/24/93	F4	Catoosa, Oklahoma	OK	5.5 mi	250 yd	7	100
05/05/93	F4	Hugoton to Ulysses, Kansas	KS	23.0 mi	880 yd	0	0
05/07/93	F4	Wilson to Osborne, Kansas	KS	25.5 mi	880 yd	1	6
06/07/93	F4	Colton to Hendricks, South Dakota	SD	54.0 mi	800 yd	0	5
06/07/93	F4	Salem to Ramona, South Dakota	SD	10.0 mi	500 yd	0	4
08/06/93	F4	Petersburg to Hopewell, Virginia	VA	1.0 mi	250 yd	4	246

Deadliest tornadoes

Date	Rating	Tornado	State	Length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
04/24/93	F4	Catoosa, Oklahoma	OK	5.5 mi	250 yd	7	100
08/06/93	F4	Petersburg to Hopewell, Virginia	VA	1.0 mi	250 yd	4	246
03/12/93	F2	Chiefland, Florida	FL	1.0 mi	80 yd	3	10
04/08/93	F2	Grand Isle, Louisiana	LA	6.0 mi	250 yd	3	39
10/30/93	F2	Leesburg, Georgia	GA	5.0 mi	750 yd	3	27
08/09/93	F0	Littlefork, Minnesota	MN	1.2 mi	200 yd	2	0
09/03/93	F1	Batavia, New York	NY	4.2 mi	63 yd	2	0
02/21/93	F3	Kingston to Maryville, Tennessee	TN	30.0 mi	100 yd	1	55
02/21/93	F3	Cedartown, Georgia	GA	9.0 mi	880 yd	1	35
02/21/93	F2	Molena to Zebulon, Georgia	GA	8.0 mi	100 yd	1	2
03/13/93	F1	Alachua, Florida	FL	0.8 mi	60 yd	1	4
03/13/93	F2	Howey-in-the-Hills to Altamonte Springs, Florida	FL	30.0 mi	200 yd	1	60
05/07/93	F4	Wilson to Osborne, Kansas	KS	25.5 mi	880 yd	1	6
05/09/93	F2	Sachse to Lucas, Texas	TX	12.0 mi	100 yd	1	63
06/09/93	F1	Coatesville, Pennsylvania	PA	1.5 mi	50 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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