List of Storm Prediction Center high risk days
1980s–1999
Prior to 1997, data on high risk events is relatively scarce due to a lack of online documentation by the Storm Prediction Center.

List of Storm Prediction Center high risk days

Section Title: 1980s–1999
Table Section Text: Prior to 1997, data on high risk events is relatively scarce due to a lack of online documentation by the Storm Prediction Center.

Storm Prediction Center High Risk Events – 1980s–1999

Date	Year	Region	Tornadoes	Peak gust	Fatalities	Outlook	Notes

March 28	1984	East-Central Alabama, Central Georgia, South Carolina, and eastern North Carolina	24	57	-	1984 Carolinas tornado outbreak – Twenty-four tornadoes touched down; seven were rated F4. In addition to the 57 tornadic deaths, 1,249 people were injured.

May 3	1984	North Carolina	38	5	Full extent of high risk is unknown, though likely included areas further southeast where most tornadoes occurred. Thirty-eight tornadoes touched down; one was rated F3.

May 7	1988	Oklahoma	5	0	Severe weather outbreak did not consolidate and event "busted." Five tornadoes touched down; two were rated F2.

May 16	1989	Oklahoma, Texas	20	1	Twenty tornadoes touched down; one was rated F4.

November 15	1989	Southern U.S.	17	21	-	November 1989 tornado outbreak – Seventeen tornadoes touched down; one was rated F4.

March 13	1990	Central U.S.	59	2	March 1990 Central United States tornado outbreak – Uncertainty in risk-level; assumed to have been high due to tornadic activity. Fifty-nine tornadoes touched down; two were rated F5.

May 15	1990	Oklahoma	17	1	Seventeen tornadoes touched down; one was rated F3.

June 2	1990	Ohio Valley	65	9	June 1990 Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak – Sixty-five tornadoes touched down; seven were rated F4.

March 29	1991	North Carolina	21	0	The extent of the high risk is unknown outside of North Carolina. Twenty-one tornadoes touched down; one was rated F3.

April 11	1991	Oklahoma, Kansas, and the Texas Panhandle	7	0	Severe weather outbreak did not consolidate due to a lack of moisture and instability anticipated to develop. Seven tornadoes touched down; one was rated F3.

April 12	1991	Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas	24	0	Twenty-four tornadoes touched down; two were rated F3.

April 26	1991	Central U.S.	55	21	-	Tornado outbreak of April 26, 1991 – Fifty-five tornadoes touched down; one was rated F5.

April 28	1991	Eastern Oklahoma and Kansas	13	0	Thunderstorm complex early in the day prevented significant moisture from moving into the region and ultimately limited severe weather activity. Thirteen tornadoes touched down; two were rated F2.

June 16	1992	Midwest	65	1	Mid-June 1992 tornado outbreak – Sixty-five tornadoes touched down; one was rated F5.

June 17	1992	Great Lakes	28	0	Mid-June 1992 tornado outbreak – Twenty-eight tornadoes touched down; one was rated F3.

June 7	1993	Upper Midwest	40	0	Forty tornadoes touched down; two were rated F4.

March 27	1994	Southern U.S.	29	40	-	1994 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak – Twenty-nine tornadoes touched down; two were rated F4.

April 25	1994	Central U.S.	28	3	Numerous hail reports. Twenty-eight tornadoes touched down; one was rated F4.

August 27	1994	Upper Midwest	12	4	Only high risk ever issued in August. Twelve tornadoes touched down; two were rated F3.

November 27	1994	Southern U.S.	18	6	Eighteen tornadoes touched down; four were rated F3.

April 17	1995	Oklahoma, Texas	21	0	Primarily a derecho event

May 7	1995	Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas	33	6	May 1995 tornado outbreak sequence – Day one of a 5-day event

May 12	1995	Kansas	14	0	May 1995 tornado outbreak sequence

May 13	1995	Ohio Valley	25	3	May 1995 tornado outbreak sequence – Included a major derecho

May 17	1995	Kansas	6	0	May 1995 tornado outbreak sequence

April 19	1996	Illinois, Indiana	63	104 mph (167 km/h)	1	April 1996 tornado outbreak sequence

May 26	1996	Kansas, Oklahoma	20	119 mph (192 km/h)	0	Also a derecho

May 2	1997	Mississippi, Alabama	8	92 mph (148 km/h)	1	Also a derecho event

July 1	1997	Upper Mississippi Valley	19	109 mph (175 km/h)	0	Moderate tornado outbreak reorganized into a progressive derecho

February 10	1998	Texas, Louisiana	25	135 mph (217 km/h)	0	Rare winter serial derecho

April 8	1998	Alabama	14	92 mph (148 km/h)	35	-	Tornado outbreak of April 6–9, 1998 – F5 damage in suburban Birmingham

April 15	1998	Middle Mississippi Valley	21	75 mph (121 km/h)	2	-	Tornado outbreak of April 15–16, 1998 – Day 1 of outbreak

April 16	1998	Tennessee	41	98 mph (158 km/h)	10	-	Tornado outbreak of April 15–16, 1998 – Day 2 of outbreak

May 31	1998	Northeastern U.S.	42	128 mph (206 km/h)	7	-	Late-May 1998 tornado outbreak and derecho – Only high risk ever issued in the Northeast

June 14	1998	Ohio Valley	22	92 mph (148 km/h)	0	Followed by a progressive derecho

January 21	1999	Arkansas	82	8	-	Tornado outbreak of January 21–23, 1999; earliest high risk to be issued on record

March 8	1999	Arkansas, Louisiana	10	0	Few tornadoes with some scattered hail and wind

April 8	1999	Iowa, Missouri, Illinois	47	2	-	Tornado outbreak of April 8–9, 1999

May 3	1999	Oklahoma, Kansas	73	46	-	1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak – Highest winds ever recorded in a tornado, 301 mph (484 km/h)

May 4	1999	Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas	43	1	-	1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak – Day 2 of outbreak

May 5	1999	Southern U.S.	15	3	1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak – First and only occurrence of three consecutive high risk days. Major derecho event

June 5	1999	South Dakota, Nebraska	8	0	-	Event failed to consolidate with only isolated tornadoes and scattered severe wind reported. A shortwave ridge maintained a capping inversion.

Sentence(s)

A Storms Forecast Center high risk event was the Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak in June 1990.

final_sentence: A Storms Forecast Center high risk event was the Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak in June 1990.