Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall in the Southern Plains; Heat Continues in the West

Strong to severe thunderstorms may bring areas of excessive rainfall and flooding over parts of the southern Plains today through Friday. Hot to dangerously hot temperatures are forecast across portions of the Pacific Northwest and southern Great Basin today. Gusty winds, dry, and hot conditions will bring critical fire weather to parts of central Washington state today. Read More >

March 22, 1991
Counties: Logan, Warren (from Todd)
F-scale: F2
Deaths: 1
Injuries: 12
Path width: 400 yards
Path length:
Time: 5:50pm
Grazulis narrative: Skipped northeast from 6 1/2 miles southeast of Trenton to southwest of Allensville to near Lickskillet to near Auburn and Richardsville. Southeast of Trenton the tornado was on the ground for a mile and a half and destroyed a barn and a trailer. Twelve homes were destroyed in the touchdown near Allensville. Churches and a tied-down trailer were destroyed near Lickskillet. An 11-year-old boy was killed in the trailer. Several barns were destroyed farther to the northeast.
Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC give a path length of 39 miles, Grazulis gives 45 miles, and Storm Data says 25 miles.

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Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall in the Southern Plains; Heat Continues in the West

Tornadoes of March 22, 1991