Tornado outbreak of May 2019

Tornado outbreak sequence of May 2019
	Map of tornado warnings and confirmed tornadoes from the outbreak
Type	Tornado outbreak
Formed	May 17, 2019
Duration	14 days
Dissipated	May 30, 2019
Highest winds	Tornadic – 170 mph (270 km/h) in Dayton, Ohio on May 27; and 187 mph in Linwood, Kansas on May 28; Non-tornadic – 100 mph (160 km/h) near Altus, Arkansas on May 18;
Tornadoes; confirmed	392
Max. rating1	EF4 tornado
Largest hail	5.50 in (14.0 cm) in Wellington, Texas on May 20
Casualties	8 fatalities (+6 non-tornadic), 288 injuries
Areas affected	Great Plains, Midwestern United States, Eastern United States
	Part of the Tornadoes of 2019; 1Most severe tornado damage; see Enhanced Fujita scale

The tornado outbreak of May 2019 is a record-breaking tornado outbreak in the United States and Canada. It has so far produced at least 237 tornadoes. This includes 47 significant events (EF2+). 18 of these were EF3 tornadoes over multiple states. States affected were Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Colorado, Indiana, Iowa, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota.

On May 28, the U.S. had its 12th straight day with at least eight tornadoes, which broke the previous record of 11 days straight set in 1980.^[1] During this period, the U.S. had an average of 27.5 tornadoes per day.^[2]

References

↑ Wang, Angie; Minchillo, John; Kantele, Franko. "Record for tornado activity tied as twisters leave trail of destruction across Ohio, Indiana". chicagotribune.com.
↑ "Extreme weather spans coast-to-coast with multiple tornadoes and severe storms plaguing the country". NBC News.

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[auto-1] Wang, Angie; Minchillo, John; Kantele, Franko. "Record for tornado activity tied as twisters leave trail of destruction across Ohio, Indiana". chicagotribune.com.

[nbcnews.com-2] "Extreme weather spans coast-to-coast with multiple tornadoes and severe storms plaguing the country". NBC News.

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