 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 |
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| Tornadoes confirmed | 400 (Record for a continuous outbreak in May) |
| Max. rating1 | EF4 tornado |
| Largest hail | 5.50 in (14.0 cm) in Wellington, Texas on May 20 |
| Fatalities | 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 sequence of May 2019 was a prolonged series of destructive tornadoes and tornado outbreaks affecting the United States over the course of nearly two weeks, producing a total of 400 tornadoes, including 53 significant events (EF2+). Eighteen of these were EF3 tornadoes, spanning over multiple states, including Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Indiana, Iowa, and Ohio, with additional tornadoes confirmed across a region extending from California to New Jersey. Two EF4 tornadoes occurred, one in Dayton, Ohio, and the other in Linwood, Kansas. Four tornadoes during this outbreak were fatal, causing a total of eight fatalities. The deadliest of these occurred on May 22 near Golden City, Missouri, where an EF3 tornado took three lives, including an elderly couple in their eighties. The damaging series of tornadoes that occurred in Indiana and Ohio on the evening of May 27 during this event is sometimes locally referred to as the Memorial Day tornado outbreak of 2019, which became the fourth costliest weather event in Ohio history.[2] The near continuous stream of systems also produced to widespread flash and river flooding, along with damaging winds and large hail.
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