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Tornado outbreak sequence of May 2019
Map of tornado warnings and confirmed tornadoes from the outbreak
Type
Tornado outbreak
Formed
May 17, 2019 (2019-05-17)
Duration
14 days
Dissipated
May 30, 2019 (2019-05-30)
Highest winds
Tornadic – 170 mph (270 km/h) in Dayton, Ohio on May 27; and 170 mph (270 km/h) in Linwood, Kansas on May 28 (A 187 mph (301 km/h) gust was measured by a rocket) — Non-tornadic – 100 mph (160 km/h) near Altus, Arkansas on May 18 [1]
Tornadoes confirmed
400
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.
^Cite error: The named reference 0518TSA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^King, Robtn (May 27, 2020). "Memorial Day Tornado Outbreak 2019: One year later". Spectrum News 1. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
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