The tornado outbreak of May 5, 1960
31 tornadoesOklahoma, Arkansas, Texas and 4 more states
31 tornadoes touched down across 7 states between 1:00 AM and 11:30 PM CST, 8 of them rated F3 or stronger, and 32 people were killed. The 29th-deadliest tornado day since 1950.
Watch the day unfoldTornado outbreak · May 5, 1960
How the day unfolded
Every tornado recorded that day, at its logged touchdown time and along its path, with the counties it crossed.
The day in numbers
- Tornadoes
- 31
- on Thursday, May 5, 1960
- F3 or stronger
- 8
- 3 rated F4 or F5
- Killed
- 32
- 29th-deadliest tornado day since 1950
- Injured
- 233
- Along all the paths
- Path miles
- 419
- All the paths end to end
- First and last
- 1:00 AM to 11:30 PM
- Touchdowns, Central Standard Time
Hour by hour
Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Standard Time.
Every tornado
In order of touchdown. 3 have a record page, linked from the rating.
By state
Tornadoes in 1960 · On this date in other years · The biggest outbreak days
Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025. A day is SPC’s calendar date in Central Standard Time; an outbreak day here has 40 or more tornadoes, or 6 or more rated F3/EF3 or stronger.