The tornado outbreak of May 5, 1964
30 tornadoesKansas, Oklahoma, South Dakota and 5 more states
30 tornadoes touched down across 8 states between 2:15 PM and 11:45 PM CST, 7 of them rated F3 or stronger, and 4 people were killed.
Watch the day unfoldTornado outbreak · May 5, 1964
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
- 30
- on Tuesday, May 5, 1964
- F3 or stronger
- 7
- 2 rated F4 or F5
- Killed
- 4
- Along all the paths
- Injured
- 100
- Along all the paths
- Path miles
- 440
- All the paths end to end
- First and last
- 2:15 PM to 11:45 PM
- Touchdowns, Central Standard Time
Hour by hour
Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Standard Time.
Every tornado
In order of touchdown. 2 have a record page, linked from the rating.
By state
| Kansas | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| South Dakota | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Nebraska | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Minnesota | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| North Dakota | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Iowa | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Wisconsin | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tornadoes in 1964 · 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.