The tornado outbreak of May 8, 1965
38 tornadoesNebraska, South Dakota, Oklahoma and 5 more states
38 tornadoes touched down across 8 states between 3:00 AM and 10:35 PM CST, 7 of them rated F3 or stronger, and 4 people were killed.
Watch the day unfoldTornado outbreak · May 8, 1965
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
- 38
- on Saturday, May 8, 1965
- F3 or stronger
- 7
- 3 rated F4 or F5
- Killed
- 4
- Along all the paths
- Injured
- 64
- Along all the paths
- Path miles
- 576
- All the paths end to end
- First and last
- 3:00 AM to 10:35 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
| Nebraska | 15 | 5 | 4 |
| South Dakota | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| Oklahoma | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Kansas | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Arkansas | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Colorado | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| South Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wisconsin | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tornadoes in 1965 · 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.