The tornado outbreak of May 18, 1995
79 tornadoesTennessee, Kentucky, Illinois and 8 more states
79 tornadoes touched down across 11 states between 3:30 AM and 10:00 PM CDT, 3 of them rated F3 or stronger, and 4 people were killed. The 14th-most tornadoes of any day since 1950.
Watch the day unfoldTornado outbreak · May 18, 1995
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
- 79
- 14th of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
- F3 or stronger
- 3
- 2 rated F4 or F5
- Killed
- 4
- Along all the paths
- Injured
- 169
- Along all the paths
- Path miles
- 346
- All the paths end to end
- First and last
- 3:30 AM to 10:00 PM
- Touchdowns, Central Daylight Time
Hour by hour
Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Daylight Time.
Every tornado
In order of touchdown. 2 have a record page, linked from the rating.
By state
Tornadoes in 1995 · 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.