The tornado outbreak of May 3, 1999
71 tornadoesOklahoma, Nebraska, Kansas and 2 more states
71 tornadoes touched down across 5 states between 4:51 PM and 12:08 AM the next day CDT, 10 of them rated F3 or stronger, and 46 people were killed. The 24th-most tornadoes of any day since 1950.
Watch the day unfoldTornado outbreak · May 3, 1999
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
- 71
- 24th of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
- F3 or stronger
- 10
- 4 rated F4 or F5
- Killed
- 46
- 19th-deadliest tornado day since 1950
- Injured
- 825
- Along all the paths
- Path miles
- 373
- All the paths end to end
- First and last
- 4:51 PM to 12:08 AM the next day
- Touchdowns, Central Daylight Time
Hour by hour
Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Daylight Time.
Every tornado
In order of touchdown. 4 have a record page, linked from the rating.
By state
| Oklahoma | 58 | 9 | 40 |
| Nebraska | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Kansas | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| South Dakota | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Texas | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tornadoes in 1999 · 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.