The tornado outbreak of May 10, 2003
51 tornadoesIllinois, Missouri, Iowa and 6 more states
51 tornadoes touched down across 9 states between 3:00 AM and 10:35 PM CDT, 3 of them rated F3 or stronger.
Watch the day unfoldTornado outbreak · May 10, 2003
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
- 51
- 74th of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
- F3 or stronger
- 3
- None rated F4 or F5
- Killed
- 0
- Along all the paths
- Injured
- 65
- Along all the paths
- Path miles
- 412
- All the paths end to end
- First and last
- 3:00 AM to 10:35 PM
- Touchdowns, Central Daylight Time
Hour by hour
Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Daylight Time.
Every tornado
In order of touchdown.
By state
Tornadoes in 2003 · 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.