The tornado outbreak of May 5, 2007

97 tornadoesKansas, South Dakota, Nebraska and 4 more states

97 tornadoes touched down across 7 states between 1:21 AM and 12:50 AM the next day CDT, 3 of them rated EF3 or stronger, and 1 people were killed. The 5th-most tornadoes of any day since 1950.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · May 5, 2007

How the day unfolded

Every tornado recorded that day, at its logged touchdown time and along its path, with the counties it crossed.

About this replay

Central time—Historical replay — logged touchdown times

Tornadoes—of 97 that day

Strongest so far—

Killed—in tornadoes so far

The day’s milestones

Tornado pathsWider and brighter with the rating; EF3 and stronger glow

On the groundEach grows from its logged touchdown time

Counties crossedLit as a tornado reaches them, brighter for EF3 or stronger

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database (touchdown times, ratings, start and end points) and Storm Events Database (segment paths and times for the notable tornadoes that have record pages). SPC logs the touchdown time only; other paths are drawn at a typical forward speed of 35 mph. Times are Central Daylight Time.

The day in numbers

Tornadoes: 97; 5th of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
EF3 or stronger: 3; None rated EF4 or EF5
Killed: 1; Along all the paths
Injured: 23; Along all the paths
Path miles: 451; All the paths end to end
First and last: 1:21 AM to 12:50 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.

Tornadoes of May 5, 2007

1:21 AM	EF1	Barton County KS	5.5	100	0	0
1:28 AM	EF1	Barton County KS	6.2	125	0	0
1:46 AM	EF1	Barton County, Rice County KS	5.2	100	0	0
2:06 AM	EF0	Ellsworth County KS	0.5	40	0	0
12:23 PM	EF1	Custer County NE	20.6	150	0	0
12:57 PM	EF0	Logan County CO	0.1	50	0	0
1:03 PM	EF1	Custer County, Blaine County NE	40.7	220	0	0
2:05 PM	EF1	Brown County NE	14.3	220	0	0
3:48 PM	EF0	Knox County NE	11.4	100	0	0
3:57 PM	EF1	Keya Paha County NE	16.7	100	0	1
4:31 PM	EF1	Miner County SD	0.1	50	0	0
4:33 PM	EF2	Bon Homme County SD	3.5	100	0	0
4:35 PM	EF2	Miner County SD	1.0	100	0	0
4:43 PM	EF2	Bon Homme County SD	4.0	100	0	0
4:48 PM	EF0	Pratt County KS	1.4	30	0	0
4:58 PM	EF1	Saline County NE	18.3	400	0	0
4:59 PM	EF1	Pratt County, Stafford County KS	11.1	150	0	0
5:00 PM	EF0	Hutchinson County SD	0.2	50	0	0
5:10 PM	EF0	Hutchinson County SD	0.1	50	0	0
5:15 PM	EF0	Knox County NE	1.5	200	0	0
5:16 PM	EF1	Hutchinson County SD	5.0	100	0	0
5:17 PM	EF0	Knox County NE	3.0	100	0	0
5:20 PM	EF1	Hanson County, Davison County SD	1.9	100	0	0
5:24 PM	EF0	Knox County NE	5.3	150	0	0
5:28 PM	EF1	Knox County NE	8.9	440	0	0
5:36 PM	EF0	Stafford County KS	4.5	100	0	0
5:41 PM	EF1	Hanson County SD	0.5	100	0	0
5:43 PM	EF2	Knox County NE	5.5	500	0	3
5:45 PM	EF0	Knox County NE	3.5	100	0	0
5:50 PM	EF0	Davison County SD	3.5	50	0	0
5:52 PM	EF0	Yankton County SD	0.1	50	0	0
5:52 PM	EF1	Yankton County SD	1.0	100	0	1
5:59 PM	EF2	Osborne County KS	7.5	75	0	11
6:00 PM	EF0	Edwards County KS	2.4	75	0	0
6:05 PM	EF3	Aurora County SD	4.0	200	0	0
6:09 PM	EF0	Rice County KS	0.3	40	0	0
6:15 PM	EF1	Sanborn County SD	0.5	100	0	0
6:15 PM	EF0	Rice County KS	1.5	40	0	0
6:17 PM	EF2	Yankton County SD	0.5	100	0	0
6:30 PM	EF0	Gregory County SD	0.1	50	0	0
6:30 PM	EF0	Gregory County SD	0.1	50	0	0
6:33 PM	EF0	Comanche County KS	1.9	30	0	0
6:35 PM	EF0	Charles Mix County SD	0.1	50	0	0
6:40 PM	EF1	Brule County SD	0.5	100	0	0
6:45 PM	EF0	Barton County KS	0.1	50	0	0
6:54 PM	EF0	Barton County KS	0.2	40	0	0
7:01 PM	EF2	Edwards County KS	2.7	75	0	0
7:02 PM	EF0	Kiowa County KS	7.8	75	0	0
7:09 PM	EF0	Mills County IA	4.0	80	0	0
7:20 PM	EF0	Collingsworth County TX	2.8	100	0	0
7:22 PM	EF2	Kiowa County, Edwards County and 3 more KS	26.9	880	0	0
7:23 PM	EF2	McCook County, Hanson County SD	10.5	400	0	0
7:26 PM	EF0	Kiowa County KS	1.3	50	0	0
7:27 PM	EF1	Collingsworth County, Wheeler County TX	7.0	200	0	0
7:32 PM	EF1	Barton County KS	4.0	100	0	0
7:40 PM	EF0	Roger Mills County OK	0.8	100	0	0
7:47 PM	EF1	Miner County SD	0.2	100	0	0
7:47 PM	EF0	Miner County SD	0.1	50	0	0
7:50 PM	EF1	Edwards County KS	1.5	50	0	0
7:50 PM	EF1	Fremont County IA	11.3	200	0	0
7:55 PM	EF0	Stafford County KS	1.3	50	0	0
7:55 PM	EF0	Ellsworth County KS	0.3	40	0	0
7:56 PM	EF0	Miner County SD	0.1	50	0	0
8:03 PM	EF0	Roger Mills County OK	0.3	40	0	0
8:03 PM	EF1	Miner County SD	0.1	50	0	0
8:04 PM	EF3	Beckham County OK	2.5	150	0	1
8:04 PM	EF2	Stafford County KS	9.1	880	0	0
8:06 PM	EF0	Russell County KS	1.0	50	0	0
8:09 PM	EF0	Mills County IA	0.5	200	0	0
8:11 PM	EF1	Stafford County KS	5.0	300	0	0
8:12 PM	EF3	Roger Mills County OK	5.2	150	0	0
8:16 PM	EF0	Roger Mills County, Ellis County OK	5.0	200	0	0
8:30 PM	EF1	Stafford County, Barton County KS	16.9	200	0	0
8:32 PM	EF1	Roger Mills County OK	8.5	300	0	0
8:36 PM	EF0	Beadle County SD	0.1	50	0	0
8:37 PM	EF1	Kiowa County KS	1.6	50	0	0
8:39 PM	EF0	Ellis County OK	0.3	30	0	0
8:40 PM	EF2	Montgomery County IA	4.8	400	0	0
8:46 PM	EF2	Pottawattamie County IA	6.8	400	0	0
8:56 PM	EF0	Ellis County OK	2.0	50	0	0
9:00 PM	EF1	Pottawattamie County IA	3.6	200	0	0
9:05 PM	EF1	Roger Mills County OK	7.5	500	0	0
9:08 PM	EF1	Barton County KS	3.6	75	0	0
9:34 PM	EF1	Roger Mills County OK	0.8	100	0	0
9:36 PM	EF2	Ellis County OK	7.2	300	0	1
9:42 PM	EF1	Rice County, Ellsworth County KS	4.5	75	0	0
9:50 PM	EF0	Stafford County KS	1.9	50	0	0
10:15 PM	EF0	Boone County NE	0.5	100	0	0
10:34 PM	EF0	Riley County KS	0.2	50	0	0
10:50 PM	EF0	Ellis County OK	1.0	100	0	0
10:51 PM	EF2	Dewey County, Woodward County OK	16.0	600	0	0
10:51 PM	EF1	Lincoln County KS	2.0	75	0	0
11:32 PM	EF0	Ottawa County KS	0.2	50	0	0
11:39 PM	EF2	Ottawa County KS	11.0	100	1	5
11:40 PM	EF0	Gray County TX	2.0	300	0	0
12:01 AM	EF1	Ottawa County, Cloud County KS	10.1	200	0	0
12:50 AM	EF1	Washington County KS	1.4	200	0	0

By state

Tornadoes by state, May 5, 2007

Kansas	36	0	1
South Dakota	25	1	0
Nebraska	13	0	0
Oklahoma	13	2	0
Iowa	6	0	0
Texas	3	0	0
Colorado	1	0	0

Tornadoes in 2007 · 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.