The tornado outbreak of May 10, 2010
71 tornadoesOklahoma and Kansas
71 tornadoes touched down across 2 states between 1:27 PM and 8:42 PM CDT, 6 of them rated EF3 or stronger, and 3 people were killed. The 24th-most tornadoes of any day since 1950.
Watch the day unfoldTornado outbreak · May 10, 2010
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
- EF3 or stronger
- 6
- 2 rated EF4 or EF5
- Killed
- 3
- Along all the paths
- Injured
- 120
- Along all the paths
- Path miles
- 366
- All the paths end to end
- First and last
- 1:27 PM to 8:42 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 2010 · 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.