The tornado outbreak of May 22, 2011
48 tornadoesOklahoma, Wisconsin, Missouri and 8 more states
48 tornadoes touched down across 11 states between 2:13 PM and 8:54 PM CDT, 2 of them rated EF3 or stronger, and 159 people were killed. The 5th-deadliest tornado day since 1950.
Watch the day unfoldTornado outbreak · May 22, 2011
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
- 48
- 79th of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
- EF3 or stronger
- 2
- 1 rated EF4 or EF5
- Killed
- 159
- 5th-deadliest tornado day since 1950
- Injured
- 1,218
- Along all the paths
- Path miles
- 302
- All the paths end to end
- First and last
- 2:13 PM to 8:54 PM
- Touchdowns, Central Daylight Time
Hour by hour
Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Daylight Time.
Every tornado
In order of touchdown. One has a record page, linked from the rating.
By state
Tornadoes in 2011 · 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.