The tornado outbreak of May 27, 2019

63 tornadoesOhio, Colorado, Indiana and 7 more states

63 tornadoes touched down across 10 states between 1:10 AM and 12:35 AM the next day CDT, 7 of them rated EF3 or stronger, and 1 people were killed.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · May 27, 2019

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 63 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: 63; 42nd of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
EF3 or stronger: 7; 1 rated EF4 or EF5
Killed: 1; Along all the paths
Injured: 178; Along all the paths
Path miles: 197; All the paths end to end
First and last: 1:10 AM to 12:35 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. One has a record page, linked from the rating.

Tornadoes of May 27, 2019

1:10 AM	EF0	Potter County TX	1.6	50	0	0
1:13 AM	EF0	Mitchell County KS	0.0	25	0	0
12:07 PM	EF0	Freeborn County MN	0.6	50	0	0
12:23 PM	EF1	Floyd County IA	9.8	105	0	0
1:10 PM	EF0	Chickasaw County, Howard County IA	4.1	25	0	0
1:23 PM	EF0	Fillmore County MN	0.2	25	0	0
1:25 PM	EF1	Howard County IA	12.6	95	0	0
1:25 PM	EF3	Van Buren County IA	7.3	100	0	0
1:29 PM	EF0	Fillmore County MN	0.2	15	0	0
1:36 PM	EF1	Lee County IA	0.5	20	0	0
1:40 PM	EF0	Fillmore County MN	0.2	25	0	0
1:47 PM	EF0	Kendall County IL	1.0	30	0	0
1:49 PM	EF0	Howard County, Fillmore County IA, MN	6.2	30	0	0
2:03 PM	EF0	Des Moines County IA	0.1	20	0	0
2:04 PM	EF0	Will County IL	3.2	300	0	0
3:15 PM	EF0	Knox County IL	0.1	10	0	0
4:02 PM	EF0	Morgan County CO	0.0	25	0	0
4:22 PM	EF0	Logan County CO	0.0	25	0	0
4:27 PM	EF0	Lee County IL	0.7	30	0	0
4:27 PM	EF0	Cook County IL	0.8	50	0	0
4:30 PM	EF0	Lake County IN	1.1	100	0	0
4:38 PM	EF0	Woodford County IL	0.1	10	0	0
4:40 PM	EF0	Elmore County ID	0.5	10	0	0
5:35 PM	EF0	Logan County CO	0.0	25	0	0
5:44 PM	EF0	Sedgwick County CO	0.0	50	0	0
5:53 PM	EF0	Adams County CO	0.0	25	0	0
6:04 PM	EF0	Weld County CO	0.0	25	0	0
6:25 PM	EFU	Yuma County CO	0.0	10	0	0
6:34 PM	EF1	Miami County IN	0.6	50	0	0
6:51 PM	EF3	Miami County, Fulton County IN	13.7	800	0	0
6:51 PM	EF0	Phillips County CO	0.0	25	0	0
7:05 PM	EF2	Madison County IN	5.9	100	0	1
7:10 PM	EF2	Grant County IN	4.1	150	0	0
7:26 PM	EF1	Wabash County IN	1.9	50	0	0
7:29 PM	EF1	Henry County IN	0.2	50	0	0
7:31 PM	EF0	Phillips County CO	0.0	25	0	0
7:39 PM	EF1	Henry County IN	2.5	200	0	0
7:43 PM	EF0	Chase County NE	0.2	25	0	0
7:59 PM	EF3	Wells County IN	12.8	1,200	0	2
8:23 PM	EF1	Chase County NE	5.5	250	0	0
8:37 PM	EF0	Chase County NE	0.1	50	0	0
8:48 PM	EF1	Darke County OH	1.4	100	0	0
9:02 PM	EF3	Mercer County OH	10.8	250	1	8
9:04 PM	EF1	Darke County OH	0.5	200	0	0
9:05 PM	EF0	Chase County NE	0.2	25	0	0
9:25 PM	EF3	Darke County, Miami County OH	10.5	1,320	0	1
9:33 PM	EF1	Auglaize County OH	1.3	150	0	0
9:41 PM	EF4	Montgomery County OH	18.2	1,050	0	166
9:47 PM	EF0	Auglaize County OH	4.0	150	0	0
9:47 PM	EF0	Miami County OH	5.6	200	0	0
10:01 PM	EF0	Auglaize County OH	0.2	30	0	0
10:08 PM	EF0	Miami County OH	1.1	50	0	0
10:12 PM	EF3	Montgomery County, Greene County OH	9.9	1,230	0	0
10:19 PM	EF0	Miami County, Montgomery County OH	3.0	50	0	0
10:28 PM	EF0	Hardin County OH	2.0	50	0	0
10:34 PM	EF2	Montgomery County OH	7.6	440	0	0
10:45 PM	EF0	Nuckolls County NE	0.0	75	0	0
10:48 PM	EF1	Greene County, Fayette County OH	5.8	250	0	0
11:23 PM	EF0	Greene County OH	4.2	250	0	0
11:57 PM	EF1	Pickaway County OH	3.8	150	0	0
12:09 AM	EF1	Pickaway County OH	1.6	75	0	0
12:17 AM	EF2	Hocking County OH	5.3	400	0	0
12:35 AM	EF1	Perry County, Muskingum County OH	2.0	750	0	0

By state

Tornadoes by state, May 27, 2019

Ohio	20	4	1
Colorado	9	0	0
Indiana	9	2	0
Iowa	7	1	0
Illinois	6	0	0
Nebraska	5	0	0
Minnesota	4	0	0
Idaho	1	0	0
Kansas	1	0	0
Texas	1	0	0

Tornadoes in 2019 · 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.