The tornado outbreak of May 29, 2019

41 tornadoesIowa, Texas, Pennsylvania and 4 more states

41 tornadoes touched down across 7 states between 8:44 AM and 8:54 PM CDT, none rated EF3 or stronger.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · May 29, 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 41 that day

Strongest so far—

Killed—in tornadoes so far

The day in numbers

Tornadoes: 41; on Wednesday, May 29, 2019
EF3 or stronger: 0; None rated EF4 or EF5
Killed: 0; Along all the paths
Injured: 2; Along all the paths
Path miles: 87; All the paths end to end
First and last: 8:44 AM 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.

Tornadoes of May 29, 2019

8:44 AM	EF1	Scott County MO	1.0	75	0
1:07 PM	EF0	Tioga County PA	1.1	50	0
1:19 PM	EF0	Tarrant County TX	3.9	200	0
1:22 PM	EF0	Denton County TX	3.7	250	0
1:31 PM	EF1	Tarrant County TX	0.5	300	0
2:14 PM	EF0	Lehigh County PA	2.3	50	0
2:20 PM	EF0	Sullivan County PA	0.4	50	0
2:58 PM	EF0	Rockwall County TX	3.1	25	0
3:07 PM	EF0	Van Zandt County TX	3.0	100	0
3:14 PM	EF1	Perry County PA	4.9	300	0
3:17 PM	EFU	Van Zandt County TX	0.2	50	0
3:24 PM	EF1	Dauphin County PA	2.5	350	0
3:24 PM	EF1	Fulton County PA	0.7	50	0
3:36 PM	EF0	Wood County TX	3.4	100	0
4:00 PM	EFU	Sac County IA	1.2	30	0
4:11 PM	EFU	Sac County IA	0.7	20	0
4:21 PM	EF0	McCurtain County OK	1.1	75	0
4:24 PM	EF2	Kaufman County TX	4.0	215	1
4:28 PM	EF0	Christian County IL	0.2	20	0
4:30 PM	EF0	Christian County IL	0.2	20	0
4:35 PM	EF0	Christian County IL	0.3	20	0
4:49 PM	EFU	Pocahontas County IA	0.2	40	0
4:50 PM	EF0	Macon County IL	0.5	20	0
4:50 PM	EF2	Wood County, Franklin County TX	9.1	850	0
4:51 PM	EF2	Van Zandt County TX	7.2	700	0
5:08 PM	EF1	Van Zandt County TX	2.3	140	0
5:16 PM	EF0	Randolph County AR	0.6	75	0
5:18 PM	EF1	Van Zandt County TX	3.8	250	0
5:31 PM	EF0	Fannin County TX	10.8	300	0
6:21 PM	EFU	Humboldt County IA	0.5	30	0
6:23 PM	EF0	Iowa County IA	0.1	20	0
7:01 PM	EF1	Poweshiek County IA	3.5	50	1
7:28 PM	EFU	Poweshiek County IA	0.9	30	0
7:37 PM	EF0	Hardin County IA	1.1	30	0
7:39 PM	EFU	Poweshiek County IA	0.9	30	0
7:46 PM	EF0	Iowa County IA	3.3	20	0
8:13 PM	EF0	Johnson County IA	0.3	20	0
8:15 PM	EF0	Hardin County IA	1.2	30	0
8:29 PM	EF0	Hardin County IA	0.6	40	0
8:31 PM	EF0	Hardin County IA	1.3	50	0
8:54 PM	EFU	Hardin County IA	0.7	20	0

By state

Tornadoes by state, May 29, 2019

Iowa	15	0	0
Texas	13	0	0
Pennsylvania	6	0	0
Illinois	4	0	0
Arkansas	1	0	0
Missouri	1	0	0
Oklahoma	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.