The tornado outbreak of May 6, 2024

41 tornadoesOklahoma, Missouri, Iowa and 4 more states

41 tornadoes touched down across 7 states between 1:49 PM and 12:53 AM the next day CDT, 1 of them rated EF3 or stronger, and 2 people were killed.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · May 6, 2024

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’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: 41; on Monday, May 6, 2024
EF3 or stronger: 1; 1 rated EF4 or EF5
Killed: 2; Along all the paths
Injured: 34; Along all the paths
Path miles: 209; All the paths end to end
First and last: 1:49 PM to 12:53 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 6, 2024

1:49 PM	EFU	Butte County SD	3.5	10	0	0
1:53 PM	EF0	Lincoln County NE	0.9	10	0	0
2:07 PM	EFU	Butte County SD	10.5	10	0	0
2:55 PM	EF0	Wilson County TN	0.5	50	0	0
4:19 PM	EF0	Webster County NE	7.0	40	0	0
4:23 PM	EF1	DeKalb County TN	3.2	150	0	0
6:04 PM	EFU	Major County, Alfalfa County OK	3.8	30	0	0
6:40 PM	EFU	Custer County NE	0.1	1	0	0
6:41 PM	EF1	Blaine County, Kingfisher County OK	11.1	300	0	0
7:07 PM	EF0	Gage County NE	1.0	30	0	0
7:16 PM	EF0	Gage County NE	0.2	20	0	0
7:27 PM	EF0	Garfield County OK	0.2	50	0	0
7:34 PM	EF0	Garfield County OK	0.2	30	0	0
7:39 PM	EF0	Riley County KS	1.2	75	0	0
7:44 PM	EF1	Garfield County OK	6.3	300	0	0
8:44 PM	EF0	Kay County OK	0.7	30	0	0
8:48 PM	EF1	Mills County IA	5.7	250	0	0
8:54 PM	EF1	Kay County OK	8.0	75	0	0
8:55 PM	EFU	Chautauqua County KS	0.0	10	0	0
9:07 PM	EF1	Pottawattamie County IA	1.5	200	0	0
9:12 PM	EF4	Osage County, Washington County OK	40.8	1,700	2	33
9:13 PM	EF1	Pottawattamie County, Shelby County IA	4.0	450	0	0
9:22 PM	EF0	Coffey County KS	0.9	50	0	0
9:30 PM	EF0	Coffey County KS	0.9	50	0	0
10:56 PM	EF0	Lincoln County OK	2.2	50	0	0
10:59 PM	EF0	Platte County MO	6.0	50	0	0
11:00 PM	EF0	Ottawa County, Cherokee County OK, KS	24.1	1,100	0	0
11:13 PM	EF0	Cherokee County KS	2.7	50	0	0
11:26 PM	EF1	Jackson County MO	5.8	50	0	0
11:29 PM	EF1	Jasper County MO	4.5	100	0	0
11:38 PM	EF1	Jasper County MO	2.0	100	0	0
11:39 PM	EF1	Oklahoma County OK	2.2	75	0	0
11:39 PM	EF0	Jackson County, Lafayette County MO	4.4	50	0	0
11:46 PM	EF1	Oklahoma County OK	1.1	30	0	0
12:06 AM	EF1	Creek County, Okmulgee County OK	4.0	350	0	0
12:12 AM	EF0	Dade County MO	0.4	200	0	0
12:21 AM	EF0	St. Clair County MO	1.0	100	0	0
12:33 AM	EF0	Greene County, Polk County and 1 more MO	18.7	150	0	1
12:38 AM	EF1	Clarke County IA	6.2	80	0	0
12:51 AM	EF1	Pettis County MO	9.7	75	0	0
12:53 AM	EF0	Clarke County IA	2.0	80	0	0

By state

Tornadoes by state, May 6, 2024

Oklahoma	13	1	2
Missouri	9	0	0
Iowa	5	0	0
Kansas	5	0	0
Nebraska	5	0	0
South Dakota	2	0	0
Tennessee	2	0	0

Tornadoes in 2024 · 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.