The tornado outbreak of May 8, 2024

53 tornadoesAlabama, Missouri, Tennessee and 8 more states

53 tornadoes touched down across 11 states between 2:09 AM and 12:02 AM the next day CDT, 3 of them rated EF3 or stronger, and 1 people were killed.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · May 8, 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 53 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: 53; 66th of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
EF3 or stronger: 3; None rated EF4 or EF5
Killed: 1; Along all the paths
Injured: 23; Along all the paths
Path miles: 215; All the paths end to end
First and last: 2:09 AM to 12:02 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.

Tornadoes of May 8, 2024

2:09 AM	EF1	Westmoreland County PA	1.1	200	0	0
10:58 AM	EF0	Cape Girardeau County MO	0.2	50	0	0
11:04 AM	EF1	Crawford County MO	2.2	75	0	0
12:01 PM	EF1	Jackson County IL	1.3	100	0	1
1:53 PM	EFU	Wallace County KS	0.1	50	0	0
2:00 PM	EF1	Cleveland County, Gaston County NC	21.3	100	0	0
2:10 PM	EFU	Ottawa County OK	0.1	75	0	0
2:12 PM	EFU	Ottawa County OK	0.1	75	0	0
2:15 PM	EF1	Ottawa County OK	4.0	450	0	0
2:40 PM	EF1	Gaston County NC	8.2	60	0	2
2:43 PM	EF1	Robertson County TN	2.2	400	0	0
2:51 PM	EF1	Ottawa County OK	0.3	60	0	0
3:10 PM	EF1	Jackson County, Williamson County IL	4.6	75	0	0
4:01 PM	EFU	McCracken County KY	0.2	50	0	0
4:04 PM	EF0	Williamson County IL	6.6	25	0	0
4:11 PM	EF1	Saline County IL	7.7	150	0	0
4:25 PM	EF1	Barry County, Lawrence County MO	10.8	150	0	0
5:37 PM	EF3	Maury County, Marshall County TN	11.5	900	1	12
6:32 PM	EF0	Rutherford County TN	3.0	100	0	0
7:40 PM	EF0	Lamar County TX	0.0	30	0	0
7:50 PM	EF2	Giles County TN	5.9	600	0	1
8:11 PM	EF1	Limestone County AL	4.8	90	0	0
8:15 PM	EF1	Lincoln County TN	6.2	160	0	0
8:23 PM	EF3	Lawrence County, Limestone County AL	3.8	228	0	0
8:27 PM	EF0	Lamar County TX	0.3	30	0	0
8:44 PM	EF1	Reynolds County, Iron County and 1 more MO	14.1	150	0	0
8:45 PM	EF1	Limestone County AL	3.5	225	0	0
8:49 PM	EF1	Iron County MO	2.6	250	0	0
8:50 PM	EF0	Iron County MO	0.6	75	0	0
8:53 PM	EF1	Iron County MO	1.7	150	0	0
9:01 PM	EF1	Iron County MO	4.1	100	0	0
9:01 PM	EF1	Iron County, Madison County MO	12.0	150	0	0
9:02 PM	EF1	Lincoln County TN	1.4	286	0	0
9:06 PM	EF0	Madison County MO	4.3	334	0	0
9:07 PM	EF0	Madison County AL	1.7	95	0	0
9:28 PM	EF2	Madison County AL	9.5	550	0	0
9:39 PM	EF0	Daviess County KY	2.7	50	0	0
9:41 PM	EF0	Daviess County KY	3.1	300	0	0
9:49 PM	EF1	Daviess County KY	0.9	100	0	0
10:13 PM	EF0	Jackson County AL	2.3	106	0	0
10:26 PM	EF1	Gilmer County GA	0.8	200	0	0
10:32 PM	EF0	Madison County AL	3.5	145	0	0
10:34 PM	EF0	Jackson County AL	2.1	200	0	0
10:40 PM	EF1	Madison County AL	4.3	200	0	0
10:41 PM	EF1	Cherokee County NC	2.3	40	0	0
10:42 PM	EF1	Gilmer County GA	0.6	150	0	0
10:46 PM	EF0	Gilmer County GA	1.0	250	0	0
10:51 PM	EF0	Gilmer County GA	1.9	200	0	0
10:57 PM	EF3	Jackson County, DeKalb County AL	12.3	880	0	7
11:14 PM	EF1	Jackson County NC	9.4	400	0	0
11:16 PM	EF0	Buncombe County NC	2.3	30	0	0
11:23 PM	EF1	Jackson County NC	1.5	200	0	0
12:02 AM	EF1	DeKalb County AL	2.0	100	0	0

By state

Tornadoes by state, May 8, 2024

Alabama	11	2	0
Missouri	10	0	0
Tennessee	6	1	1
North Carolina	6	0	0
Georgia	4	0	0
Illinois	4	0	0
Kentucky	4	0	0
Oklahoma	4	0	0
Texas	2	0	0
Kansas	1	0	0
Pennsylvania	1	0	0

Tornadoes in 2024 · On this date in other years · The biggest outbreak days · The day’s damaging winds

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.