The tornado outbreak of May 26, 2024

70 tornadoesMissouri, Kentucky, Arkansas and 7 more states

70 tornadoes touched down across 10 states between 1:06 AM and 12:55 AM the next day CDT, 6 of them rated EF3 or stronger, and 6 people were killed. The 26th-most tornadoes of any day since 1950.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · May 26, 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 70 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: 70; 26th of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
EF3 or stronger: 6; None rated EF4 or EF5
Killed: 6; Along all the paths
Injured: 51; Along all the paths
Path miles: 626; All the paths end to end
First and last: 1:06 AM to 12:55 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 26, 2024

1:06 AM	EF2	Benton County AR	5.4	650	0	0
1:23 AM	EF1	Benton County AR	2.3	600	0	0
1:24 AM	EF2	Benton County AR	2.4	1,500	0	0
1:46 AM	EF2	Benton County AR	7.4	3,000	0	0
2:10 AM	EF1	Benton County AR	3.2	300	0	0
2:16 AM	EF1	Benton County, Madison County AR	8.9	500	0	0
3:27 AM	EF3	Boone County, Marion County AR	21.6	2,000	4	1
3:32 AM	EF0	Taney County, Douglas County MO	4.0	150	0	0
3:33 AM	EF0	Dade County MO	3.1	75	0	0
3:39 AM	EF1	Wright County MO	2.2	1,200	0	0
3:59 AM	EF3	Marion County, Baxter County and 1 more AR	34.6	1,760	1	17
4:11 AM	EF0	Dallas County MO	0.8	100	0	0
4:19 AM	EF0	Ozark County MO	4.9	50	0	0
4:26 AM	EF2	Baxter County AR	5.3	400	0	0
5:03 AM	EF1	Fulton County AR	10.4	500	0	0
5:58 AM	EF1	Sharp County, Randolph County AR	12.0	600	0	0
6:04 AM	EF2	Oregon County, Ripley County and 1 more MO	45.5	400	0	1
6:15 AM	EF1	Randolph County AR	2.2	600	0	0
6:24 AM	EF1	Randolph County AR	5.0	300	0	0
6:29 AM	EF1	Randolph County AR	0.5	50	0	0
7:07 AM	EF2	Stoddard County, Scott County MO	25.6	300	0	0
7:15 AM	EF3	Stoddard County, New Madrid County and 1 more MO	19.6	300	0	0
8:10 AM	EF1	Graves County KY	4.7	50	0	0
8:25 AM	EF1	Calloway County KY	22.0	100	0	0
8:35 AM	EF1	Calloway County KY	4.0	150	0	0
8:50 AM	EF1	Trigg County KY	5.8	70	0	0
8:59 AM	EF2	Trigg County, Christian County KY	19.0	250	0	0
9:21 AM	EF1	Muhlenberg County, McLean County KY	9.6	100	0	0
11:21 AM	EF1	Clinton County KY	0.7	250	0	0
11:29 AM	EF1	Clinton County KY	0.4	75	0	0
12:48 PM	EF1	Knox County KY	0.8	60	0	0
2:28 PM	EF1	Jackson County OH	3.8	125	0	0
3:23 PM	EF0	Putnam County WV	0.3	75	0	0
5:00 PM	EF0	Rock County WI	11.8	50	0	0
5:11 PM	EF1	Wright County, Texas County MO	14.2	400	0	0
5:14 PM	EF1	Salem VA	2.0	300	0	0
5:15 PM	EF0	Rock County, Jefferson County WI	14.4	50	0	0
5:27 PM	EF0	Jefferson County WI	5.5	30	0	0
5:39 PM	EF3	Howell County, Shannon County MO	12.4	750	0	5
5:44 PM	EF0	Jefferson County MO	0.2	100	0	0
5:48 PM	EF1	St. Louis County, Monroe County MO, IL	8.8	172	0	0
6:12 PM	EF2	Shannon County MO	3.2	250	0	0
6:20 PM	EF0	Shannon County MO	1.7	75	0	0
6:34 PM	EF0	St. Clair County, Clinton County IL	10.5	500	0	0
6:38 PM	EF3	Johnson County IL	4.9	300	0	1
6:44 PM	EF0	Reynolds County MO	3.3	276	0	0
6:50 PM	EF1	Clinton County, Marion County IL	18.5	325	0	0
6:51 PM	EF0	Reynolds County, Iron County and 1 more MO	18.2	167	0	0
6:53 PM	EF0	Reynolds County MO	4.5	279	0	0
6:54 PM	EF0	Carter County MO	0.2	50	0	0
7:25 PM	EF1	Madison County, Bollinger County MO	5.3	250	0	0
7:28 PM	EF1	Marion County IL	1.1	325	0	0
7:29 PM	EF2	Marion County, Clay County IL	8.3	500	0	0
7:30 PM	EFU	Livingston County KY	0.1	25	0	0
7:34 PM	EF0	Union County KY	3.5	50	0	0
8:01 PM	EF3	Lyon County, Caldwell County and 1 more KY	34.1	700	1	21
8:13 PM	EF1	Union County, Johnson County IL	6.9	100	0	0
8:26 PM	EF1	White County, Wabash County and 1 more IL, IN	34.1	500	0	0
8:27 PM	EF0	Culpeper County VA	4.8	100	0	5
8:27 PM	EF1	Lawrence County IL	6.8	250	0	0
8:49 PM	EF2	Knox County IN	12.1	50	0	0
9:46 PM	EF1	Muhlenberg County, Butler County and 1 more KY	40.0	800	0	0
10:11 PM	EF1	Meade County KY	1.6	150	0	0
11:00 PM	EF2	Greene County AR	3.6	200	0	0
11:06 PM	EF1	Barren County KY	7.5	150	0	0
11:24 PM	EF1	Greene County AR	1.3	75	0	0
11:30 PM	EF1	Monroe County, Metcalfe County and 1 more KY	1.1	100	0	0
11:44 PM	EF0	Cumberland County KY	0.2	40	0	0
11:48 PM	EF1	Cumberland County, Clinton County KY	10.4	100	0	0
12:55 AM	EF1	Madison County, Hardeman County and 1 more TN	10.9	550	0	0

By state

Tornadoes by state, May 26, 2024

Missouri	19	2	0
Kentucky	18	1	1
Arkansas	16	2	5
Illinois	8	1	0
Wisconsin	3	0	0
Virginia	2	0	0
Indiana	1	0	0
Ohio	1	0	0
Tennessee	1	0	0
West Virginia	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.