The tornado outbreak of May 18, 2025

43 tornadoesKansas, Texas, Nebraska and 3 more states

43 tornadoes touched down across 6 states between 3:08 AM and 12:51 AM the next day CDT, 9 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · May 18, 2025

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 43 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: 43; on Sunday, May 18, 2025
EF3 or stronger: 9; None rated EF4 or EF5
Killed: 0; Along all the paths
Injured: 4; Along all the paths
Path miles: 224; All the paths end to end
First and last: 3:08 AM to 12:51 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 18, 2025

3:08 AM	EF1	Carroll County MS	14.4	1,100	0
2:07 PM	EF2	Elbert County, Arapahoe County CO	0.9	50	0
2:23 PM	EF1	Arapahoe County CO	2.6	75	0
2:30 PM	EF2	Arapahoe County, Adams County CO	4.3	200	0
2:40 PM	EF2	Adams County CO	4.4	400	0
5:03 PM	EFU	Callahan County TX	3.0	50	0
5:05 PM	EFU	Yuma County CO	0.0	15	0
5:12 PM	EF2	Cheyenne County KS	3.9	200	0
5:15 PM	EFU	Sherman County KS	0.1	50	0
5:19 PM	EF2	Shackelford County TX	0.8	150	0
5:21 PM	EF1	Hemphill County, Ellis County TX, OK	1.7	75	0
5:35 PM	EF2	Scott County, Logan County KS	11.0	460	0
5:37 PM	EF2	Scott County KS	10.8	150	0
5:41 PM	EF3	Ellis County OK	6.0	50	0
5:56 PM	EF0	Ellis County OK	0.2	10	0
5:58 PM	EF1	Ellis County OK	3.5	50	0
6:09 PM	EFU	Scott County KS	0.4	50	0
6:32 PM	EF3	Gove County, Sheridan County KS	13.3	416	0
6:47 PM	EF0	Eastland County TX	3.3	200	0
6:49 PM	EF0	Hitchcock County NE	0.2	50	0
6:49 PM	EF3	Hitchcock County NE	10.7	250	0
7:04 PM	EFU	Hitchcock County NE	0.5	50	0
7:07 PM	EF3	Sheridan County KS	4.2	230	0
7:08 PM	EF2	Sheridan County KS	0.3	20	0
7:21 PM	EF0	Edwards County KS	4.2	50	0
7:35 PM	EF2	Hayes County, Lincoln County NE	17.8	1,000	0
7:36 PM	EF1	Palo Pinto County TX	0.4	400	0
7:38 PM	EF2	Edwards County, Pawnee County KS	7.8	50	0
7:48 PM	EF1	Palo Pinto County TX	2.1	995	4
7:54 PM	EFU	Dundy County NE	0.1	50	0
8:01 PM	EF0	Palo Pinto County TX	2.6	1,000	0
8:07 PM	EFU	Palo Pinto County TX	0.2	50	0
8:36 PM	EF0	Parker County TX	3.1	200	0
9:21 PM	EF3	Comanche County KS	8.2	800	0
9:44 PM	EF3	Kiowa County KS	10.4	500	0
10:04 PM	EF3	Kiowa County, Edwards County KS	15.8	500	0
10:09 PM	EF0	Fillmore County NE	3.1	30	0
10:14 PM	EF1	Kiowa County KS	2.8	50	0
10:26 PM	EF1	DeSoto County MS	0.4	50	0
10:47 PM	EF3	Pratt County KS	11.4	500	0
11:09 PM	EFU	Pratt County KS	0.4	50	0
11:17 PM	EF3	Pratt County, Stafford County and 1 more KS	32.6	1,760	0
12:51 AM	EFU	Howard County NE	0.0	30	0

By state

Tornadoes by state, May 18, 2025

Kansas	17	7
Texas	9	0
Nebraska	7	1
Colorado	5	0
Oklahoma	3	1
Mississippi	2	0

Tornadoes in 2025 · 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.