The tornado outbreak of May 19, 2025

44 tornadoesMissouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas and 4 more states

44 tornadoes touched down across 7 states between 2:46 PM and 12:21 AM the next day CDT, 1 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · May 19, 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 44 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: 44; on Monday, May 19, 2025
EF3 or stronger: 1; None rated EF4 or EF5
Killed: 0; Along all the paths
Injured: 1; Along all the paths
Path miles: 240; All the paths end to end
First and last: 2:46 PM to 12:21 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 19, 2025

2:46 PM	EF1	Hughes County OK	4.4	600	0
2:53 PM	EF0	Hughes County OK	1.8	40	0
5:03 PM	EF1	Cherokee County OK	2.6	600	0
5:29 PM	EF1	Dodge County NE	1.7	70	0
5:37 PM	EF1	Atoka County OK	1.0	400	0
5:44 PM	EF3	Pittsburg County OK	16.0	3,000	1
5:50 PM	EFU	Pawnee County, Richardson County NE	2.1	50	0
6:02 PM	EFU	Cooke County TX	0.1	30	0
6:14 PM	EF1	Pittsburg County, Latimer County OK	11.1	1,500	0
6:22 PM	EF1	Muskogee County, Sequoyah County OK	9.5	900	0
6:31 PM	EF1	Pittsburg County OK	0.3	100	0
6:42 PM	EF0	Wabaunsee County KS	0.4	40	0
6:44 PM	EF1	Cherokee County, Adair County OK	12.3	1,100	0
6:47 PM	EF1	Cherokee County, Adair County OK	10.4	1,300	0
6:55 PM	EF1	Adair County, Washington County OK, AR	16.7	2,200	0
6:55 PM	EF1	St. Clair County MO	4.6	50	0
7:11 PM	EF1	Adair County, Washington County OK, AR	8.2	1,000	0
7:15 PM	EF1	Henry County MO	3.5	200	0
7:20 PM	EF1	Washington County AR	11.6	900	0
7:21 PM	EF1	Washington County AR	1.0	500	0
7:21 PM	EF1	Le Flore County OK	11.9	1,100	0
7:24 PM	EF1	Benton County MO	1.3	500	0
7:28 PM	EF1	Benton County MO	4.3	500	0
7:29 PM	EF2	Washington County AR	13.6	1,100	0
7:34 PM	EF1	Le Flore County, Sebastian County OK, AR	21.4	1,000	0
7:35 PM	EF1	Benton County MO	4.4	300	0
7:54 PM	EF1	Madison County AR	14.3	900	0
7:56 PM	EF1	Madison County AR	2.4	550	0
8:02 PM	EFU	Jefferson County MO	2.4	1	0
8:11 PM	EF1	Carroll County AR	7.2	2,300	0
8:21 PM	EF1	Carroll County AR	4.2	1,000	0
8:32 PM	EF0	Buchanan County MO	4.3	20	0
8:56 PM	EF1	Iron County, Washington County MO	2.8	50	0
10:18 PM	EF1	Dent County MO	6.4	50	0
10:20 PM	EF0	Dent County MO	1.0	75	0
10:20 PM	EF0	Fannin County TX	1.4	75	0
10:21 PM	EF0	Dent County MO	4.3	50	0
10:28 PM	EF0	Dent County MO	1.9	50	0
10:39 PM	EF0	Washington County MO	2.2	140	0
10:40 PM	EF0	Reynolds County MO	1.6	50	0
10:50 PM	EF1	Crawford County MO	1.0	270	0
11:31 PM	EF1	St. Francois County MO	4.2	500	0
12:02 AM	EF0	Ste. Genevieve County MO	1.3	25	0
12:21 AM	EF1	Randolph County IL	0.5	25	0

By state

Tornadoes by state, May 19, 2025

Missouri	17	0
Oklahoma	14	1
Arkansas	7	0
Nebraska	2	0
Texas	2	0
Illinois	1	0
Kansas	1	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.