List of Mid-May 2008 tornado outbreak sequence tornadoes

List of Mid-May 2008 tornado outbreak sequence tornadoes

This is a list of confirmed tornadoes produced by the Mid-May 2008 tornado outbreak sequence, which spawned a total of at least 146 tornadoes confirmed across the southern United States from May 7 to May 15, 2008. The event consisted of three different systems and a total of 25 people were killed.

The first tornado outbreak took place on May 7-8 affecting at first Oklahoma on May 7. Then the activity shifted across the southeast on May 8 with two separate main areas of activity. One person was killed in North Carolina. The second tornado outbreak lasted for 24 hours on May 10-11 and produced the deadliest tornado of the outbreak sequence. 21 people were killed from a tornado that traveled across northeastern Oklahoma and southern Missouri. Three other people were killed including two in Georgia and one more in Missouri. The final outbreak was the smallest affecting mostly the Gulf Coast area and central Texas on May 14-15. No fatalities were reported during this outbreak.

Reported tornadoes

May 7 event

May 10 event

May 13 event

May 15 event

ee also

* List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
* Tornadoes of 2008

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