List of Late-May 2008 tornado outbreak sequence tornadoes

List of Late-May 2008 tornado outbreak sequence tornadoes

and at least 233 were confirmed.

The first outbreak lasted from May 22 to May 25 and produced over 170 tornado reports including several large and destructive tornadoes including in Windsor, Colorado, Quinter, Kansas, Hugo, Minnesota and Parkersburg, Iowa. The Parkersburg tornado was rated an EF5 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale with winds of 205 mph. Seven people were killed in Iowa, two in Kansas and one in each Minnesota and Colorado.

The second outbreak lasted from May 29 to May 31 and produced 96 tornado reports from Wyoming to Virginia. No fatalities have been reported.

Weaker tornadoes between the two main outbreaks occurred also from May 26 to May 28 in Wyoming, Texas, New Mexico, Kansas, Illinois, Indiana and Ontario.

This is the list of tornadoes from the Late-May 2008 tornado outbreak sequence.

Reported tornadoes

"Note: three tornadoes in Canada were rated according to the original Fujita scale, but are included in the chart below using their number rated."

May 22 event

May 24 event

May 26 event

May 28 event

May 30 event

ee also

* Tornadoes of 2008
* List of Mid-May 2008 tornado outbreak sequence tornadoes
* List of EF5 tornadoes

Footnotes

External links

* [http://cbs4denver.com/slideshows/Weld.County.Tornado.20.730725.html Slideshow of tornado damage in Weld County, CO (Courtesy of KCNC)]
* [http://wcco.com/slideshows/hugo.tornado.damage.20.732675.html Slideshow of aerial damage of Hugo, Minnesota tornado (Courtesy of WCCO)]
* [http://www.wcfcourier.com/features/2008tornados/ 2008 Tornado] (Waterloo-Cedar Falls "The Courier" special section)
* [http://www.kare11.com/video/player.aspx?aid=72595&bw= Video of May 30 Kansas and Nebraska tornadoes] (NBC News)


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