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May 30
- 1879 – A major tornado outbreak hit the Midwestern United States, with the worst effects in Kansas, killing at least 36 people. The event was studied extensively by John Park Finley. The greatest loss of life was from a long-track tornado family that killed 18 people on a track from near Randolph, Kansas to Dawson Mills in Richardson County, Nebraska, including nine people in the devastation of Irving, Kansas and five on farms near Frankfort, Kansas. A second tornado, estimated at F2 strength, struck Irving, killing five people.
- 1909 – An F4 tornado carved a 50-yard-wide path of destruction through Zephyr, Texas, killing at least 34 people. Twenty-eight homes, six businesses, two churches, and a school were destroyed, with many homes swept away. The death toll was likely higher, as many people were critically injured when the death toll of 34 was reported.
- 1917 – A major tornado outbreak struck Missouri with lesser effects in Illinois, killing at least 65 people. A pair of intense tornadoes on parallel paths killed 26 people across Carter, Butler, Wayne, and Bollinger Counties. The stronger of the two, rated F4, killed 18 people in the devastation of Dongola and Zalma. The other, estimated at F3 strength, killed eight people on two farms near Chaonia.
May 31
- 1985 – An unusual and catastrophic tornado outbreak produced violent tornadoes across parts of Ontario, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York, killing 90 people. An F5 tornado devastated portions of Niles, Ohio and Wheatland, Pennsylvania, killing 18 people. Other hard-hit communities included Atlantic, Pennsylvania, Albion, Pennsylvania, and Barrie, Ontario. One tornado in Moshannon State Forest was 2.2 miles (3.5 km) wide, one of the widest on record.
- 2013 – The widest tornado ever recorded reached a maximum width of 2.6 mi (4.2 km) near El Reno, Oklahoma and had radar-indicated wind speeds of 302 mph (486 km/h). Among the eight people killed were four storm chasers, including Tim Samaras. This was the first known case of a tornado killing storm chasers.
June 1
- 1903 – An F4 tornado killed at least 98 people in and near Gainesville, Georgia. About 50 deaths occurred in a badly damaged cotton mill near the beginning of the path, where the tornado was only at F2 intensity. Some sources report a total death toll of 104.
- 2011 – Part of a small outbreak across New England, a high-end EF3 tornado moved through Westfield and Springfield, Massachusetts, killing three people and injuring 200. Damage totaled $227 million.
Did you know…
- ...that the 2013 Moore tornado that struck Moore and Newcastle, Oklahoma, is the most recent EF5 tornado?
- ...that the 2021 South Moravia tornado, an IF4 tornado with winds between 207–260 mph (333–418 km/h), was the strongest tornado to hit the Czech Republic in modern history?
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From May 2 to 8, 1999, a large tornado outbreak took place across much of the Central and parts of the Eastern United States, as well as southern Canada. During this week-long event, 152 tornadoes touched down in these areas. The most dramatic events unfolded during the afternoon of May 3 through the early morning hours of May 4 when more than half of these storms occurred. Oklahoma experienced its largest tornado outbreak on record, with 70 confirmed. The most notable of these was the F5 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado which devastated Oklahoma City and suburban communities. The tornado killed 36 people and injured 583 others; losses amounted to $1 billion, making it the first billion-dollar tornado in history. Overall, 50 people lost their lives during the outbreak and damage amounted to $1.4 billion.
On May 2, a strong area of low pressure moved out of the Rocky Mountains and into the High Plains, producing scattered severe weather and ten tornadoes in Nebraska. The following day, atmospheric conditions across Oklahoma became significantly more favorable for an outbreak of severe weather. Wind profiles across the region strongly favored tornadic activity, with the Storm Prediction Center stating, "it became more obvious something major was looming" by the afternoon hours. Numerous supercell thunderstorms developed across the state as well as bordering areas in Kansas and Texas. Over the following 48 hours, May 3–4, 116 tornadoes touched down across the Central United States. Following the extensive outbreak, activity became increasingly scattered from May 5 to 8, with 26 tornadoes touching down across the Eastern United States and Quebec.
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