Tornado record · Enhanced Fujita scale

EF5 tornado, Newton County, Missouri, May 22, 2011

RatingEF5

Deaths158

Injuries1,150

Length21.62 mi

Width1,600 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (37.05, -94.59) to the end point (36.98, -94.22), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 22, 2011, 4:34 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: EF5
States: Missouri
Counties: Newton County, Jasper County
Path: 21.62 miles long, up to 1,600 yards wide
Casualties: 158 deaths, 1,150 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 22, 2011

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
May 22, 2011	EF3	Oklahoma, Missouri	17.93 mi	1,550 yd	0	4
May 22, 2011	EF2	Iowa, Minnesota	28.68 mi	250 yd	0	3
May 22, 2011	EF2	Iowa	3.88 mi	75 yd	0	0
May 22, 2011	EF2	Minnesota, Wisconsin	13.79 mi	150 yd	0	0
May 22, 2011	EF2	Wisconsin	64.5 mi	800 yd	0	1
May 22, 2011	EF2	Missouri	14.13 mi	800 yd	0	0
May 22, 2011	EF2	Oklahoma	6.7 mi	800 yd	0	0
May 22, 2011	EF2	Missouri	15.7 mi	200 yd	0	0
May 22, 2011	EF2	Oklahoma	4.5 mi	200 yd	0	0
May 22, 2011	EF2	Oklahoma	2.9 mi	350 yd	0	12
May 22, 2011	EF1	Minnesota	13.57 mi	880 yd	1	48
May 22, 2011	EF1	Wisconsin	3.29 mi	600 yd	0	0
May 22, 2011	EF1	Iowa	7.87 mi	70 yd	0	0
May 22, 2011	EF1	Wisconsin	1.98 mi	300 yd	0	0
May 22, 2011	EF1	Indiana	0.32 mi	33 yd	0	0
May 22, 2011	EF1	Wisconsin	8.18 mi	125 yd	0	0
May 22, 2011	EF1	Missouri	3.53 mi	75 yd	0	0
May 22, 2011	EF1	Illinois	29.14 mi	200 yd	0	0
May 22, 2011	EF1	Illinois	1.67 mi	200 yd	0	0
May 22, 2011	EF1	Illinois	0.5 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 22, 2011	EF1	Oklahoma	3.5 mi	300 yd	0	0
May 22, 2011	EF1	Illinois	2.73 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 22, 2011	EF1	Illinois	0.9 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 22, 2011	EF1	Oklahoma	3 mi	250 yd	0	0
May 22, 2011	EF1	Oklahoma	4.7 mi	400 yd	0	0
May 22, 2011	EF1	Oklahoma	1.7 mi	150 yd	0	0
May 22, 2011	EF1	Oklahoma	0.5 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 22, 2011	EF1	Arkansas	2.8 mi	450 yd	0	0
May 22, 2011	EF0	Missouri	0.25 mi	40 yd	0	0
May 22, 2011	EF0	Minnesota	0.21 mi	30 yd	0	0
May 22, 2011	EF0	Iowa	1.96 mi	25 yd	0	0
May 22, 2011	EF0	Iowa	0.1 mi	30 yd	0	0
May 22, 2011	EF0	Minnesota	2.64 mi	75 yd	0	0
May 22, 2011	EF0	Missouri	0.09 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 22, 2011	EF0	Missouri	0.13 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 22, 2011	EF0	Iowa	1.38 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 22, 2011	EF0	Kansas	0.33 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 22, 2011	EF0	Wisconsin	1.15 mi	350 yd	0	0
May 22, 2011	EF0	Wisconsin	1.12 mi	400 yd	0	0
May 22, 2011	EF0	Wisconsin	2.14 mi	350 yd	0	0
May 22, 2011	EF0	Texas	0.03 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 22, 2011	EF0	Wisconsin	0.8 mi	275 yd	0	0
May 22, 2011	EF0	Wisconsin	0.36 mi	30 yd	0	0
May 22, 2011	EF0	Wisconsin	4.21 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 22, 2011	EF0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 22, 2011	EF0	Oklahoma	1 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 22, 2011	EF0	North Dakota	0.14 mi	25 yd	0	0

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Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.