Tornado Outbreak of July 2, 2018

The Tornado Outbreak Sequence of July 2, 2018 was a deadly, violent, and short lived outbreak that effected the Great Plains and the Southeastern United States. A total of 45 tornadoes touched down, including 2 EF4's.

A total of 17 EF0's, 12 EF1's, 9 EF2's, 5 EF3's, 2 EF4's and no EF5's touched down during the outbreak. The costliest tornado was the Goldsby, Oklahoma EF4 that caused in damages. The deadliest was also the Goldsby, OK EF4.

The strongest tornado was the Goldsby, OK EF4 with 185 mph winds. The weakest was an EF0 near Preston, MS with 31 mph winds.

A total of 51 people died, another were 885 injured and $2.97 billion (2018 USD) was done in damages. It was the 7th outbreak of 2018, however it was one of the least large and violent outbreaks compared to outbreaks like the 2018 Super Outbreak, Tornado Outbreak of May 15, Tornado Outbreak Sequence of May 21-26, and the Tornado Outbreak of May 30-31.

With all of the tornadoes occurring in the states of Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Arkansas, and Missouri, a couple of tornadoes occurred in Mississippi and Alabama.

A total of 7 tornadoes were EF3+ rated. 16 were rated EF2+. But, 29 of the confirmed tornadoes were rated either EF0 or EF1. The outbreak, in all, lasted nearly 21 hours in 7 states.

Synopsis
The state of Oklahoma recorded the most tornadoes with 14, followed by Kansas with 9, Texas also recorded 9, Arkansas recorded 8, Missouri recorded 3, 2 in Mississippi and 1 in Alabama.