August 2-4, 2018 Tornado Outbreak

The Tornado Outbreak Sequence of August 2-4, 2018 was a medium, deadly, and costly outbreak that occurred primarily in the Midwestern United States.

In all, a total of tornadoes touched down, including EF0's, EF1's, EF2's, EF3's, EF4's, and 1 EF5. A total of people died, another were injured and (2018 USD) in damages was done.

The strongest tornado of the outbreak was the Prague, Oklahoma EF5 with winds up to 296 mph (476 km/h). The weakest tornado was an EF0 near Waurika, Oklahoma with recorded wind speeds just under 30 mph (48 km/h).

The deadliest and costliest was also the Prague EF5. The outbreak occurred as of a result of high amounts of instability in the atmosphere and storms that formed in Europe strengthened over the Atlantic Ocean and caused this outbreak to form supercells and cause many strong and violent twisters.

Extensive damage occurred as of a result from this outbreak, including: destroyed homes, restaurants, businesses, and multiple factories, damage to millions of trees, thousands of cars were also either damaged, destroyed or never located. Multiple buildings were as extensively damaged from a few EF2's and EF3's.

The Prague, OK EF5 had 1 of the highest recorded wind speeds of the entire 2018 Tornado Season.