Tornado Outbreak of July 18-21, 2018

The Tornado Outbreak Sequence of July 18-21, 2018 was a deadly tornado outbreak that caused catastrophic damage around the United States.

In all, 719 people died, another 7,247 were injured and $25.44 billion (2018 USD) in damages was done. A total of 56 EF0's, 43 EF1's, 30 EF2's, 17 EF3's, 13 EF4's, and 3 EF5's occurred during the outbreak.

The costliest tornado was the Tushka, OK EF5 with an estimated cost of $3.91 billion dollars (2018 USD). The deadliest tornado was also the Tushka, OK EF5 on July 18th that killed 296 people.

The strongest tornado was also the Tushka, OK EF5 with 286 mph winds on July 18, and the weakest tornado was Montrose, Kansas EF0 with under 30 mph winds on July 21.

The outbreak was the 8th of 2018, with most outbreaks having over 100 tornadoes. It is regarded as an outbreak with a lot of large, violent tornadoes. 63 tornadoes were rated EF2+. While 33 tornadoes were rated EF3+.

A total number of 99 tornadoes were rated EF0 or EF1. A number of 47 tornadoes were rated either EF2 or EF3. While 16 tornadoes were rated EF4 or EF5.

The outbreak mostly occurred in the Midwest for the first two days before shifting to the Northeast. Most surveyors compared some twisters in this outbreak to the 2018 Super Outbreak that caused catastrophic damage to similar areas.

Most deaths happened from the 3 EF5's that Oklahoma, however, deaths also occurred from EF2's, EF3's, and EF4's during the outbreak.

It is currently the second costliest tornado outbreak ever.