Tornado outbreak of May 29-30, 2024

On May 29, 2024 a large scale Tornado outbreak struck the central United States, this effected areas from North Texas to South Dakota. Meteorologist predicted this event 4 days ahead of time. This was due to extratropical cyclone over California on May 25 expected to slowly move east over the Rockies and sweep across the great plains by May 29. In the days before the event a few EF0 and EF1 tornadoes had spawned in Nevada, Utah, and New Mexico, with a High end EF3 tornado reported in southern Wyoming on the evening of May 28. The worst of this cyclone came when it arrived in the tornado prone great plains states. The first Tornadoes of the day were reported around 11 am CDT in Eastern Colorado and Kansas. These were all relitivaly weak tornadoes with only EF0 and EF1 ratings. The first major tornado of the day was a high end EF3 tornado that struck Ogallala, Nebraska at 1:14 PM CDT. From there many more Tornadoes would spawn in as many as 10 states. The extratropical cyclone dissipitated over the great lakes area in the early morning hours of May 30. In total this cyclone spawned 210 Tornadoes. 5 EF5, 15 EF4, 20 EF3,30 EF2, 71 EF1, and 69 EF0.
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