Date of tornado outbreak: | January 29–30, 2017 |
Duration1: | 1 day, 5 hours |
Maximum rated tornado2: | EF3 tornado |
Tornadoes caused: | 27 |
Total Damages: | $38 million (estimate) |
Total Fatalities: | 5 |
Areas Affected: | Midwestern and Southeastern United States |
1Time from first tornado to last tornado |
The tornado outbreak of January 29–30, 2017 was the final tornado outbreak of the record-breaking January 2017. Severe weather watches and warnings were issued for some areas impacted by a major tornado outbreak just two weeks earlier, prompting a state of emergency to be declared due to the risk of damage exacerbation by the developing storms.