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April 27

42 entries from the federal record fall on April 27, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

Tornadoes rated F3/EF3 or stronger, or that killed, on this date.

  1. 2011EF5, 132 mile path, 72 killed Marion, AL; Franklin, AL; Lawrence, AL
  2. 2011EF5, 33.7 mile path, 25 killed DeKalb, AL
  3. 2011EF5, 37.3 mile path, 23 killed Monroe, MS; Itawamba, MS; Marion, AL
  4. 2011EF5, 28.3 mile path, 3 killed Neshoba, MS; Kemper, MS; Winston, MS
  5. 2011EF4, 80.7 mile path, 64 killed Greene, AL; Tuscaloosa, AL; Jefferson, AL
  6. 2011EF4, 97.3 mile path, 22 killed Jefferson, AL; St. Clair, AL; Calhoun, AL
  7. 2011EF4, 48 mile path, 20 killed Catoosa, GA; Hamilton, TN; Bradley, TN
  8. 2014EF4, 41.1 mile path, 16 killed Pulaski, AR; Faulkner, AR; White, AR
  9. 2011EF4, 47 mile path, 14 killed Jackson, AL; DeKalb, AL; Dade, GA
  10. 2011EF4, 127.8 mile path, 13 killed Pickens, AL; Tuscaloosa, AL; Fayette, AL
  11. 2011EF4, 122 mile path, 7 killed Smith, MS; Jasper, MS; Clarke, MS
  12. 2011EF4, 44.2 mile path, 7 killed Elmore, AL; Tallapoosa, AL; Chambers, AL
  13. 1971F4, 14.1 mile path, 6 killed Green, KY; Adair, KY
  14. 2011EF4, 46.9 mile path, 6 killed Cullman, AL; Morgan, AL; Marshall, AL
  15. 2011EF4, 40.2 mile path, 4 killed Sequatchie, TN; Bledsoe, TN; Rhea, TN
  16. 1970F4, 42.6 mile path, 3 killed Montgomery, TN; Cheatham, TN; Robertson, TN
  17. 1971F4, 13 mile path, 2 killed Russell, KY; Pulaski, KY
  18. 1984F4, 27.5 mile path, 1 killed Winnebago, WI; Outagamie, WI
  19. 1984F4, 6.5 mile path, 1 killed Waukesha, WI
  20. 2011EF4, 20.2 mile path, 1 killed Jackson, AL
  21. 2024EF4, 26.8 mile path, 1 killed Love, OK; Carter, OK
  22. 1966F4, 10.2 mile path Johnston, OK; Atoka, OK
  23. 2011EF4, 14.4 mile path Monroe, TN; Blount, TN
  24. 2011EF3, 72.1 mile path, 7 killed Greene, AL; Hale, AL; Bibb, AL
  25. 2011EF3, 15.8 mile path, 6 killed Greene, TN; Washington, TN
  26. 2011EF3, 51.5 mile path, 4 killed Webster, MS; Calhoun, MS; Chickasaw, MS
  27. 2011EF3, 19.6 mile path, 3 killed Washington, VA; Smyth, VA
  28. 2011EF3, 21.7 mile path, 2 killed Meriwether, GA; Spalding, GA; Henry, GA
  29. 2011EF3, 30.8 mile path, 2 killed Pike, GA; Lamar, GA; Monroe, GA
  30. 2011EF3, 13.6 mile path, 2 killed Greene, TN; Washington, TN
  31. 2024EF3, 27.9 mile path, 2 killed Hughes, OK; Okfuskee, OK
  32. 1971F3, 4.5 mile path, 1 killed Franklin, IL
  33. 1971F3, 27.4 mile path, 1 killed Muhlenberg, KY; Butler, KY; Warren, KY
  34. 1984F3, 29 mile path, 1 killed Oneida, WI; Vilas, WI
  35. 1984F3, 9 mile path, 1 killed Kendall, IL; Will, IL
  36. 2002F3, 4 mile path, 1 killed Bollinger, MO
  37. 2011EF3, 37 mile path, 1 killed Lumpkin, GA; White, GA; Habersham, GA
  38. 2024EF3, 9.9 mile path, 1 killed Murray, OK; Pontotoc, OK
  39. 1966F3, 8 mile path Pittsburg, OK
  40. 1969F3, 2 mile path Red River, TX

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2016Flash Flood, 8 deaths, $2.9 million Anderson; Bell; Bosque; Collin

Wildfires

Fires of 50,000 acres or more that began on this date.

  1. 1996Lone Fire, 60,525 acres AZ