The tornado outbreak of April 11, 2001
50 tornadoesIowa, Oklahoma, Nebraska and 4 more states
50 tornadoes touched down across 7 states between 1:12 AM and 6:42 PM CDT, 1 of them rated F3 or stronger, and 3 people were killed.
Watch the day unfoldTornado outbreak · April 11, 2001
How the day unfolded
Every tornado recorded that day, at its logged touchdown time and along its path, with the counties it crossed.
The day in numbers
- Tornadoes
- 50
- 75th of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
- F3 or stronger
- 1
- None rated F4 or F5
- Killed
- 3
- Along all the paths
- Injured
- 12
- Along all the paths
- Path miles
- 285
- All the paths end to end
- First and last
- 1:12 AM to 6:42 PM
- Touchdowns, Central Daylight Time
Hour by hour
Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Daylight Time.
Every tornado
In order of touchdown.
By state
Tornadoes in 2001 · On this date in other years · The biggest outbreak days
Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025. A day is SPC’s calendar date in Central Standard Time; an outbreak day here has 40 or more tornadoes, or 6 or more rated F3/EF3 or stronger.