The tornado outbreak of November 24, 2001
58 tornadoesAlabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and 4 more states
58 tornadoes touched down across 7 states between 12:40 AM and 9:27 PM CST, 6 of them rated F3 or stronger, and 12 people were killed.
Watch the day unfoldTornado outbreak · November 24, 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
- 58
- 53rd of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
- F3 or stronger
- 6
- 3 rated F4 or F5
- Killed
- 12
- 94th-deadliest tornado day since 1950
- Injured
- 212
- Along all the paths
- Path miles
- 362
- All the paths end to end
- First and last
- 12:40 AM to 9:27 PM
- Touchdowns, Central Standard Time
Hour by hour
Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Standard Time.
Every tornado
In order of touchdown. 3 have a record page, linked from the rating.
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.