The tornado outbreak of March 1, 2007

43 tornadoesGeorgia, Alabama, Missouri and 6 more states

43 tornadoes touched down across 9 states between 1:30 AM and 11:42 PM CST, 6 of them rated EF3 or stronger, and 20 people were killed.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · March 1, 2007

How the day unfolded

Every tornado recorded that day, at its logged touchdown time and along its path, with the counties it crossed.

About this replay

Central time—Historical replay — logged touchdown times

Tornadoes—of 43 that day

Strongest so far—

Killed—in tornadoes so far

The day’s milestones

Tornado pathsWider and brighter with the rating; EF3 and stronger glow

On the groundEach grows from its logged touchdown time

Counties crossedLit as a tornado reaches them, brighter for EF3 or stronger

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database (touchdown times, ratings, start and end points) and Storm Events Database (segment paths and times for the notable tornadoes that have record pages). SPC logs the touchdown time only; other paths are drawn at a typical forward speed of 35 mph. Times are Central Standard Time.

The day in numbers

Tornadoes: 43; on Thursday, March 1, 2007
EF3 or stronger: 6; 2 rated EF4 or EF5
Killed: 20; 59th-deadliest tornado day since 1950
Injured: 98; Along all the paths
Path miles: 335; All the paths end to end
First and last: 1:30 AM to 11:42 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.

Tornadoes of March 1, 2007

1:30 AM	EF0	Monroe County MO	2.1	50	0	0
1:40 AM	EF1	Monroe County MO	3.4	60	0	0
1:43 AM	EF1	Monroe County, Shelby County MO	8.6	100	0	0
4:28 AM	EF0	Carroll County AR	2.0	50	0	0
6:24 AM	EF3	Ozark County, Howell County MO	15.0	200	1	0
9:50 AM	EF0	Catahoula Parish LA	0.5	50	0	0
10:45 AM	EF0	Union County IL	1.8	150	0	0
11:20 AM	EF0	Santa Rosa County FL	0.5	30	0	0
11:58 AM	EF1	Yazoo County MS	6.5	100	0	0
12:05 PM	EF0	Butler County AL	3.1	30	0	0
12:27 PM	EF4	Wilcox County AL	6.1	500	1	2
12:31 PM	EF1	Dallas County AL	12.2	500	0	0
12:47 PM	EF0	Macon County IL	1.0	30	0	1
1:08 PM	EF4	Coffee County AL	10.3	500	9	50
1:48 PM	EF1	Dale County AL	7.1	150	0	4
1:52 PM	EF1	Henry County, Clay County and 1 more AL, GA	30.8	150	0	2
2:20 PM	EF1	Todd County KY	0.2	30	0	0
2:48 PM	EF2	Lowndes County, Montgomery County AL	24.6	600	0	6
2:59 PM	EF1	Fayette County AL	11.2	150	0	0
3:00 PM	EF1	Tuscaloosa County AL	3.7	100	0	0
3:11 PM	EF1	Stewart County GA	1.5	250	0	0
3:12 PM	EF1	Barbour County AL	2.4	75	0	0
3:45 PM	EF2	Winston County, Cullman County AL	9.6	100	0	0
4:06 PM	EF1	Jefferson County AL	0.9	400	0	0
4:29 PM	EF2	Taylor County GA	7.7	448	1	4
4:34 PM	EF3	Crawford County, Bibb County GA	9.7	448	0	9
4:49 PM	EF1	Crawford County GA	11.9	100	0	0
4:51 PM	EF0	Bibb County GA	2.5	100	0	0
5:27 PM	EF2	Russell County, Lee County and 1 more AL, GA	11.7	300	0	1
5:30 PM	EF1	Jones County GA	3.6	150	0	0
5:44 PM	EF0	Jones County GA	0.0	50	0	0
5:56 PM	EF1	Shelby County AL	0.7	100	0	0
6:00 PM	EF1	Talbot County GA	4.1	100	0	0
7:08 PM	EF2	Warren County, McDuffie County GA	11.7	448	0	3
8:00 PM	EF3	Webster County, Sumter County GA	40.1	1,790	2	11
8:36 PM	EF3	Macon County GA	3.1	1,790	0	0
9:30 PM	EF0	Bleckley County GA	1.4	448	0	0
9:40 PM	EF2	Wilkinson County GA	13.3	895	0	0
9:52 PM	EF1	Marion County GA	2.5	100	0	0
10:44 PM	EF2	Baker County, Mitchell County and 2 more GA	30.5	200	6	3
11:20 PM	EF2	Worth County GA	4.5	150	0	2
11:30 PM	EF2	Worth County GA	2.9	200	0	0
11:42 PM	EF1	Tift County, Turner County GA	7.9	150	0	0

By state

Tornadoes by state, March 1, 2007

Georgia	18	3	9
Alabama	14	2	10
Missouri	4	1	1
Illinois	2	0	0
Arkansas	1	0	0
Florida	1	0	0
Kentucky	1	0	0
Louisiana	1	0	0
Mississippi	1	0	0

Tornadoes in 2007 · 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.