The tornado outbreak of April 24, 2010

39 tornadoesAlabama, Mississippi, Missouri and 5 more states

39 tornadoes touched down across 8 states between 1:44 AM and 12:55 AM the next day CDT, 6 of them rated EF3 or stronger, and 10 people were killed.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · April 24, 2010

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 39 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 Daylight Time.

The day in numbers

Tornadoes: 39; on Saturday, April 24, 2010
EF3 or stronger: 6; 2 rated EF4 or EF5
Killed: 10; Along all the paths
Injured: 202; Along all the paths
Path miles: 402; All the paths end to end
First and last: 1:44 AM to 12:55 AM the next day; Touchdowns, Central Daylight Time

Hour by hour

Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Daylight Time.

Every tornado

In order of touchdown. 2 have a record page, linked from the rating.

Tornadoes of April 24, 2010

1:44 AM	EF1	Kaufman County TX	0.2	30	0	0
2:31 AM	EF0	Wood County TX	4.2	100	0	3
2:45 AM	EF0	Wood County TX	1.6	70	0	0
6:57 AM	EF0	Union Parish LA	0.5	70	0	0
8:43 AM	EF1	Smith County MS	10.7	50	0	0
9:22 AM	EF2	Jasper County, Newton County and 1 more MS	22.9	1,056	0	0
10:44 AM	EF0	Sumter County AL	0.1	30	0	0
11:09 AM	EF4	Madison Parish, Warren County and 7 more LA, MS	149.0	3,080	10	146
11:19 AM	EF1	Marengo County, Greene County and 1 more AL	8.2	200	0	2
11:20 AM	EF0	Union County MS	0.1	30	0	0
11:50 AM	EF0	Hale County AL	5.8	100	0	0
12:37 PM	EF0	Nodaway County MO	0.1	25	0	0
12:40 PM	EF0	Nodaway County MO	0.1	25	0	0
1:40 PM	EF0	Taney County MO	0.5	70	0	0
2:05 PM	EF0	Mississippi County AR	2.1	50	0	0
2:09 PM	EF2	Oktibbeha County MS	7.0	800	0	0
2:28 PM	EF2	Clay County MS	1.9	300	0	0
2:40 PM	EF1	Monroe County MS	6.5	150	0	1
4:23 PM	EF0	Christian County KY	2.0	40	0	0
4:25 PM	EF0	St. Louis County MO	0.6	300	0	0
4:26 PM	EF1	Decatur County, Perry County and 1 more TN	25.6	400	0	0
4:27 PM	EF0	Marion County AL	7.2	200	0	0
4:30 PM	EF0	St. Louis County MO	4.4	325	0	0
5:40 PM	EF1	Edmonson County KY	1.1	50	0	0
6:15 PM	EF1	Hickman County TN	1.8	100	0	0
6:57 PM	EF2	Cullman County AL	5.8	300	0	0
7:25 PM	EF1	Mercer County KY	1.8	50	0	0
7:32 PM	EF1	Lauderdale County, Kemper County MS	4.3	100	0	0
7:42 PM	EF0	Macon County TN	1.5	50	0	0
8:06 PM	EF1	Fayette County AL	6.6	200	0	0
8:21 PM	EF1	Fayette County, Walker County AL	4.6	400	0	0
9:59 PM	EF1	Blount County AL	0.9	200	0	0
10:01 PM	EF3	Walker County, Jefferson County and 1 more AL	29.6	400	0	0
10:05 PM	EF3	Marshall County AL	17.7	1,320	0	35
10:35 PM	EF3	DeKalb County AL	21.2	1,320	0	10
11:25 PM	EF3	DeKalb County, Chattooga County AL, GA	14.3	440	0	0
12:01 AM	EF4	DeKalb County AL	16.6	880	0	5
12:50 AM	EF0	Monroe County TN	5.0	50	0	0
12:55 AM	EF1	Loudon County TN	8.0	100	0	0

By state

Tornadoes by state, April 24, 2010

Alabama	13	5	0
Mississippi	7	0	0
Missouri	5	0	0
Tennessee	5	0	0
Kentucky	3	0	0
Texas	3	0	0
Louisiana	2	1	10
Arkansas	1	0	0

Tornadoes in 2010 · 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.