The tornado outbreak of April 15, 2011

75 tornadoesAlabama, Mississippi, Arkansas and 4 more states

75 tornadoes touched down across 7 states between 1:13 AM and 12:08 AM the next day CDT, 6 of them rated EF3 or stronger, and 10 people were killed. The 20th-most tornadoes of any day since 1950.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · April 15, 2011

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 75 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: 75; 20th of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
EF3 or stronger: 6; None rated EF4 or EF5
Killed: 10; Along all the paths
Injured: 61; Along all the paths
Path miles: 574; All the paths end to end
First and last: 1:13 AM to 12:08 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.

Tornadoes of April 15, 2011

1:13 AM	EF1	Garland County, Saline County AR	7.3	250	0	0
1:38 AM	EF1	Saline County AR	3.0	250	0	0
1:47 AM	EF1	Saline County, Pulaski County AR	16.9	350	0	0
1:57 AM	EF1	Pulaski County AR	3.9	475	2	2
2:01 AM	EF1	Pulaski County AR	6.6	200	0	0
2:09 AM	EF1	Pulaski County, Lonoke County AR	6.8	200	0	1
2:17 AM	EF2	Lonoke County AR	7.0	200	0	0
6:26 AM	EF0	Issaquena County MS	1.7	75	0	0
10:11 AM	EF0	Wayne County MS	0.0	50	0	0
10:51 AM	EF3	Hinds County MS	16.5	528	0	10
11:20 AM	EF1	Clarke County AL	3.3	500	0	0
11:22 AM	EF1	Madison County, Rankin County MS	7.4	200	0	0
11:24 AM	EF0	Choctaw County AL	0.1	50	0	0
11:26 AM	EF0	Choctaw County AL	4.7	100	0	0
11:41 AM	EF1	Greene County, Wayne County and 1 more MS, AL	5.1	200	0	0
11:43 AM	EF1	Rankin County MS	7.6	200	0	0
11:48 AM	EF1	Choctaw County, Marengo County AL	16.7	200	0	0
11:58 AM	EF1	Scott County, Leake County MS	7.0	200	0	0
12:04 PM	EF2	Washington County AL	0.9	150	0	1
12:53 PM	EF3	Neshoba County, Kemper County and 1 more MS, AL	48.5	1,760	0	5
1:35 PM	EF1	Pike County MO	3.0	50	0	0
1:39 PM	EF0	Copiah County MS	1.0	200	0	0
1:47 PM	EF1	Rankin County, Smith County MS	3.8	100	0	0
1:54 PM	EF1	Holmes County MS	6.1	150	0	0
2:19 PM	EF2	Attala County MS	3.7	200	0	2
2:23 PM	EF1	Smith County, Scott County and 1 more MS	6.9	150	0	0
2:33 PM	EF0	Attala County MS	4.5	75	0	0
3:03 PM	EF2	Sumter County AL	4.5	200	0	0
3:04 PM	EF1	Jasper County MS	1.2	440	0	0
3:06 PM	EF1	Monroe County AL	0.8	100	0	0
3:14 PM	EF3	Greene County, Tuscaloosa County AL	18.4	500	0	0
3:33 PM	EF2	Hale County AL	2.2	700	0	0
3:53 PM	EF2	Sumter County AL	8.9	200	0	0
4:00 PM	EF1	Bibb County AL	21.8	1,760	0	0
4:08 PM	EF1	Clarke County, Choctaw County MS, AL	24.5	470	0	0
4:35 PM	EF2	Sumter County, Greene County AL	8.7	325	0	1
4:44 PM	EF2	Greene County, Hale County AL	24.1	880	0	0
4:59 PM	EF1	Jasper County MS	1.6	880	0	0
4:59 PM	EF0	Shelby County AL	1.4	50	0	0
5:04 PM	EF3	Marengo County AL	15.3	800	1	4
5:11 PM	EF2	Monroe County AL	0.9	150	0	0
5:19 PM	EF2	Marengo County AL	5.4	575	0	0
5:29 PM	EF2	Monroe County, Butler County AL	22.3	300	0	0
5:30 PM	EF1	Mason County IL	3.1	100	0	1
5:35 PM	EF2	Marengo County AL	10.9	600	0	0
5:44 PM	EF1	Shelby County AL	4.4	100	0	0
6:00 PM	EF0	Perry County AL	4.7	150	0	0
6:12 PM	EF2	Choctaw County, Marengo County AL	38.8	800	0	0
6:22 PM	EF0	Menard County IL	1.2	50	0	0
6:25 PM	EF2	Perry County AL	0.8	500	0	0
6:25 PM	EF1	Menard County IL	1.7	150	0	0
6:50 PM	EF0	Harris County GA	0.4	50	0	0
7:05 PM	EF1	Dallas County AL	0.1	75	0	0
7:23 PM	EF0	Lowndes County AL	2.7	75	0	0
7:45 PM	EF3	Greene County, Washington County MS, AL	18.3	500	4	28
7:48 PM	EF1	Dallas County AL	0.2	100	0	0
8:04 PM	EF1	Dallas County AL	1.6	250	0	0
8:12 PM	EF0	Trigg County KY	0.3	50	0	0
8:14 PM	EF1	Trigg County KY	2.5	125	0	0
8:48 PM	EF1	Autauga County AL	7.9	200	0	0
8:56 PM	EF1	Autauga County AL	13.4	200	0	0
9:06 PM	EF0	Autauga County AL	4.4	50	0	0
9:20 PM	EF2	Clarke County AL	0.3	200	0	0
9:25 PM	EF1	Dallas County AL	3.2	75	0	0
9:27 PM	EF0	Elmore County AL	0.3	50	0	0
9:29 PM	EF1	Autauga County AL	3.0	800	0	0
9:29 PM	EF2	Autauga County AL	10.0	800	0	0
10:05 PM	EF0	Mobile County AL	1.2	80	0	0
10:26 PM	EF2	Monroe County AL	3.2	400	0	0
10:47 PM	EF3	Autauga County AL	9.3	400	3	4
11:15 PM	EF2	Butler County AL	3.3	400	0	0
11:17 PM	EF2	Elmore County, Coosa County and 1 more AL	20.8	1,320	0	2
11:38 PM	EF1	Escambia County AL	10.2	150	0	0
11:43 PM	EF1	Tallapoosa County AL	6.6	200	0	0
12:08 AM	EF2	Escambia County, Conecuh County and 1 more AL	22.9	300	0	0

By state

Tornadoes by state, April 15, 2011

Alabama	43	3	4
Mississippi	18	3	4
Arkansas	7	0	2
Illinois	3	0	0
Kentucky	2	0	0
Georgia	1	0	0
Missouri	1	0	0

Tornadoes in 2011 · 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.