The tornado outbreak of April 16, 2011
57 tornadoesNorth Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina and 3 more states
57 tornadoes touched down across 6 states between 3:50 AM and 8:35 PM CDT, 6 of them rated EF3 or stronger, and 26 people were killed.
Watch the day unfoldTornado outbreak · April 16, 2011
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
- 57
- 56th of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
- EF3 or stronger
- 6
- None rated EF4 or EF5
- Killed
- 26
- 39th-deadliest tornado day since 1950
- Injured
- 480
- Along all the paths
- Path miles
- 450
- All the paths end to end
- First and last
- 3:50 AM to 8:35 PM
- 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.
By state
| North Carolina | 31 | 5 | 24 |
| Virginia | 11 | 1 | 2 |
| South Carolina | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Maryland | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Georgia | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Pennsylvania | 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.