The tornado outbreak of April 19, 2011

70 tornadoesIndiana, Illinois, Ohio and 3 more states

70 tornadoes touched down across 6 states between 4:00 PM and 12:54 AM the next day CDT, 1 of them rated EF3 or stronger. The 26th-most tornadoes of any day since 1950.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · April 19, 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 70 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: 70; 26th of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
EF3 or stronger: 1; None rated EF4 or EF5
Killed: 0; Along all the paths
Injured: 4; Along all the paths
Path miles: 227; All the paths end to end
First and last: 4:00 PM to 12:54 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 19, 2011

4:00 PM	EF1	Pike County MO	4.1	150	0
4:36 PM	EF0	Pike County MO	0.4	50	0
5:58 PM	EF0	Pushmataha County OK	0.1	50	0
5:58 PM	EF3	Macoupin County IL	4.3	200	2
6:07 PM	EF1	Pushmataha County, Le Flore County OK	3.5	100	0
6:08 PM	EF2	Montgomery County IL	3.2	150	0
6:15 PM	EF2	Montgomery County IL	3.5	200	0
6:17 PM	EF1	Christian County IL	2.0	100	0
6:30 PM	EF0	Christian County IL	3.5	100	0
6:32 PM	EF1	Christian County IL	0.9	100	0
6:45 PM	EF0	Le Flore County OK	0.1	75	0
6:48 PM	EF0	Le Flore County OK	3.0	125	0
7:43 PM	EF1	Wayne County MO	5.2	500	0
7:55 PM	EF0	Bollinger County MO	0.5	100	0
7:59 PM	EF1	Edgar County IL	1.1	100	0
8:02 PM	EF0	Vermilion County IL	2.7	25	0
8:10 PM	EF1	Vermillion County, Parke County and 2 more IN	31.1	100	0
8:11 PM	EF1	Vermilion County IL	2.6	100	0
8:35 PM	EF0	Jackson County IL	3.9	100	0
8:40 PM	EF1	Franklin County IL	0.3	50	0
8:40 PM	EF1	Tippecanoe County IN	0.7	100	0
8:49 PM	EF1	Franklin County IL	0.1	50	0
8:50 PM	EF0	Tippecanoe County IN	2.6	50	0
8:55 PM	EF1	Boone County IN	0.6	50	0
9:02 PM	EF1	Marion County IL	0.4	75	0
9:03 PM	EF1	Jefferson County IL	4.3	100	0
9:06 PM	EF1	Jefferson County IL	1.4	100	0
9:19 PM	EF1	Hamilton County IL	3.4	150	0
9:27 PM	EF0	Cape Girardeau County MO	0.1	40	0
9:28 PM	EF2	White County IL	1.8	125	0
9:30 PM	EF1	White County IL	1.4	100	0
9:30 PM	EF2	Wayne County IL	10.6	150	2
9:41 PM	EF1	Grant County IN	2.5	150	0
9:48 PM	EF2	Wabash County IL	11.2	250	0
9:48 PM	EF1	Grant County IN	2.9	50	0
9:53 PM	EF1	Wabash County IL	2.8	125	0
9:54 PM	EF1	Knox County IN	10.9	75	0
9:57 PM	EF1	Warrick County, Gibson County IN	4.4	100	0
10:16 PM	EF1	Jay County IN	6.9	50	0
10:19 PM	EF0	Van Wert County OH	0.5	50	0
10:22 PM	EF0	Dubois County IN	0.3	200	0
10:22 PM	EF1	Dubois County IN	3.1	200	0
10:25 PM	EF0	Dubois County IN	1.9	200	0
10:26 PM	EF1	Dubois County IN	0.4	100	0
10:26 PM	EF2	Dubois County IN	3.3	300	0
10:39 PM	EF2	Mercer County OH	3.7	30	0
10:39 PM	EF2	Orange County IN	1.0	200	0
10:40 PM	EF1	Orange County IN	1.5	125	0
10:40 PM	EF1	Van Wert County, Allen County OH	4.0	100	0
10:40 PM	EF1	Orange County IN	0.7	75	0
10:44 PM	EF0	Auglaize County OH	3.8	67	0
10:47 PM	EF0	Orange County IN	0.5	100	0
10:54 PM	EF0	Breckinridge County, Meade County KY	11.5	150	0
10:58 PM	EF1	Allen County OH	0.7	100	0
10:59 PM	EF1	Washington County IN	1.5	200	0
11:00 PM	EF0	Washington County IN	1.2	75	0
11:07 PM	EF0	Washington County IN	0.7	50	0
11:09 PM	EF0	Harrison County IN	0.3	50	0
11:14 PM	EF0	Washington County, Scott County IN	13.1	200	0
11:19 PM	EF0	Scott County, Jefferson County IN	11.8	100	0
11:28 PM	EF1	Clark County IN	1.2	200	0
11:28 PM	EF0	Clark County IN	0.2	75	0
11:37 PM	EF0	Lucas County OH	0.8	25	0
11:40 PM	EF1	Jefferson County IN	2.3	125	0
11:41 PM	EF0	Jefferson County IN	3.2	100	0
11:49 PM	EF1	Oldham County KY	0.3	80	0
11:55 PM	EF0	Ottawa County OH	1.5	30	0
12:04 AM	EF1	Switzerland County IN	1.8	67	0
12:28 AM	EF0	Franklin County KY	4.8	30	0
12:54 AM	EF1	Scott County KY	0.5	50	0

By state

Tornadoes by state, April 19, 2011

Indiana	29	0
Illinois	21	1
Ohio	7	0
Missouri	5	0
Kentucky	4	0
Oklahoma	4	0

Tornadoes in 2011 · On this date in other years · The biggest outbreak days · The day’s damaging winds

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.