The tornado outbreak of April 25, 2011

46 tornadoesArkansas, Texas, Kentucky and 3 more states

46 tornadoes touched down across 6 states between 9:05 AM and 12:40 AM the next day CDT, 1 of them rated EF3 or stronger, and 5 people were killed.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · April 25, 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 46 that day
Strongest so far—
Killed—in tornadoes so far

The day in numbers

Tornadoes
46
94th of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
EF3 or stronger
1
None rated EF4 or EF5
Killed
5
Along all the paths
Injured
59
Along all the paths
Path miles
308
All the paths end to end
First and last
9:05 AM to 12:40 AM the next day
Touchdowns, Central Daylight Time

Hour by hour

Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Daylight Time.

Tornadoes per hour, April 25, 2011 9 AM: 1 10 AM: 0 11 AM: 0 Noon: 0 1 PM: 1 2 PM: 3 3 PM: 4 4 PM: 5 5 PM: 7 6 PM: 8 8 7 PM: 5 8 PM: 2 9 PM: 3 10 PM: 1 11 PM: 2 Midnight: 4 9 AMNoon3 PM6 PM9 PMMidnight

Every tornado

In order of touchdown.

Tornadoes of April 25, 2011
9:05 AMEF0Hempstead County AR7.610000
1:55 PMEF0Erath County, Hood County TX2.515000
2:00 PMEF0Hood County TX0.42500
2:02 PMEF0McCurtain County OK9.27500
2:55 PMEF1Polk County, Montgomery County AR5.85000
3:00 PMEF0Somervell County TX0.85000
3:10 PMEF0Johnson County TX2.640000
3:15 PMEF0Johnson County TX0.915000
3:32 PMEF1Cherokee County TX8.67500
4:23 PMEF0Hill County TX0.73000
4:23 PMEF1Christian County KY1.527500
4:24 PMEF1Garland County, Saline County AR9.330000
4:35 PMEF1Pike County, Clark County and 3 more AR11.680000
4:56 PMEF2Garland County AR5.920009
5:00 PMEF1Pike County AR4.230000
5:02 PMEF2Garland County AR14.4300010
5:18 PMEF0McCurtain County OK2.55000
5:20 PMEF0Ellis County TX0.55000
5:37 PMEF0Little River County, Sevier County AR7.47000
5:47 PMEF1Wayne County MO11.820000
5:58 PMEF1Wayne County MO5.950000
6:07 PMEF3Garland County, Saline County AR16.8300120
6:21 PMEF1Perry County AR6.030000
6:29 PMEF1Pike County AR4.225000
6:30 PMEF1Bollinger County MO2.87000
6:48 PMEF1Pulaski County, White County AR1.640000
6:48 PMEF2Pulaski County, Faulkner County AR51.32,900416
6:53 PMEF0Limestone County TX1.310000
6:59 PMEF0Freestone County TX0.810000
7:06 PMEF1Faulkner County AR1.15000
7:25 PMEF0Freestone County TX3.550000
7:35 PMEF0Leon County TX0.910000
7:46 PMEF2Pulaski County AR5.235004
7:53 PMEF1Pulaski County, Lonoke County AR21.980000
8:15 PMEF1Prairie County AR6.210000
8:24 PMEF1White County AR8.910000
9:15 PMEF1Houston County TX0.23000
9:37 PMEF1Cherokee County, Angelina County TX7.725000
9:45 PMEF1Trinity County TX0.610000
10:13 PMEF0Angelina County TX0.72500
11:45 PMEF1Weakley County, Graves County TN, KY15.422500
11:47 PMEF0Henderson County, Carroll County TN17.020000
12:30 AMEF0Polk County TX0.12000
12:30 AMEF0Calloway County KY0.817500
12:37 AMEF1Lyon County KY3.25000
12:40 AMEF1Lyon County, Caldwell County KY15.410000

By state

Tornadoes by state, April 25, 2011
Arkansas1815
Texas1700
Kentucky400
Missouri300
Oklahoma200
Tennessee200

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.