The tornado outbreak of April 26, 2011
59 tornadoesTexas, Louisiana, Arkansas and 9 more states
59 tornadoes touched down across 12 states between 1:05 AM and 12:56 AM the next day CDT, 1 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
Watch the day unfoldTornado outbreak · April 26, 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
- 59
- 51st of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
- EF3 or stronger
- 1
- None rated EF4 or EF5
- Killed
- 0
- Along all the paths
- Injured
- 7
- Along all the paths
- Path miles
- 374
- All the paths end to end
- First and last
- 1:05 AM to 12:56 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.
By state
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.