The tornado outbreak of April 28, 2011

40 tornadoesNorth Carolina, Maryland, Pennsylvania and 5 more states

40 tornadoes touched down across 8 states between 1:12 AM and 4:23 PM CDT, none rated EF3 or stronger.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · April 28, 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 40 that day

Strongest so far—

Killed—in tornadoes so far

The day in numbers

Tornadoes: 40; on Thursday, April 28, 2011
EF3 or stronger: 0; None rated EF4 or EF5
Killed: 0; Along all the paths
Injured: 1; Along all the paths
Path miles: 147; All the paths end to end
First and last: 1:12 AM to 4:23 PM; 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 28, 2011

1:12 AM	EF2	Rockingham County, Shenandoah County VA	33.5	400	0
1:17 AM	EF1	Augusta County VA	4.0	150	0
1:20 AM	EF1	Huntingdon County PA	2.9	50	0
1:50 AM	EF1	Putnam County, Hancock County GA	6.7	200	0
1:53 AM	EF1	Juniata County PA	8.5	100	0
2:01 AM	EF1	Rockingham County VA	0.9	50	0
2:20 AM	EF2	Chenango County NY	7.4	400	0
2:22 AM	EF1	Caldwell County NC	4.5	100	1
2:33 AM	EF1	Alexander County NC	4.3	75	0
2:39 AM	EF1	Warren County GA	7.8	440	0
2:45 AM	EF0	Shenandoah County, Frederick County VA	4.3	175	0
2:55 AM	EF1	Rockingham County VA	2.6	150	0
2:58 AM	EF1	Chenango County NY	3.4	150	0
3:58 AM	EF1	Chenango County NY	3.5	100	0
4:04 AM	EF1	Herkimer County NY	2.9	250	0
4:50 AM	EF0	Susquehanna County PA	1.0	80	0
4:50 AM	EF1	Jackson County FL	3.0	150	0
4:55 AM	EF2	York County PA	2.6	100	0
5:20 AM	EF1	Lebanon County PA	1.9	100	0
5:30 AM	EF2	Lebanon County PA	1.1	200	0
5:45 AM	EF0	Montgomery County MD	0.8	50	0
6:37 AM	EF0	Carroll County MD	0.7	50	0
6:37 AM	EF1	Calhoun County SC	4.7	440	0
6:50 AM	EF1	Sumter County SC	10.8	220	0
7:09 AM	EF0	Baltimore County MD	1.1	50	0
7:18 AM	EF0	Sumter County SC	1.6	80	0
8:54 AM	EF0	Baltimore County MD	1.1	75	0
9:15 AM	EF1	Hanover County VA	2.5	150	0
10:25 AM	EF1	St. Mary's County MD	3.4	150	0
10:41 AM	EF0	Calvert County MD	1.7	50	0
2:00 PM	EF1	Duplin County NC	1.4	100	0
2:43 PM	EF0	Columbus County NC	0.6	20	0
3:07 PM	EF1	Pender County NC	0.3	60	0
3:10 PM	EF0	Pender County NC	6.3	50	0
3:20 PM	EF0	Craven County NC	0.1	50	0
3:22 PM	EF0	Glynn County GA	0.0	1	0
3:29 PM	EF1	Pender County NC	3.1	60	0
3:30 PM	EF0	Martin County NC	0.1	30	0
3:38 PM	EF0	Pender County NC	0.2	30	0
4:23 PM	EF0	Beaufort County NC	0.3	30	0

By state

Tornadoes by state, April 28, 2011

North Carolina	11	0	0
Maryland	6	0	0
Pennsylvania	6	0	0
Virginia	6	0	0
New York	4	0	0
Georgia	3	0	0
South Carolina	3	0	0
Florida	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.