The tornado outbreak of April 28, 2014

53 tornadoesMississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and 3 more states

53 tornadoes touched down across 6 states between 3:09 AM and 12:54 AM the next day CDT, 9 of them rated EF3 or stronger, and 15 people were killed.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · April 28, 2014

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 53 that day
Strongest so far—
Killed—in tornadoes so far

The day in numbers

Tornadoes
53
66th of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
EF3 or stronger
9
1 rated EF4 or EF5
Killed
15
74th-deadliest tornado day since 1950
Injured
203
Along all the paths
Path miles
447
All the paths end to end
First and last
3:09 AM to 12:54 AM the next day
Touchdowns, Central Daylight Time

Hour by hour

Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Daylight Time.

Tornadoes per hour, April 28, 2014 3 AM: 1 4 AM: 0 5 AM: 0 6 AM: 1 7 AM: 0 8 AM: 0 9 AM: 0 10 AM: 0 11 AM: 0 Noon: 1 1 PM: 1 2 PM: 2 3 PM: 2 4 PM: 2 5 PM: 9 9 6 PM: 8 7 PM: 4 8 PM: 5 9 PM: 4 10 PM: 6 11 PM: 3 Midnight: 4 3 AM6 AM9 AMNoon3 PM6 PM9 PMMidnight

Every tornado

In order of touchdown. One has a record page, linked from the rating.

Tornadoes of April 28, 2014
3:09 AMEF2Caddo Parish, Bossier Parish LA5.155000
6:46 AMEF0Shelby County TN1.57500
12:36 PMEF1White County TN2.010000
1:57 PMEF0Yazoo County MS0.25000
2:38 PMEF3Lee County, Itawamba County and 1 more MS31.0440032
2:51 PMEF1Montgomery County MS3.410000
3:51 PMEF4Leake County, Attala County and 2 more MS33.41,3201084
3:56 PMEF1Franklin County AL3.210000
4:47 PMEF3Limestone County AL15.6600230
4:56 PMEF1Warren County MS4.720001
5:10 PMEF2Obion County, Fulton County TN, KY12.115001
5:14 PMEF1Noxubee County, Oktibbeha County MS7.110000
5:20 PMEF1Hinds County MS13.850000
5:38 PMEF0Marion County AL7.710000
5:39 PMEF1Lowndes County MS0.610000
5:46 PMEF0Hickman County KY1.02500
5:48 PMEF1Hinds County MS10.930000
5:50 PMEF1Madison County AL8.910000
5:53 PMEF2Lowndes County MS10.330000
6:00 PMEF1Madison County MS3.820000
6:00 PMEF2Troup County, Heard County GA5.715000
6:08 PMEF1Lowndes County MS6.325000
6:09 PMEF2Lincoln County TN9.525000
6:13 PMEF0Madison County MS0.87500
6:19 PMEF1Lowndes County, Lamar County MS, AL10.050000
6:27 PMEF3Hinds County, Rankin County and 1 more MS29.7400110
6:38 PMEF2Lowndes County, Pickens County MS, AL14.350005
7:08 PMEF1Leake County MS5.010000
7:35 PMEF1Fayette County, Marion County AL7.035000
7:36 PMEF3Scott County MS4.315003
7:54 PMEF1Newton County MS9.615000
8:09 PMEF3Lincoln County, Moore County TN26.850020
8:12 PMEF2Newton County MS5.640000
8:18 PMEF1Jackson County, DeKalb County AL6.110000
8:35 PMEF1Newton County, Lauderdale County MS13.110000
8:40 PMEF1Walker County AL2.415000
9:30 PMEF1Sumter County AL1.015000
9:39 PMEF3Cullman County AL8.935000
9:40 PMEF3Jones County, Wayne County MS10.5880015
9:59 PMEF1Tuscaloosa County AL12.51,500013
10:00 PMEF1Jefferson County, Blount County AL8.880004
10:05 PMEF1Whitfield County GA3.410000
10:05 PMEF1Bradley County TN0.610000
10:09 PMEF2Wayne County MS9.225000
10:13 PMEF2Jefferson County AL5.51,80003
10:55 PMEF1Tuscaloosa County, Jefferson County AL4.567500
11:00 PMEF1Jefferson County AL7.691300
11:16 PMEF2Jefferson County AL5.160000
11:22 PMEF1Blount County AL7.81,00000
12:15 AMEF1Clarke County AL0.320000
12:24 AMEF2St. Clair County, Blount County AL14.61,30002
12:32 AMEF3Etowah County, DeKalb County AL11.760000
12:54 AMEF2DeKalb County AL2.520000

By state

Tornadoes by state, April 28, 2014
Mississippi23511
Alabama2032
Tennessee612
Georgia200
Kentucky100
Louisiana100

Tornadoes in 2014 · 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.