The tornado outbreak of April 3, 2017

40 tornadoesGeorgia, South Carolina, Louisiana and Alabama

40 tornadoes touched down across 4 states between 4:02 AM and 4:11 PM CDT, none rated EF3 or stronger, and 1 people were killed.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · April 3, 2017

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 Monday, April 3, 2017
EF3 or stronger: 0; None rated EF4 or EF5
Killed: 1; Along all the paths
Injured: 0; Along all the paths
Path miles: 130; All the paths end to end
First and last: 4:02 AM to 4:11 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 3, 2017

4:02 AM	EF1	St. Tammany Parish LA	2.5	75	0
4:12 AM	EF1	St. Tammany Parish LA	7.3	100	0
8:54 AM	EF0	Crenshaw County AL	0.1	25	0
9:58 AM	EF1	Carroll County GA	2.4	300	0
10:28 AM	EF1	Fulton County GA	4.1	150	0
10:42 AM	EF1	Muscogee County GA	3.3	175	0
11:10 AM	EF0	Stewart County GA	1.6	150	0
11:16 AM	EF0	Stewart County GA	1.4	100	0
11:17 AM	EF1	Lumpkin County GA	4.6	350	0
11:18 AM	EF0	Talbot County GA	2.2	75	0
11:26 AM	EF1	Talbot County GA	3.6	200	0
11:29 AM	EF0	Webster County GA	3.9	150	0
11:35 AM	EF0	Spalding County GA	0.6	150	0
11:36 AM	EF0	Upson County GA	1.7	75	0
11:44 AM	EF1	Upson County GA	6.7	150	0
11:46 AM	EF1	Schley County GA	5.5	200	0
11:52 AM	EF0	Henry County GA	1.8	250	0
12:06 PM	EF1	Monroe County GA	8.1	300	0
12:30 PM	EF1	Peach County, Houston County GA	9.2	600	0
12:40 PM	EF0	Jones County GA	2.9	100	0
12:51 PM	EF0	Pickens County SC	0.1	40	0
12:56 PM	EF1	Twiggs County GA	5.8	440	0
1:03 PM	EF2	Wilkinson County GA	3.3	200	0
1:06 PM	EF1	Twiggs County, Wilkinson County GA	7.9	350	0
1:10 PM	EF0	Worth County GA	0.0	10	0
1:13 PM	EF0	Pickens County, Greenville County SC	2.8	50	0
1:16 PM	EF0	Wilkinson County GA	4.1	90	0
1:21 PM	EF0	Hancock County GA	3.3	200	0
1:26 PM	EF0	Wilkinson County, Laurens County GA	6.6	150	0
1:28 PM	EF0	Wilkinson County GA	0.2	100	0
1:36 PM	EF1	Washington County GA	5.7	250	0
1:49 PM	EF0	Laurens County SC	0.7	75	0
1:56 PM	EF0	Washington County GA	0.4	150	0
2:00 PM	EF1	Washington County, Jefferson County GA	7.5	300	0
2:21 PM	EF1	Union County SC	0.7	150	1
2:30 PM	EF0	Union County SC	0.0	50	0
3:08 PM	EF0	Aiken County SC	0.1	25	0
3:14 PM	EF1	Aiken County SC	0.9	100	0
3:43 PM	EF0	Hampton County SC	0.3	240	0
4:11 PM	EF2	Calhoun County SC	6.7	600	0

By state

Tornadoes by state, April 3, 2017

Georgia	28	0
South Carolina	9	1
Louisiana	2	0
Alabama	1	0

Tornadoes in 2017 · 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.