The tornado outbreak of April 13, 2020

68 tornadoesSouth Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina and 2 more states

68 tornadoes touched down across 5 states between 1:08 AM and 2:27 PM CDT, 10 of them rated EF3 or stronger, and 8 people were killed.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · April 13, 2020

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 68 that day

Strongest so far—

Killed—in tornadoes so far

The day’s milestones

Tornado pathsWider and brighter with the rating; EF3 and stronger glow

On the groundEach grows from its logged touchdown time

Counties crossedLit as a tornado reaches them, brighter for EF3 or stronger

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database (touchdown times, ratings, start and end points) and Storm Events Database (segment paths and times for the notable tornadoes that have record pages). SPC logs the touchdown time only; other paths are drawn at a typical forward speed of 35 mph. Times are Central Daylight Time.

The day in numbers

Tornadoes: 68; 31st of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
EF3 or stronger: 10; 1 rated EF4 or EF5
Killed: 8; Along all the paths
Injured: 95; Along all the paths
Path miles: 412; All the paths end to end
First and last: 1:08 AM to 2:27 PM; Touchdowns, Central Daylight Time

Hour by hour

Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Daylight Time.

Every tornado

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

Tornadoes of April 13, 2020

1:08 AM	EF0	Talbot County GA	2.9	100	0	0
1:19 AM	EF3	Upson County, Lamar County GA	16.6	1,200	0	0
1:36 AM	EF0	Fulton County GA	2.8	50	0	0
1:40 AM	EF3	Monroe County GA	5.3	300	0	1
1:49 AM	EF1	Hall County, Habersham County and 2 more GA	14.3	200	0	0
2:00 AM	EF1	Bibb County GA	3.7	300	0	0
2:07 AM	EF1	Stephens County GA	8.7	500	0	0
2:18 AM	EF1	Oconee County SC	4.0	400	0	0
2:18 AM	EF1	Putnam County GA	12.9	300	0	0
2:21 AM	EF3	Oconee County, Pickens County SC	16.7	1,000	1	5
2:38 AM	EF1	Greene County GA	6.4	350	0	0
2:41 AM	EF2	Pickens County, Greenville County SC	8.0	200	0	8
2:44 AM	EF0	Pickens County SC	7.4	70	0	0
3:01 AM	EF0	Greenville County SC	0.7	30	0	0
3:01 AM	EF0	Washington County GA	1.7	50	0	0
3:05 AM	EF0	Washington County GA	3.1	100	0	0
3:12 AM	EF0	Washington County GA	1.0	100	0	0
3:18 AM	EF1	Washington County, Jefferson County GA	14.2	220	0	0
3:53 AM	EF2	Burke County GA	16.5	700	0	0
4:21 AM	EF3	Aiken County, Barnwell County and 1 more SC	37.9	800	0	0
4:33 AM	EF3	Barnwell County SC	8.5	50	0	0
4:36 AM	EF1	Worth County, Tift County GA	3.6	100	0	0
4:43 AM	EF3	Barnwell County, Orangeburg County and 1 more SC	35.7	770	2	7
4:49 AM	EF3	Barnwell County SC	1.4	40	0	0
4:50 AM	EF3	Barnwell County SC	5.4	800	0	0
4:53 AM	EF1	Richland County SC	4.9	80	0	0
4:58 AM	EF1	Screven County, Hampton County GA, SC	5.9	200	0	0
5:01 AM	EF1	Irwin County GA	1.9	50	0	0
5:04 AM	EF0	Allendale County SC	5.8	300	0	0
5:10 AM	EF4	Hampton County SC	23.7	1,300	5	60
5:25 AM	EF2	Orangeburg County, Calhoun County SC	10.2	700	0	0
5:32 AM	EF1	Alamance County NC	4.5	440	0	0
5:34 AM	EF2	Anson County NC	0.2	75	0	0
5:39 AM	EF0	Coffee County GA	1.2	125	0	0
5:39 AM	EF1	Colleton County SC	1.4	50	0	0
5:45 AM	EF1	Anson County NC	8.8	200	0	0
5:46 AM	EF1	Colleton County SC	3.1	100	0	0
5:47 AM	EF1	Colleton County SC	17.3	500	0	0
6:10 AM	EF1	Dorchester County SC	2.3	150	0	0
6:25 AM	EF1	Wayne County GA	4.8	440	0	8
6:37 AM	EF1	Long County GA	3.2	500	0	0
6:38 AM	EF3	Berkeley County SC	5.7	400	0	6
6:47 AM	EF0	Long County GA	0.4	100	0	0
6:51 AM	EF0	Berkeley County SC	0.9	200	0	0
7:00 AM	EF1	Berkeley County SC	2.5	400	0	0
7:10 AM	EF1	Columbus County NC	0.6	100	0	0
7:11 AM	EF1	Liberty County, Bryan County GA	8.9	250	0	0
7:13 AM	EF1	Georgetown County SC	4.8	40	0	0
7:15 AM	EF1	Georgetown County SC	11.0	50	0	0
7:15 AM	EF2	Colleton County SC	1.2	140	0	0
7:28 AM	EF1	Charleston County SC	1.2	120	0	0
7:33 AM	EF1	Charleston County SC	0.3	60	0	0
7:36 AM	EF2	Georgetown County SC	4.6	50	0	0
8:09 AM	EF1	Pender County NC	7.8	50	0	0
8:13 AM	EF1	Pender County NC	2.8	50	0	0
8:19 AM	EF1	Pender County NC	2.8	30	0	0
8:24 AM	EF0	Pender County NC	1.5	30	0	0
8:32 AM	EF0	Brunswick County NC	0.1	15	0	0
8:36 AM	EF0	Brunswick County NC	0.4	15	0	0
8:36 AM	EF1	Onslow County NC	5.5	640	0	0
9:01 AM	EF0	Jones County NC	0.7	75	0	0
9:05 AM	EF0	Washington County NC	0.3	25	0	0
9:08 AM	EF0	Jones County NC	0.1	60	0	0
9:09 AM	EF0	Suwannee County FL	3.1	175	0	0
9:15 AM	EF0	Beaufort County NC	0.3	29	0	0
9:20 AM	EF0	Craven County NC	0.3	75	0	0
12:47 PM	EF1	Carroll County MD	0.4	75	0	0
2:27 PM	EF0	Caroline County MD	4.8	30	0	0

By state

Tornadoes by state, April 13, 2020

South Carolina	27	8	8
Georgia	22	2	0
North Carolina	16	0	0
Maryland	2	0	0
Florida	1	0	0

Tornadoes in 2020 · On this date in other years · The biggest outbreak days · The day’s damaging winds

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.