The tornado outbreak of April 5, 2022

67 tornadoesGeorgia, Alabama, Mississippi and 2 more states

67 tornadoes touched down across 5 states between 3:45 AM and 6:51 PM CDT, 4 of them rated EF3 or stronger, and 1 people were killed.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · April 5, 2022

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 67 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: 67; 33rd of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
EF3 or stronger: 4; 1 rated EF4 or EF5
Killed: 1; Along all the paths
Injured: 17; Along all the paths
Path miles: 356; All the paths end to end
First and last: 3:45 AM to 6:51 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 5, 2022

3:45 AM	EF1	Lincoln Parish, Union Parish LA	5.1	150	0	0
6:46 AM	EF1	Scott County MS	7.6	100	0	0
7:00 AM	EF1	Scott County MS	4.7	300	0	0
7:06 AM	EF1	Jefferson Davis County MS	3.1	100	0	0
7:09 AM	EF1	Scott County, Newton County MS	2.1	100	0	0
7:09 AM	EF2	Jefferson Davis County, Covington County MS	14.8	400	0	0
7:16 AM	EF1	Newton County MS	4.0	100	0	0
7:22 AM	EF1	Covington County, Jones County MS	16.5	440	0	0
7:56 AM	EF1	Jones County MS	8.6	250	0	0
8:06 AM	EF1	Clarke County MS	2.9	250	0	0
8:14 AM	EF2	Wayne County MS	2.2	250	0	0
8:18 AM	EF0	Lauderdale County MS	2.5	25	0	0
8:19 AM	EF1	Wayne County MS	2.6	100	0	0
8:36 AM	EF1	Wayne County MS	0.3	50	0	0
9:03 AM	EF2	Clarke County AL	9.5	800	0	0
9:10 AM	EF1	Clarke County AL	1.8	100	0	0
10:10 AM	EF1	Monroe County AL	1.5	75	0	0
10:54 AM	EF2	Elmore County AL	4.4	900	0	0
10:56 AM	EF2	Crenshaw County AL	1.3	250	0	0
11:03 AM	EF2	Pike County, Montgomery County AL	12.7	1,100	0	0
11:06 AM	EF0	Elmore County AL	5.3	300	0	0
11:19 AM	EF1	Macon County AL	4.2	250	0	0
11:20 AM	EFU	Crenshaw County AL	0.4	25	0	0
11:22 AM	EF0	Tallapoosa County AL	1.8	110	0	0
11:34 AM	EF1	Montgomery County, Pike County AL	7.6	550	0	0
11:45 AM	EF0	Chambers County AL	0.4	200	0	0
11:50 AM	EF1	Bullock County AL	1.6	600	0	0
12:38 PM	EF1	Barbour County AL	1.5	200	0	0
1:04 PM	EF1	Chattahoochee County GA	6.7	300	0	0
1:24 PM	EF0	Henry County AL	2.8	50	0	0
1:29 PM	EF1	Taylor County GA	3.0	150	0	0
1:38 PM	EF0	Geneva County, Houston County AL	6.8	200	0	0
1:39 PM	EF1	Geneva County AL	0.2	50	0	0
1:50 PM	EF1	Taylor County GA	7.2	300	0	0
1:53 PM	EF0	Houston County AL	0.1	25	0	0
2:01 PM	EF1	Macon County GA	17.3	250	0	0
2:07 PM	EF1	Crawford County GA	8.8	200	0	0
2:15 PM	EF1	Early County GA	4.9	50	0	0
2:15 PM	EF1	Early County GA	7.1	50	0	0
2:26 PM	EF2	Dooly County GA	5.8	300	0	0
2:33 PM	EF1	Bibb County GA	2.0	100	0	0
2:49 PM	EF3	Houston County GA	3.9	820	0	3
2:50 PM	EF3	Allendale County SC	13.3	1,000	0	1
2:51 PM	EF0	Baker County GA	0.6	25	0	0
3:01 PM	EF0	Baldwin County GA	1.7	150	0	0
3:11 PM	EF1	Twiggs County, Wilkinson County GA	12.3	400	0	0
3:12 PM	EF1	Mitchell County GA	8.1	50	0	0
3:14 PM	EF1	Bleckley County, Dodge County GA	7.6	125	0	0
3:18 PM	EF1	Bamberg County SC	3.7	250	0	0
3:20 PM	EF0	Wilcox County, Dodge County GA	9.4	200	0	0
3:39 PM	EF0	Bamberg County SC	2.4	200	0	0
3:53 PM	EF0	Orangeburg County SC	1.0	50	0	0
4:07 PM	EF0	Orangeburg County SC	0.8	200	0	0
4:10 PM	EF0	Treutlen County GA	0.9	100	0	0
4:17 PM	EF1	Treutlen County GA	0.8	200	0	0
4:18 PM	EF4	Bryan County GA	14.4	1,300	1	12
4:22 PM	EF1	Emanuel County GA	6.2	150	0	0
4:27 PM	EF0	Emanuel County GA	0.7	50	0	0
4:35 PM	EF2	Aiken County, Lexington County SC	5.7	100	0	1
5:03 PM	EF1	Allendale County SC	1.3	100	0	0
5:03 PM	EF3	Allendale County, Bamberg County and 1 more SC	34.5	500	0	0
5:20 PM	EF0	Hampton County SC	1.7	250	0	0
5:20 PM	EF1	Lexington County, Calhoun County SC	5.8	40	0	0
5:30 PM	EF1	Bleckley County, Laurens County GA	1.8	250	0	0
6:12 PM	EF0	Dorchester County SC	5.6	50	0	0
6:38 PM	EF2	Clarendon County SC	2.8	140	0	0
6:51 PM	EF1	Marion County, Horry County SC	5.4	50	0	0

By state

Tornadoes by state, April 5, 2022

Georgia	22	2	1
Alabama	18	0	0
Mississippi	13	0	0
South Carolina	13	2	0
Louisiana	1	0	0

Tornadoes in 2022 · 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.