The tornado outbreak of April 27, 2024

63 tornadoesOklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and Texas

63 tornadoes touched down across 4 states between 10:11 AM and 12:55 AM the next day CDT, 3 of them rated EF3 or stronger, and 4 people were killed.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · April 27, 2024

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 63 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: 63; 42nd of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
EF3 or stronger: 3; 1 rated EF4 or EF5
Killed: 4; Along all the paths
Injured: 59; Along all the paths
Path miles: 269; All the paths end to end
First and last: 10:11 AM to 12:55 AM the next day; 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 27, 2024

10:11 AM	EF1	Roger Mills County OK	0.7	50	0	0
10:18 AM	EF0	Roger Mills County OK	0.1	10	0	0
1:21 PM	EF1	Garfield County OK	0.8	100	0	0
2:05 PM	EFU	Brown County KS	3.9	25	0	0
2:15 PM	EFU	Doniphan County KS	0.0	1	0	0
2:31 PM	EF0	Nemaha County KS	1.0	20	0	0
2:39 PM	EF1	Kay County OK	2.6	30	0	0
2:45 PM	EF0	Nemaha County KS	0.6	75	0	0
2:54 PM	EF1	Kay County OK	1.0	75	0	0
3:06 PM	EF2	Knox County TX	12.3	1,000	0	0
3:20 PM	EF0	Payne County OK	5.2	30	0	0
3:28 PM	EF2	Cowley County KS	1.3	100	0	0
3:36 PM	EF1	Cowley County KS	0.6	20	0	0
4:08 PM	EF1	Baylor County TX	12.7	300	0	0
4:10 PM	EF0	Caddo County OK	0.8	20	0	0
4:12 PM	EF1	Gentry County MO	11.6	250	0	0
4:29 PM	EF1	Canadian County OK	6.8	150	0	0
4:30 PM	EF1	Elk County KS	0.0	50	0	0
4:35 PM	EF0	Hamilton County KS	0.1	10	0	0
4:39 PM	EF1	Elk County KS	0.5	40	0	0
4:42 PM	EFU	Elk County KS	0.0	15	0	0
4:54 PM	EFU	Elk County KS	0.0	30	0	0
4:58 PM	EF0	Grundy County, Mercer County MO	4.0	75	0	0
5:15 PM	EFU	Baylor County TX	0.6	20	0	0
5:35 PM	EFU	Wilson County KS	0.0	10	0	0
5:56 PM	EFU	Wilson County KS	0.0	10	0	0
6:11 PM	EF0	Chautauqua County KS	0.0	20	0	0
6:11 PM	EF0	Chautauqua County KS	0.0	10	0	0
6:23 PM	EF0	Wichita County TX	1.5	30	0	0
6:37 PM	EFU	Linn County MO	0.1	5	0	0
6:43 PM	EF1	Wichita County, Tillman County and 1 more TX, OK	6.5	100	0	0
7:45 PM	EFU	Montgomery County KS	0.0	20	0	0
7:55 PM	EFU	Comanche County OK	0.3	20	0	0
8:16 PM	EFU	Osage County OK	0.1	75	0	0
8:23 PM	EF1	Bates County MO	2.5	150	0	0
8:30 PM	EF1	Bates County, Henry County MO	10.1	250	0	0
8:45 PM	EF0	Henry County MO	2.4	150	0	0
8:53 PM	EF1	McClain County, Grady County OK	4.4	225	0	0
9:12 PM	EF1	McClain County OK	0.5	40	0	0
9:16 PM	EF1	Johnston County OK	4.7	150	0	0
9:17 PM	EF0	McClain County OK	1.7	40	0	0
9:20 PM	EF2	McClain County OK	4.9	125	0	0
9:29 PM	EF1	Cleveland County OK	3.5	200	0	0
9:42 PM	EF2	Carter County OK	11.3	400	0	19
9:45 PM	EF1	Oklahoma County OK	8.5	150	0	0
9:50 PM	EFU	Wilson County KS	0.0	10	0	0
10:15 PM	EF1	Pontotoc County OK	1.5	30	0	0
10:16 PM	EF1	Lincoln County OK	10.3	250	0	0
10:23 PM	EF3	Murray County, Pontotoc County OK	9.9	440	1	30
10:29 PM	EF0	Morgan County MO	3.5	50	0	0
10:36 PM	EF3	Hughes County, Okfuskee County OK	27.9	1,760	2	4
10:37 PM	EF1	Pontotoc County OK	8.4	500	0	0
10:45 PM	EF0	Carter County OK	0.5	30	0	0
10:59 PM	EF1	Moniteau County MO	1.7	30	0	0
11:07 PM	EF1	Murray County OK	5.9	250	0	0
11:08 PM	EF4	Love County, Carter County OK	26.8	900	1	6
11:21 PM	EF1	Murray County OK	3.5	100	0	0
12:01 AM	EF1	Okmulgee County OK	11.3	1,400	0	0
12:14 AM	EF1	Okmulgee County OK	8.9	1,100	0	0
12:22 AM	EFU	Johnston County OK	1.1	200	0	0
12:28 AM	EF1	Muskogee County OK	6.2	800	0	0
12:40 AM	EF1	Wagoner County OK	9.8	750	0	0
12:55 AM	EF1	Wagoner County OK	1.6	400	0	0

By state

Tornadoes by state, April 27, 2024

Oklahoma	33	3	4
Kansas	17	0	0
Missouri	8	0	0
Texas	5	0	0

Tornadoes in 2024 · 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.