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Tornado outbreak Extratropical cyclone Winter storm: Duration: April 14–16, 2011: Tornadoes confirmed: 178: Max. rating 1: EF3 tornado: Duration of tornado outbreak 2: 2 days, 4 hours, 20 minutes: Largest hail: 4.25 inches (10.8 cm) in several locations: Fatalities: 38 fatalities (+5 non-tornadic), 588 injuries: Damage: $2.1 billion (2011 USD ...
Several tornadoes from the outbreak were exceptionally long-tracked. Three tornadoes on April 27 travelled over 120 miles (190 km), with a fourth traversing 97 miles (156 km). Seven tornadoes–the Vilonia tornado on April 25 and six tornadoes on April 27–stayed on the ground for over an hour.
This long-tracked high-end EF2 tornado followed a similar but much longer path than the 16:48 UTC tornado that moved through the same area earlier in the day. Numerous houses sustained roof and structural damage, and mobile homes were heavily damaged or destroyed, including as the tornado moved through Nanafalia .
The tornado was part of a tornado outbreak that spawned more than a dozen tornadoes on April 5 and 6 of that year. ... 2011. It was the deadliest tornado since SPC records began in 1950. Nearly ...
The first EF5 tornado of the outbreak touched down near the city of Philadelphia, Mississippi, on April 27. The tornado touched down at 2:30 p.m. CDT (19:30 UTC) and traveled for nearly 29 miles (47 km) through Neshoba, Kemper, Winston, and Noxubee Counties, reaching a maximum width of a 1 ⁄ 2-mile (0.80 km).
April has historically witnessed some of the most severe tornado patterns on record, including the largest and second-largest outbreaks in recorded history. On April 27, 2011, the U.S. experienced ...
The third most memorable tornado of Timmer's 25-year career was the most powerful he's recalled. On April 27, 2011, an EF5 tornado tore through multiple counties in east-central Mississippi ...
More than three dozen tornadoes were confirmed each day of the event, with 42 on April 25, 55 on April 26, a 24-hour record of 223 on April 27, and 47 on April 28. In terms of violent tornadoes, the event ranks third with 15 EF4/5 storms, behind the 1974 Super Outbreak and 1965 Palm Sunday outbreak .