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The 2011 Super Outbreak was the largest, costliest, and one of the deadliest tornado outbreaks ever recorded, taking place in the Southern, Midwestern, and Northeastern United States from April 25 to 28, 2011, leaving catastrophic destruction in its wake.
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 ...
The outbreak sequence produced an EF4 tornado that tore through the St. Louis metropolitan area on April 22, while other tornadoes caused damage in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Texas, Oklahoma, and other parts of Missouri during the period. No fatalities were reported in this outbreak sequence.
The tornado was part of the largest outbreak of tornadoes in recorded history, and was the deadliest to hit Georgia during the outbreak. The tornado touched down in rural Catoosa County, Georgia near Rock Spring , where it slowly intensified and damaged trees before crossing Jackson Lake and entering into Ringgold, where it damaged several ...
In Wisconsin, 16 tornadoes touched down, ranking this outbreak as the state's largest April event on record as well as one of the largest single-day events during the course of any year. The strongest tornado of the outbreak was an EF4 tornado that touched down west of Pocahontas, Iowa on April 9, a short-lived satellite to a long-track EF3 ...
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 ...
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 ...
On April 16, another PDS tornado watch, along with a "high risk" alert from the SPC were issued for central and eastern North Carolina. At least 24 died and 135 were seriously injured in what became North Carolina's worst tornado outbreak in 25 years; tornadoes also struck South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania. [37]