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This is a list of all tornadoes that were confirmed by local offices of the National Weather Service in the United States in April 2011.It was, by a wide margin, the most active tornado month in United States history, with 780 tornadoes being confirmed from April 4 to April 30.
Clockwise from top: A view of Joplin, Missouri 10 days after being hit by a catastrophic EF5 tornado; Damage caused by a strong EF4 tornado on April 27; A destroyed house in Smithville, Mississippi after a fast-moving EF5 tornado; A long-tracked tornado seen on a tower cam; An EF5 tornado seen taking the appearance of a "wedge"; A powerful tornado at EF5 intensity after exiting the town of ...
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).
List of tornadoes in the outbreak of April 14–16, 2011; Tornado outbreak of April 14–16, 2011; Tornado outbreak sequence of April 19–24, 2011; 2011 Hackleburg–Phil Campbell tornado; 2011 Philadelphia, Mississippi tornado; 2011 Smithville tornado; List of tornadoes in the 2011 Super Outbreak; List of United States tornadoes in April 2011
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.
From April 14–16, 2011, a tornado outbreak, among the largest recorded tornado outbreaks in U.S. history, produced 178 confirmed tornadoes across 16 states, resulting in severe destruction on all three days of the
The 14 killer tornadoes in April were more than occurred in all of 2019 (12). April was an historic month for tornadoes in the United States, as reflected in the tragic monthly data released by ...
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 tornado. Between 0256 and 0258 UTC (9:56 and 9:58 p.m. CDT) that day, five tornadoes were on the ground simultaneously in Pocahontas County, Iowa , all of which were from one supercell ...