Tornadoes · United States · Kentucky · 2011

EF1 tornado, Kuttawa, Kentucky, April 25, 2011

This EF1 tornado ran 3.2 miles across Lyon County on April 25, 2011, touching down at 12:37 AM CDT and reaching 50 yards wide. It killed nobody, and did $150,000 of property damage.

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Enhanced Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

  1. EF065 to 85 mph

    Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.

  2. EF186 to 110 mphthis tornado

    Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.

  3. EF2111 to 135 mph

    Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.

  4. EF3136 to 165 mph

    Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.

  5. EF4166 to 200 mph

    Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.

  6. EF5over 200 mph

    Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.

  7. Unrated

    The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

The record

Rating
EF1
Date
April 25, 2011
Touchdown
12:37 AM CDT (05:37 UTC)
Lifted
12:42 AM CDT (05:42 UTC)
On the ground
5 minutes
Path length
3.2 miles (5.1 km)
Path width
50 yards (46 m)
Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$150,000
County
Lyon County
Touchdown point
37.044, -88.152
Lift-off point
37.050, -88.094
Record number
1104252337-01

What the Weather Service recorded

A pronounced mid-level shortwave trough and associated 70 to 80 knot mid-level jet progressed northeastward from the southern Plains across Arkansas and Missouri. An associated surface low developed northeastward from southwest Missouri toward northwest Illinois. A gradual increase in the warm sector southerly low level jet occurred as the surface low deepened. Increasing vertical wind shear in the moist and unstable warm sector resulted in organized severe storms. The storms were organized into bowing lines with embedded supercell structures.

The tornado uprooted trees and snapped branches. The tornado struck a marina on Lake Barkley. There was substantial damage to boat docks and to the roofing of one home. One boat capsized. Peak winds were estimated near 90 mph. The path width was only 30 yards on average.

The intermittent damage path began along Highway 373, producing mainly tree damage. Further northeast, barns and trees were damaged, along with shingles off roofs. Peak winds were estimated near 95 mph. The average path width was 75 yards. The tornado continued northeast into Caldwell County.

From NOAA NCEI's Storm Events Database, the narrative the local forecast office wrote for Storm Data.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the tornado touched down, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the tornado touched down at Apr 25, 1:52 PM CDT, 10 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 1:52 PM CDT, 10 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
152 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

.DISCUSSION...
1 ROUND OF SHOWERS/STORMS PASSING NOW AND ANOTHER ROUND IS JUST
UPSTREAM...POISED TO ENTER LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS WE
WARM SECTOR. BETTER CHANCE OF THUNDER WILL COME THEN...AS WE
DESTABILIZE. MAIN THRUST WILL CERTAINLY BE HEAVY RAIN WITH STILL
HIGH PWS AND WALL-TO-WALL PCPN LOOKING UPSTREAM. ANOTHER 2-3" THRU
TONIGHT-EARLY TOMORROW AM CAN BE EXPECTED. THEN AFTER A GENERAL
LULL IN WX TUESDAY...ATMOSPHERE RECHARGES WITH MORE OVERRUNNING
PCPN OVERWHELMING FA TUESDAY NIGHT-WEDNESDAY. MAY SEE ANOTHER 2-3"
SWATH DEVELOP/MOVE OVERHEAD. THIS WILL EXAGGERATE ALREADY ONGOING
FLOODING AND CONTINUE TO THRUST MAJOR-RECORD FLOOD LEVELS HERE.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH HEADLINE RUNNING THRU THE DAY WEDNESDAY
CERTAINLY LOOKS TO STILL BE GOOD THIS PACKAGE WITH NO RESPITE IN
SIGHT SAVE FOR THE TUESDAY RECHARGING LULL. KEEP IN MIND SLGT RISK
CONTINUES AS WELL...INCLUDING POTENTIAL FOR HIGH WINDS/LARGE HAIL
AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

LARGE CYCLONE FINALLY LIFTS BULK OF MRH/UVM FIELD NORTH AND EAST
BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT-THURSDAY. RESULTANT POST SYSTEM ZONAL-NWLY FLOW
ACTION WILL MEAN DRY WEATHER FOR US THURSDAY-FRIDAY AND INTO FIRST
HALF OF SATURDAY POSSIBLY. ANOTHER FROPA-RELATED CHANCE OF PCPN
THEN COMES IN LATER SAT-SAT NIGHT-EARLY SUNDAY...BUT THIS SYSTEM
SHOULD MOVE ON THRU WEST-TO-EAST AND NOT OFFER NEARLY THE QPF AS
HAS BEEN FELT RECENTLY. MORE RECOVERY SLATED POST SUNDAY SYSTEM
PASSAGE WITH DRY WEATHER FORECAST FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK AS WELL.

&&

.AVIATION...
LOW VFR CIGS WILL OCCASIONALLY DROP TO MVFR WITH EACH ROUND OF
SHOWERS/STORMS...AND MAY FLIRT WITH IFR AT TIMES. MID AFTERNOON
PASSING ROUND OF STORMS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A MID EVENING ROUND
AND THEN ANOTHER LATE NIGHT ROUND. VSBYS MAY DROP TO MVFR OR BLO
DEPENDING UPON PASSAGE OF STORM CENTER. WILL KEEP VCTS IN FORECAST
ONCE WE WARM SECTOR THIS EVENING...SLYS GUSTING TO NEAR 20KTS AT
TIMES. GENERAL LULL IN PCPN WILL BE FELT TOMORROW BEFORE NEXT BIG
ROUND COMES TOMORROW NIGHT-WED.

&&

.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR BALLARD-CALDWELL-
     CALLOWAY-CARLISLE-CHRISTIAN-CRITTENDEN-DAVIESS-FULTON-
     GRAVES-HENDERSON-HICKMAN-HOPKINS-LIVINGSTON-LYON-MARSHALL-
     MCCRACKEN-MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD-TRIGG-UNION KY-WEBSTER.

MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR BOLLINGER-BUTLER-
     CAPE GIRARDEAU-CARTER-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-PERRY MO-
     RIPLEY-SCOTT-STODDARD-WAYNE MO.

IL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR ALEXANDER-
     EDWARDS-FRANKLIN-GALLATIN-HAMILTON-HARDIN-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-
     JOHNSON-MASSAC-PERRY IL-POPE-PULASKI-SALINE-UNION IL-WABASH-
     WAYNE IL-WHITE-WILLIAMSON.

IN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR GIBSON-PIKE-
     POSEY-SPENCER-VANDERBURGH-WARRICK.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 25, 2:46 PM CDT, 9 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
246 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-260900-
JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-
WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-
HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-
WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-
LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-
UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-
MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-
RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
246 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR MAJOR TO CATASTROPHIC FLASH FLOODING
TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE
QUAD STATE REGION. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP THROUGH TONIGHT
COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

IN ADDITION...A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COVERS THE
ENTIRE QUAD STATE. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...AND A FEW
TORNADOES WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE IN ADDITION TO VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
DEADLY LIGHTNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
800 PM FOR THE FAR SOUTHEAST PENNYRILE OF WESTERN KENTUCKY. REFER
TO THE WATCH FOR DETAILS.

MOST AREA RIVERS ARE ALREADY EXPERIENCING FLOODING...AND RIVER
FLOODING WILL ONLY WORSEN WITH THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL.
REFER TO OUR WEB PAGE AT WEATHER.GOV/PAH TO SEE ALL THE FLOOD
PRODUCTS AND DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THE POTENTIAL FOR MAJOR TO CATASTROPHIC FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER
FLOODING WILL CONTINUE INTO MID WEEK. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THOUGH IT APPEARS THERE MAY
BE A BREAK FOR MUCH OF THE AREA DURING THE DAY TUESDAY...
WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY MORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. AN ADDITIONAL
4 TO 7 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MID WEEK...BRINGING
5 DAY RAINFALL TOTALS SINCE LAST FRIDAY INTO THE 10 TO 15 INCH
RANGE. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY
DANGEROUS SITUATION.

MOST AREA RIVERS ARE ALREADY EXPERIENCING FLOODING...AND RIVER
FLOODING WILL ONLY WORSEN WITH THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL. SOME
RIVER CRESTS MAY CHALLENGE HISTORICAL VALUES. FOR MORE
INFORMATION... PLEASE REFER TO OUR RIVER FLOOD PRODUCTS AT OUR WEB
PAGE AT WEATHER.GOV/PAH.

THE WIND LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY COULD BECOME A HAZARD AS
THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SWEEPS ACROSS THE AREA. GUSTS INTO
THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE MAY BE COMMON AS THE SYSTEM DEEPENS UPON
ITS PUSH ACROSS AND OUT OF THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION FOR THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS REQUESTED...AND
SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED LATER TONIGHT TOO. CONTINUED REPORTS OF
FLOODING AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE ENCOURAGED AS WELL.

In the hours before

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Special weather statement, Apr 26, 12:09 AM CDT, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1209 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

KYZ005>009-011-012-260600-
LIVINGSTON KY-MCCRACKEN KY-LYON KY-MARSHALL KY-TRIGG KY-GRAVES KY-
CALLOWAY KY-
1209 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CALLOWAY...NORTHEASTERN GRAVES...
WESTERN TRIGG...MARSHALL...WESTERN LYON...SOUTHEASTERN MCCRACKEN AND
SOUTHEASTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTIES IN WESTERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 100 AM
CDT...

AT 1205 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY STRONG WINDS AROUND 50 MPH.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTH
OF MAYFIELD TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LYNNVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
50 MPH.

LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE IMPACTED INCLUDE HARRIS GROVE...HAZEL...
KIRKSEY...BREWERS...SYMSONIA...MURRAY...BENTON...HARDIN...CALVERT
CITY...NEW CONCORD...AURORA...GRAND RIVERS...LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES
AREA...ENERGY...LINTON...CANTON AND KUTTAWA.
Local storm report, Apr 26, 12:15 AM CDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1215 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1150 PM     FLASH FLOOD      WEST FRANKFORT          37.90N 88.93W
04/25/2011                   FRANKLIN           IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FLASH FLOODING IN WEST FRANKFORT.

&&

GREGM
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Local storm report, Apr 26, 12:27 AM CDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1227 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1225 AM     TSTM WND GST     SW MURRAY               36.61N 88.32W
04/26/2011  E60 MPH          CALLOWAY           KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JIMP
Local storm report, Apr 26, 12:31 AM CDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1231 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1225 AM     TSTM WND GST     MURRAY                  36.61N 88.32W
04/26/2011  M58 MPH          CALLOWAY           KY   AWOS

&&

JIMP

The air that afternoon

The radiosonde launches on either side of the tornado, from the nearest station that was launching then, drawn and analyzed the way Storm Lab does: the same diagram, the same parcel and shear definitions SPC's mesoanalysis uses.

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), 00:00Z

5.6 hours before the tornado, 170 km from the path. April 26, 2011.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2011-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel lifted from the surface. Mixed-layer CAPE 211 joules per kilogram, CIN -48, lifted condensation level 1752 meters above ground. Wind barbs in knots down the right edge.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed. The warm shading is its CAPE, the cool shading the inhibition it has to break through.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2011-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers as a curve, rings every 10 meters per second labeled in knots. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second, 0 to 6 km bulk shear 41 knots.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km. RM and LM are the right and left moving storms Bunkers' method gives; the shaded area is the 0 to 1 km storm-relative helicity.
Mixed-layer CAPE
211 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Surface CAPE
805 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1752 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4
0-3 km lapse rate
7.9 K/km

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Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), 12:00Z

6.4 hours after it, 170 km from the path. April 26, 2011.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2011-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel lifted from the surface. Mixed-layer CAPE 0 joules per kilogram, CIN -51126, lifted condensation level 486 meters above ground. Wind barbs in knots down the right edge.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed. The warm shading is its CAPE, the cool shading the inhibition it has to break through.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2011-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers as a curve, rings every 10 meters per second labeled in knots. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second, 0 to 6 km bulk shear 56 knots.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km. RM and LM are the right and left moving storms Bunkers' method gives; the shaded area is the 0 to 1 km storm-relative helicity.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51126 J/kg
Surface CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
486 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
279 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0
0-3 km lapse rate
4.8 K/km

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The surface observations

Murray (CEY), 48 km from the path, in the two hours either side.

Time (UTC)Temp (°F)Dew point (°F)WindGust (kt)Pressure (mb)Weather
00:00 UTC

From the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of airport observations.

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 05:37 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment, over the track

Reflectivity and velocity, decoded from the Level II archive in the browser. Volumes take a few seconds to open the first time.

This ground now

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The other tornadoes of April 25, 2011

45 more were confirmed in the United States that day.

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 259:05 AM CDTEF0Hempstead, AR7.6100
April 251:55 PM CDTEF0Hood, TX2.5150
April 252:00 PM CDTEF0Hood, TX0.425
April 252:02 PM CDTEF0McCurtain, OK9.275
April 252:55 PM CDTEF1Polk, AR5.850$250,000
April 253:00 PM CDTEF0Somervell, TX0.850
April 253:10 PM CDTEF0Johnson, TX2.6400
April 253:15 PM CDTEF0Johnson, TX0.9150
April 253:32 PM CDTEF1Cherokee, TX8.675$500
April 254:23 PM CDTEF0Hill, TX0.730
April 254:23 PM CDTEF1Christian, KY1.5275$100,000
April 254:24 PM CDTEF1Garland, AR9.3300$600,000
April 254:35 PM CDTEF1Pike, AR11.6800$290,000
April 254:56 PM CDTEF2Garland, AR5.92009$3.0 million
April 255:00 PM CDTEF1Pike, AR4.3300$200,000
April 255:02 PM CDTEF2Garland, AR14.430010$5.0 million
April 255:18 PM CDTEF0McCurtain, OK2.550$5,000
April 255:20 PM CDTEF0Ellis, TX0.550$25,000
April 255:37 PM CDTEF0Sevier, AR7.470
April 255:47 PM CDTEF1Wayne, MO11.8200$25,000
April 255:58 PM CDTEF1Wayne, MO5.9500$70,000
April 256:07 PM CDTEF3Garland, AR16.8300120$23 million
April 256:21 PM CDTEF1Perry, AR6.0300$700,000
April 256:29 PM CDTEF1Pike, AR4.2250$100,000
April 256:30 PM CDTEF1Bollinger, MO2.870$200,000
April 256:48 PM CDTEF1Pulaski, AR1.6400$250,000
April 256:48 PM CDTEF2Pulaski, AR51.32,900416$53 million
April 256:53 PM CDTEF0Limestone, TX1.3100
April 256:59 PM CDTEF0Freestone, TX0.8100
April 257:06 PM CDTEF1Faulkner, AR1.150$100,000
April 257:25 PM CDTEF0Freestone, TX3.5500
April 257:35 PM CDTEF0Leon, TX0.9100
April 257:46 PM CDTEF2Pulaski, AR5.23504$125 million
April 257:53 PM CDTEF1Lonoke, AR21.9800$390,000
April 258:15 PM CDTEF1Prairie, AR6.2100$25,000
April 258:24 PM CDTEF1White, AR8.9100$1.0 million
April 259:15 PM CDTEF1Houston, TX0.230$50,000
April 259:37 PM CDTEF1Angelina, TX7.7250$400,000
April 259:45 PM CDTEF1Trinity, TX0.6100$30,000
April 2510:13 PM CDTEF0Angelina, TX0.725$2,000
April 2511:45 PM CDTEF1Weakley, TN to KY15.4225$150,000
April 2511:47 PM CDTEF0Henderson, TN17.0200$20,000
April 2512:30 AM CDTEF0Polk, TX0.120$1,000
April 2512:30 AM CDTEF0Calloway, KY0.8175$80,000
April 2512:40 AM CDTEF1Lyon, KY15.4100$200,000

What this means

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

Sources

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.