Tornadoes · United States · Tennessee · 2011

EF0 tornado, Bargerton to Shiloh, Tennessee, April 25, 2011

From Bargerton to Shiloh, this EF0 tornado ran 17.0 miles across Henderson and Carroll counties on April 25, 2011, touching down at 11:47 PM CDT and reaching 200 yards wide. It killed nobody, and did $20,000 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 mphthis tornado

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

  2. EF186 to 110 mph

    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
EF0
Date
April 25, 2011
Touchdown
11:47 PM CDT (04:47 UTC)
Lifted
12:03 AM CDT (05:03 UTC)
On the ground
16 minutes
Path length
17.0 miles (27.3 km)
Path width
200 yards (183 m)
Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$20,000
Counties
Henderson and Carroll counties
Touchdown point
35.712, -88.508
Lift-off point
35.839, -88.249
Record number
1104252247-01

What the Weather Service recorded

A stationary front remained draped across Southern Missouri into Western Kentucky from April 24th, 2011 into April 25th, 2011. A very warm and unstable atmosphere was in place across the Mid-South ahead of the front. A low pressure system developed along the front and interacted with the unstable environment which helped produce several rounds of severe storms into the evening of April 26th, 2011. As a result of the severe storms, the front sank south during the early morning hours of April 27th, 2011 as a secondary low pressure system developed along the front. As a result, another round of severe storms fired during the afternoon hours ahead of the low pressure center. Additional severe storms fired along the trailing cold front. Tornadoes, large hail, damaging winds, flash flooding occurred as a result of the severe storms. Heavy rain from the continuous rounds of severe weather eventually resulted in record river flooding on a number of rivers in the region.

A weak tornado touched down near Holmes Road in Henderson County and traveled northeast towards Wildersville. Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down. One home sustained roof damage and one storage shed was destroyed. The tornado continued northeast out of Wildersville and crossed into Carroll County.

A weak tornado traveled northeast out of Henderson County and knocked down trees along Highway 114 in the Natchez Trace State Park. The tornado lifted near Pecan Tree Road.

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 Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the tornado touched down at Apr 25, 6:36 PM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 6:36 PM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
636 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

.UPDATE...
UPDATED FOR AVIATION.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 416 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011/

DISCUSSION...
..SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK / EXTENDED FLOODING EVENT
ABOUT TO UNFOLD ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH...

GOES IR IMAGERY SHOWED A NEGATIVELY TILTED UPPER LEVEL TROF
DIGGING INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AT MIDAFTERNOON. NUMEROUS
CLUSTERS OF SEVERE STORMS HAVE FORMED AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE...
INTO TWO LINEAR CLUSTERS. EXPECT THE TWO LINEAR CLUSTERS TO
CONSOLIDATE INTO A SOLID QLCS BY THE TIME IT ENTERS EASTERN AR
EARLY THIS EVENING. HAVE DECIDED TO INCLUDE LAWRENCE AND RANDOLPH
INTO TORNADO WATCH 205... BASED ON PROXIMITY TO THE LEADING
CLUSTER OF STORMS.

SIMILAR TO TODAY...EXPECT POST SQUALL LINE COLD OUTFLOW POOL TO
PREVAIL OVER MUCH OF THE MIDSOUTH TUESDAY MORNING. THIS AIRMASS
SHOULD QUICKLY MODIFY... WITH A WARM FRONT LIKELY LIFTING INTO THE
TO THE I40 CORRIDOR BY NOON... AND THROUGH MOST OF THE MIDSOUTH
DURING TUESDAY AFTERNOON. NAM SUGGESTS SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
STORMS ALONG THE FRONT... REPRESENTING AN AFTERNOON SEVERE THREAT.
NAM SOUNDINGS SHOW MODERATE HELICITY...BUT EXPECT ENHANCED
HELICITY NEAR THE WARM FRONT.

ENVIRONMENTAL HELICITY IMPROVES MARKEDLY BY TUESDAY EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY MORNING. 18Z NAM IS A LITTLE FURTHER NORTH
WITH A SURFACE TRIPLE POINT... TAKING IT THROUGH NORTHEAST AR.
THIS SOLUTION WOULD REPRESENT AN ENHANCED TORNADO THREAT FOR
EASTERN ARKANSAS AND EVEN THE MEMPHIS METRO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
ECMWF CONCURS... BUT IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE 12Z GFS IS
CONSIDERABLY FASTER THAN EITHER MODEL. GIVEN THE NEAR CONCURRENT
NAM/ECMWF SOLUTIONS...HAVE STUCK WITH A MORE WESTERLY SOLUTION TO THE
MODERATE RISK WEDNESDAY MORNING...INCLUDING THE MEMPHIS METRO.

EXPECT A STRONGLY FORCED SQUALL LINE TO FORM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
LIFTING EAST AHEAD OF A SHARP MIDLEVEL TROF. WIDESPREAD DAMAGING
WINDS... QLCS TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

OVERALL... FEW CHANGES FROM EARLIER FORECASTS. FLASH FLOOD THREAT
REMAINS SIGNIFICANT AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING...PARTICULARLY
OVER AREAS SUCH AS FAR NORTHEAST AR THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED UP
TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN. SOME OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH
WILL LIKELY FALL TONIGHT AND AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT.

QUIETER WEATHER FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK. EXPECT A COLD
FRONTAL PASSAGE ON OR ABOUT SUNDAY BASED ON GFS/ECMWF SOLUTIONS.
RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE.

PWB

&&

.AVIATION...
00Z TAFS

LARGE CONVECTIVE CLUSTERS OVER AR WILL LIKELY FORM INTO A
CONSOLIDATED LINE OF TSRA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. LATEST HRRR
MODEL RUNS SUGGEST CONVECTIVE LINE WILL NOT MAKE INTO MEM UNTIL
04Z OR 05Z. THIS TIMING MAY NEED TO BE MOVED FORWARD AN HOUR IF
A CONVECTIVE BOW BECOMES DOMINATE OVER SOUTHERN AR.

PWB

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MEM  68  81  67  75 / 100  60  90 100
MKL  65  80  67  75 / 100  70  90 100
JBR  62  78  60  70 / 100  60  90  90
TUP  66  84  71  76 /  80  60  80 100

&&

.MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR CLAY-GREENE-
     LAWRENCE-RANDOLPH.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR CRAIGHEAD-
     CRITTENDEN-CROSS-LEE AR-MISSISSIPPI-PHILLIPS-POINSETT-ST.
     FRANCIS.

MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT.

MS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR ALCORN-BENTON MS-
     COAHOMA-DESOTO-LAFAYETTE-MARSHALL-PANOLA-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-
     TATE-TIPPAH-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-UNION.

TN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR LAKE-OBION.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR CARROLL-CHESTER-
     CROCKETT-DECATUR-DYER-FAYETTE-GIBSON-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-
     HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY-LAUDERDALE-MADISON-MCNAIRY-SHELBY-
     TIPTON-WEAKLEY.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 25, 3:46 PM CDT, 8 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
346 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-
MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-261645-
ALCORN-BENTON MS-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA-
CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DESOTO-DECATUR-DUNKLIN-DYER-
FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY-
ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE AR-LEE MS-MADISON-
MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT-
PHILLIPS-POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY-
ST. FRANCIS-TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-
UNION-WEAKLEY-YALOBUSHA-
346 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS...
THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT
OVER AREAS TO THE WEST OF A UNION CITY TO JACKSON TENNESSEE... TO
CHARLESTON MISSISSIPPI. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE EAST OF THIS LINE.

STRONG...LONG TRACK TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE MODERATE
RISK AREA THIS EVENING AND EARLY OVERNIGHT. OTHER THREATS ACROSS ALL
THE MIDSOUTH INCLUDE VERY STRONG AND DAMAGING STRAIT LINE WINDS
SUFFICIENT TO TOPPLE LARGE TREES. LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE MIDSOUTH...
GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM TUPELO MISSISSIPPI TO GLENDORA
MISSISSIPPI. SEE THE LATEST FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY
NIGHT OVER ALL OF THE MIDSOUTH. THERE WILL BE AN ENHANCED RISK OF
STRONG LONG TRACKED TORNADOES LATE TUESDAY EVENING AND EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

ON WEDNESDAY...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THERE MAY BE AN ENHANCED RISK OF
TORNADOES AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE AND WARM FRONT LIFTING NORTH
THROUGH THE DELTA.

MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY WILL
SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL TO THE MIDSOUTH...RESULTING IN THE THREAT FOR
SIGNIFICANT AND LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. CONSULT THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH
FOR DETAILS.

AREA RIVERS WILL RISE THROUGH NEXT WEEK...PUTTING STRESS ON LEVEES.
SIGNIFICANT... POSSIBLY RECORD BREAKING RIVER FLOODING IS POSSIBLE
ON THE MISSISSIPPI BY LATE NEXT WEEK AS RUN OFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL
UPSTREAM BEGINS TO WORK ITS WAY SOUTH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED FROM TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

PWB

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 25, 10:49 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1049 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

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

1035 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MEMPHIS                 34.93N 90.14W
04/25/2011                   DESOTO             MS   PUBLIC

            FENCE BLOWN OVER AT THE CORNER OF RAINES AND KIRBY ACROSS
            FROM KIRBY HIGH SCHOOL, WINDS ESTIMATED AT 60MPH.

&&

JAB
Local storm report, Apr 25, 10:58 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1058 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

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

1045 PM     HAIL             1 N COLLIERVILLE        35.07N 89.68W
04/25/2011  E0.75 INCH       SHELBY             TN   PUBLIC

            WINDS ALSO ESTIMATED AT 50MPH.

&&

JAB
Local storm report, Apr 25, 11:13 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1113 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

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

1045 PM     TSTM WND DMG     RIPLEY                  35.75N 89.53W
04/25/2011                   LAUDERDALE         TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE DOWN ON HOUSE. ROOF AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.

1108 PM     TSTM WND GST     MILLSFIELD              36.14N 89.38W
04/25/2011  E65.00 MPH       DYER               TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JAB
Local storm report, Apr 25, 11:25 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1125 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

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

1055 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PIPERTON                35.03N 89.63W
04/25/2011                   FAYETTE            TN   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            FIVE FOOT DIAMETER TREE DOWN CROSSING HIGHWAY 196.

&&

JAB
Local storm report, Apr 25, 11:31 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1131 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

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

1115 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BYHALIA                 34.86N 89.69W
04/25/2011                   MARSHALL           MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN ACROSS BOTH LANES OF TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAY 309 ONE
            QUARTER MILE SOUTH OF COLDWATER RIVER.

1123 PM     TSTM WND GST     JACKSON                 35.63N 88.83W
04/25/2011  M70.00 MPH       MADISON            TN   ASOS

1127 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 NE BELLS              35.75N 89.05W
04/25/2011  M62.00 MPH       CROCKETT           TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JAB
Local storm report, Apr 25, 11:36 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1136 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

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

1015 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 N DUNDEE              34.55N 90.45W
04/25/2011                   TUNICA             MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ONE HOUSE DESTROYED, THREE WITH MAJOR DAMAGE IN MALD
            COMMUNITY 2-3 NORTH OF DUNDEE.

1132 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 NE JACKSON            35.67N 88.78W
04/25/2011  M64.00 MPH       MADISON            TN   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

JAB

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

4.8 hours before the tornado, 165 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

7.2 hours after it, 165 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

Huntingdon (HZD), 36 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 Memphis radar (KNQA), 143 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 04:44 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

The live radar over the trackEvery 2011 tornado in TennesseeEvery tornado in Tennessee since 1950Warnings in force in Tennessee nowThe forecast where you are

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 2512:30 AM CDTEF0Polk, TX0.120$1,000
April 2512:30 AM CDTEF0Calloway, KY0.8175$80,000
April 2512:37 AM CDTEF1Lyon, KY3.250$150,000
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.