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Tornadoes
210 tornadoes were recorded on April 27, 2011, in Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Ohio, Arkansas and more, 15 of them rated violent (F4 or EF4 and above). They killed 319 people.
Tornadoes
An EF5 tornado touched down in Marion, Franklin, Lawrence counties, Alabama and tracked 132 miles, 2,200 yards wide at its widest, killing 72 and injuring 145.
Tornadoes
An EF5 tornado touched down in Monroe, Itawamba, Marion counties, Mississippi and tracked 37.3 miles, 1,320 yards wide at its widest, killing 23 and injuring 137.
Tornadoes
A powerful storm system crossed the Southeast United States on Wednesday, April 27, 2011, resulting in a large and deadly tornado outbreak.
Tornadoes
An EF5 tornado touched down in DeKalb County, Alabama and tracked 33.66 miles, 1,320 yards wide at its widest, killing 25.
Tornadoes
An EF4 tornado touched down in Greene, Tuscaloosa, Jefferson counties, Alabama and tracked 80.68 miles, 2,600 yards wide at its widest, killing 64 and injuring 1,500.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Zangezur, Nakhitchevan, Armenia. It killed 2,890 people and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Rogers, Mayes counties, Oklahoma and tracked 19.8 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 52 and injuring 350. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Pryor, OK.
Tornadoes
A powerful storm system roared across the Southeast United States on Wednesday, April 27, 2011. In the wake of this system, hundreds of people were left injured and/or homeless, along with approximately 100 people who lost their lives in the northern Alabama area alone.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Adair County, Missouri and tracked 6.4 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 34 and injuring 125. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Kirksville, MO.
Tornadoes
An EF4 tornado touched down in Catoosa, Hamilton, Bradley counties, Georgia and tracked 48 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 20 and injuring 335.
Tornadoes
An EF4 tornado touched down in St. Clair, Jefferson, Etowah counties, Alabama and tracked 97.33 miles, 1,760 yards wide at its widest, killing 22 and injuring 85.
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An F4 tornado touched down in Bell County, Texas and tracked 15.2 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 5 and injuring 20. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Belton/Midway, TX.
An F2 tornado touched down in Milam County, Texas and tracked 10.1 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 9. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Cameron, TX.
An F3 tornado touched down in Montgomery, Greene, Fayette counties, Ohio and tracked 38.6 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 5 and injuring 40. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Dayton/N Bellbrook/S Xenia/Jamestown, OH.
An F3 tornado touched down in Hanson, Miner counties, South Dakota and tracked 14.6 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, injuring 13. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: E Farmer/Epiphany, SD.
An F3 tornado touched down in McCook County, South Dakota and tracked 7.1 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, injuring 7. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: W Montrose/Greenland Township, SD.
An F3 tornado touched down in Miner County, South Dakota and tracked 8 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SW Howard/W Vilas, SD.
An F4 tornado touched down in Adair County, Missouri and tracked 6.4 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 34 and injuring 125. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Kirksville, MO.
An F4 tornado touched down in Mercer, Sullivan, Putnam counties, Missouri and tracked 10.2 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 12 and injuring 40. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Newtown, MO.
An F4 tornado touched down in Cooke County, Texas and tracked 15 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 9 and injuring 45. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Valley View, TX.
An F4 tornado touched down in Greer, Kiowa counties, Oklahoma and tracked 20.4 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 7 and injuring 25. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Lugert, OK.
An F4 tornado touched down in Washita, Custer counties, Oklahoma and tracked 21.3 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, killing 6 and injuring 20. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Butler, OK.
An F4 tornado touched down in Childress, Hardeman, Jackson counties, Texas and tracked 39.2 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 5 and injuring 23. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SE Kirkland, TX to NE El Dorado, OK.
An F4 tornado touched down in Washita, Caddo counties, Oklahoma and tracked 27.4 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 5 and injuring 15. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: W Colony to S Geary, OK.
An F4 tornado touched down in Kiowa, Washita counties, Oklahoma and tracked 19.6 miles, 600 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 15. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Sentinel, OK.
An F4 tornado touched down in Beckham County, Oklahoma and tracked 29.9 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 15. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: E Erick to Elk City, OK.
An F4 tornado touched down in Red Willow, Furnas counties, Nebraska and tracked 10.1 miles, injuring 4. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Bartley to Cambridge, NE.
An F3 tornado touched down in Caddo, Canadian counties, Oklahoma and tracked 22.2 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 4. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Hinton/Calumet to NW El Reno, OK.
An F3 tornado touched down in Greer, Kiowa counties, Oklahoma and tracked 11.1 miles, killing 1 and injuring 5. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Granite/NW Lone Wolf, OK.
An F3 tornado touched down in Custer County, Oklahoma and tracked 4.7 miles, killing 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NW Stafford to SE Butler, OK.
An F3 tornado touched down in Kiowa, Washita counties, Oklahoma and tracked 19.7 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, injuring 2. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: E Rocky, OK.
An F3 tornado touched down in Jackson County, Oklahoma and tracked 10.1 miles, 250 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: W Altus/E Martha/W Blair, OK.
An unrated tornado touched down in Pike County, Arkansas, killing 1 and injuring 14. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Murfreesboro, AR.
An F3 tornado touched down in Baca, Stanton counties, Colorado and tracked 9.9 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 5. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NW Johnson City, KS.
An F2 tornado touched down in Milam County, Texas, killing 2 and injuring 11. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Tracy, TX.
An F2 tornado touched down in Wharton County, Texas and tracked 0.9 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 7. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Egypt, TX.
An F3 tornado touched down in Keith County, Nebraska and tracked 9.7 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Keystone, NE.
An F3 tornado touched down in Custer County, Nebraska and tracked 11.8 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Arnold to Arnold, NE.
An F4 tornado touched down in Rogers, Mayes counties, Oklahoma and tracked 19.8 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 52 and injuring 350. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Pryor, OK.
An F4 tornado touched down in Rogers County, Oklahoma and tracked 15.2 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 12. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Talala, OK.
An F3 tornado touched down in Lac qui Parle, Big Stone, Traverse counties, Minnesota and tracked 38.5 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 7. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SW Ortonville/E Clinton/W Johnson to E Dumont, MN.
An F1 tornado touched down in Howard County, Missouri, killing 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Glasgow, MO.
An F4 tornado touched down in Medina, Summit counties, Ohio and tracked 19.9 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, injuring 150. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Akron, OH.
An F3 tornado touched down in Medina County, Ohio and tracked 14.7 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 2. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Chatham to E Medina, OH.
An F3 tornado touched down in Sandusky, Seneca, Huron counties, Ohio and tracked 47.7 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 14. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Burgoon to Clarksfield, OH.
An F4 tornado touched down in Johnston, Atoka counties, Oklahoma and tracked 10.2 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, injuring 2.
An F3 tornado touched down in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma and tracked 8 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Red River County, Texas and tracked 2 miles, 440 yards wide at its widest.
An F4 tornado touched down in Cheatham, Montgomery, Robertson counties, Tennessee and tracked 42.6 miles, 250 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 85.
An F4 tornado touched down in Green, Adair counties, Kentucky and tracked 14.1 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 6 and injuring 58.
An F4 tornado touched down in Russell, Pulaski counties, Kentucky and tracked 13 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 72.
An F3 tornado touched down in Franklin County, Illinois and tracked 4.5 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 20.
An F3 tornado touched down in Muhlenberg, Butler, Warren counties, Kentucky and tracked 27.4 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, killing 1.
An F3 tornado touched down in Wilson, DeKalb counties, Tennessee and tracked 15 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, injuring 3.
An F3 tornado touched down in Butler, Ohio counties, Kentucky and tracked 26.6 miles, 20 yards wide at its widest.
On April 27, 1971, a violent F4 tornado struck Gosser Ridge and other parts of Russell and Pulaski County, Kentucky. In November 1999, the National Climatic Data Center published a list of the historical F5 tornadoes in the United States from 1880 to 1999, which rated the Gosser Ridge tornado as an F5 tornado.
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An F2 tornado touched down in Beaufort County, North Carolina and tracked 0.5 miles, 123 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 1.
An F4 tornado touched down in Winnebago, Outagamie counties, Wisconsin and tracked 27.5 miles, 60 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 19.
An F4 tornado touched down in Waukesha County, Wisconsin and tracked 6.5 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 14.
An F3 tornado touched down in Oneida, Vilas counties, Wisconsin and tracked 29 miles, 87 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 8.
An F3 tornado touched down in Kendall, Will counties, Illinois and tracked 9 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 5.
An F3 tornado touched down in Waupaca, Shawano, Menominee counties, Wisconsin and tracked 32 miles, 440 yards wide at its widest.
On April 26 and 27, 1984, a significant tornado outbreak struck the Southern Plains, with 11 tornadoes reported over the eastern-half of Oklahoma. The most devastating of the storms tore through the town of Morris, in Okmulgee County. This storm destroyed 28 square blocks of Morris, killing eight people and injuring nearly 100. Another tornado killed three people and injured 37 on its path through Creek and Pawnee Counties. The severe storms also dumped large hail, with hailstones up to the size of grapefruits reported.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
An F3 tornado touched down in Limestone County, Texas and tracked 4 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest.
29 tornadoes were recorded on April 27, 1990, in Mississippi, Texas, Louisiana.
Several trees and a large limb were blown down.
Thunderstorm winds damaged a mobile home and moved a utility shed in Chrisman.
A few trees and power lines were blown down.
A squall line developed during the mid afternoon hours in a very warm and unstable airmass. Hundreds of trees and power lines were downed as the thunderstorms generated damaging straight line winds.
An F3 tornado touched down in Bollinger County, Missouri and tracked 4 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 16.
This strong tornado with peak winds near 180 MPH touched down in a rural area southwest of Marble Hill. A total of 19 residences were severely damaged, and 6 were destroyed. Approximately 10 of the residences were mobile homes and 15 were single-family homes.
Several large tree limbs were blown down around town.
An F2 tornado, plus associated destructive convergent winds around the tornadic circulation, caused extensive damage from 2 miles west of the Willow Springs Highway Patrol Headquarters, northeast to a mile and a half northeast of Willow Springs along Highway 378.
Thunderstorms developed west of the Houston metro area in the mid afternoon hours of the 27th and moved east across the Houston area around sunset.
A slow moving squall line produced copious amounts of rainfall and severe weather along and south of Interstate 20. An EF-1 tornado damaged 10 buildings in Corsicana including a school.
210 tornadoes were recorded on April 27, 2011, in Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Ohio, Arkansas and more, 15 of them rated violent (F4 or EF4 and above). They killed 319 people.
An EF5 tornado touched down in Marion, Franklin, Lawrence counties, Alabama and tracked 132 miles, 2,200 yards wide at its widest, killing 72 and injuring 145.
An EF5 tornado touched down in Monroe, Itawamba, Marion counties, Mississippi and tracked 37.3 miles, 1,320 yards wide at its widest, killing 23 and injuring 137.
A powerful storm system crossed the Southeast United States on Wednesday, April 27, 2011, resulting in a large and deadly tornado outbreak.
An EF5 tornado touched down in DeKalb County, Alabama and tracked 33.66 miles, 1,320 yards wide at its widest, killing 25.
An EF4 tornado touched down in Greene, Tuscaloosa, Jefferson counties, Alabama and tracked 80.68 miles, 2,600 yards wide at its widest, killing 64 and injuring 1,500.
A powerful storm system roared across the Southeast United States on Wednesday, April 27, 2011. In the wake of this system, hundreds of people were left injured and/or homeless, along with approximately 100 people who lost their lives in the northern Alabama area alone.
An EF4 tornado touched down in Catoosa, Hamilton, Bradley counties, Georgia and tracked 48 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 20 and injuring 335.
An EF4 tornado touched down in St. Clair, Jefferson, Etowah counties, Alabama and tracked 97.33 miles, 1,760 yards wide at its widest, killing 22 and injuring 85.
An EF5 tornado touched down in Neshoba, Winston, Kemper counties, Mississippi and tracked 28.28 miles, 900 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 6.
An EF4 tornado touched down in Jackson, DeKalb, Dade counties, Alabama and tracked 46.98 miles, 1,260 yards wide at its widest, killing 14 and injuring 50.
An EF4 tornado touched down in Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Fayette counties, Alabama and tracked 127.8 miles, 1,408 yards wide at its widest, killing 13 and injuring 54.
Favorable atmospheric conditions resulted in a deadly tornado outbreak across east Tennessee on the 27th. The thunderstorms produced more than 50 tornadoes across the east Tennessee area with 32 deaths and more than 200 injured.
An EF4 tornado touched down in Elmore, Tallapoosa, Chambers counties, Alabama and tracked 44.18 miles, 880 yards wide at its widest, killing 7 and injuring 30.
An EF4 tornado touched down in Smith, Jasper, Clarke counties, Mississippi and tracked 122.04 miles, 1,050 yards wide at its widest, killing 7 and injuring 17.
An EF4 tornado touched down in Cullman, Morgan, Marshall counties, Alabama and tracked 46.88 miles, 880 yards wide at its widest, killing 6 and injuring 48.
An EF4 tornado touched down in Sequatchie, Bledsoe, Rhea counties, Tennessee and tracked 40.16 miles, 880 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 12.
A highly diffluent, deep upper trough, centered across Texas, took on a negative tilt and began to rotate northeast during this period.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Greene, Hale, Bibb counties, Alabama and tracked 72.13 miles, 1,760 yards wide at its widest, killing 7 and injuring 50.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Greene, Washington counties, Tennessee and tracked 15.8 miles, 1,500 yards wide at its widest, killing 6 and injuring 33.
An EF4 tornado touched down in Jackson County, Alabama and tracked 20.24 miles, 1,320 yards wide at its widest, killing 1.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Webster, Calhoun, Chickasaw counties, Mississippi and tracked 51.45 miles, 1,320 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 25.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Washington, Smyth counties, Virginia and tracked 19.63 miles, 1,320 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 50.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Greene, Washington counties, Tennessee and tracked 13.6 miles, 1,000 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 70.
An EF4 tornado touched down in Blount, Monroe counties, Tennessee and tracked 14.45 miles, 1,320 yards wide at its widest.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Pike, Lamar, Monroe counties, Georgia and tracked 30.82 miles, 1,056 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 22.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Meriwether, Spalding, Henry counties, Georgia and tracked 21.68 miles, 880 yards wide at its widest, killing 2.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Lumpkin, White, Habersham counties, Georgia and tracked 36.99 miles, 900 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 1.
Favorable atmospheric conditions resulted in a deadly tornado outbreak across southwest Virginia on the 27th. The tornadoes produced from light to heavy damage to many homes and businesses across southeast Virginia.
An EF2 tornado touched down in Bradley, Polk, McMinn counties, Tennessee and tracked 27.95 miles, 250 yards wide at its widest, killing 4.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Choctaw, Webster, Clay counties, Mississippi and tracked 58.74 miles, 1,800 yards wide at its widest, injuring 25.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Marion, Winston counties, Alabama and tracked 31.84 miles, 1,320 yards wide at its widest, injuring 25.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Bartow, Cherokee, Pickens counties, Georgia and tracked 23.05 miles, 880 yards wide at its widest, injuring 25.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Walker County, Alabama and tracked 18.9 miles, 375 yards wide at its widest, injuring 20.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Lafayette County, Mississippi and tracked 13.57 miles, 440 yards wide at its widest, injuring 8.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Kemper, Sumter, Pickens counties, Mississippi and tracked 23.74 miles, 1,056 yards wide at its widest, injuring 2.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Holmes, Carroll counties, Mississippi and tracked 23 miles, 1,760 yards wide at its widest.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Pickens, Tuscaloosa counties, Alabama and tracked 22.46 miles, 704 yards wide at its widest.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Tuscaloosa, Jefferson counties, Alabama and tracked 20.26 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Smith County, Mississippi and tracked 8.87 miles, 440 yards wide at its widest.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Newton County, Mississippi and tracked 10.27 miles, 440 yards wide at its widest.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Fayette County, Alabama and tracked 7.96 miles, 880 yards wide at its widest.
An EF2 tornado touched down in Johnson County, Tennessee and tracked 12 miles, 250 yards wide at its widest, killing 2.
An EF2 tornado touched down in Halifax County, Virginia and tracked 18.1 miles, 350 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 7.
An EF2 tornado touched down in Webster, Choctaw counties, Mississippi and tracked 13.33 miles, 1,320 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 5.
An EF2 tornado touched down in Cullman County, Alabama and tracked 30.32 miles, 880 yards wide at its widest, killing 1.
Widespread severe weather impacted the area. A strong upper level trough approaching from the west provided strong winds aloft, and a weak upper level low pressure system moved across during the afternoon hours setting off scattered thunderstorms.
An historic tornado outbreak affected areas from the Deep South to the Mid-Atlantic states April 27-28. A strong tornado touched down in Rabun County late on the 27th, with additional tornadoes affecting the North Carolina foothills during the early morning hours of the 28th.
An EF1 tornado touched down in DeKalb, Jackson counties, Alabama and tracked 27.85 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 1.
An EF1 tornado touched down in Hamilton, Bradley counties, Tennessee and tracked 17 miles, 120 yards wide at its widest, killing 1.
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On the afternoon of April 27, 2011, a large, long-tracked, and destructive EF4 tornado, known informally as the Section–Flat Rock EF4 by the National Weather Service, moved across portions of North Alabama and North Georgia, tracking near the towns of Section, Pisgah, Flat Rock, Higdon and Rosalie in Alabama and Trenton in Georgia along its 47-mile-long (76 km) track. The tornado directly killed 15 people, injured at least 50 more, and impacted hundreds of structures.
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During the early evening hours of April 27, 2011, an extremely long-tracked and violent EF4 tornado, known officially as the Rose Hill–Enterprise tornado and most commonly known as the Enterprise tornado, struck parts of southeast Mississippi and central Alabama. It caused immense damage, notably in the town of Enterprise, Mississippi.
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During the late afternoon and early evening hours of April 27, 2011, a violent, deadly, and devastating high-end EF4 multi-vortex tornado, commonly known as either the Tuscaloosa–Birmingham tornado, or more simply the Tuscaloosa tornado, devastated portions of Tuscaloosa and Birmingham, Alabama, as well as smaller communities and rural areas between the two cities. It is one of the costliest tornadoes on record, and was one of the 367 tornadoes that occurred during the 2011 Super Outbreak: the…
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During the afternoon hours of April 27, 2011, an extremely powerful and fast-moving EF5 multi-vortex tornado, known commonly as the Philadelphia, Mississippi tornado or the Philadelphia EF5, touched down in eastern Mississippi causing catastrophic damage to the northern outskirts of the town of Philadelphia. Part of the historic 2011 Super Outbreak, the largest tornado outbreak on record, this was the first of four EF5 tornadoes to touch down that day and the first such storm in Mississippi…
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The 2011 Super Outbreak was the largest and costliest tornado outbreak ever recorded, taking place in the Southern, Midwestern, and Northeastern United States from April 25 to 28, 2011, leaving catastrophic destruction in its wake. Over 175 tornadoes struck Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee, which were the most severely damaged states.
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In the afternoon hours of April 27, 2011, an extremely violent and fast-moving EF5 tornado, known most commonly as the Smithville tornado, devastated areas of rural Mississippi and Alabama, including the town of Smithville, Mississippi, resulting in catastrophic damage and 23 fatalities. This tornado was a part of the 2011 Super Outbreak, the largest tornado outbreak in United States history, and the third of four EF5 tornadoes to touch down on April 27, 2011, during the outbreak's most…
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During the early evening of April 27, 2011, an extremely powerful and devastating EF5 tornado, known most commonly as the Rainsville tornado, struck parts of northeast Alabama, causing immense damage, notably in the town of Rainsville, Alabama. It was the fourth and final EF5 of the historic 2011 Super Outbreak, the largest tornado outbreak ever recorded.
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The 2011 Super Outbreak was the largest and costliest tornado outbreak ever recorded, taking place in the Southern, Midwestern, and Northeastern United States from April 25 to 28, 2011, leaving catastrophic destruction in its wake. Over 175 tornadoes struck Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee, which were the most severely damaged states.
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During the evening hours of April 27, 2011, a large and violent EF4 tornado devastated the northern portion of Ohatchee and the beachside homes on the Coosa River and many other communities in Eastern Alabama. This tornado was one of the fifteen violent tornadoes to happen during the extremely active 2011 Super Outbreak, which is the largest and costliest tornado outbreak in United States history.
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On the afternoon of April 27, 2011, a large, long-tracked, and violent EF4 multi-vortex tornado moved across north-central Alabama, in the United States, striking numerous towns along its 47-mile (76 km) track, including Cullman, Fairview, Arab and Ruth. The tornado killed 6, injured over 40, and impacted hundreds of structures.
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In the afternoon hours of April 27, 2011, a large, long-tracked and violent EF4 tornado, known as the Cordova tornado, moved across Central Alabama, devastating several communities, including Cordova and Blountsville. 800 mi).
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In the evening hours of April 27, 2011, a violent and long-tracked multi-vortex tornado impacted several communities along a 54 miles (87 km) path through northern Georgia and southeast Tennessee, including Ringgold, Georgia, Apison, Tennessee, and Cleveland, Tennessee. The tornado, which was on the ground for 52 minutes and became known as the Ringgold–Apison tornado or The Monster, killed over twenty people while having windspeeds that were estimated to have been as high as 190 miles per…
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On the afternoon and evening of 27 April 2011, a historic outbreak of large, very damaging tornadoes occurred over the southern United States.
An historic tornado outbreak affected areas from the Deep South to the Mid-Atlantic states April 27-28. A strong tornado touched down in Rabun County late on the 27th, with additional tornadoes affecting the North Carolina foothills during the early morning hours of the 28th.
West Virginia was on the northern fringe of the large severe weather outbreak that occurred across the southern states, northeast into Virginia. A strengthening low pressure center tracked from Arkansas to Ohio. A strong wind flow exists aloft.
A 994 mb surface low pressure center over north central Arkansas moved northeast along a quasi-stationary front into extreme southern Illinois. Lines and clusters of thunderstorms with embedded rotational signatures developed coincident with the surface low.
A total of six tornadoes were confirmed over from the early evening on the 27th through the early morning hours of the 28th. This was the most significant tornado outbreak in central Pennsylvania since 2005.
A powerful storm system roared across the Southeast United States on Wednesday, April 27, 2011. This storm system would be responsible for one of the largest and deadliest tornado outbreaks to ever impact much of the southeastern region.
Five separate tornadoes occurred across Bent...Prowers...and Kiowa Counties...causing EF0 to EF2 damage. Eight people were injured...and one horse was killed. Four dwelling were destroyed...along with two mobile homes...one garage...and a metal building.
Multiple rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms lifted across this six-county area on this Friday.
A warm front surged northward through North Mississippi into Southwest Tennessee during the evening hours of April 27th, 2013. As a result, several severe thunderstorms developed behind the front in the very unstable atmosphere. The storms produced damaging winds and large hail.
An EF4 tornado touched down in Pulaski, Faulkner, White counties, Arkansas and tracked 41.1 miles, 1,320 yards wide at its widest, killing 16 and injuring 193.
A round of showers and thunderstorms occurred during the morning of the 27th. Some of the storms produced hail in central Arkansas. New storms during the afternoon dropped hail in the northern and western parts of the state.
A warm front lifted slowly through North Mississippi during the early evening of April 27, 2014. The airmass south of the warm front was very unstable and a couple of supercells developed along the warm front over Northwest Mississippi with damaging winds and large hail.
An EF2 tornado touched down in Ottawa, Cherokee counties, Oklahoma and tracked 11.37 miles, 325 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 37.
Severe thunderstorms developed along a dry line as it moved into eastern Oklahoma during the afternoon hours of April 27th. These storms produced large hail up to golfball size, damaging wind gusts, and two tornadoes.
A powerful storm system lifted into the central Plains on the afternoon of April 27, 2014 and brought several rounds of showers and thunderstorms to eastern Iowa. Some of these thunderstorms were severe and produced damaging winds and an isolated hail report.
An EF1 tornado touched down in Wapello, Keokuk, Iowa counties, Iowa and tracked 45.68 miles, 1,600 yards wide at its widest, killing 2.
A powerful storm system and a dry line produced several rounds of severe thunderstorms with some super cells. There were reports of a couple tornadoes, wind damage, and large hail.
In the evening of April 27, 2014, a large and destructive high-end EF4 tornado moved through several communities northwest of Little Rock, Arkansas. The event, mononymously known as the Mayflower–Vilonia tornado, was part of a larger outbreak of severe weather across the central and southern United States.
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A strong upper low moved into the central United States. Surface low pressure was located over northwest Kansas into southwest Nebraska during the late afternoon. A warm front extended from the low across northern Missouri into southern Illinois.
A cold front tracked across east Tennessee on the 27th through 29th. The front produced numerous thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours. Many trees and powerlines were downed by the wind. Hail as large as golfball was also seen, Several building were damaged.
A large storm system moved into the central United States, bringing several rounds of severe thunderstorms to the region. Warm and moist air streamed northward out of the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday ahead of this system.
A strong upper level low over the southern Rockies aided in the development of surface low pressure over north Texas on the 26th.
A warm front and a dry line combined to produce another round of severe weather across the region. Three tornadoes occurred on April 29th producing relatively minor damage equivalent to EF-0 damage.
30 tornadoes were recorded on April 27, 2016, in Arkansas, Missouri, Texas, Nebraska, Iowa, Kentucky, California, Illinois. They killed 1 people.
A late night through early morning storm system moved east and southeast across the area and produced strong winds and an EF-0 tornado.
An EF0 tornado touched down in Harris County, Texas and tracked 0.41 miles, 40 yards wide at its widest, killing 1.
Large clusters of thunderstorms developed northeastward across western Kentucky as the lower atmosphere warmed and moistened during the afternoon hours. A tongue of low-level moisture extended from northern Mississippi northward across far western Kentucky.
Afternoon heating combined with ample, deep moisture over the region resulted in a moderately unstable atmosphere across the area by late afternoon.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Knox County, Texas and tracked 8.4 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest.
A slow moving trough and a dryline helped initiate convection during the afternoon of the 27th. Numerous hail and wind reports were received, along with a few reports of tornadoes.
An EF4 tornado touched down in Love, Carter counties, Oklahoma and tracked 26.8 miles, 900 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 6.
A widespread, long-duration and historic severe weather and tornado outbreak occurred from the late morning through late evening on the 27th.
63 tornadoes were recorded on April 27, 2024, in Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, Missouri, 1 of them rated violent (F4 or EF4 and above). They killed 4 people.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Hughes, Okfuskee counties, Oklahoma and tracked 27.9 miles, 1,760 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 4.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Murray, Pontotoc counties, Oklahoma and tracked 9.91 miles, 440 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 30.
Severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of the 27th over central Oklahoma, along and ahead of the dry line, as a strong upper level low pressure system deepened into the Southern Rockies.
A widespread, long-duration and historic severe weather and tornado outbreak occurred from the late morning through late evening on the 27th.
On Saturday April 27th, there was volatile severe weather across Kansas and Oklahoma. An abundance of moisture and increasing shear through the day resulted in numerous rotating storms which produced several tornadoes across the Flint Hills into southeast Kansas.
Overnight severe weather produces a tornado in Rosebud.
An upper level trough of low pressure aloft was situated over the Intermountain West on April 27th. East of this feature, a warm front lifted into western Nebraska and became the focal point for thunderstorm development during the late afternoon hours.
Several supercells formed across southeast Kansas moved into and across southwest Missouri, bringing very large hail to the area.
A line of severe storms, proceeded by isolated supercells produced significant severe weather as an intense system swept across the Ozarks on Monday, April 27th. A potent line of storms brought immense straight-line winds, very large hail and several tornadoes.
29 tornadoes were recorded on April 27, 2026, in Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee.
Two rounds of severe thunderstorms impacted Middle Tennessee late in the evening of April 27, 2026, and into the early morning hours of April 28th. A line of thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front, but the first round was scattered thunderstorms ahead of this line.
On April 27, 2026, an upper-level shortwave trough and an associated deepening surface low-pressure system tracked across the Midwest.
Multiple rounds of severe thunderstorms passed through the region for nearly the entirety of April 27th. The afternoon round was expected to be the most volatile, with an environment primed for high-end severe weather reflected by an areawide SPC Moderate Risk.
Multiple rounds of severe thunderstorms passed through the region for nearly the entirety of April 27th. The afternoon round was expected to be the most volatile, with an environment primed for high-end severe weather reflected by an areawide SPC Moderate Risk.
Multiple rounds of severe thunderstorms impacted the Quad State region on the 27th. The later rounds of storms began with isolated to scattered storms tracking northeastward late afternoon into the early evening.
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Summary of flash flood event on April 27 1998:Moderate to heavy rains near the center of a nearly stationary upper level weather system developed late in the evening on April 26.
Dime to quarter size hail fell in the south part of Memphis.
Santa Fe, capital of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, flooded in April 2003. Santa Fe is the fifth most populated city in Argentina, and it is surrounded by rivers.
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A series of thunderstorms that moved across the same region (called training) around and just after Midnight EDT on the 27th caused flash flooding of streams and poor drainage flooding in Chester, Montgomery and Bucks Counties.The run-off from those thunderstorms and other…
A band of heavy rain became positioned across east central Kansas and west central Missouri. Three to four inches of rainfall caused flash flooding in some areas.
Heavy rain and snowmelt combined to produce significant flooding in the northern Adirondacks. Rivers were running high due to melt from an above normal snowpack, then two to three inches of rain fell across the area on April 26 and 27.
Above normal to record precipitation of 5 to 9 inches occurred in April across a large area of New York State. There was above normal snowpack across the higher elevations of the Adirondacks with snow depths at least a foot above normal.
Numerous showers and thunderstorms developed across Middle Tennessee early on April 27 and continued into the afternoon hours as a weak warm frontal boundary was draped across the region. Some flooding was reported in the Nashville metro area.
Melting snow caused overland flooding across portions of northeast North Dakota. Many rural roads were closed due to high water from the melting snow.
Favorable upper level dynamics due to Texas falling in between the southern branch of the polar jet and the subtropical jet, along with a southwestern Texas shortwave disturbance moving northeast into southeastern Texas, created an environment conducive for the development of…
A warm front pushed into the northern part of the Mid-South during the late evening on April 27, 2014 and the early morning hours of April 28, 2014.
On the 26th, a large upper level storm system moved towards Arkansas from the southwest causing a stalled front in the Plains to move northeast across Arkansas. Thunderstorms along the front surged into Arkansas during the early morning hours of the 27th.
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Thunderstorm which developed during the morning hours on the 27th in southwest Oklahoma moved east and northeast and produced hail up to golf ball-size, wind gusts in excess of 80 mph and damaging lightning.
Winds of 65 mph were reported in Van Wert at 0230 EST. At 0240 EST trees were reported downed, one on a car. A tractor-semitrailer was blown over on route 30.
A funnel cloud was observed by the public.
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An intense low pressure moved across the northern tier of states during the day on the 27th. Very strong south-southwest winds developed with profilers indicating wind of 50 to 65 kts within the lowest range gates.
Nearly 200,000 people lost power, as some power lines and 100s of trees were downed. Part of the roof was blown off Marysville-Pilchuck high school in Snohomish County.
Thunderstorms developed along a dryline in West Texas and moved into South Central Texas. Some of these storms produced damaging wind gusts.
Sharp upper-level trough lifted into the region on April 27-28, 2024. Warm, moist airmass advected into the region during the afternoon with gusty synoptic winds finally mixing down with breaks in the clouds late afternoon.
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Snowstorm of April 27, 1967 was ranked category 3, Major, on NOAA’s Regional Snowfall Index, strongest in the Northern Rockies and Plains. It lasted from April 27, 1967 to May 2, 1967.
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Unusually hot conditions developed over the region for several days at the end of the month. According to the Maricopa County Department of Public Health, there was 1 direct heat fatality.
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A killing freeze caused extreme damage to agriculture, particularly in the fruit belt of Northwest Lower Michigan. Traverse City saw low temperatures of 25 degrees on the 27th, 31 degrees on the 28th, and 26 degrees on the 29th.
A record warm March allowed many fruit blossoms to bloom early. Then temperatures dipping into the 20s in late April lead to severe damage of fruit crops.
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Pahala (Hawaii) recorded 100°F, Hawaii’s all-time maximum temperature, as the State Climate Extremes Committee lists it.
Minot Airport recorded 27 inches, North Dakota’s all-time maximum 24-hour snowfall, as the State Climate Extremes Committee lists it.
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The Unnamed Fire started on April 27, 1988, in Minnesota, and burned 2,323 acres.
The Alf Fire started on April 27, 1988, in Florida, and burned 1,112 acres.
The April Fire was discovered on April 27, 1993, in Arizona, and burned 1,000 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Bowe Fire was discovered on April 27, 1993, in New Mexico, and burned 960 acres.
The Lone Fire was discovered on April 27, 1996, in Arizona, and burned 58,960 acres; the cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
The Skyline Fire was discovered on April 27, 1996, in California, and burned 19,839 acres; the cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
The Panoche II Fire was discovered on April 27, 1996, in California, and burned 18,340 acres; the cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
The Sugarite Fire was discovered on April 27, 1996, in New Mexico, and burned 2,500 acres.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on April 27, 1996, in California, and burned 1,500 acres; the cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
The Lilly Fire was discovered on April 27, 1997, in New Mexico, and burned 25,000 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Big Mary Fire was discovered on April 27, 2001, in North Dakota, and burned 1,000 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Rottonberg Fire was discovered on April 27, 2004, in Florida, and burned 3,000 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Sidwalter Fire was discovered on April 27, 2004, in Oregon, and burned 1,880 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Gully Fire was discovered on April 27, 2004, in Clearwater County, Minnesota, and burned 1,540 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Brown Fire was discovered on April 27, 2006, in Guadalupe County, New Mexico, and burned 950 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Roundabout Swamp Fire was discovered on April 27, 2007, in Atkinson County, Georgia, and burned 5,780 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on April 27, 2008, in Stillwater County, Montana, and burned 1,261 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Iron Bridge Fire was discovered on April 27, 2008, in Stillwater County, Montana, and burned 510 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Stony Ridge Fire was discovered on April 27, 2009, in North Carolina, and burned 2,307 acres; the cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
The CR266 Fire was discovered on April 27, 2011, in Duval County, Texas, and burned 1,500 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Wind Turbines Fire was discovered on April 27, 2011, in Culberson County, Texas, and burned 1,200 acres; the cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
The Big Fork Fire was discovered on April 27, 2013, in Big Horn County, Wyoming, and burned 1,509 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
A cold front moved through the Oklahoma Panhandle during the early morning hours of the 27th. The strong winds behind the front lofted dirt into the air which led to isolated dust storm conditions.
The Tinder Fire was reported on April 27, 2018, in Coconino County, Arizona, and burned 15,738 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Voltage Fire was reported on April 27, 2018, in Harney County, Oregon, and burned 1,502 acres.
The Gravel Pit Fire was reported on April 27, 2018, in Catron County, New Mexico, and burned 1,245 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Major Fire was reported on April 27, 2023, in Marion County, Florida, and burned 4,952 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The New Wales (53) Fire was reported on April 27, 2024, in Hillsborough, Florida, and burned 1,500 acres.
The combination of very dry antecedent ground conditions and very dry and strong southwesterly flow ahead of a closed upper low over the Great Basin region brought widespread high wind gusts and blowing dust across mainly central and eastern NM during the afternoon and early…
The Hwy 41 Fire was reported on April 27, 2026, in Miami-Dade County, Florida, and burned 9,149 acres.
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An earthquake struck Kingston, Jamaica.
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck St Konstantinos-Arkitsa (Lokris), Greece. It killed 30 people, injured 90, destroyed 3,800 houses and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage. It caused a tsunami.
An earthquake struck NW Panay, SW Tablas, Carabao I, Philippines.
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Esquilaya, Peru. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Zangezur, Nakhitchevan, Armenia. It killed 2,890 people and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
5. The earthquake was located in the Zangezur Mountains near the boundary between southwestern Armenia and Azerbaijan's exclave, the Nakhichivan Autonomous Republic.
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A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck Sao Miguel Island, Azores. It killed 1 person.
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Bandung, Java, Indonesia. It killed 1 person, injured 12, destroyed 14 houses and did $10 million in damage.
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Soufriere St. Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 4. It killed 56 people.
Asosan, Japan erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2. It killed 6 people.
Krafla, Iceland erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 1.
Alaid, Russia erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2.
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A tsunami struck Greymouth, New Zealand, with a maximum water height of 0.9 meters.
A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake and landslide struck North Evoikos Gulf, Greece, with a maximum water height of 3 meters. It killed 30 people, injured 90, destroyed 3,800 houses and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck S. Peru.
A tsunami with a source recorded as questionable earthquake struck Aegean Sea, Greece, with a maximum water height of 0.6 meters.
A tsunami with a source recorded as landslide struck Kitimat Inlet, British Columbia, Canada, with a maximum water height of 4.1 meters.
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A G4 (severe) geomagnetic storm began April 27, 1937, reached Kp 8 and lasted 30 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 128; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 45 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G4 (severe) geomagnetic storm began April 27, 1955, reached Kp 8- and lasted 9 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 54; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 47 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began April 27, 1960, reached Kp 7 and lasted 42 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 85; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 50 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began April 27, 1985, reached Kp 7 and lasted 15 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 61; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 50 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
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A severe storm disaster that cost $3.7 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 7, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from April 27, 2002 to April 28, 2002.
A severe storm disaster that cost $2.3 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 33, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from April 27, 2014 to May 1, 2014.
A severe storm disaster that cost $1.3 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 1, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from April 27, 2020 to April 30, 2020.
A severe storm disaster that cost $3.7 billion in 2024 dollars, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from April 27, 2021 to April 28, 2021.
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Lightning struck the county library building in Malvern, resulting in a fire. The fire initially started in the roof and then spread to the rest of the structure. Most of the building and the contents were destroyed. Initial estimates placed the damage at $2.25 million.
An early morning non-severe thunderstorm caused two fires at the Wynnewood Refinery. The first fire occurred in a tank housing naptha, a gasoline component. This fire was thought to be contained, before another fire began that evening in a tank containing diesel fuel.
A marginally dangerous easterly swell, invitingly warm water temperatures, and focus around jetties on South Padre Island proved a dangerous mix during the evening of April 27th, when three young males with limited swimming experience ventured into the Gulf and were swept away…
A rip related fatality occurred at Myrtle Beach.
A cold front moved into the Mid South on April 27, 2016. Numerous showers and thunderstorms developed across Northeast Mississippi during the afternoon hours.
A line of thunderstorms moved across southeast Louisiana and the adjoining coastal waters during the early afternoon hours of the 27th.
Two foreign tourists were caught in a rip current near the Daytona Beach Pier around 4:30 pm local time. Life guards were able to rescue both swimmers, a 32-year-old male and a 26-year-old female.
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