Summary map from the April 25-28, 2011 Super Outbreak via U.S. Tornadoes.

362 Confirmed Tornadoes

4 Rated EF5.Β  11 Rated EF4.Β  21 Rated EF3.

207 Tornadoes on April 27.Β  Most ever in a 24-hour period.

324 Fatalities.Β  Over 3100 Injuries.

Estimated $12 Billion In Damage.

β€œThe individual tornado paths from the April 25-28, 2011, Super Outbreak added up to an almost unfathomable 3,200 path miles, by far the greatest of any U.S. outbreak. This total path was over 600 miles longer than the April 3-4, 1974, Super Outbreak.” – Dr. Greg Forbes

A photo of the tornado near Houston, MS around this time. Image from Linda Griffin at the Chickasaw Emergency Management.

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Flat Rock, AL-Trenton, GA EF4 Tornado – April 27, 2011

Fulks Run-Basye, VA EF2 Tornado- April 28, 2011

Great Smoky Mountains, TN Tornadoes – April 27, 2011

Haleyville, AL EF3 Tornado – April 27, 2011

Lake Martin, AL EF4 Tornado – April 27, 2011

Louin/Enterprise, MS – Yantley/Faunsdale, AL EF4 Tornado – April 27, 2011

Philadelphia, MS EF5 Tornado – April 27, 2011

Pitts Gap-New Harmony, TN EF4 Tornado – April 27, 2011

Rainsville, AL – Rising Fawn, GA EF5 – April 27, 2011

The Cullman-Arab Series

Cullman Part I: Crane Hill Through The City of Cullman

Cullman Part II: Simcoe-Fairview-Baileyton-Hulaco

Cullman Part III: Ruth-Arab-Union Grove-New Hope

The Hackleburg Series

Hackleburg (Marion County) AL EF5 Tornado – April 27, 2011

Phil Campbell (Franklin County), AL EF5 Tornado – April 27, 2011

Mount Hope-Langtown-Chalybeate Springs-Hillsboro (Lawrence and Morgan Counties) AL EF5 Tornado- April 27, 2011

Tanner-East Limestone-Harvest (Limestone and Morgan Counties) AL EF5 Tornado – April 27, 2011

Huntland (Lincoln and Franklin Counties) TN EF3 Tornado – April 27, 2011

The Ringgold Series

Ringgold, GA EF4 Tornado – April 27, 2011

Apison-Cleveland, TN EF4 Tornado – April 27, 2011

The Smithville Series

The Smithville, MS EF-5 Tornado – April 27, 2011

Shottsville-Hodges (Smithville Part II), AL EF5 Tornado – April 27, 2011

The Tuscaloosa Series

Greene County to Start of Tuscaloosa City Limits

Tuscaloosa: Martin Luther King Jr Blvd to Hargrove Road

Tuscaloosa: Hargrove Road to McFarland Blvd

Tuscaloosa: McFarland Blvd to 34th Avenue

Holt

Peterson to Tuscaloosa/Jefferson County Border

North Johns/Concord

Pleasant Grove

McDonald Chapel to Fultondale

Still To Come

Camp Creek and Horse Creek, TN EF3 Tornadoes – April 27, 2011

Cordova, AL EF3/EF4 Tornado – April 27, 2011

Lake Burton, GA EF3 Tornado – April 27, 2011

Mathiston, MS EF2 and EF3 Twins – April 27, 2011

Shoal Creek (AL)-Cave Springs (GA) EF4 Tornado – April 27, 2011

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