Tornado record · Enhanced Fujita scale

EF4 tornado, Catoosa County, Georgia, April 27, 2011

RatingEF4

Deaths20

Injuries335

Length48 mi

Width800 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (34.87, -85.18) to the end point (35.37, -84.60), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: April 27, 2011, 6:15 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: EF4
States: Georgia, Tennessee
Counties: Catoosa County, Hamilton County, Bradley County, Polk County, McMinn County
Path: 48 miles long, up to 800 yards wide
Casualties: 20 deaths, 335 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on April 27, 2011

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Apr 27, 2011	EF5	Mississippi	28.28 mi	900 yd	3	6
Apr 27, 2011	EF5	Alabama, Tennessee	132 mi	2,200 yd	72	145
Apr 27, 2011	EF5	Mississippi, Alabama	37.3 mi	1,320 yd	23	137
Apr 27, 2011	EF5	Alabama	33.66 mi	1,320 yd	25	0
Apr 27, 2011	EF4	Alabama	46.88 mi	880 yd	6	48
Apr 27, 2011	EF4	Alabama	127.8 mi	1,408 yd	13	54
Apr 27, 2011	EF4	Alabama, Georgia	46.98 mi	1,260 yd	14	50
Apr 27, 2011	EF4	Alabama	80.68 mi	2,600 yd	64	1500
Apr 27, 2011	EF4	Alabama	20.24 mi	1,320 yd	1	0
Apr 27, 2011	EF4	Mississippi, Alabama	122.04 mi	1,050 yd	7	17
Apr 27, 2011	EF4	Alabama, Georgia	97.33 mi	1,760 yd	22	85
Apr 27, 2011	EF4	Tennessee	14.45 mi	1,320 yd	0	0
Apr 27, 2011	EF4	Tennessee	40.16 mi	880 yd	4	12
Apr 27, 2011	EF4	Alabama	44.18 mi	880 yd	7	30
Apr 27, 2011	EF3	Mississippi	23 mi	1,760 yd	0	0
Apr 27, 2011	EF3	Mississippi	58.74 mi	1,800 yd	0	25
Apr 27, 2011	EF3	Alabama	22.46 mi	704 yd	0	0
Apr 27, 2011	EF3	Alabama	20.26 mi	200 yd	0	0
Apr 27, 2011	EF3	Alabama	18.9 mi	375 yd	0	20
Apr 27, 2011	EF3	Mississippi	13.57 mi	440 yd	0	8
Apr 27, 2011	EF3	Mississippi	51.45 mi	1,320 yd	4	25
Apr 27, 2011	EF3	Mississippi, Alabama	23.74 mi	1,056 yd	0	2
Apr 27, 2011	EF3	Mississippi	8.87 mi	440 yd	0	0
Apr 27, 2011	EF3	Mississippi	10.27 mi	440 yd	0	0
Apr 27, 2011	EF3	Alabama	31.84 mi	1,320 yd	0	25
Apr 27, 2011	EF3	Alabama	72.13 mi	1,760 yd	7	50
Apr 27, 2011	EF3	Alabama	7.96 mi	880 yd	0	0
Apr 27, 2011	EF3	Georgia	23.05 mi	880 yd	0	25
Apr 27, 2011	EF3	Georgia	36.99 mi	900 yd	1	1
Apr 27, 2011	EF3	Tennessee	15.8 mi	1,500 yd	6	33
Apr 27, 2011	EF3	Georgia	21.68 mi	880 yd	2	0
Apr 27, 2011	EF3	Georgia	30.82 mi	1,056 yd	2	22
Apr 27, 2011	EF3	Tennessee	13.6 mi	1,000 yd	2	70
Apr 27, 2011	EF3	Virginia	19.63 mi	1,320 yd	3	50
Apr 27, 2011	EF2	Mississippi	12.35 mi	1,760 yd	0	0
Apr 27, 2011	EF2	Mississippi	23.01 mi	860 yd	0	0
Apr 27, 2011	EF2	Mississippi	8.81 mi	880 yd	0	0
Apr 27, 2011	EF2	Mississippi	11.68 mi	1,760 yd	0	0
Apr 27, 2011	EF2	Mississippi	6.79 mi	1,750 yd	0	2
Apr 27, 2011	EF2	Mississippi	13.33 mi	1,320 yd	1	5
Apr 27, 2011	EF2	Mississippi	9.28 mi	150 yd	0	1
Apr 27, 2011	EF2	Mississippi, Alabama	35.16 mi	1,410 yd	0	0
Apr 27, 2011	EF2	Alabama	14.36 mi	1,232 yd	0	0
Apr 27, 2011	EF2	Tennessee	25.95 mi	400 yd	0	0
Apr 27, 2011	EF2	Alabama	30.32 mi	880 yd	1	0
Apr 27, 2011	EF2	Alabama	3.23 mi	200 yd	0	3
Apr 27, 2011	EF2	Alabama	7.76 mi	200 yd	0	20
Apr 27, 2011	EF2	Tennessee	1.98 mi	75 yd	0	0
Apr 27, 2011	EF2	Alabama	3.84 mi	200 yd	0	5
Apr 27, 2011	EF2	Alabama	19.97 mi	880 yd	0	0
Apr 27, 2011	EF2	Alabama	5.75 mi	200 yd	0	0
Apr 27, 2011	EF2	Tennessee	2 mi	150 yd	0	1
Apr 27, 2011	EF2	Tennessee	2.3 mi	500 yd	0	0
Apr 27, 2011	EF2	Arkansas	1.23 mi	200 yd	0	0
Apr 27, 2011	EF2	Mississippi	10.46 mi	440 yd	0	2
Apr 27, 2011	EF2	Tennessee	3.84 mi	200 yd	0	2
Apr 27, 2011	EF2	Tennessee	10 mi	800 yd	0	0
Apr 27, 2011	EF2	Tennessee	27.95 mi	250 yd	4	0
Apr 27, 2011	EF2	Tennessee	10.5 mi	200 yd	0	1
Apr 27, 2011	EF2	Virginia	18.1 mi	350 yd	1	7

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