Tornado outbreak of April 19–22, 2011
Tornado outbreak in April, 2011
A major tornado outbreak affected the Midwestern and Southern United States from April 19–22, 2011, with 110 tornadoes being spawned across six days. From April 19–22, a storm system moved through from the Great Plains to the eastern U.S.. Thunderstorms began in the late afternoon and early evening with large hail and several tornadoes. Significant damage was reported near Bowling Green, Missouri and Girard, Illinois as a result of tornadoes, the latter of which was rated EF3. Another large tornado was reported near Octavia, Oklahoma before the supercells merged into a very large squall line. Overnight, the squall line tracked eastward with widespread wind damage and many embedded tornadoes across several states, a few as strong as EF2, but most were brief and weak. In the early hours of April 20, 2011, a tornado tore through a neighborhood in Oregon, Ohio, leaving some significant damage but no injuries. Also, three tornadoes struck New Albany, Indiana, and Jeffersonville, Indiana. Both are cities just north of Louisville, Kentucky.
Severe weather once again developed across parts of the Midwest on April 22.
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