Tornado Reports
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| 19:18Z | EF3 | KLZK | AR | Pulaski | Martindale | This tornado started just southwest of the Colonel |Glenn and Marsh Road intersection in Martindale, west of Marsh road, |uprooting trees and ripping a portion of a roof off an outbuilding. |The tornado then continued northeast across a forested area, |uprooting several more trees before crossing into a neighborhood off |Capitol Hill Boulevard near Hartford and Denver Streets. More |trees were uprooted as it moved northeast towards Kanis Road. ||The tornado rapidly intensified as it passed northeast over Chenal |Parkway, severely damaging several apartment buildings off of Napa |Valley Drive. The most severe residential damage occurred at these |apartments, and along and west of North Shackleford Road along |Jamestown Drive and Cobble Hill Road. Most exterior walls had |collapsed on several homes, leaving just some interior walls |standing.||The tornado then crossed Interstate 430 near the North Rodney Parham Road |interchange, damaging a shopping center and a Kroger. Between Interstate 430 |and Cantrell Road, many homes and apartments were severely damage, |with roofs ripped off and hundreds of trees uprooted. The tornado |crossed Cantrell Road near Foxtrot Road, damaging more apartments |and many businesses. Between Cantrell Road and the Arkansas River, |many more homes were damaged from the tornado winds or trees falling|onto those homes in the Cammack Village neighborhood. Before|crossing the river, many trees were uprooted or trunks snapped at|Murray Park. The tornado then uprooted or snapped hundreds, if|not thousands of trees at Burns Park, both north and south of Interstate|40. The tornado crossed Interstate 40 just west of exit 150, passing over|ball fields and recreation areas west of Military Drive. A new|fire station still under construction was also damaged along|Military Drive.||The tornado then passed over MacArther Drive near the Military Drive |intersection in Amboy, severely damaging many more homes and businesses.|Several more homes and apartments were damaged between Military Drive |and Remount Road, with the tornado passing over Remount Road between |Kierre Drive and Camp Robinson Road. Most of the damage in these areas |consisted of severe roof damage and uprooted trees, though there were |some homes who completely lost their roofs. ||The tornado then moved into the Indian Hills neighborhood of North Little |Rock, with more damaged roofs. A few homes along Flintrock Road near |Osage Drive lost their entire roofs, along with many homes damaged by trees|falling onto homes. The tornado seemed to weaken a bit as it|passed over North Hills Boulevard, with some less severe roof|damage and many uprooted trees. The tornado crossed over John F.|Kennedy Boulevard near Club Road, traveling northeast through|Sherwood generally along Lee Avenue, damaging many more homes as|it continued towards Kiehl Avenue. The tornado crossed over Kiehl|Avenue near Northgate Drive and Woodridge Lane, damaging more|homes and some businesses. This tornado passed over Brockington|Road north of Kiehl Avenue, ripping a roof off an apartment|building along Calloway Avenue, then passing over Indianhead Lake|uprooting several more trees and damaging more roofs.||The tornado then passed over rural marsh land just northwest of U.S. Highway 67 near|the Interstate 440 interchange, uprooting more trees before crossing U.S. Highway|67 near the Redmond Road exit at Jacksonville. A tractor-trailer|was flipped over along U.S. Highway 67, along with damage to signage along|the road. The tornado moved over the ball fields south of Redmond|Road, then into some neighborhoods where the tornado seemed to|strengthen, severely damaging more homes and businesses along|Stone and McHenry Streets, Eastview Drive and South 1st Street. A|church was completely destroyed along North Elm Street south of|Graham Road. More homes were damaged north of Graham Road west of|J. P. Wright Loop Road before the tornado passed over the Holland|Bottoms State Wildlife Area west of Kerr Station Road. Many trees|were snapped or uprooted in this wildlife area. This tornado was rated an EF3 with maximum estimated winds of 165 mph within Pulaski County. This tornado continued into Lonoke County. |
| 19:37Z | EFU | KILX | IL | Tazewell | Parkland | A tornado briefly touched down near the intersection of Spring Lake Road and State Park Road about 3 miles southeast of Banner at 2:37 PM CDT before quickly dissipating. No damage was observed. |
| 19:47Z | EF2 | KLZK | AR | Lonoke | South Bend | This tornado continued from Pulaski County into Lonoke County|within Holland Bottoms State Wildlife Area west of Kerr Station Road. Many trees|were snapped or uprooted in this wildlife area. ||The tornado exited the wildlife area into the Parnell community, with more|roofs damaged and some garages destroyed along Oliver Lane. The|tornado crossed Arkansas Highway 89 near Russell Road, destroying a|mobile home. The tornado continued into some more rural areas of|southeast Cabot, with some damage to a few homes and several more|trees uprooted or snapped. The tornado finally lifted between|Arkansas Highway 321 and Campground Road west of Laser Lane. This tornado was rated an EF2 with maximum estimated winds of 132 mph within Lonoke County. This tornado tracked for a total distance of 34.2 miles across two counties. |
| 20:15Z | EF1 | KILX | IL | Tazewell | Deer Creek | A tornado touched down just west of the intersection of Dee-Mac Road and Harding Road 1 mile west of Deer Creek at 3:15 PM CDT. The tornado damaged a barn, then quickly dissipated in an open field 1 mile northwest of Deer Creek at 3:16 PM CDT. |
| 20:23Z | EFU | KILX | IL | Woodford | Eureka Country Aire | A tornado briefly touched down in an open field 2.7 miles east of Eureka at 3:23 PM CDT. No damage was observed. |
| 20:36Z | EF2 | KDMX | IA | Wapello | Dahlonega | Long track tornado began in Wapello County northeast |of Ottumwa then tracked northeast into Keokuk County. |The primary damage in Wapello County consisted of three |homes and one hog confinement facility. The first home |lost the entire roof and one external wall. The first failure |point was likely the wind entering and lifting the garage |which then led to failure of the roof. The home only had |straight nailed connections to the external walls spaced|every 18 inches and less to the roof. An unoccupied |mobile home on the property was not well anchored and |rolled to total destruction. This location was rated 110 mph |and EF-1. Two well anchored hog confinement buildings |were totally destroyed and were rated EF-2. The tornado |then impacted a location with a well built 2 story brick |house. The house suffered some roof and window damage |and a loss of a garage door but sustained little other |damage. Other damage indicators at the site suggested |EF-1 winds. Total destruction of a house occurred just |prior to the tornado exiting the county. This older house |sat unanchored to the concrete block basement. The house |was pushed off the foundation and crumbled. Some trees |near the house and a propane tank were mostly left with |little damage. A larger tree directly next to the house on |the wind side had several large limbs removed. Due to |all of these reasons, the wind at this location has been |rated at 135 mph, or high end EF-2. |
| 20:45Z | EF1 | KLZK | AR | Prairie | Hayley | This tornado started in a field southwest of the intersection of|West Crossroads Road and Arkansas Highway 86, snapping a power pole.|The tornado then passed over a barn, lifting the roof off that|barn. The tornado then moved north over Bell Road, removing some|shingles off a house before lifting shortly afterwards. The tornado was rated an EF1 with estimated maximum winds of 90 mph. |
| 20:49Z | EF3 | KDMX | IA | Keokuk | Martinsburg | A large violent tornado developed in Wapello County (see NWS Des Moines Storm Data) and tracked into Keokuk County about 1 mile southeast of Martinsburg on Wapello-Keokuk Road. The tornado continued to the northeast before lifting just north of Highway 92, southwest of Keota. The tornado produced EF-3 damage to a house northeast of Martinsburg, and caused additional significant damage to farmsteads and outbuildings. The tornado was on the ground in Keokuk County for about 17 miles, with a maximum width of 1000 yards and peak estimated winds of 150 MPH. |
| 20:52Z | EFU | KDMX | IA | Poweshiek | Malcolm | Local media obtained video of a tornado south of Malcolm. The path was also found in high resolution satellite imagery as well to help fill out the path. The tornado hit no damage indicator, hence the EFU rating. |
| 21:05Z | EFU | KLOT | IL | Livingston | Rowe | A remote NWS survey found an EF-U tornado had touched down near the community of Rowe, Illinois. It's estimated that the tornado had a total lifespan of only several seconds. Aside from kicking up some dirt, the tornado had produced no damage. |
| 21:10Z | EF4 | KDVN | IA | Keokuk | Talleyrand | Another large, violent tornado developed in eastern Keokuk County as the initial tornado was weakening southwest of Keota. The tornado tracked to the northeast, on the western fringe of Keota, and crossed into Washington County near the intersection of Keokuk-Washington Road and 180th St. The tornado then continued through northwest Washington county, extreme southeast Iowa County, and into far southwest Johnson County. The tornado severely damaged several homes near Keota, wiping one house completely off its foundation, resulting in EF-4 level damage. A car was lofted in the air and tossed about 1000 feet into a nearby field and trees were completely debarked with only stubs of the largest branches remaining. As the tornado tracked west of Wellman, Iowa it knocked over a 325 ft cell phone tower. The tornado began to dissipate as it tracked into far southwest Johnson County. The tornado was rated EF-4 in Keokuk County, EF-3 in Washington County, and EF-1 in Iowa and Johnson Counties. |
| 21:19Z | EF3 | KDVN | IA | Washington | West Chester | Another large, violent tornado developed in eastern Keokuk County as the initial tornado was weakening southwest of Keota. The tornado tracked to the northeast, on the western fringe of Keota, and crossed into Washington County near the intersection of Keokuk-Washington Road and 180th St. The tornado then continued through northwest Washington county, extreme southeast Iowa County, and into far southwest Johnson County. The tornado severely damaged several homes near Keota, wiping one house completely off its foundation, resulting in EF-4 level damage. A car was lofted in the air and tossed about 1000 feet into a nearby field and trees were completely debarked with only stubs of the largest branches remaining. As the tornado tracked west of Wellman, Iowa it knocked over a 325 ft cell phone tower. The tornado moved into extreme southeast Iowa County near the intersection of Iowa-Washington Road and Ginkgo Ave., and then into far southwest Johnson County, about a third of a mile north of the intersection of Iowa-Washington Road and Johnson Iowa Road SW. The tornado was rated EF-4 in Keokuk County, EF-3 in Washington County, and EF-1 in Iowa and Johnson Counties. |
| 21:22Z | EF1 | KDMX | IA | Grundy | Wellsburg | Two tornadoes developed in parallel to the north of Wellsburg. This northern track tornado damaged several trees and outbuildings along its path. |
| 21:22Z | EF1 | KDMX | IA | Grundy | Wellsburg | Two tornadoes developed in parallel to the north of Wellsburg. This southern track tornado damaged a grain bin along with surrounding trees and outbuilding, then later damaged powerline poles. |
| 21:30Z | EF3 | KNQA | AR | Cross | Mc Manus | NWS meteorologists determined an EF-3 tornado touched down in western Cross County at 431 PM CDT on March 31 on County Road 537, just south of Highway 284. The tornado tracked to the east-northeast towards Wynne, AR where it crossed Highway 284 multiple times. EF-2 damage was observed north of Ellis Chapel and McElroy. Just east northeast of McElroy, significant EF-2 damage to the sewage treatment plant was noted where an 80-yard-long shed with a sturdy roofing structure of metal failed and became lofted. The roofing wadded up and destroyed two cinder block buildings before landing 100 yards away. The tornado strengthened to an EF-3 as it moved into the western section of Wynne, AR. The tornado then ravaged the center of Wynne, including the Wynne High School. Several one and two-family residences in Wynne were partially to completely destroyed. The tornado weakened as it moved away from Wynne and traveled to the north of Parkin, AR where EF-2 damage was observed. The tornado then crossed into Crittenden County. Peak winds in Cross County were estimated at 150 mph. |
| 21:33Z | EF1 | KDVN | IA | Iowa | Holbrook | Another large, violent tornado developed in eastern Keokuk County as the initial tornado was weakening southwest of Keota. The tornado tracked to the northeast, on the western fringe of Keota, and crossed into Washington County near the intersection of Keokuk-Washington Road and 180th St. The tornado then continued through northwest Washington county, extreme southeast Iowa County, and into far southwest Johnson County. The tornado severely damaged several homes near Keota, wiping one house completely off its foundation, resulting in EF-4 level damage. A car was lofted in the air and tossed about 1000 feet into a nearby field and trees were completely debarked with only stubs of the largest branches remaining. As the tornado tracked west of Wellman, Iowa it knocked over a 325 ft cell phone tower. The tornado moved into extreme southeast Iowa County near the intersection of Iowa-Washington Road and Ginkgo Ave., and then into far southwest Johnson County, about a third of a mile north of the intersection of Iowa-Washington Road and Johnson Iowa Road SW. The tornado was rated EF-4 in Keokuk County, EF-3 in Washington County, and EF-1 in Iowa and Johnson Counties. |
| 21:34Z | EF1 | KDVN | IA | Johnson | Amish | Another large, violent tornado developed in eastern Keokuk County as the initial tornado was weakening southwest of Keota. The tornado tracked to the northeast, on the western fringe of Keota, and crossed into Washington County near the intersection of Keokuk-Washington Road and 180th St. The tornado then continued through northwest Washington county, extreme southeast Iowa County, and into far southwest Johnson County. The tornado severely damaged several homes near Keota, wiping one house completely off its foundation, resulting in EF-4 level damage. A car was lofted in the air and tossed about 1000 feet into a nearby field and trees were completely debarked with only stubs of the largest branches remaining. As the tornado tracked west of Wellman, Iowa it knocked over a 325 ft cell phone tower. The tornado moved into extreme southeast Iowa County near the intersection of Iowa-Washington Road and Ginkgo Ave., and then into far southwest Johnson County, about a third of a mile north of the intersection of Iowa-Washington Road and Johnson Iowa Road SW. The tornado dissipated just northwest of Hillcrest Academy in Johnson County. The tornado was rated EF-4 in Keokuk County, EF-3 in Washington County, and EF-1 in Iowa and Johnson Counties. |
| 21:36Z | EF2 | KDVN | IA | Benton | Vinton | The tornado developed northwest of Vinton, Iowa and moved northeast, producing damage to farm buildings, trees, and power poles. |
| 21:37Z | EF0 | KDVN | IA | Johnson | Amish | A review of Sentinel satellite data confirms that a separate tornado developed near Amish, and moved northeast around 6 miles to near Frytown, before dissipating. The tornado caused damage to farm outbuildings along its path. The tornado was rated EF0 with maximum winds around 85 mph. After the tornado dissipated, the associated supercell thunderstorm cycled again and produced an EF2 tornado that tracked from Coralville to Solon. |
| 21:47Z | EF2 | KDVN | IA | Benton | Cheney | An NWS Storm Survey found a EF-2 tornado with estimated peak winds of 115 mph. A tornado produced a short path of significant tree and farm outbuilding damage, as well as damage to a home. The tornado crossed into Buchanan County along Benton-Buchanan Road at the Bearbower Sand Prairie County Park. The final tornado path was confirmed during a review of Sentinel satellite data. |
| 21:48Z | EF2 | KDVN | IA | Johnson | Cosgrove | A tornado developed just southwest of Coralville, crossed Highway 218 and damaged the James St. Warehouse near Highway 6 in Coralville. Several trailers and a truck were flipped over in the vicinity. A retail building also had part of a roof lifted off with several vehicles rolled or flipped. The tornado then tracked into a residential area and uprooted and snapped numerous trees. At least 2 injuries were reported by emergency management. Damage then became more sporadic before the tornado reintensified across Coralville Reservoir. A more concentrated path began near Sugar Bottom campground east of North Liberty and continued northeast towards Solon. A radio tower collapsed and a roof was lifted off a home and partially removed. The tornado continued northeast into a field before eventually reaching another farmstead and destroying an outbuilding. Debris from the farmstead was lofted into a field with a 2x4 driven into the ground. The tornado continued into Solon, uprooting trees, bending street signs, and destroying another outbuilding before dissipating and lifting just north of Sutliff Rd. |
| 21:49Z | EF2 | KLZK | AR | Stone | Alco | This tornado started just south of Arkansas Hwy 66 near Alco,|moving northeast towards Arkansas Hwy 263 between Onia and Timbo.|After crossing the Arkansas Hwy 263, it ripped the roof off a|house and moved this house off the foundation. The tornado then|moved northeast crossing Big Springs Road, uprooting several|trees. The tornado then lifted just northeast of here before|Clearwater Road. This tornado was rated an EF2 with estimated maximum winds of 111 mph. |
| 21:51Z | EFU | KDVN | IA | Benton | Cheney | A small, distinct tornado path was identified northwest of Urbana, Iowa, after analyzing post-event Sentinel satellite data. There was no observable damage to assign an EF-scale rating. |
| 21:51Z | EFU | KDVN | IA | Buchanan | Lime Creek Co Park | The tornado developed in Benton County and crossed into Buchanan County along Benton-Buchanan Road at the Bearbower Sand Prairie County Park. The final tornado path was confirmed during a review of Sentinel satellite data. There was no observable damage in Buchanan County to assign a rating. The tornado was rated EF-2 in Benton County and EF-U in Buchanan County. |
| 21:53Z | EF2 | KDVN | IA | Johnson | Hills | The tornado began southwest of Hills and moved northeast, crossing Highway 218 through the northwest portions of town. The tornado destroyed several outbuildings, large trees, and trim/siding on houses. The greatest damage was seen in western portions of the town of Hills, where roofs were completely torn off, siding removed from several homes and a large outbuilding destroyed. The tornado then proceeded through a wooded area with several trees snapped. It then continued northeast, destroying siding and roofs on several homes on the extreme southeast side of Iowa City. The tornado continued northeast and crossed Herbert Hoover Highway before lifting. Johnson County EMA provided outstanding support to determine the final portion of this track. |
| 22:03Z | EFU | KDVN | IA | Buchanan | Rowley | A review of Sentinel Satellite and radar data confirmed a brief tornado path just east of Rowley. There was no observable damage to assign a rating. Beginning and end times estimated based on radar. |
| 22:05Z | EF2 | KNQA | AR | Crittenden | Cloar | The tornado that caused EF-3 damage in Wynne, Arkansas moved into Crittenden County just north of Earle causing EF-2 damage along Watson Road. Between Earle, AR, and the Mississippi River, very few damage indicators aided in the observed strength as it traversed mostly farmland. There were between 20 to 30 center pivot irrigation systems that were overturned along this area. The tornado then tracked into the oxbows of the Mississippi River while crossing into Tipton County. Peak winds were estimated at 125 mph in Crittenden County. |
| 22:06Z | EF2 | KDVN | IA | Johnson | Solon | Another tornado developed just northwest of Solon and moved northeast, destroying and snapping several trees and a small portion of a shed roof. A farmstead north of Solon lost 2 large outbuildings and grain silos. Power poles were also snapped in a field. As the tornado neared the Johnson-Linn county line, many trees were snapped or uprooted, with a few rolling through the part of the adjacent field. A house sustained minor shingle damage and broken windows. The tornado crossed into Linn County about a quarter of a mile north of the intersection of 110th St. NE and Taft Ave. NE. The tornado was rated EF2 in Johnson County with maximum winds around 130 mph. |
| 22:06Z | EF1 | KDVN | IA | Cedar | Billick Fld Arpt | Most of the tornado path was identified during a post-event analysis of Sentinel satellite data. Near the end of the path, some damage to trees was found, resulting in the EF0 rating. |
| 22:11Z | EF1 | KDVN | IA | Linn | Mt Vernon | This tornado is a continuation of a tornado that began in Johnson County, just northwest of Solon. The tornado crossed into Linn County about a quarter mile north of the intersection of 110th St. NE and Taft Ave. NE. In Linn County, the tornado continued northeast and produced some tree, roof, and outbuilding damage before dissipating in the southern part of Mt. Vernon. The tornado was rated EF1 in Linn County, with maximum winds around 110 mph. |
| 22:14Z | EF2 | KDVN | IA | Cedar | Mathews Arpt | A tornado developed just west of Tipton, and tracked northeast through the Clarence area before lifting just south of the Cedar-Jones County line. The tornado tore the roof off a house just west of Tipton and uprooted large trees. The tornado also snapped power poles and caused significant damage to outbuildings. |
| 22:15Z | EFU | KLSX | IL | Scott | Oxville | A tornado briefly touched down in the Illinois River bottoms about 6.5 miles west-northwest of Winchester at 5:15 PM CDT. No damage was observed. |
| 22:17Z | EF1 | KDVN | IA | Cedar | Cedar Vly | A second tornado occurred northeast of West Branch, and lifted near the Tipton Golf and Country Club. The tornado was rated EF1 with maximum winds around 110 mph. The tornado caused house and outbuilding damage southwest of Tipton. |
| 22:18Z | EF2 | KDVN | IA | Cedar | Lime City | A tornado touched down 3 miles north of Atalissa, Iowa in Cedar County, snapping power poles and large trees along its path. It caused significant damage to two homes southwest of Bennett, Iowa, and flipped over a semi along interstate 80. It also damaged several concrete block silos south of Bennett. The tornado continued to track to the northeast through a rural area, causing sporadic tree damage. The tornado entered extreme northwest Scott County about a third of a mile south of 220th St., then travelled around one mile before entering Clinton County about a half mile west of the intersection of 280th St. and 110th Ave. The tornado then dissipated about 2 miles south of Wheatland. The peak winds were estimated at 120 mph. The tornado was rated EF-2 in Cedar County, and EF-0 in Scott and Clinton Counties. |
| 22:20Z | EF1 | KDVN | IA | Delaware | Manchester | An EF1 tornado moved from 3 miles southwest of Manchester through the southeast part of town. This tornado damaged to structures and trees along its path, with estimated peak winds around 110 mph. |
| 22:26Z | EF2 | KNQA | TN | Tipton | Dixonville | The tornado that tracked through Wynne, Arkansas eventually moved from through the oxbows of the Mississippi River crossing between Tennessee and Arkansas a couple of times. Significant tree damage along the Mississippi River occurred. |
| 22:27Z | EFU | KILX | IL | Morgan | Chapin | A tornado briefly touched down north of Chapin Cemetery at 5:27 PM CDT before quickly dissipating. No damage was observed. |
| 22:28Z | EF2 | KNQA | AR | Crittenden | Lambethville | The tornado that tracked through Wynne, Arkansas eventually moved from through the oxbows of the Mississippi River crossing between Tennessee and Arkansas a couple of times. Significant tree damage along the Mississippi River occurred. |
| 22:31Z | EF3 | KNQA | TN | Tipton | Dixonville | The tornado that tracked through Wynne, Arkansas eventually moved from through the oxbows of the Mississippi River crossing between Tennessee and Arkansas a couple of times. Significant tree damage along the Mississippi River occurred. As the tornado passed over Corna Lake in Tipton County (the west side of the Mississippi River) and extreme southern Mississippi County, EF- 3 damage was observed. Peak winds were estimated at 145 mph in this part of Tipton County. |
| 22:32Z | EF1 | KDVN | IA | Delaware | Oneida | This EF1 tornado developed southwest of Oneida, IA in Delaware County and moved northeast into Clayton County, IA, around 16:45 LST. This tornado damaged farm outbuildings and trees along its path, determined through ground surveys and Sentinel satellite data, with estimated peak winds around 110 mph. Scour marks on farms were also noted from Sentinel Satellite, as it crossed into Clayton County, about 3 miles west of Colesburg (see NWS LaCrosse StormData for details of tornado in Clayton County). |
| 22:34Z | EF3 | KNQA | AR | Mississippi | St Thomas | The tornado that tracked through Wynne, Arkansas eventually moved from through the oxbows of the Mississippi River crossing between Tennessee and Arkansas a couple of times. Significant tree damage along the Mississippi River occurred. As the tornado passed over Corna Lake in Tipton County (the west side of the Mississippi River) and extreme southern Mississippi County, EF- 3 damage was observed. The tornado then crossed the Mississippi River into Tipton County, Tennessee. Peak winds were estimated at 145 mph in Mississippi County. |
| 22:35Z | EF0 | KILX | IL | Morgan | Arcadia | A tornado briefly touched down north of the Jacksonville Airport at 5:35 PM CDT. It caused minor tree damage before quickly dissipating by 5:36 PM CDT. |
| 22:36Z | EF0 | KDVN | IA | Scott | New Liberty | A tornado touched down 3 miles north of Atalissa, Iowa in Cedar County, snapping power poles and large trees along its path. It caused significant damage to two homes southwest of Bennett, Iowa, and flipped over a semi along interstate 80. It also damaged several concrete block silos south of Bennett. The tornado continued to track to the northeast through a rural area, causing sporadic tree damage. The tornado entered extreme northwest Scott County about a third of a mile south of 220th St., then travelled around one mile before entering Clinton County about a half mile west of the intersection of 280th St. and 110th Ave. The tornado then dissipated about 2 miles south of Wheatland. The peak winds were estimated at 120 mph. The tornado was rated EF-2 in Cedar County, and EF-0 in Scott and Clinton Counties. |
| 22:37Z | EF0 | KDVN | IA | Clinton | Big Rock | A tornado touched down 3 miles north of Atalissa, Iowa in Cedar County, snapping power poles and large trees along its path. It caused significant damage to two homes southwest of Bennett, Iowa, and flipped over a semi along interstate 80. It also damaged several concrete block silos south of Bennett. The tornado continued to track to the northeast through a rural area, causing sporadic tree damage. The tornado entered extreme northwest Scott County about a third of a mile south of 220th St., then travelled around one mile before entering Clinton County about a half mile west of the intersection of 280th St. and 110th Ave. The tornado then dissipated about 2 miles south of Wheatland. The peak winds were estimated at 120 mph. The tornado was rated EF-2 in Cedar County, and EF-0 in Scott and Clinton Counties. |
| 22:38Z | EF2 | KNQA | TN | Tipton | Dixonville | The tornado that heavily damaged Wynne, Arkansas crossed the Mississippi River into Tipton County, Tennessee where it produced EF-2 damage across Wilder Farms. As the tornado climbed the Bluff, the tornado circulation began to weaken. From the top of the Bluff at the intersection of Pryor and Leach Roads to south of Burlison where the tornado appears to have lifted, EF-1 and EF-0 damage was observed. Peak winds from this tornado in Tipton County were estimated at 130 mph. It is important to note that as the long-tracked Wynne, Arkansas tornado was dissipating, the Covington, Tennessee tornado was on the ground approximately 3.5 miles away to the south. |
| 22:41Z | EF1 | KDVN | IA | Jones | Wyoming | An EF-1 tornado with peak winds estimated around 100 MPH touched down south of Wyoming and moved through the east side of town, damaging mainly trees with at least two trees snapped off. Twisted metal was lofted into the fire department parking lot. |
| 22:41Z | EF2 | KDVN | IA | Des Moines | Mediapolis | A brief tornado tracked east across the southern portions of the town of Mediapolis, destroying siding and shingles on a few homes and businesses. Numerous large tree limbs fell on mobile homes and frame houses, damaging roofs and siding. In the middle of town, at it's peak strength, the tornado widened to 150 yards and produced EF2 damage at a home, where it removed the entire roof, and snapped a few large trees off just above the ground. The tornado dissipated quickly on the east side of town. The peak winds are estimated to be 120 mph with this tornado. |
| 22:45Z | EF0 | KARX | IA | Clayton | Garber | A tornado developed in Delaware County, crossed into Clayton County between Edgewood and Colesburg, and crossed Horseshoe Road before dissipating. |
| 22:48Z | EF3 | KNQA | TN | Tipton | Munford | The tornado developed along Highway 178 just northwest of Munford. A few fences were damaged in this area and small tree limbs were snapped. The tornado traveled east-northeast and damaged farm outbuildings along Beaver Road and then uprooted and snapped trees along Walker Field Road and Walker Field Lane. The tornado then crossed Cattle Branch Creek causing minor tree damage. The first structural damage occurred along Laxton Lane and Fite Road where houses had some minor roof damage. The tornado began to intensify as it crossed Akins Road and approached Marshall Drive. A few power poles were broken in this area. The first EF-3 damage occurred along Myron Creek Drive where significant structural damage occurred to a couple of well-built homes. The tornado crossed Indian Creek Canal and continued to cause major damage to homes and trees along Indian Creek Road and Wright Lane. The lone fatality of the tornado occurred in this area. The tornado continued east-northeast toward Highway 51, where it damaged trees and structures along Jack Bennett and Liberty Church Smith Road. The tornado widened to over one-half mile wide as it approached and crossed Highway 51. Several homes were completely destroyed in this area and dozens of homes had significant damage. Several businesses along Highway 51 suffered heavy damage. EF-3 damage was widespread in this area. Fifty-three power poles had to be replaced along Highway 51 south of Covington. The tornado then moved across the southern section of Covington. This area is mostly industrial and several businesses suffered significant damage along Highways 59 and 384. A metal truss tower was crumpled to the ground. The tornado damaged the middle and elementary schools along Mark Walker Jr. Drive where the elementary school suffered major damage to the gymnasium and several walls. The tornado then crossed South Main Street and Highway 179 damaging several more houses. Substantial damage was caused to several houses along Highway 54. One house was completely destroyed and a couple of large metal power poles were bent to the ground. The tornado widened to almost a mile as it tracked east-northeast just north of Highway 54. This area is rural and the last major structural damage in Tipton County was on Lindsey Road where a home suffered major roof damage. The strong tornado continued tracking east-northeast taking out several large metal power poles and snapping trees between farm fields. Several irrigation pivots were overturned and twisted. In total, over 500 structures were damaged in Tipton County, 82 of which were total losses. The tornado began to weaken across northeast Tipton County as it tracked toward the Hatchie River. The tornado continued into Haywood County. Peak winds in Tipton County were estimated at 150 mph. |
| 22:50Z | EF2 | KDVN | IA | Clinton | Grand Mound | A strong tornado developed over the southeast part of Grand Mound, Iowa, and tracked through Charlotte, Iowa. A continuous damage track was noted, with several damaged houses, especially in Charlotte. The highest damage rating was located northeast of Grand Mound, where a whole house was shifted off it's foundation, and an entire house completely collapsed. Many areas noted tree damage and snapped power poles along the track of the tornado as well. Damage was also noted in Charlotte, associated with partial to complete destruction of barns and outbuildings. 3 people where trapped in the house that collapsed in Grand Mound, and one was transported to the hospital with minor injuries. The peak winds were estimated at 120 mph. |
| 22:58Z | EF1 | KDVN | IA | Jackson | Hurstville | A trained spotter reported damage to outbuildings at two farmsteads. Residents in the path of the tornado reported hearing a roar. There was a rotational velocity couplet and a tornado debris signature (TDS) on radar as well. Wind speeds and path were estimated based on reports from spotters. Peak winds estimated at 100 mph. |
| 23:09Z | EF1 | KNQA | TN | Haywood | St Peters | The tornado that destroyed parts of Covington continued into Haywood County causing significant tree damage along Estes Lane. A mobile home suffered significant damage along Fulton Road. Minor tree damage continued for a few more miles and then the tornado lifted north of Brownsville. Minor damage was observed on Gillespie Road and Highway 54 North with the tornado lifting just east of Sturdivant Road. Peak winds in Haywood County were estimated at around 105 mph. |
| 23:09Z | EF0 | KDVN | IA | Jackson | Cottonville | A shed roof and walls were destroyed and blown in a narrow path to 184th street, where a narrow path of tree damage occurred. The peak winds were estimated around 75 mph. |
| 23:12Z | EF2 | KILX | IL | Sangamon | Andrew | A tornado touched down in an open field one mile northwest of Sherman at 6:12 PM CDT. It tracked northeastward, causing damage to two houses and two outbuildings before crossing I-55. The tornado caused severe roof and siding damage to numerous homes and damaged many outbuildings and detached garages in a subdivision immediately east of I-55. It continued northeastward into a largely rural area, damaging two large barns at a horse farm and throwing sheet metal into open fields before dissipating just west of Wolf Creek about 2 miles southeast of Williamsville at 6:20 PM CDT. |
| 23:16Z | EF1 | KDVN | IA | Jackson | Bellevue | A tornado touched down just south of Bellevue, and moved northeast over the Mississippi River before dissipating. This tornado impacted an RV park and some cabins located nearby. Some structural damage was noted, with some RVs that were flipped and damaged. Several trees within the area were also impacted, with some uprooted. Three injuries were noted with this tornado in the vicinity of the RV park. This tornado continued into Jo Daviess County, Illinois, but likely dissipated over the river as no damage was observed in a wooded area adjacent to the river. Peak winds were estimated around 105 mph. |
| 23:17Z | EFU | KDVN | IL | Jo Daviess | Blanding | A tornado touched down just south of Bellevue, and moved northeast over the Mississippi River before dissipating. This tornado impacted an RV park and some cabins located nearby. Some structural damage was noted, with some RVs that were flipped and damaged. Several trees within the area were also impacted, with some uprooted. Three injuries were noted with this tornado in the vicinity of the RV park. This tornado continued into Jo Daviess County, Illinois, but likely dissipated over the river as no damage was observed in a wooded area adjacent to the river. Peak winds were estimated around 105 mph. The tornado damage in Bellevue was rated EF-1. The rating in Jo Daviess County was EF-U as there was no observable damage. |
| 23:18Z | EF2 | KILX | IL | Sangamon | Riverton | A tornado touched down near the intersection of Overpass Road and Old Route 36 about 1 mile east-southeast of Riverton at 6:18pm CDT. The tornado tracked northeastward, completely removing the roof from a business and causing damage to trees and outbuildings before crossing into southern Logan County at 6:32pm CDT. |
| 23:24Z | EF2 | KDVN | IL | Henry | Morristown | A strong tornado with estimated 135 mph winds developed a few miles southwest of Geneseo, IL, and tracked into the west side of town. Ground scouring was noted in the path through the fields, heading towards town. In town, several structures were damaged to completely destroyed, including: farm outbuildings, businesses, and warehouses. Several vehicles and trees were also damaged in the path of the tornado. |
| 23:32Z | EF2 | KILX | IL | Logan | Cornland | This tornado crossed into southern Logan County from Sangamon County at 6:32pm CDT. It continued northeastward across mainly open fields damaging farm outbuildings and causing shingle damage to several homes in the town of Latham before it dissipated on the south side of Latham at 6:46pm CDT. |
| 23:33Z | EF2 | KDVN | IL | Henry | Atkinson | A brief, yet strong tornado tracked north of Atkinson, IL for a few miles, leading to tree damage and damage to farmsteads. Total destruction was noted on one of the outbuildings, with debris scattered throughout the nearby fields. Peak winds estimated at 110 mph. |
| 23:36Z | EF2 | KDVN | IL | Henry | Atkinson | An EF2 tornado developed north of Atkinson, in Henry County, and tracked northeast towards Hooppole, then tracking more easterly for another mile where it ended in western Bureau County as an EF1. For the most part, this tornado was around 200 yards wide, but maxed out at 440 yards just south of Hooppole. At the start of the path, a house sustained siding and window damage, with more damage done to the brick grain silo and outbuilding. As the tornado tracked northeast, additional barns, outbuildings, and trees were damaged. As the tornado moved just south of Hooppole, more outbuildings and barns were damaged, and a house sustained substantial damage, losing its entire roof. Near the end of the path, another grain silo collapsed. The peak estimated winds were 120 mph in Henry County. The tornado crossed into Bureau County about a third of a mile north of Highway 23, on 00 E St, then lifted about one mile to the E/NE. |
| 23:37Z | EF2 | KDVN | IL | Henry | Kewanee Muni Arpt | This wide, multi-vortex EF2 tornado touched down west of Kewanee, where it damaged farm buildings and power poles. The tornado continued through the north side of Kewanee, where it primarily damaged trees and sheds. The tornado continued to the northeast of Kewanee with more significant tree and power pole damage. Estimated peak winds were near 120 mph. |
| 23:39Z | EF1 | KDVN | IL | Carroll | Mt Carroll | A brief tornado occurred near Mt. Carroll as a line of supercell thunderstorms swept northeast over Illinois on March 31st. This tornado was found using satellite information to identify a damage track. There was confirmed powerline damage in that track. |
| 23:46Z | EF1 | KDVN | IL | Bureau | Thomas | A tornado developed north of Atkinson, in Henry County, and tracked northeast towards Hooppole, then tracking more easterly for another mile where it ended in western Bureau County. The tornado crossed into Bureau County about a third of a mile north of Highway 23, on 00 E St, then lifted about one mile to the E/NE. The tornado was rated EF-2 in Henry County, and EF-1 in Bureau County. |
| 23:47Z | EF0 | KILX | IL | Macoupin | Mc Vey | At 6:47 PM CDT, a weak tornado touched down in northern Macoupin County near the intersection of Waggoner and Boston Chapel Roads. Here the tornado ripped a portion of the roof off of a farm building and threw some of the debris with enough force to embed a plank of wood into the rood of a home. The tornado then traversed a few fields and wooded areas, crossing into Montgomery County at West County Line Road. In Macoupin County, the tornado was rated EF0 with a max wind speed of 74 mph. The path length was 0.85 miles and a max path width of 50 yards. |
| 23:48Z | EF0 | KILX | IL | Montgomery | Waggoner | As the tornado moved into Montgomery County, it crossed Interstate 55. On the east side of the interstate, south of Morrisonville Ave, the tornado caused minor damage to tree limbs along a hedge line before crossing East nth Rd, continuing northeast. Soon after, the tornado crossed Morrisonville Ave and struck a small metal machine shed on the northern side of the road. The tornado lofted debris across East 5th Rd into a field and drainage canal before lifting at 6:53 PM. In Montgomery County the tornado was rated EF0 with a max wind speed of 80 mph. The path length was 5.48 miles and a max path width of 150 yards. Overall, the tornado was rated EF0 with a max wind speed of 80 mph. The path length was 6.33 miles and a max path width of 150 yards. No deaths or injuries were reported. No deaths or injuries were reported. |
| 23:48Z | EF1 | KDVN | IL | Bureau | New Bedford | This tornado began just south of Illinois highway 92 in northwest Bureau county in the NWS Quad Cities county warning area. It then moved into far southeast Whiteside county, near the intersection of Osage Road and 1050 St E. The tornado tracked for 2 miles in Whiteside County, before moving into Lee County, about a half mile south of the Green River. This tornado would continue for 6 additional miles into southwest Lee County (see NWS Chicago StormData). The damage from this tornado included numerous heavily damaged outbuildings, several snapped power poles, and dozens of trees. The worst damage was to a large farmstead outbuilding on the Whiteside and Bureau County border area, with the roof and two of the four walls destroyed and debris slung well into a field. Peak winds with this tornado were estimated at 110 mph. The tornado was rated EF1 in Bureau and Whiteside Counties. |
| 23:48Z | EF1 | KARX | WI | Iowa | Rewey | Tornado damaged a wood supply store outbuilding. Frame was toe-nailed into the baseboards, so lowered the estimated wind speeds based upon this. Debris lofted into farm fields with a couple of other farm outbuildings damaged on this path. |
| 23:50Z | EF1 | KDVN | IL | Carroll | Lanark | This tornado began southeast of Lanark in Carroll County and tracked to the northeast before moving into Ogle County about a quarter mile north of the intersection of W White Oak Road and N Brookville Road. The tornado path then continued for about 5 miles through Ogle County (see NWS Chicago StormData). The tornado then crossed into Stephenson County, just east of the intersection of N Mt. Vernon Road and Montague Road. This tornado caused extensive damage to several farm buildings and also downed a few trees along its path. The tornado was rated EF-1 in Carroll and Ogle Counties. In Stephenson County, there was no observable damage so the rating is |EF-U. |
| 23:50Z | EF1 | KDVN | WI | Lafayette | Ipswich | A number of farm buildings had substantial damage to them, particularly a large farm operation along County Road G where an empty grain bin was destroyed and a large shed lost it's I beam and the roof collapsed inward. A row of 13 power poles were snapped due to the wind. |
| 23:54Z | EF1 | KDVN | IL | Whiteside | Deer Grove | This tornado began just south of Illinois highway 92 in northwest Bureau County, then moved into far southeast Whiteside county, near the intersection of Osage Road and 1050 St E. The tornado tracked for 2 miles in Whiteside County, before moving into Lee County, about a half mile south of the Green River. This tornado would continue for 6 additional miles into southwest Lee County (see NWS Chicago StormData). The damage from this tornado included numerous heavily damaged outbuildings, several snapped power poles, and dozens of trees. The worst damage was to a large farmstead outbuilding on the Whiteside and Bureau County border area, with the roof and two of the four walls destroyed and debris slung well into a field. Peak winds with this tornado were estimated at 110 mph. The tornado was rated EF1 in Bureau and Whiteside Counties. |
| 23:55Z | EF1 | KDVN | WI | Lafayette | Leslie | Damage was mainly to a barn lean-to which was distributed through a field behind the facility. Another barn had roofing damage going in the opposite direction on the same grounds. |
| 23:55Z | EF1 | KDVN | IL | Lee | Harmon | This tornado began just south of Illinois Highway 92 in northwest Bureau County. It then tracked through far southeast Whiteside County within 3 miles of the town of Deer Grove. This tornado would continue for 6 additional miles into southwest Lee County, where it dissipated near Maytown Road and Atkinson Road. The damage from this tornado included numerous heavily damaged outbuildings, several snapped power poles, and dozens of trees. The worst damage was to a large farmstead outbuilding along the Whiteside-Bureau county line with the roof and two of the four walls destroyed and debris slung well into a field. |
| 23:56Z | EF1 | KDVN | IL | Ogle | Harper | This tornado began southeast of Lanark in Carroll County near Harvest Rd west of Shannon Rte. It tracked to the northeast crossing into rural Ogle County at N Brookville Rd north of W White Oak Rd. Shortly before dissipating, the storm crossed into Stephenson County at N Mt. Vernon Rd. It then lifted as it approached Florence Rd west of IL Rt. 26 S. Extensive damage was done to several farm buildings and a few trees were downed as well. |
| 23:56Z | EF1 | KDVN | WI | Iowa | Rewey | Damage was mainly to a barn lean-to which was distributed through a field behind the facility. Another barn had roofing damage going in the opposite direction on the same grounds. |
| 00:01Z | EFU | KDVN | IL | Stephenson | Florence | This tornado began southeast of Lanark in Carroll County and tracked to the northeast before moving into Ogle County about a quarter mile north of the intersection of W White Oak Road and N Brookville Road. The tornado path then continued for about 5 miles through Ogle County (see NWS Chicago StormData). The tornado then crossed into Stephenson County, just east of the intersection of N Mt. Vernon Road and Montague Road. This tornado caused extensive damage to several farm buildings and also downed a few trees along its path. The tornado dissipated near the intersection of Florence Road and Illinois Route 26. The tornado was rated EF-1 in Carroll and Ogle Counties. In Stephenson County, there was no observable damage so the rating is |EF-U. |
| 00:03Z | EFU | KNQA | AR | Phillips | Edgewood | A funnel cloud that moved over much of Phillips County touched down as a tornado briefly northwest of Lexa as it crossed Highway 1. An emergency manager along with several public spotters observed the tornado briefly touching down over open fields. No damage indicators were found and thus the tornado is rated as an EF-U. Nearby reports of damage were from straight-line winds that were associated with the same storm's rearflank downdraft. A special thanks goes out to Phillips County Emergency Management for their assistance during this survey. |
| 00:06Z | EF0 | KILX | IL | Christian | Morrisonville | A tornado touched down just east of the intersection of East 900 North Road and North 200 East Road about 4 miles north-northwest of Morrisonville at 7:06 PM CDT. The tornado destroyed several grain bins and carried them across an open field as it tracked northeastward before dissipating south of the intersection of East 1100 North Road and North 600 East Road 3 miles northwest of Palmer at 7:08 PM CDT. |
| 00:08Z | EF2 | KLOT | IL | Lee | Woodhaven Lakes | The tornado touched down in the Woodhaven Lakes campground south of Amboy. There, multiple campers were damaged by the tornado including two that were rolled. Farther along its northeastward track, two trees had fallen onto a home destroying it. The tornado appeared to have reached its maximum intensity with wind speeds estimated at 115 mph shortly after crossing US Hwy 52 where it destroyed a large garage and snapped several trees at their trunks. Several dozen other large trees were snapped and many branches sheared off along its path. Toward the end of its lifespan, the tornado also did minor damage to an outbuilding before lifting near Butler Hill Rd north of West Brooklyn. |
| 00:13Z | EF1 | KLOT | IL | Lee | Sublette | This tornado developed just south of the town center of Sublette snapping multiple utility poles as it crossed US Rt. 52. The tornado strengthened as it progressed into the town of West Brooklyn. There, it downed several large trees, folded an approximately 120-foot tall tower, and tore the roof off of a bank in downtown West Brooklyn. A wooden beam from the roof of the bank impaled a nearby garage roof to the north-northeast of the bank. The tornado then lifted north of Shaw Rd just west of Carnahan Rd just over 2 miles northeast of West Brooklyn. |
| 00:13Z | EF1 | KILX | IL | Christian | Hewittsville | A tornado touched down 2 miles south of Taylorville at 7:13 PM CDT. It tracked east-northeastward, knocking down about 30 power poles along North 1250 East Road (Taylorville-Nokomis Blacktop) before dissipating in an open field just east of the road at 7:14 PM CDT. |
| 00:16Z | EF0 | KMKX | WI | Green | Twin Grove | Tornado tracked through mainly rural areas and did damage to some barns with a roofing structure severely damaged near Brunkow Road. |
| 00:20Z | EF1 | KMKX | WI | Green | Oakley | Tornado started south of Juda and tracked to the east of the city before going to the west of Decatur Lake. Most of the damage was along County Road F where a number of farm outbuildings were damaged, particularly to roofs. Some areas had power lines that were snapped due to the wind. |
| 00:24Z | EF1 | KMKX | IL | Ogle | White Rock | The tornado touched down about 3 miles southwest of Davis Junction. It then went on to track trough the Davis Junction town center where it did mostly minor, EF-0 damage. EF-1 damage was done to a single family home on the north side of town. This tornado then crossed into Winnebago County south of Rockford, and eventually on into Boone County where it would later cause the partial roof collapse of the Apollo Theatre in Belvidere resulting in one fatality and 40 injuries. |
| 00:26Z | EF0 | KMKX | WI | Green | Brodhead | Tornado started just south of Decatur Lake and tracked to the north through Decatur Lake Golf Course, causing some minor tree damage. Further to the north, a barn had roof damage with a number of sheets of metal lofted off of the building. Tornado tracked into a small portion of Rock County before disapating. |
| 00:31Z | EF1 | KNQA | MS | Tunica | Tunica | A tornado formed just northeast of the Tunica airport and tracked northeast through rural Tunica and Desoto counties. A large number of homes and a church a few miles northeast of the airport suffered roof damage. Several sheds were displaced and destroyed. There was consistent damage for over 20 miles before lifting in DeSoto County, mainly snapped and uprooted trees. A few homes and mobile homes along Highway 3 south of Arkabutla Dam Road had shingles removed or portions of the metal roofing lifted. There were a number of trees snapped and uprooted along Highway 3 and in a wooded area along Woffolk Road. Several power poles were snapped and numerous trees along Arkabutla Dam Road near the Desoto County line. The roof was removed from a garage/carport. A couple of other nearby homes received roof damage. The tornado then moved into DeSoto County. Peak winds in Tunica County were estimated at 110 mph. |
| 00:31Z | EF1 | KMKX | IL | Winnebago | Rockford | This tornado touched down about 1 mile southeast of downtown Rockford southwest of the intersection of Railroad Ave and 8th St. It then tracked northeastward through the city of Rockford for about 7 minutes and just under 6 miles before lifting as it approached the intersection of Riverside Blvd and Mulford Rd. The tornado caused widespread tree damage, which was most concentrated at and near the Sinnissippi Golf Course, where the tornado reached its peak width of about 300 yards. Most structural damage was caused by trees that were uprooted and fell onto houses, but the tornado itself did also cause mostly minor roof damage to multiple homes. |
| 00:32Z | EF0 | KMKX | WI | Rock | Magnolia | Tornado started just south of Decatur Lake and tracked to the north through Decatur Lake Golf Course, causing some minor tree damage. Further to the north, a barn had roof damage with a number of sheets of metal lofted off of the building. Tornado tracked into a small portion of Rock County before dissapating. |
| 00:32Z | EF1 | KMKX | IL | Winnebago | New Milford | This tornado had crossed into Winnebago County from Ogle County in the far south side of Rockford along Edson Rd just west of S Mulford Rd. While in Winnebago County, the tornado caused generally EF-0 damage to farmland. The tornado had done mostly EF-0 damage while in Ogle County with one instance of EF-1 damage done to a home. The storm then crossed into Boone County south of Cherry Valley where it would later cause the partial roof collapse of the Apollo Theatre in Belvidere resulting in one fatality and 40 injuries. |
| 00:33Z | EF1 | KMKX | IL | Winnebago | Loves Park | This tornado began southwest of the intersection of Elmwood Rd and Rockton Ave on the north side of Rockford and tracked northeastward for almost 9 miles, straddling the Rock River as it tracked through the west side of Machesney Park before weakening and lifting over Roscoe. This tornado caused damage to several trees and outbuildings, as well as multiple homes, which primarily suffered roof damage. A couple of homes had entire portions of their roofs removed where the tornado was at its peak intensity and featured 90-100 mph winds. |
| 00:37Z | EF1 | KMKX | IL | Boone | Irene | This tornado crossed into Boone County south of Cherry Valley from Winnebago County. The tornado, which originated in Ogle County, traversed northeastward doing minor damage to farms. As it moved through the town of Belvidere, the storm produced multiple instances of damage to businesses, homes, and trees. Included in this is the partial roof collapse of the Apollo Theatre downtown which resulted in one fatality and 40 injuries. From there, the tornado would travel another 7 miles doing additional damage to trees before lifting near Orth Rd just west of the Boone-McHenry county line. |
| 00:39Z | EF1 | KILX | IL | Champaign | Dewey | A tornado touched down three miles south of Dewey at 7:39 PM CDT. The tornado tracked northeastward, causing significant damage to a business on US-136 between Fisher and Rantoul. It struck a few vehicles as it crossed I-57 before dissipating just south of the intersection of County Road 3400 North and County Road 1800 East about 1 mile south-southeast of Ludlow at 7:48 PM CDT. |
| 00:40Z | EF2 | KNQA | MS | De Soto | Cub Lake | This tornado moved from Tunica County into DeSoto County. Near Cub Lake and Koko Reef Lake communities, there was widespread tree damage, where numerous homes were damaged or destroyed by falling trees. Tree damage in the area was extensive. Near West Oak Grove and Highway 301 South, there was significant tree damage, with a concentrated section of snapped trees. A small area of EF2 damage was found north of West Commerce Street between Baldwin and Fogg Roads. Shingles were removed from several houses and mobile homes. The tornado path continued northeast before dissipating in a wooded area southwest of Nesbit. A total of 47 homes suffered damage in DeSoto County with about 10 homes destroyed. Peak winds in DeSoto County were estimated at 130 mph. |
| 00:44Z | EF1 | KMKX | IL | Boone | Caledonia | This tornado touched down southwest of the village of Caledonia moving through mostly farmland along its northeastward track. The storm destroyed numerous outbuildings, heavily damaged a silo, and caused a grain bin to collapse. In the Candlewick Lake neighborhood southeast of Caledonia, a few homes sustained roof and siding damage. Several trees were also damaged. The tornado then crossed into the village of Sharon in southwestern Walworth County, Wisconsin. The storm would go on for nearly another four miles mostly doing damage to barns and trees before lifting near Town Hall Rd and Chilson Rd. |
| 00:48Z | EF0 | KMKX | WI | Rock | Beloit | Tornado started in the center of Beloit in the Merrill Park area. The tornado uprooted numerous trees along its path through the eastern side of the city toward the Turtle area. The path then went east and appears to have crossed I-39 before ending in a field. |
| 00:49Z | EF1 | KMKX | WI | Dane | Hanerville | Tornado damage path tracked from southeast of Stoughton and ended up by Washington Rd east of the city. Mainly tree damage noted along the path, though there were some farm outbuildings that had roofing damage along with some powerlines being snapped near Tower Drive. |
| 00:55Z | EF0 | KLOT | IL | Kendall | Montgomery | The tornado touched down near the intersection of Concord Dr and Columbia Ln in southwestern Montgomery. It produced minor damage to an outbuilding shortly after dropping and to a few trees before crossing into Kane County just a couple of minutes after forming. The storm then continued northeastward through Montgomery damaging mostly trees before lifting on the south side of Aurora. |
| 00:57Z | EF0 | KLOT | IL | Kane | Montgomery | Just a couple of minutes after touching down in far northern Kendall County, this tornado crossed into Kane County in Montgomery just west of Albright Rd. The tornado had caused minor damage to an outbuilding while still in Kendall County but most of the damage in Kane County was to trees. The tornado lifted on the south side of Aurora near the intersection of Hill Ave and Binder St. |
| 00:57Z | EF1 | KLOT | IL | Vermilion | Reilly | A tornado touched down in a field northeast of the intersection of East 3700 North Road and County Road 2800 East about 4 miles south-southwest of Rankin at 7:57pm CDT. The tornado tracked northeastward, uprooting trees and damaging a shed before crossing into the National Weather Service Chicago County Warning Area (CWA) in southern Iroquois County at 8:04pm CDT. |
| 00:57Z | EF1 | KMKX | WI | Walworth | Sharon | Tail end of the tornado that began in northern Illinois and tracked just to the southeast to northeast of Sharon. A few barns had roofing damage to them. |
| 01:00Z | EF0 | KLOT | IL | Kane | Batavia | This tornado began in an open field south of Engstrom Family Park and tracked east northeast towards downtown Batavia before lifting shortly after it crossed the Fox River near Wilson St. Damage along the tornado's path consisted of several uprooted and damaged trees, downed fences, downed power lines, roof shingles peeled off of houses, and a toppled chimney. |
| 01:00Z | EF0 | KMKX | WI | Walworth | Sharon | Tornado started near the Illinois state line and tracked northward toward Delavan Lake. A number of farm outbuildings had roofing panels lofted off of them and a subdivision south of Delavan Lake had a number of large trees toppled. Tornado appeared to end north of Lake Lawn Resort, which had some tree damage to it. |
| 01:01Z | EF0 | KLOT | IL | Kane | St Charles | This tornado began south of Dean St near 15th St in St Charles and tracked northeast. It passed over Boy Scout Island and the Fox River before lifting near the intersection of Stonehedge Rd and Persimmon Dr. Damage along the tornado's path consisted of several uprooted and damaged trees, downed power lines, roof shingles peeled off of houses, and a damaged HVAC unit on the roof of a construction facility. |
| 01:03Z | EF0 | KLOT | IL | Kendall | Joliet | This tornado began near the intersection of Arbeiter and Black Roads in unincorporated Joliet. Several homes were damaged including to shingles and one chimney had collapsed. Just about a minute after touching down, the tornado crossed into Will County near Hadrian Dr and continued damaging shingles and trees lifting just before reaching IL Rt. 59. |
| 01:04Z | EF1 | KLOT | IL | Iroquois | Fountain Creek | This tornado originated in Vermillion County south of the town of Rankin east of N 2800E Rd and north of 3700 N Rd. The tornado tracked northeastward crossing into Iroquois County just west of N 1600 East Rd. The storm then dissipated about 8 miles later north of the town of Wellington just east of E 400 North Rd at N 2300 East Rd. While in Vermillion County, the tornado destroyed a couple of sheds and farm outbuildings, uprooted a number of trees, and did some roof damage to a home. In Iroquois County, a few trees were damaged along with the roofs of a couple of outbuildings. |
| 01:05Z | EF0 | KLOT | IL | Will | Shorewood | After dropping in far eastern Kendall County just about a minute sooner and doing damage to shingles and collapsing a chimney, this tornado crossed into Will County near Hadrian Dr in far west Joliet. It continued to do damage to shingles and trees before lifting a couple of minutes later near the intersection of Bedford Dr and Brighton Ln. |
| 01:05Z | EF0 | KLOT | IL | Will | Tamarack | The tornado began near W 135th Street just west of Meadow Lane in Plainfield and tracked east-northeast before dissipating near the intersection of Golden Meadow Dr and Golden Sunset Dr just west of IL Rt. 59. The damage was confined to primarily trees, but some shingles and siding were removed from homes along the path. |
| 01:05Z | EF0 | KMKX | WI | Walworth | Walworth | Tornado damage path which damaged a barn and shed and also caused 16 power lines to be snapped. |
| 01:07Z | EF0 | KMKX | WI | Jefferson | Cambridge | Several trees either uprooted or damaged. Some fascia, shingles removed from a roof. Shed and fencing damaged. |
| 01:08Z | EF0 | KMKX | WI | Walworth | Richmond | Several trees toppled and uprooted. Minor fascia damage. Sheet metal roof damage. |
| 01:10Z | EF0 | KMKX | WI | Walworth | Como | Tornado damage started at the Geneva National Golf Club and went due north along Prairie Rd and County Rd H. The most substantial damage was to a storage facility which had a high volume of roofing material lofted about a mile north of the facility. |
| 01:11Z | EF1 | KVWX | IL | Marion | Selmaville | At 8:11 PM CDT, a tornado touched down to the southwest of Salem, IL, near the intersection of Selmaville Rd and Lowery Ln. There it damaged several trees before moving through a forested area. The tornado then moved through a neighborhood, resulting in more tree damage, roofing and siding damage to a number of homes, and the collapse of a newly built large garage. Next, the tornado intensified as it moved through the southern portion of Salem, IL, damaging several homes, businesses, and numerous trees. This includes significant damage to the roof and walls of a commercial building and a home that was shifted off of its foundation. The tornado continued east of town, moving through a golf course and more wooded areas before approaching U.S. Highway 50 east of Salem. As the tornado crossed the highway, it collapsed a large outbuilding before quickly dissipating. Overall, the tornado was rated EF1 with a max wind speed of 105 mph. The path length was 5.95 miles with a max path width of 250 yards. No deaths or injuries were reported. |
| 01:17Z | EF1 | KLOT | IL | Du Page | Villa Park | The tornado dropped in an industrial park near N Main St just north of N North Ave on the far north side of Lombard. There, it caused roof damage to a couple of buildings. It continued on into the town of Addison where it caused roof damage to office buildings. The tornado then caused primarily tree damage as it tracked across a residential area of Addison south of Fullerton Ave before lifting as it crossed Fullerton Ave at Hale St. South and east of the tornado's track was a large swath of additional damage caused by straight line winds. |
| 01:20Z | EF1 | KLOT | IL | Iroquois | Stockland | A brief tornado occurred south of Stockland dropping just south of E 600 North Rd and east of N 2700 East Rd. The storm damaged trees and power poles and destroyed a small farm outbuilding. The tornado lifted after only a few minutes east of N 3100 East Rd and south of E 880 North Rd just west of the Illinois-Indiana state line. |
| 01:26Z | EF1 | KMKX | WI | Jefferson | Palmyra | Very short lived tornado with substantial damage to under-construction property and many healthy trees snapped. Heavy debris lofted several hundred yards. Path continued northward and hit a house and bent over a stop sign. |
| 01:27Z | EF1 | KNQA | MS | Marshall | Mt Pleasant | NWS meteorologists determined an EF-1 tornado touched down in northern Marshall County on the evening of March 31st. The first evidence of tree damage occurred near Anderson Lane west of Highway 311. The tornado continued to the northeast and crossed Highway 311 where hardwood trees were snapped. Additional hardwood tree damage was noted on Hogan Road and South Slayden Road. The tornado crossed Highway 72 with hardwood trees snapped on both sides of the highway. A single-family residence on Kennedy Road sustained roof damage with hardwood trees uprooted on the property. The last evidence of damage was on Early Grove Road where a few trees were uprooted. The tornado dissipated in a field to the northeast of this location. Peak winds were estimated at 95 mph. |
| 01:29Z | EF1 | KMKX | WI | Waukesha | Eagle | Very short lived tornado with substantial damage to under-construction property and many healthy trees snapped. Heavy debris lofted several hundred yards. Path continued northward and hit a house and bent over a stop sign. |
| 01:33Z | EF2 | KLOT | IN | Benton | Swanington | This tornado touched down near the intersection of E County Road 200 S and S Adeway Rd south of Fowler. The tornado tracked to the northeast for nearly 12 miles. Along the way, it damaged a few homes and multiple wind turbines. The tornado reached its maximum intensity just east of Fowler where it snapped the base of a wind turbine about halfway up and threw the blades of wind turbines as far as 600 yards to the northeast. Wind speeds during this time are estimated to be around 120 mph. The storm also downed trees and power poles. It lifted near N County Road 800 E and E County Road 600 N in northeast Benton County. |
| 01:33Z | EF2 | KIND | IN | Benton | Oxford | The tornado touched down northwest of Oxford near the intersection of S County Road 200 E and E County Road 500 S. It tracked northeast for over 10 miles before crossing into southwest White County at E County Road 100 S. It lifted just east of South County Road 850 W at S US Hwy 231 in rural White County. The storm primarily downed trees and damaged farm outbuildings. However, it also caused damage to a few homes. The tornado is believed to have reached EF-2 intensity with wind speeds near 115 mph after crossing S County Road 875 E where large portions of a roof and some siding were torn off of a home. |
| 01:41Z | EF1 | KLOT | IN | Benton | Wadena | The tornado dropped south of Goodland in rural Benton County south of E County Road 800 N east of N County Road 200 E. The storm tracked northeast and crossed into Jasper County at E County Road 900 N southwest of Remington. It lifted east of town north of W US Hwy 24 just west of N County Road 1200 W. Damage mostly consisted of snapped power poles, downed trees, and damage to small farm outbuildings. |
| 01:44Z | EF2 | KIND | IN | White | Badger Grove | After impacting Benton County, the tornado continued into White county. Damage consisted primarily of downed trees, power poles, and damaged farm outbuildings. However there were several homes damaged, two significantly. |
| 01:46Z | EF1 | KLOT | IN | Jasper | Remington | The tornado dropped south of Goodland in rural Benton County south of E County Road 800 N east of N County Road 200 E. The storm tracked northeast and crossed into Jasper County at E County Road 900 N southwest of Remington. It lifted east of town north of W US Hwy 24 just west of N County Road 1200 W. Six semi trucks were reported flipped over on I-65 near the junction at US Hwy 24. Additionally, a trailer with a tractor in it had rolled over several times in a field off of US Hwy 24 just west of I-65. Damage otherwise mostly consisted of snapped power poles, downed trees, and damage to small farm outbuildings. |
| 01:53Z | EF1 | KLOT | IN | Lake | Merrillville | This tornado touched down north of U.S. Route 30 near Grant St. in Merrillville and then tracked eastward for roughly 3.3 miles before lifting over the far south side of Hobart along E 73rd Ave just east of Colorado St. The tornado blew out windows and tore sections of roofs off of multiple homes where its winds were able to compromise the residences' garage doors. The tornado also caused damage to power lines and several trees along its path. |
| 01:55Z | EF2 | KNQA | TN | Hardeman | Saulsbury | A tornado touched down near Grand Junction in southwest Hardeman County, TN on Westfork Road around 855 PM CDT Friday evening, March 31, 2023. This tornado produced an EF-1 swath of tree damage as it traveled to the northeast, uprooting and snapping the trunks of several large trees along Van Buren Road. The damage swath broadened out quite a bit as it reached Evergreen Road, causing more widespread and significant tree damage to Saulsbury Road and Roger Springs Road where EF-2 tree damage was noted. This tree damage continued for another few miles to the northeast where significant roof damage occurred to a one-family residence on Callahan Road. EF-1 damage was observed for several miles to the northeast along Sain Road. The tornado tracked through Lone Oak Farm along Lake Hardeman Road causing additional widespread tree damage. The tornado crossed Highway 125 damaging more trees before lifting just beyond L Crisp Road in a wooded area. Peak winds were estimated at 115 mph. |
| 01:55Z | EF0 | KIND | IN | White | Smithson | A tornado touched down in an open field south of West Smithson Road|and west of South CR 75W. A wind turbine blade was bent over and|another snapped off as it moved quickly NNE causing significant|damage to a pole barn and throwing 2 empty silos into a field|north of Smithson Rd. The tornado paralleled CR 75 causing minor|tree damage before lifting south of CR 100 S. Maximum winds are|estimated at 80 to 85 mph with a width of 125 yards. A wind speed|rating cannot be assigned to the turbine blade, but the speed|could be higher than the estimated range. |
| 01:58Z | EF0 | KVWX | IL | Jasper | St Marie | A tornado touched down in a field southwest of the intersection of East 390th Avenue and North 1700th Street about 2 miles southwest of Sainte Marie at 8:58pm CDT. The tornado tracked northeastward, causing sporadic tree damage before crossing into western Crawford County between East 500th Avenue and East 600th Avenue at 9:03pm CDT. |
| 02:01Z | EF0 | KLOT | IN | Porter | Sedley | This brief tornado dropped in Union Township along W County Road 350 N just west of N County Road 650 W a couple of miles northwest of Shorewood Forest. It would track just over a half a mile to the east-southeast before lifting soon after crossing N County Road 625 W. Minor damage was noted to trees, outbuildings, and some farm equipment. |
| 02:03Z | EF3 | KVWX | IL | Crawford | Pierceburg | This tornado crossed into western Crawford County from Jasper County at 9:03pm CDT. The tornado tracked northeastward, doing minor structural damage to a machine shed along County Highway 1 near Pierceburg. Numerous wooden power poles were snapped and heavy damage to trees was noted with tops sheared off about 30 feet above ground. Structural damage to homes of the EF1-EF2 variety occurred as the tornado moved across County Highway 15 where two single family homes sustained major roof damage. A mobile home was torn in half with its debris strewn about 20 yards in opposite directions. Trees, while sparse in this area, were sheared about 20-30 feet above the ground. Further east along County Highway 15, structural damage occurred to a large machine shed where a stationary semi-trailer blew into its west-facing wall causing the entire structure to fail. The debris from the large machine shed then blew into an old, poorly anchored single-family residence and caused exterior walls to slide off its foundation. Over the next 3 miles along the path of the tornado just before it reached the south side of Robinson, considerable tree damage was observed.||As the tornado tracked into the south side of Robinson, it narrowly missed a major oil refinery. The tornado destroyed two manufactured homes resulting in two fatalities as it crossed County Highway 9 near the interchange of East 900th Avenue and North 1200th Street. Damage to structures, trees, and wooden power poles was determined to be EF1-EF2.||Heavy structural damage (EF3) and an additional fatality were noted on the east side of Robinson near the interchange of State Highway 1 and East 1050th Avenue where a two-story masonry building experienced failure to its top story walls. The adjacent properties also experienced heavy damage where the exterior walls of two |single-family homes collapsed. Damage to trees and utility poles in this area was extensive due to the amount of debris strewn toward the northeast. ||The tornado then moved over Robinson Municipal Airport, destroying airport hangers and a small outbuilding. The progressive collapse of the rigid frames of the metal building systems, which included steel beams measuring greater than 18 inches in diameter, caused the survey team to estimate EF3 damage at this point.||A continuous track of EF1 damage then extended northeastward across County Highway 5 where multiple single-family homes exhibited large sections of their roof structures removed. In addition, multiple large machine sheds experienced a collapse of their wall structures. ||The survey team concluded that the storm likely maintained its intensity as it tracked northeastward toward the Wabash River, noting about a quarter-mile wide swath of heavy tree damage to distant tree lines as it continued toward the river. The tornado then crossed the Wabash River into the National Weather Service Indianapolis County Warning Area (CWA) in western Sullivan County at 9:21pm CDT. |
| 02:13Z | EF1 | KIWX | IN | Cass | Lake Cicott | An NWS Storm Survey confirmed a tornado touched down in an open|field south of W CR 400 N, between N CR 1000W and 925W. It|tracked quickly northeast, flipping 8 spans of a center pivot|irrigation system once, the destroyed 2 large pole barns at a|residence near 400 N and 925W. Several trees were snapped and|corn fodder from the field was pulled into the yard and extended|northeast form there. The back garage portion of a home was|damaged. Power poles were also snapped in the area. The tornado|made a turn to the right some and began to weaken, striking a|home at the intersection of W CR 400 N and N CR 900 N where the|roof on the SW side of the home was lifted, several small er|trees were uprooted and a fuel tank was rolled into the field to|the NE. Debris was carried for a few more miles to the northeast.|The track of the tornado may have continued further northeast but|it weakened significantly after the noted damage areas. Max width|300 yards with max wind wind speed estimated at 100 mph. |
| 02:21Z | EF3 | KVWX | IN | Sullivan | Riverton | This was the rotating supercell's first tornado, having traversed through Illinois for nearly 28 miles, producing EF3 damage before entering Indiana. The tornado crossed the Wabash River, entering Sullivan County 1.8 miles south of Merom. Near Merom, the tornado severely damaged 3 homes and destroyed a modular home which was thrown at least 200 yards to destruction. Two occupants of this home were killed. Also, a large trailer and several cars were thrown tens of yards from their resting location. The violent winds sheared off trees approximately 20 to 30 feet above ground.||The tornado continued across southern portions of the City of Sullivan. Dozens of homes and structures were severely damaged or destroyed, indicating the strongest winds of the tornado's entire 41-mile track that peaked near 165 mph. The tornado continued to locations immediately south-southeast, and then southeast of Sullivan, destroying at least 3 additional homes, including a modular home which was thrown at least 150 yards. One occupant of this home was killed, while the other was injured. Many trees were again sheared 20 to 30 feet off the ground. Continuing to the east-northeast, the circulation began to weaken as it continued into a wooded area, damaging numerous trees before lifting off the ground 3.3 miles east of Sullivan. Much damage in the area reached EF2-intensity (111-135 mph winds), with several locations where winds reached the EF3-intensity (136-165 mph winds). |
| 02:30Z | EF2 | KNQA | TN | Mcnairy | Bethel Spgs | NWS damage surveys concluded that a tornado touched down just south of Bethel Springs on Main Street around 9:30 PM CDT on the evening of March 31, 2023. The tornado picked up in size and intensity as it moved northeast toward Murray School Road where a double-wide manufactured home was completely destroyed. EF-2 damage continued northeast on Bethel Purdy Road where wooden power poles were snapped. A nearly 5-mile-long swath of EF-1 damage was noted up through Good Hope Church Road where more structures were significantly damaged. EF-2 damage was observed at several locations off Good Hope Church Road, including significant roof damage to a single-family residence along with bent metal electrical transmission poles. Widespread tree damage continued for 10 miles to the northeast consistent with EF-1 wind ratings as the tornado crossed into Hardin County. Peak winds in McNairy County from this tornado were estimated at 115 mph. |
| 02:43Z | EF1 | KIND | IN | Montgomery | Bowers | This squall line tornado began in far northeastern Montgomery County, approximately midway between the communities of Darlington and Colfax, (while, a weaker EF0 tornado was simultaneously spawned about 1.5 miles to the southeast). The tornado first downed trees (uprooted hardwood and snapped pines) in a distinct 0.5-mile long patch along Withe Creek prior to crossing East Bowers Road, consistent with EF1-intensity winds as high as 94 mph. The tornado then continued into Boone and Clinton Counties where it would ultimately reach EF2 intensity. |
| 02:43Z | EF0 | KIND | IN | Montgomery | Thorntown | This secondary and weaker squall line tornado began just west of the Montgomery-Boone County line (tracking just southeast of the nearby, multi-county EF2 tornado). A barn just inside Montgomery County was partially destroyed by 85 mph winds with debris thrown into Boone County and blown one-quarter of a mile to the northeast. The tornado also downed utility poles along the county line road before continuing into Boone County. |
| 02:44Z | EF0 | KIND | IN | Boone | Thorntown | Continuation from Montgomery County of the secondary, EF0 tornado (that tracked just southeast of the nearby, multi-county EF2 tornado). A barn just west of the Montgomery-Boone county line was partially destroyed by 85 mph winds, with debris blown into Boone County and one-quarter mile to the northeast. The tornado also downed utility poles along the county line road before causing tree damage and shifting an older barn from its foundation. |
| 02:44Z | EF0 | KIND | IN | Boone | Thorntown | Continuation of the Montgomery County EF1 tornado, which ultimately entered Clinton County before reaching EF2 intensity, (a secondary, weaker EF0 tornado simultaneously crossed from Montgomery to Boone County, tracking about 1.0-1.5 miles southeast of this tornado). Damage along this Boone County segment was mainly along County Road 900 North, where panels from the northeast side of a barn roof were ripped off and carried 0.25 to 0.50 miles east and northeast. Also, a path of uprooted hardwood trees occurred just northeast of the barn, consistent with high-end EF0-intensity winds as strong as 85 mph. |
| 02:45Z | EF2 | KIND | IN | Clinton | Colfax | Continuation of the tornado that first impacted Montgomery and Boone Counties (as an EF1 and EF0, respectively). The tornado continued to track to the northeast, parallel to and roughly 0.8 miles southeast of West Manson Colfax Road, while intensifying. Near the intersection of County Roads 700 South and 750 West a homestead ascertained EF1-intensity damage, with 2 outbuildings on cinder blocks completely destroyed, the collapse of chimney and significant roof damage.||The tornado then reached peak intensity as an EF2 with peak winds of 120 mph, for about 0.5 miles prior to crossing US Highway 52 at the intersection with County Road 650 South. Through this most-intense segment, a large homestead lost large sections of roof structure, with a garage's brick walls blown out, while a large and poorly-anchored barn was destroyed; with a collapse of a nearby communications tower. EF1-intensity damage continued for another 1.6 miles towards Interstate Route 65, as a few barns were completely destroyed across this rural portion of southwestern Clinton County.||The tornado caused minimal EF0-intensity damage for the following 2 miles, including where it crossed Interstate Route 65, while occasionally dropping debris the vortex had picked up earlier in its path. The circulation restrengthened to EF1 intensity for its final 1.7 miles, causing significant damage just before ending about 3 miles southwest of Frankfort: hardwood trees were downed at County Road 400 South; before extensive damage near County Road 300 South which included the destruction of several barns/farm outbuildings among corresponding tree damage, including a concrete tower and a silo (at separate buildings) both leaning southwest, while another farm outbuilding's roof panels were wrapped around trees. |
| 02:48Z | EF2 | KGWX | TN | Hardin | Morris Chapel | This tornado moved into Hardin County from McNairy County. The tornado caused EF-2 damage at the Morris Chapel Methodist Church, with significant roof damage and the collapse of an exterior wall. The tornado dissipated in a field just south of White Oak Creek Canal a few miles to the northeast around 9:51 PM CDT. Peak winds in Hardin County from this tornado were estimated at 115 mph. |
| 03:01Z | EF3 | KIND | IN | Owen | Spencer | The rotating supercell thunderstorm tracked over the town of Spencer before spawning a second, violent EF3 tornado, that first tracked through extreme northeastern Owen County. The tornado touched down in the McCormick's Creek State Park Campground Loop B, where EF2-intensity winds produced extensive tree damage. About 400 yards east the tornado impacted many campers at Campground Loop A, where two campers were killed and two others were injured. About 1.25 miles to the east-northeast further EF2-intensity damage occurred at Concord Road where large sections of a home's roof were removed while cars where crushed, rolled and thrown; here along the circulation's southern side the roof was blown off of a mobile home as it slid off its block piers, yet remained upright, consistent with high-end EF1 intensity winds.||The tornado intensified to EF3 strength as it neared the Owen-Monroe County line, with two barns 300-500 feet west of North County Line Road completely gone as their debris was lofted a quarter mile into Monroe County; a new farm combine weighing about 12 tons and other tractor implements were lofted and thrown 50 yards; debarking of trees also began near County Line Road, with only stubs of largest branches remaining, from the tornado's strongest winds of 153 mph. Less intense damage was again observed south of the path's center near the county line where unanchored outbuildings were destroyed by collapsed walls; and single-family homes experienced minor loss of roofing and broken glass, consistent with EF1-intense winds. The tornado maintained EF3 intensity while crossing into Monroe County. |
| 03:03Z | EF3 | KIND | IN | Monroe | Stinesville | Continuation from Owen County of the rotating supercell thunderstorm's second EF3. The tornado reached peak intensity while crossing the Owen-Monroe County line, where the strongest winds in Monroe County were 152 mph along West Wolf Mountain Road. Here, 0.2 to 0.3 miles east of North County Line Road, the tornado destroyed both a mobile home and single story homes with little anchoring on cinder blocks, among many damaged and debarked trees. Back closer to North County Line Road, and slightly farther north of the center of the tornado's path, winds had separated a trailer home from its attached structure and garage, allowing the home to roll and flatten. Farther east along West Wolf Mountain Road, EF2-intensity damage was observed 0.50 to 0.75 miles east of the county line, with areas where nearly all trees were uprooted or snapped, and several single-family homes lost large sections of roofing; a few debarked trees were observed, but with less frequency than seen closer to the county line.||The tornado continued for another 2.7 miles while gradually weakening through EF2 and EF1 intensities. At North Texas Ridge Road hardwood trees were snapped off while a few homes lost small portions of roofing. At the intersection of West Brighton Road and North Fulton Road a narrower corridor of smaller trees were snapped or uprooted, including one tree downed onto a house; the tornado track ended about 250 feet northeast of this intersection. |
| 03:10Z | EF0 | KPAH | TN | Carroll | Mc Lemoresville | A tornado briefly touched down off of US-70 along Highway 436. It ripped a few shingles off of a single-family home and then went on to down large limbs on trees. An occlusion led to the northward motion of the tornado as it damaged another roof of a home and then led to the major loss of roof panels to a small metal outbuilding before lifting. A special thanks goes out to Carroll County Emergency Management for their assistance in locating damage on the survey. Peak winds were estimated at 85 mph. |
| 03:11Z | EF0 | KIND | IN | Howard | Russiaville | This first of the three squall line tornadoes to impact Howard County touched down in a field with a few trees. The tornado impacted a home causing tree and barn damage, with maximum winds of 80 mph. One tree top was pulled back towards the home to the southwest. The tornado then quickly lifted in a farm field nearby. |
| 03:12Z | EF2 | KIND | IN | Morgan | Martinsville Arpt | The rotating supercell thunderstorm's third tornado was a strong EF2 that passed immediately south of the city of Martinsville, while the supercell's non-tornadic damaging winds impacted the center of Martinsville. Numerous homes were observed with considerable roof damage in a subdivision near Indiana Highway 37, while an (empty) grain bin was lofted and displaced. The top of a concrete grain bin was torn off. The tornado continued to the east-northeast, causing sporadic tree damage through the next structure along Rolling Hills Drive. The tornado's strongest (120-130 mph) winds occurred at the end of its path, where one pontoon boat was lofted from the west side of of a lake and carried (about 800 feet) to the lake's far east-northeast point at Paris Drive. Another pontoon boat was lofted and carried about one-quarter mile and over a nearby home before final resting at another house. |
| 03:15Z | EF0 | KIND | IN | Howard | West Middleton Arpt | This second of three tornadoes in Howard County (and the county's second EF0), tracked briefly between Russiaville and Indian Heights. Damage occurred to an out building before a playground set was thrown to the northeast, with trees near the area pointing to the east-southeast. Further damage occurred east of County Road 350 West to an attached garage and small barns: wood splinters were driven into siding, a car was moved and turned 45 degrees, and a large piece of plywood was stuck between remaining branches of tree, all from winds as great as 80 mph. |
| 03:20Z | EF1 | KIND | IN | Howard | Hemlock | This was the third tornado (and only EF1) to impact Howard County. The tornado began in a rural field south of a homestead with two barns, home, and mobile home. One small barn was completely destroyed along with the mobile home which caused a serious injury. The home and larger barn had lesser damage. This tornado continued to the northeast, damaging the trees, homes and barns of several homesteads, with maximum winds of 110 mph. The tornado continued into a larger neighborhood near US Highway 35 where it caused mainly roof and tree damage to tree rows. |
| 03:27Z | EF0 | KIND | IN | Johnson | Hopewell | This was the rotating supercell's fourth tornado, and the first and weaker of two tornadoes spawned in Johnson County. The tornado started to the north-northeast of the village of Providence, although most of the sporadic tree damage noted in the town was from straight line winds, with slightly more intense tree damage seen from the tornado. The tornado continued to move east-northeast and crossed Indiana Route 135, with multiple power lines damaged and downed across the highway. Metal roofing of a barn just east of Route 135 was peeled back from winds nearing 85 mph. The tornado continued to the east-northeast towards Indiana Route 144, but lifted just before reaching this highway, southeast of Bargersville. Sporadic tree damage was noted to the south of Route 144. |
| 03:29Z | EF0 | KHPX | TN | Benton | Liberty | A tornado briefly touched down along an elevated area and led to the collapse of walls and the removal of much of the roof of a metal outbuilding along Sawmill Rd. The tornado also damaged branches on a couple of trees near the outbuilding, lifted briefly, and then downed more limbs along Cedar Grove Church Road. While the damage path was short-lived in duration, it was determined to be tornadic based on the convergent damage pattern and vertical lift of roof panels into trees behind the outbuilding. A special goes out to Benton County Emergency Management for their assistance in locating damage during the survey. Peak winds were estimated at 85 mph. |
| 03:33Z | EF2 | KIWX | IN | Grant | Swayzee | This tornado developed just south of 300 S west of Swayzee and tracked rapidly|east through downtown Swayzee, ending just east of 600 W east of town. Numerous|homes and building sustained minor to moderate damage including roof damage to |several businesses and the high school. Numerous trees and power poles in and|around town were snapped or uprooted. |
| 03:33Z | EF3 | KIND | IN | Johnson | New Whiteland | The rotating supercell's fifth and final tornado was a violent EF3 that immediately followed the Johnson County EF0. Following the storm's east-northeasterly track, a tornado redeveloped (2.8 miles after the end of the EF0) in an open field, 0.15 miles west of the intersection of South Sawmill Road and Park Forest South Drive. The tornado moved through mainly northern portions of the Park Forest neighborhood while strengthening from EF1 to EF2 intensity. The circulation continued towards US Highway 31, damaging a communications tower near Whiteland Sewer Department. After crossing US Highway 31, the tornado inflicted mainly EF2-intensity damage to southeastern portions of Whiteland, especially east of West Street and south of Main Street. Multiple homes sustained major roof damage, while a few homes had most exterior walls collapse, and one poorly constructed home had only one wall left standing.||Higher-end EF2 damage was observed as it crossed the railroad track and hit the neighborhood near Paris Lane and East Pearl Street. Numerous homes sustained roof damage. A poorly constructed and very poorly anchored home along East Pearl Street was completely destroyed down to its concrete slab. The tornado produced damage to a home along Whiteland Road before crossing an open field as it departed the Whiteland community. The vortex maintained intensity before hitting a few more homes along County Road 225 East (Graham Road). Many trees were uprooted or snapped with significant roof damage and a collapsed garage. A warehouse further east-northeast along Graham Road sustained EF3 damage from winds of 140 mph. Portions of the warehouse were completely gone and blown onto Interstate Route 65.||The circulation crossed Interstate 65 and weakened while continuing to the east-northeast. The tornado produced ground scoring through a field to the south of County Road 600 North, and then turned more northeasterly when approaching the intersection of 600 North and Hurricane Road. EF1 damage occurred on either side of Hurricane Road immediately south of its bridge over Hurricane Creek, where a large garage's walls were collapsed and minor tree damage occurred. Finally, the circulation strengthening to EF2 while turning back to more east-northeasterly, completely destroying two farm outbuildings one-third of a mile northeast of the Hurricane Road bridge. The tornado continued another 0.3 miles before ending on a slight rise of land, 0.3 miles west of County Road 500 East. |
| 03:36Z | EF2 | KIWX | IN | Allen | Maplewood Park | Tornado developed over the northeast side of Fort Wayne and raced|northeast toward the town of Harlan. Many homes and farms had|minor to major damage. Extensive tree and powerline damage|occurred as well especially along and south of IN 37 where the most |significant damage was observed. |
| 03:42Z | EF3 | KIWX | IN | Grant | Gas City | This intense tornado developed just southeast of Gas City and tracked rapidly|northeast before dissipating just east of 900 E and just south of 100 S. Numerous|homes sustained minor to major damage along this track with extensive tree damage|noted in many areas. The hardest hit area was just east off Blackthorn Drive where|several homes were destroyed. Tornado weakened as it crossed I-69 yet continued to|produce varying degrees of damage to barns, trees and homes before it dissipated. |
| 03:44Z | EF0 | KIWX | IN | Allen | Harlan | A brief, weak EF-0 tornado formed in response to a microburst|that occurred off to the south. Minor damage was observed to a|few homes and barn buildings along Antwerp Rd and Dean Rd. Trees |in the vicinity were snapped and uprooted. Debris was observed |in adjacent fields. |
| 03:53Z | EF0 | KIWX | OH | Paulding | Knoxdale | Brief EF0 tornado develops south of Road 424 and tracks rapidly|north, crossing the Maumee river. Several homes with minor roof|and siding damage. Numerous trees uprooted and snapped along this|path. |
| 04:04Z | EF1 | KNQA | TN | Hardeman | Serles | The tornado formed in far eastern Hardeman County just to the east of Muddy Creek, causing damage to trees and minor structural damage along Powell Chapel and Skipper Creek Roads. The tornado then moved into McNairy County. Peak winds in Hardeman County from this tornado were estimated at 105 mph. |
| 04:06Z | EF3 | KNQA | TN | Mcnairy | Rose Creek | This tornado crossed from Hardeman County into McNairy County and moved east-northeast along Skipper Creek, intensifying as it moved into the Rose Creek area. A swath of significant damage was surveyed along Rose Creek Road from Talley Road to King Road. Tree damage was widespread and several homes were severely damaged. A single-wide manufactured home was destroyed on Rose Creek Road, killing all four occupants. Maximum wind speeds in this area were estimated at 125 mph. The tornado briefly weakened as it approached Highway 64 west of Selmer. Widespread tree damage and sporadic damage to structures were noted along Bud Long Road, Highway 64, and John Moore Road, with several utility poles snapped along Highway 64. A church was damaged at Highway 45 and Dowty Road. The glass in the foyer was blown out and some damage to the siding was observed. Just north of the church, a metal building was destroyed and several utility poles were snapped. More significant damage was noted along Main Street just south of Hopkins Street in the Bethel Springs area. Several homes sustained significant damage. This is the same area affected by a tornado a few hours prior with a few of these properties sustaining damage from both tornadoes. The tornado continued to the east-northeast, damaging trees and utility poles on Murray School Road and numerous homes along Bethel Purdy Road. The Community Center on Purdy Beauty Hill Road was completely destroyed and a nearby home suffered severe damage. The tornado intensified as it followed Old Stage Road. Widespread damage to trees, powerlines, and homes was observed from Dogwood Lane to Leapwood Enville Road. Several homes were completely destroyed and four fatalities occurred in this area. Additional home and tree damage was observed along Puron and Neely Sharp Roads with another area of more significant damage near Highway 22 and Winding Ridge Road where another fatality occurred. In total, nearly 200 structures were damaged in McNairy County between this tornado and the EF-2 that occurred a couple of hours earlier, 91 of which were total losses. The tornado weakened as it moved into Hardin County. Peak winds in McNairy County from this tornado were estimated at 155 mph. |
| 04:19Z | EF0 | KIWX | IN | Jay | Salamonia | A tornado touched down at a residence south of E Co Rd 300 S and West of S Co Rd 500 E near Salamonia, IN. The tornado crossed E 300 S and also S Co Rd 600 E before dissipating in a field. Debris was lofted northeast causing damage to three newer barns as well as either pushing over or partially carrying empty grain bins. Maximum width was 175 yards with peak winds estimated to be around 85 MPH. |
| 04:20Z | EF0 | KIWX | IN | Jay | Pleasant Ridge | A tornado touched down near the intersection of N CR 200 E and E|CR 200 N and tracked NE, crossing E CR 300 N before dissipating|over an open field. 2 barns were impacted with wall and roof|damage as well as broken trees and power poles. Maximum winds|were estimated around 80 mph with a maximum width of 100 yards. |
| 04:30Z | EF1 | KLVX | KY | Jefferson | Avoca | The National Weather Service conducted a storm assessment survey across Eastern Jefferson County from storms early Saturday morning just after midnight on April 1. The survey team found an EF1 tornado with maximum winds of 90 mph. The tornado went a little over 4 miles intermittently and crossed over into extreme northwestern Shelby County.||The tornado first touched down just east of I-265 (Gene Snyder Freeway)|at a large warehouse by Terra View Trail. The western edge of the warehouse was partially peeled back and insulation was thrown off to the north through easterly directions. A portion of the tornado was aloft, based on the lack of tree damage initially, until it hit a plastic surgery center off of Bush Farm Road which sustained roof damage. This consisted of shingle and fascia damage. Most of that was cleaned up and repaired by the time of the survey. There was insulation on the backside of the three-story building.||The street sign was bent back and turned to the northeast at Arnold Palmer Boulevard near Chestnut Ridge. There was sporadic tree damage along Chestnut Ridge Circle, and at 15107 Chestnut Ridge Circle a doorbell camera showed an intense loud 20 second burst of wind and rain. The homeowner stated that the entire house was shaking,|and several trees were snapped and twisted, and their garbage tote was found two houses over behind that house. Behind their house across Lake Forest Country Club were several uprooted and twisted trees. Most of the trees were laying from the north|northeast to due east. There was sporadic wind damage along Champion Lakes Way, with several houses sustaining gutter and fascia damage. The maximum wind speed in Lake Forest was 85 mph with a width of 75 yards. ||The tornado took a southward jog along Flat Rock Road and increased in wind speed and width. All along Flat Rock Road there were dozens and dozens of trees snapped, twisted and uprooted. The width of the tornado increased to 130 yards wide and the wind speed increased to 90 mph. Several residents heard a distinct roar and had their ears pop. There was shingle and fascia damage.||The tornado took a northward jog and crossed into northwestern Shelby County. |
| 04:31Z | EF3 | KGWX | TN | Hardin | Box Elder | This tornado weakened as it moved from McNairy into Hardin County, with damage to homes and trees along Highway 69, Old Union Road, Harris Road, and Glendale Road near Hookers Bend. One area of more intense damage was surveyed near Chalk Bluff along Glendale Road where a manufactured home was completely destroyed and an area of trees was slightly debarked. The tornado then approached New Harmony, crossing the bends in the Tennessee River three times. Numerous homes were damaged along Emerald Lane and in the area of Flat Bluff near Becky Road and Lion Lane. Additional damage was noted in the Crossroads area along Clifton and Hardin Creek Roads as the tornado moved into Wayne County. In total, nearly 150 structures were damaged in Hardin County between this tornado and the EF-2 that occurred a couple of hours earlier, 42 of which were total losses. Peak winds in Hardin County from this tornado were estimated at 145 mph. |
| 04:33Z | EF0 | KLVX | KY | Shelby | Conner | This tornado formed approximately 1.4 miles north of Avoca near the Gene Snyder Freeway and tracked east-northeast for approximately 2.7 miles before exiting Jefferson County and into northwest Shelby County. ||In Shelby County, the twister did sporadic wind damage along Crabapple Lane. Trees were snapped and twisted and some uprooted. Wind speeds were between 80 and 85 mph and the width decreased to less than 100 yards. The tornado crossed Kentucky Route 362 (Ash Ave) along the southern portion of Persimmon Ridge Golf Club. The main damage was shingle loss to homes, and sporadic tree damage.||The last damage point was along Persimmon Ridge Road, paralleling Aiken Road. |
| 04:45Z | EF0 | KILN | OH | Mercer | Maria Stein | The tornado first touched down near Indian Trail Road and State Route 716. The tornado tracked east-northeast and crossed into Auglaize County near the intersection of State Route 364 and Minster Egypt Pike at 2348EST. The tornado continued northeast into Auglaize County before lifting near Bensman Road at 2353EST. Occasional tree and minor structural damage was noted along its path. |
| 04:45Z | EF0 | KILN | OH | Auglaize | Villa Nova | Aerial pictures provided by the Auglaize County Emergency Management Agency indicated that the tornado likely began near Koenig and Noble Roads, where barn and tree damage was first noted. Shingles were also lifted off the roof of a home on Koenig Road and roof debris was blown behind the home. Aerial footage indicated the tornado moved to the northeast with debris noted in multiple fields. An outbuilding was destroyed near the Easterly Road and State Route 116 intersection. Multiple hog barns and a farmstead were destroyed along the path, with winds estimated to be 85 mph at peak intensity. The tornado likely lifted or dissipated around or north of Barber Werner Road and no additional tornado damage was evident to the northeast of here. |
| 04:47Z | EF0 | KILN | OH | Preble | New Paris | The first sign of tornadic damage appeared near the intersection of Hawley Mills Road and New Paris Twins Road, where uprooted trees and a significant loss of roof panels from a barn occurred. The tornado continued to uproot trees off of New Paris Twins Road and caused some walls of an older barn building to collapse before traveling further northeastward through some open fields.||The next points of damage were observed near the intersection of New Paris Twins Road and Rawley Road. Here, multiple barns had an observed loss of metal roof panels, with one barn in particular showing more extensive damage with some bent/collapsed barn doors. One of the residential homes also displayed some paneling damage on the back side of the building.||Near the end of its path, the tornado uprooted multiple trees and caused another barn door to cave inwards. The final damage noted from this tornado occurred off of Gettysburg Darke Rd, where significant loss of a barn roof occurred and pieces of the sheet metal were tossed into the yard and nearby trees. The tornado is believed to have dissipated shortly after this location. |
| 04:48Z | EF0 | KILN | OH | Auglaize | Minster | The tornado initially touched down at 2345EST in Mercer County near the intersection of Indian Trail Road and State Route 716 and crossed into Auglaize County near the intersection of State Route 364 and Minster Egypt Pike at 2348EST. The tornado continued northeast and crossed through the north end of Minster before lifting near Bensman Road. Tree and structural damage was noted with some of the most significant structural damage done to barns near Egypt. |
| 04:54Z | EF1 | KILN | OH | Auglaize | Wapakoneta | The first sign of visible damage associated with this tornado occurred on Owl Creek Road. At one residence, two large trees were knocked down while a barn was destroyed at another residence. The tornado strengthened as it moved to the northeast, removing a significant portion of a warehouse building roof and snapping several power poles. Just northeast of here, a large commercial greenhouse was completely leveled. The tornado then crossed the intersection of U.S. 33 and Interstate 75, causing significant roof damage and partial exterior wall collapse to an industrial building. At this point, the tornado was at its strongest with estimated winds of up to 110 mph.||On the east side of Interstate 75 and just north of U.S. 33, a truck stop experienced significant damage and a few semi-trailers were blown over. Just northeast of here, a private campground suffered significant damage. At the campsite, numerous trailers were flipped over and a large meeting hall had its roof removed. Several trees were also knocked down. Seven people were injured when the trailers were flipped at the campground.||As the tornado continued northeast, several farmhouses were damaged and outbuildings were damaged or destroyed between Wapakoneta and Uniopolis, particularly along Middle Pike. Considerable debris was noted in nearby fields. A historic brick school building was also destroyed on Brown Road. Numerous trees were also snapped and uprooted along the path. Sporadic damage to trees and outbuildings continued to the northeast before the tornado apparently lifted near the Auglaize/Allen County line.||This tornado started at 2354 EST, March 31st, 2023 and ended at 0007 EST, April 1st, 2023. The injuries occurred just before midnight EST so were included in the March 2023 Storm Data for Ohio, Southwest. |
| 04:56Z | EF2 | KGWX | TN | Wayne | Clifton | This major, long track tornado began in National Weather Service Memphis's area as an EF3 tornado in Hardeman, McNairy, and Hardin counties before entering Wayne County as an EF2 tornado. The tornado entered National Weather Service Nashville's area about two miles south of Clifton and continued northeast, passing across Highway 641 near Tom Holt Road where several homes and outbuildings were heavily damaged and dozens of trees blown down. Further northeast, the tornado struck the Leatherwood community along Beech Creek Road where a few poorly constructed homes were leveled and others heavily damaged. One person was critically injured in this area and airlifted to the hospital, and another person was also injured. The tornado then crossed Highway 13 about six miles north of Waynesboro before moving through the Topsy and Ashland communities, snapping and uprooting hundred of more trees. This tornado then continued into Lewis County. Damages are estimated for Wayne County. |
| 05:00Z | EF1 | KILN | OH | Auglaize | Uniopolis | This tornado started at 2354 EST, March 31st, 2023 and ended at 0007 EST, April 1st, 2023 in Auglaize County, Ohio. The injuries occurred just before midnight EST so were included in the March 2023 Storm Data for Ohio, Southwest.||The first sign of visible damage associated with this tornado occurred on Owl Creek Road. At one residence, two large trees were knocked down while a barn was destroyed at another residence. The tornado strengthened as it moved to the northeast, removing a significant portion of a warehouse building roof and snapping several power poles. Just northeast of here, a large commercial greenhouse was completely leveled. The tornado then crossed the intersection of U.S. 33 and Interstate 75, causing significant roof damage and partial exterior wall collapse to an industrial building. At this point, the tornado was at its strongest with estimated winds of up to 110 mph.||On the east side of Interstate 75 and just north of U.S. 33, a truck stop experienced significant damage and a few semi-trailers were blown over. Just northeast of here, a private campground suffered significant damage. At the campsite, numerous trailers were flipped over and a large meeting hall had its roof removed. Several trees were also knocked down. Seven people were injured when the trailers were flipped at the campground.||As the tornado continued northeast, several farmhouses were damaged and outbuildings were damaged or destroyed between Wapakoneta and Uniopolis, particularly along Middle Pike. Considerable debris was noted in nearby fields. A historic brick school building was also destroyed on Brown Road. Numerous trees were also snapped and uprooted along the path. Sporadic damage to trees and outbuildings continued to the northeast before the tornado apparently lifted near the Auglaize/Allen County line.||This tornado started at 2354 EST, March 31st, 2023 and ended at 0007 EST, April 1st, 2023 in Auglaize County, Ohio. The injuries occurred just before midnight EST so were included in the March 2023 Storm Data for Ohio, Southwest. |
| 05:01Z | EF0 | KILN | OH | Miami | Laura | The tornado first touched down near Pemberton Road, where it caused significant damage to a barn and a garage on Penny Road. The tornado continued east-northeast and moved through a commercial area on State Route 41 and then caused roof damage to several homes on the north side of Troy. Consistent damage continued to as far east as Deweese Road. Reports and photo evidence from numerous citizens in the area, in addition to emergency management officials, helped determine the extent of this tornado. Maximum winds were estimated to be around 85 mph. |
| 05:02Z | EF0 | KILN | OH | Darke | Gordon | The tornado first touched down near the intersection of Red River West Grove Road and Fourman Road, where mainly tree damage was observed. Some tree and barn damage occurred on Range Line Road with minor tree damage observed as far east as West Milton. Reports and photo evidence from numerous citizens in the area, in addition to emergency management officials, helped determine the extent of this tornado. Maximum wind speeds were estimated to be around 80 mph. |
| 05:02Z | EF0 | KILN | OH | Miami | Circle Hill | The tornado first touched down south of W Sugar Grove Circle Hill Road. It then tracked east through Sugar Grove before ending with damage near Mowry Road. Reports and photo evidence from numerous citizens in the area, in addition to emergency management officials, helped determine the extent of this tornado. Maximum winds were estimated to be around 80 mph. |
| 05:02Z | EF0 | KILN | OH | Allen | Lafayette | A tornado touched down on McClure Road, south of Ada Rd and|tracked northeast across Fisher Road before weakening. 2 barns as|well as several trees were damaged. Maximum winds were estimated|at 85 mph with a maximum width of 75 yards. |
| 05:03Z | EF0 | KILN | OH | Allen | Westminster | A weak tornado destroyed a grain bin and carried the bin into a|nearby field for about a half mile before dissipating. Maximum|winds were 75 mph with a width of 50 yards. |
| 05:04Z | EF0 | KILN | OH | Allen | Westminster | A tornado briefly touched down, damaging a barn and carrying the|debris to the ENE. Maximum winds were around 75 mph with a width|of 50 yards. |
| 05:18Z | EF1 | KHPX | TN | Lewis | Riverside | This narrative continues and concludes a long track tornado that began in NWS Memphis's area before entering Wayne County in NWS Nashville's area. After leaving Wayne County, the tornado continued into Lewis County along Cothran Road and continued northeast across Seiber Ridge Road, Rockhouse Road, Howard Switch Road, Buffalo Road, and the Natchez Trace Parkway at Summertown Highway, blowing down hundreds of more trees and damaging several homes and outbuildings. The last damage was noted on Tiger Bennett Road before the tornado lifted west of Big Swan Road. Damages are estimated for Lewis County. |
| 05:46Z | EF1 | KGWX | MS | Union | Ellistown | A tornado touched down in eastern Union County. Damage first began along County Road 183 in Union County, with a couple of trees down. After crossing Highway 9, the tornado moved into Lee County along County Road 2700, where more significant tree damage was observed, earning an EF1 rating. The tornado then moved into Lee County. Peak winds in Union County were estimated at 90 mph. |
| 05:47Z | EF0 | KCLE | OH | Crawford | Plankton | A brief EF0 tornado with estimated peak winds of 85 mph impacted Crawford County. The tornado began five-miles ENE of Sycamore, ended four-miles west of Chatfield, and caused damage along and near the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad. As the tornado moved eastward, the roof of a barn was damaged near County Road 100 and then a large dairy barn was damaged and displaced. Farther east, the tornado ripped a silo's bolts from a concrete pad and the silo was displaced onto railroad tracks, where a westward-moving train collided with the silo. Even farther east, a two-car garage was damaged and several two-by-fours were impaled into the ground and roof of a nearby house. |
| 05:49Z | EF2 | KGWX | MS | Lee | Corrona | This tornado crossed from Union County into Lee County along County Road 2700 around 12:00 a.m. CST on April 1. A poorly anchored home sustained roof removal and collapse of several walls, consistent with a high-end EF1 rating. A church had significant roof damage along County Road 231, and other structures were damaged along County Roads 341 and 2726. In particular, a mobile home/camper trailer was flipped and destroyed in this area. The intensity of the damage picked up along County Road 417, where a vacant double-wide mobile home was swept away and a couple of other homes sustained minor damage. Tree damage here was significant as well. The tornado attained EF2 intensity along County Road 503, where a two-story brick home sustained major roof loss, which began with the uplift of the front porch awning. An adjacent 32x32 two-story garage was swept completely away and destroyed, although it appeared to be poorly anchored. Along County Road 601, another home had total roof loss and several walls collapsed, and extensive tree damage was observed across the road. Further eastward along County Road 601, another home was damaged, and several cedar trees were snapped, consistent with an EF1 rating. Another area of heavier tree damage occurred along County Road 2788 at Highway 45. In addition, the sign at the entrance to an industrial park was damaged. Along Pratts Road, a church and a shop building were damaged, and a few more homes were damaged along the north side of Pratts Road. The tornado weakened significantly after this point, with only lighter, more sporadic tree damage. A couple more homes sustained minor roof damage along Cemetery Road and Highway 370 before the tornado dissipated after crossing County Road 2890. Peak estimated winds in Lee County were 120 mph. Note that part of this tornado occurred after 12:00 am CST on April 1 and much of that data is included in April's Storm Data. The complete narrative for Lee County is included in both March Storm Data and April Storm Data. |
| 05:52Z | EF2 | KGWX | MS | Pontotoc | Randolph | A storm survey of Pontotoc County confirmed an EF-2 tornado moved across the area around 12:00 a.m. CST on April 1. The tornado began in far western Pontotoc County, around Antioch Road, with a few trees downed and tree limbs snapped. Along Highway 9 and Houpt Road, tree damage became more significant, and a few homes and outbuildings sustained damage. A brick home on Highway 9 sustained heavy damage to the front side, mostly caused by a large uprooted tree. Damage in this area was rated EF-1. Weaker damage continued south of the Springville community before|another area of EF-1 damage was noted along Highway 341 at Foster Lane. Here a brick home sustained significant roof loss, caused partially by the uplift of an open-air carport. A few other homes had roof damage as the tornado continued to the south side of Pontotoc. A swath of more intense damage ran from Highway 15 across Highway 41 and East 10th Street, with numerous homes sustaining considerable damage. The tornado reached EF-2 intensity in this area, based on a double-wide mobile home being swept away, two brick homes having significant roof loss, and a large anchored garage being destroyed. Bolted footings that remained in place were observed in the garage. Damage to other homes in the area was rated EF-1, and many trees were uprooted, with a good number of snaps as well. Significant tree damage, along with minor structural damage, continued across Horseshoe Bend, Hall Road, and New Hope Road, maintaining EF-1 intensity. After briefly weakening near Highway 278, the tornado encountered the College Hill Lane neighborhood along Old Highway 6. Here, more significant damage was observed to structures and trees, mostly pines. A site-built home lost part of its roof, and a neighboring double-wide was swept away and scattered south and east, resulting in a fatality. Additionally, other homes sustained minor damage, and a small barber shop building was rolled and destroyed. Damage continued in the EF-0 range from Faulkner Road to near the Lee County line, |with several more homes being damaged and numerous trees being uprooted. The more severe home damage in this area appeared to be a combination of tree failure or uplift of garages/carports, thus the rating was kept at high-end EF-0. At Country Oaks Circle, a church sign and cemetery sign were blown down, and several headstones in the cemetery sustained damage. The damage path appeared to end in a grove of trees just south of Old Highway 6, and no damage was observed on County Road 41 at the Pontotoc/Lee county line. Along the track, 12 homes were destroyed and 120 were damaged. Peak estimated winds in Pontotoc County were 120 mph. Note that part of this tornado occurred after 12:00 am CST on April 1 and much of that data is included in April's Storm Data. The complete narrative is included in both March Storm Data and April Storm Data. |
| 05:53Z | EF0 | KOHX | TN | Trousdale | Beech Grove | A tornado touched down about 100 yards southwest of Pumpkin Branch Road in Trousdale County. Damages found before the tornado tracked northeast into Macon County were primarily snapped and uprooted trees. Damages are estimated for Trousdale County. |
| 05:55Z | EF1 | KOHX | TN | Macon | Hillsdale | This narrative continues and concludes a tornado that began in far northern Trousdale County. Once this tornado tracked into Macon County near Rose Lane, property damage was found in the form of minor roofing and shingle damage along with a flipped propane tank as well as an outbuilding set on cinder blocks that was moved about 50 feet. The family that lives at the residence with the flipped propane tank had to temporarily evacuate due to a gas leak. The tornado strengthened as it approached Dixon Creek Road, and this is where the most significant damage was found with EF1 tornado damage and estimated peak winds of 95 mph. A residence here lost about 60 percent of their roof, six outbuildings on the property were completely destroyed, and multiple trees were uprooted. The tornado weakened after crossing Dixon Creek Road, causing minor roofing damage to barns and other outbuildings before it lifted at Sycamore Valley Road. Damages are estimated for Macon County. |
| 06:00Z | EF2 | KGWX | MS | Pontotoc | Springville | A storm survey of Pontotoc County confirmed an EF-2 tornado moved across the area around 12:00 a.m. CST on April 1. The tornado began in far western Pontotoc County, around Antioch Road, with a few trees downed and tree limbs snapped. Along Highway 9 and Houpt Road, tree damage became more significant, and a few homes and outbuildings sustained damage. A brick home on Highway 9 sustained heavy damage to the front side, mostly caused by a large uprooted tree. Damage in this area was rated EF-1. Weaker damage continued south of the Springville community before another area of EF-1 damage was noted along Highway 341 at Foster Lane. Here a brick home sustained significant roof loss, caused partially by the uplift of an open-air carport. A few other homes had roof damage as the tornado continued to the south side of Pontotoc. A swath of more intense damage ran from Highway 15 across Highway 41 and East 10th Street, with numerous homes sustaining considerable damage. The tornado reached EF-2 intensity in this area, based on a double-wide mobile home being swept away, two brick homes having significant roof loss, and a large anchored garage being destroyed. Bolted footings that remained in place were observed in the garage. Damage to other homes in the area was rated EF-1, and many trees were uprooted, with a good number of snaps as well. Significant tree damage, along with minor structural damage, continued across Horseshoe Bend, Hall Road, and New Hope Road, maintaining EF-1 intensity. After briefly weakening near Highway 278, the tornado encountered the College Hill Lane neighborhood along Old Highway 6. Here, more significant damage was observed to structures and trees, mostly pines. A site-built home lost part of its roof, and a neighboring double-wide was swept away and scattered south and east, resulting in a fatality. Additionally, other homes sustained minor damage, and a small barber shop building was rolled and destroyed. Damage continued in the EF-0 range from Faulkner Road to near the Lee County line, with several more homes being damaged and numerous trees being uprooted. The more severe home damage in this area appeared to be a combination of tree failure or uplift of garages/carports, thus the rating was kept at high-end EF-0. At Country Oaks Circle, a church sign and cemetery sign were blown down, and several headstones in the cemetery sustained damage. The damage path appeared to end in a grove of trees just south of Old Highway 6, and no damage was observed on County Road 41 at the Pontotoc/Lee county line. Along the track, 12 homes were destroyed and 120 were damaged. Peak estimated winds in Pontotoc County were 120 mph. Note that part of this tornado occurred before 12:00 am CST on April 1 and much of that data is included in March's Storm Data. The complete narrative is included in both March Storm Data and April Storm Data. |
| 06:00Z | EF2 | KGWX | MS | Lee | Baldwyn | This tornado crossed from Union County to Lee County along County Road 2700 around 12:00 a.m. CST on April 1. A poorly anchored home sustained roof removal and collapse of several walls, consistent with a high-end EF1 rating. A church had significant roof damage along County Road 231, and other structures were damaged along County Roads 341 and 2726. In particular, a mobile home/camper trailer was flipped and destroyed in this area. The intensity of the damage picked up along County Road 417, where a vacant double-wide mobile home was swept away and a couple of other homes sustained minor damage. Tree damage here was significant as well. The tornado attained EF2 intensity along County Road 503, where a two-story brick home sustained major roof loss, which began with the uplift of the front porch awning. An adjacent 32x32 two-story garage was swept completely away and destroyed, although it appeared to be poorly anchored. Along County Road 601, another home had total roof loss and several walls collapsed, and extensive tree damage was observed across the road. Further eastward along County Road 601, another home was damaged, and several cedar trees were snapped, consistent with an EF1 rating. Another area of heavier tree damage occurred along County Road 2788 at Highway 45. In addition, the sign at the entrance to an industrial park was damaged. Along Pratts Road, a church and a shop building were damaged, and a few more homes were damaged along the north side of Pratts Road. The tornado weakened significantly after this point, with only lighter, more sporadic tree damage. A couple more homes sustained minor roof damage along Cemetery Road and Highway 370 before the tornado dissipated after crossing County Road 2890. Peak estimated winds in Lee County were 120 mph. Note that part of this tornado occurred before 12:00 am CST on April 1 and much of that data is included in March's Storm Data. The complete narrative for Lee County is included in both March Storm Data and April Storm Data. |
| 06:16Z | EF1 | KOHX | TN | Marshall | Thick | An EF1 tornado with estimated peak winds of 110 mph touched down about four miles northwest of Chapel Hill near Moss Road in northern Marshall County. Moving northeast, the tornado blew down several trees and caused minor to moderate damage to homes on Thick Road, Egypt Road, Smiley Road, and Blackwell Road. The tornado intensified as it continued northeast, blowing five train cars off a track along Highway 31A and heavily damaging homes on Beasley Road and Tennessee Central Road. The tornado then continued into Rutherford County. Damages are estimated for Marshall County. |
| 06:21Z | EF1 | KOHX | TN | Rutherford | Greenwood | The continues the narrative for a tornado than began in Marshall County. After leaving Marshall County, the tornado continued into Rutherford County where it crossed Chapel Hill Pike and Rigsby Road where roofing damage and uprooted trees were discovered. This tornado then briefly crosses into Bedford County. |
| 06:24Z | EF1 | KOHX | TN | Bedford | Rover | This narrative continues a tornado that began in Marshall County before tracking into Rutherford County. This tornado just clipped the extreme northwest edge of Bedford County where an outbuilding was heavily damaged. The tornado then continued back into Rutherford County. Damages are estimated for Bedford County. |
| 06:25Z | EF1 | KOHX | TN | Rutherford | Eagleville Arpt | This narrative continues and concludes a tornado that began in Marshall County before traveling into Rutherford County and then extreme northwest Bedford County. This tornado then reentered Rutherford County where several trees were blown down on Highway 41A. More trees were knocked down and a few homes were damaged along Bunker Hill Road and Hant Hollow Road before the tornado lifted south of Versailles Road. Damages are estimated for Rutherford County. |
| 06:28Z | EF1 | KGWX | MS | Lee | Tupelo | NWS meteorologists surveyed the damage in southern Tupelo and confirmed a relatively brief but strong EF1 tornado. The damage began along Nixon Drive, with minor roof and tree damage. Several roofs sustained damage along Chickasaw Trail, several trees were downed and a privacy fence was blown over near the North Mississippi Medical Center Women's Hospital. Several vehicles in this area were damaged as well. The damage intensified dramatically at the Legget and Platt warehouse, with likely failure of west-facing garage doors leading to roof uplift and collapse of most exterior walls. Damage here was rated high-end EF1, with winds estimated at 110 mph. Several semi-trailers were shifted in the back parking lot, with one being flipped. After crossing South Green Street, the Cooper Tire facility sustained considerable roof loss to several buildings, with insulation and roofing material scattered downwind. This damage was also rated EF1, with estimated winds of 100 mph. After crossing Highway 45, the damage path became weaker and slightly wider, with numerous small trees and tree limbs being damaged amid an extensive debris field from Cooper Tire. A small outbuilding was knocked down near the end of South Veterans Blvd as the damage path ended. It should be noted that excessive debris fallout continued for several miles eastward, although no visible damage was observed past South Veterans Blvd. Peak winds were estimated at 110 mph. |
| 06:30Z | EF0 | KGWX | MS | Tishomingo | Golden | A brief tornado passed through Golden, with damage first beginning along Patterson Street in the form of small tree limbs and a power line downed. The most significant damage was along Front Street, where a towing service building was knocked down, a shed was flipped, and the framing of a house under construction collapsed. Also, along Line Road, a shed was destroyed and power lines were downed. Numerous trees were uprooted from Line Road to Moore Road as well. Additional trees were uprooted just north of Bear Creek Road until the tornado dissipated on the banks of Bear Creek. Peak winds were estimated at 85 mph. |
| 06:41Z | EF2 | KOHX | TN | Rutherford | Rucker | A strong EF2 tornado with estimated peak winds of 130 mph touched down six miles south of downtown Murfreesboro near County Farm Road then moved northeast along Elam Road where several trees and fences were blown down and a few homes suffered minor damage. Trees continued to be blown down as the tornado crossed Lyle Creek Road, Bradyville Pike, Floraton Road, and McElory Road. The tornado strengthened to EF1 as it cross Highway 70 west of Woodbury Pike, significantly damaging one home and several nearby outbuildings. Damages are estimated for Rutherford County. |
| 06:53Z | EF2 | KOHX | TN | Cannon | Readyville | This narrative continues and concludes a tornado that began in Rutherford County. Near the Rutherford/Cannon county line, the tornado intensified even further to a strong EF2 and moved into the Readyville community on Murfreesboro Road, heavily damaging or destroying numerous homes and businesses. Several historic properties dating to the early 1800s such as the Readyville Mill and The Corners on Stones River were also heavily damaged. The tornado weakened as it continued northeast but still blew down numerous trees and caused minor damage to homes on Porterfield Road, Locke Creek Road, and Auburntown Road before the tornado lifted. Two people were injured. Damages are estimated for Cannon County. |
| 07:32Z | EF1 | KGWX | AL | Marion | Hackleburg | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in northern Marion County and determined that it was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum winds near 110 mph. The tornado began on Marion County Road 348 west of Alabama Highway 253 south of Hackleburg, where minor tree damage was noted. The tornado rapidly increased and caused significant damage as it crossed Alabama Highway 253, uprooting several trees and causing superficial damage to a home on the edge of the track. The tornado continued east-northeastward along Union Hill Road, crossing the road twice before the intersection with Chalk Mine Road. Damage in this segment of the path consisted solely of pockets of tree damage which varied in intensity but was easily identified as tornado damage. As the tornado paralleled Chalk Mine Road, it produced more widespread tree damage, and destroyed a manufactured home. The damage to trees surrounding the manufactured home was minimal, which contributed to a below expected value or 100 mph assigned to the flipping and tossing of the manufactured home. The tornado continued across the Fairview community causing significant tree damage just east of County Road 12, with a grove of pine trees all being sheared off about 20 feet above ground level. The tornado then continued over inaccessible areas south of County Road 6 as it headed towards the Lumbull community, crossing Alabama Highway 241 just south of Lumbull. As it approached Bear Creek, it continued to cause sparse but notable tree damage. The most significant damage along the entire path occurred along Alabama Highway 13 south of Bear Creek, where a large metal building structure received significant damage to the windward side of the building. Winds in this area approached 110 mph, bringing this tornado to a high end EF1 rating. The tornado then crossed AL Hwy 13, where an individual received major injuries as the manufactured home being occupied was flipped upside-down. The tornado continued eastward, crossing Old Union Road, then paralleling County Line Church Road until the tornado passed into Winston County just north of Sherwood Place Drive. |
| 07:48Z | EF1 | KGWX | AL | Winston | Haleyville Posey Arp | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in northwest Winston County and determined that it was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum winds near 100 mph. This tornado began in Marion County and crossed into Winston County just north of Sherwood Place Drive. The tornado weakened somewhat as it crossed the county line, and the damage path widened. As it approached the vicinity of Posey Field, the tornado seemed to intensify locally, uprooting several trees in a residential neighborhood. The tornado crossed Airport Road, damaging trees and a detached garage at a residence. The tornado continued eastward through the Center community, with damage decreasing and becoming more sporadic before eventually dissipating just north of County Road 68 just west of Alabama Highway 195. |
| 08:09Z | EF3 | KHTX | AL | Madison | Fisk | The tornado began west of Highway 431 and south of Elkwood Section Road where multiple trees were uprooted and several trees fell on homes. On the east side of Highway 431, near the Lincoln Road intersection, numerous structures were heavily damaged including multiple stores which sustained major damage. This includes a collapse of walls and roofs displaced with debris thrown eastward. Given the degree of damage at this location, a mid-range EF-3 rating was reported. The tornado tracked east-northeast through Mulberry Road. Along this path, the tornado uprooted and snapped numerous trees and caused significant roof damage to a single-family home. Unfortunately, the tornado continued to intensify on route to Borderline Road which is along the Alabama and Tennessee state line. At this location, heavy damage was noted where houses were damaged and two homes experienced a complete collapse of walls, destroying the structures. One fatality was reported at a single-family home along Borderline Road where the structure was destroyed. In addition, HEMSI reported five injuries, three of which were transported to the hospital with critical injuries and two were treated on scene with minor injuries. |
| 08:10Z | EF1 | KMRX | TN | Morgan | Sunbright | A tornado touched down west of Sunbright near Hugh Jones Road, with numerous large trees blown down and minor roof damage to homes in this area. The path continued northeast, crossing Highway 27. The Sunbright City Hall on Melton Road sustained damage. Two homes on Dynatex road sustained significant roof damage, with many snapped and uprooted trees nearby. At the end of Raymond Webb Road, EF1 damage was found, where a house had significant damage. Winds at this location were estimated at 93 mph. |
| 08:15Z | EF3 | KHTX | TN | Lincoln | Lincoln | A tornado tracked out of Madison County, Alabama into Lincoln County after crossing Borderline Road. The tornado's estimated peak wind of 160 mph was noted at the intersection of Borderline Road and Myers Road where a newly constructed, however not completed, home was destroyed with a complete collapse of walls. The degree of damage at this location was slightly lowered below expected values due an uncertainty in the status of the garage, which was facing west. The tornado paralleled Borderline Road as it continued east-northeast. Sporadic trees were uprooted and snapped south of Vanntown, crossing Hester Creek. The tornado with a peak wind speed of 143 mph destroyed several farm outbuildings housing farm equipment from Mason Road eastward onto Echols Road. The tornado was weakening at this point, and finally lifted just after it crossed John Hunter Highway (Highway 122) just south of Elora in far southeastern Lincoln County. Tin was strewn into an open field in this location, but no further tree or structural damage was noted beyond the tree line near Collins Road and Mountain Road. |
| 09:51Z | EF0 | KHTX | AL | Etowah | Boaz | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in far northern Etowah County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 85 mph. The tornado touched down near the intersection of Coosa Road and Sardis Cut-off Road before moving across Highway 431, where a shop had large doors blown out and a church had the roof partially removed. At Morningview Drive and Hood Drive, several homes had significant roof damage and numerous trees were uprooted. A shed was blown several yards and destroyed, a fence was blown down, and one home had failure of the west facing garage door which caused the roof to be removed and walls to collapse. More trees were uprooted in a wooded area before the tornado moved along Patterson Street. Here, one home sustained roof damage, a silo was damaged, a metal shed had significant damage to the southeast corner, and a tree fell through another homes backyard privacy fence. Many hundred-year-old trees were uprooted around both homes. Another home was damaged by a falling tree at the corner of Patterson and Church Road. More trees were uprooted along Parkway Drive and Alexander Drive. Two pine trees fell through two manufactured homes on Alexander Drive and two injuries were reported in one of the manufactured homes. A few more pine trees were uprooted, with smaller limbs snapped off as well, across Kristie Lane and Oak Drive. At Horton Circle, numerous trees were uprooted, and a house sustained minor shingle damage. The tornado lifted near the intersection of Broadwell Road and Sardis Drive. |
| 11:35Z | EF0 | KFFC | GA | Cherokee | Woodstock | The tornado first touchdown along the northern edge of homes along Dreamcatcher Drive where a few trees were snapped. The tornado continue east in a largely wooded area snapping trees behind some homes along Pine Bluff ct. As it crossed I575 the driver of a car reported being spun by the tornado and the hood of the car being blown back into and smashing the windshield. Street signs on both sides of I 575 were blown down as well as several small trees. The tornado continued east, crossing Olde Rope Mill Park Road and along Loraine Pkwy causing mostly tree damage before reaching Bell Park Drive and Bell Court Where several trees were snapped. The storm continued into South Cherokee Recreational complex where the roof of a dugout was blown off, bleachers were overturned and a press box was blown over. The tornado weakened and lifted as it reached Mill Creek Road. |
Storm reports are derived from "The Storm Events Database" (National Centers for Environmental Information) and/or "Past Storm Reports" (Storm Prediction Center).