How many tornadoes hit Alabama in April 2011?

Answer 1

There were 97 tornadoes in Mississippi in 2011 of which 6 were killers. 1 on April 15 and 5 on April 27:

1. EF3 on April 15 killed 1 in Mississippi (Greene County) and 3 in Alabama.
2. EF2 on April 27 killed 1 near Europa.
3. EF5 in the Philadelphia area killed 3.
4. EF3 near New Wren killed 4.
5. EF5 in Smithville killed 15 in Mississippi and another 7 in Alabama.
6. EF4 in the Raleigh, MS area killed 7.

Answer 2

There were 142 tornadoes in Alabama in 2011 of which 16 claimed lives in that state. They are as follows:

• The Leakesville-Deer park EF3 of April 15 killed 4 (1 in MS, 3 in AL)
• The Myrtlewood EF3 of April 15 killed 1
• The Pine Level EF3 of April 15 killed 3
• The Hanceville EF2 of April 27 killed 1
• The Higdon EF2 of April 27 killed 1
• The Cullman EF4 of April 27 killed 6
• The Hackleburg EF5 of April 27 killed 72 (the deadliest in state history)
• The Smithville-Shottsville EF5 of April 27 killed 23 (16 in MS, 7 in AL)
• The Section-Trenton EF4 of April 27 killed 13 (11 in AL, 2 in GA)
• The Cordova-Blountsville EF4 of April 27 killed 13
• The Tuscaloosa-Birmingham EF4 of April 27 killed 64
• The Fackler EF4 of April 27 killed 1
• The Sawyerville EF3 of April 27 killed 7
• The Rainsville EF5 of April 27 killed 23
• The Ohatchee EF4 of April 27 killed 22
• The Dadville EF4 of April 27 killed 7

This adds up to a total of 262 deaths of which 242 were in Alabama.

Answer 3

On April 27, 2011 there were 13 killer tornadoes in Alabama on April 27, 2011 resulting in a total of 256 deaths (of which 238 were in Alabama, as some tornadoes crossed state lines). Listed in order of death toll they are:

• The Hackleburg-Harvest EF5: 72 deaths
• The Tuscaloosa-Birmingham EF4: 64 deaths
• The Rainsville EF5: 25 deaths
• The Smithville, MS-Shottsville, Al EF5: 23 deaths (16 in MS, 7 in AL)
• The Ohatchee EF4: 22 deaths
• The Section AL,-Trenton, GA tornado: 14 deaths (12 in AL, 2 in GA)
• The Cordova-Blountsville EF4: 13 deaths
• The Dadeville EF4: 7 deaths
• The Sawyerville EF3: 7 deaths
• The Cullman EF4: 6 deaths
• The Fackler EF4: 1 death
• The Hanceville EF2: 1 death
• The Section-Higdon EF1: 1 death

Answer 4

There have been many tornadoes in 2011. The worst tornadoes occurred on April 27, including a high-end EF4 that struck Tuscaloosa and Birmingham, killing 64 and an EF5 that hit Hackleburg and Phil Campbell, killing 72.

Answer 5

Alabama had 109 tornadoes in April of 2011.