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April 1921 tornado outbreak

Type	Tornado outbreak
Duration	April 15-16, 1921
Tornadoes confirmed	34
Max. rating1	F4 tornado
Fatalities	90 deaths, 676 injuries
Damage	Unknown
Areas affected	Southern United States
1Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita scale

The April 1921 tornado outbreak occurred on April 8-9, 1919 in the Southern United States, producing numerous strong tornadoes and killing at least 90 people.

Confirmed tornadoes

Confirmed tornadoes by Fujita rating

FU	F0	F1	F2	F3	F4	F5	Total
0	0	0	29	4	1	0	= 34

April 15 event

F#	States	Location	County	Time (UTC)	Path length	Damage
F2	MS	Near Crystal Springs	Copiah	unk	unk	1 injury when home destroyed
F2	TX	N to NE of Mineola	Wood	1245	5 miles	2 injuries, several homes destroyed. Likely beginning point of violent tornado family
F2	TX	SW to NE of Gladewater	Upshur	1340	15 miles	7 injuries, all near end of path were widespread downburst winds also occurred
F4	TX, AR	Mims Chapel TX to Delight AR	Marion TX, Cass TX, Miller AR, Hempstead AR, Pike AR	1410	112 miles	59 fatalities, 300 injuries Likely a tornado family. Witnesses often described twin tornadoes or multiple vortices. Damage was catastrophic from it's beginning in Mims Chapel as it devastated community after community into Arkansas. It veered NNE near end of path.
F2	TX	N of O'Farrell to SW of Texarkana	Cass, Bowie	1515	20 miles	2 fatalities, 25 injuries Traveled parallel and 10 miles east of larger tornado event. Two people in an open field died in Bowie Co
F2	MS	S of Morton	Scott	1530	unk	10 injuries, 15 homes damaged
F3	AR	NW Gravelly	Yell	1530	5 miles	1 fatality, 25 injuries 10 homes destroyed, one was blown 100 yards away.
F3	AR	Gravelly	Yell	1530	5 miles	1 fatality, 25 injuries 10 homes destroyed, one was blown 100 yards away.

April 9 event

F#	States	Location	County	Time (UTC)	Path length	Damage
F2	TX	E and NE of Bells	Grayson	0030	12 miles	2 fatalities, 20 injuries Two dozen homes destroyed E of Bells in Canaan community. Moved mostly due N the tornado hit and derailed a freight train, killing one worker
F4	TX, OK	SE of Whitewright TX to Mulberry OK	Grayson TX, Fannin TX, Bryan OK	0045	25 miles	8 fatalities, 50 injuries Tornado moved NNE and devastated towns of Mulberry TX and Yarnaby OK
F2	OK	Near Albany	Bryan	0100	unk	1 fatality, 3 injuries Woman killed when home was destroyed in Albany
F2	TX	Near Mullin	Mills	0110	2 miles	1 injury, damage to 20 homes and a bank in Mullin
F3	OK	SW of Roberta to NW of Durant	Bryan	0145	10 miles	9 fatalities, 35 injuries All deaths in Roberta, where damage was significant
F2	OK	Armstrong area	Bryan	0200	unk	5 injuries, houses and oil tanker hit, trees downstream were coated with oil
F3	OK	NW of Bromide to E of Durant	Coal, Pontotoc	0230	20 miles	1 fatalities, 4 injuries Homes damaged SE of Jesse
F4	TX	N of Eustace SE of Grand Saline	Henderson, Van Zandt	0330	30 miles	17 fatalities, 60 injuries Most of Eustace was wiped out. Tornado may have been up to 1.5 miles wide or had multiple funnels
F4	TX	SE of Mineola W of Mount Pleasant	Wood, Camp, Titus	0415	50 miles	24 fatalities, 100 injuries Continuous path of catastrophic destruction up to one mile wide. Entire families were injured or killed as hundreds of homes were obliterated.
F2	TX	SW to NE of Oak Grove	Red River, Bowie	0500	10 miles	4 fatalities, 15 injuries Significant damage in Oak Grove. Three more people may have later died from injuries.
F3	TX, AR	NW of Texarkana TX to N of Columbus AR	Bowie TX, Little River AR, Hempstead AR, Howard AR	0715	30 miles	8 fatalities, 59 injuries Killed two in Texas before crossing into Arkansas and devastating the community of Ogden. Four more died in [Saratoga, Arkansas|Saratoga]].

See also

• List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks

References

Bibliography

• Grazulis, Thomas (1993), Significant Tornadoes 1680-1991: A Chronology and Analysis of Events, St. Johnsbury, Vermont: Environmental Films, ISBN 1-879362-03-1