April 1924 tornado outbreak
April 30

April 1924 tornado outbreak

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F#	Location	County	Time (UTC)	Path length	Damage

Alabama

F2	Autaugaville area	Autauga	0845	1 mile (1.6 km)	A tornado struck Autaugaville, tearing off roofs and leveling a church. Outside town, the tornado razed barns and tenant homes.

F2	S of Roanoke	Chambers, Randolph	1030	10 miles (16 km)	1 death – A tornado flattened little homes and "one of the finest homes in the county", killing one person. Another individual was transported 400 yards (366 m) from one home.

F3	Greenville area	Butler	1050	1 mile (1.6 km)	1 death – A narrow funnel temporarily touched down in Greenville, leveling well-built homes and ripping off roofs.

F2	SE of Auburn to NE of Opelika	Lee	1100	15 miles (24 km)	4 deaths – A tornado affected six farms near Auburn, destroying rural buildings. The tornado then struck the north side of Opelika, leveling about six little homes in the "Gentry Hill" area.

F3	NW of Union Springs to N of Hannon	Bullock, Macon	1150	23 miles (37 km)	6 deaths – This devastating tornado destroyed the entire community of Thompson in Bullock County. In the community, the tornado leveled 20 structures, killing six people, and caused roughly $80,000 in losses.

F2	E of Tarentum to SE of Louisville	Pike, Barbour	1230	27 miles (43 km)	1 death – A tornado flattened many barns and small homes, including tenant homes, in rural areas. The tornado passed near "Milo", just south of Brundidge, and a short distance west of Clio, killing cattle and one person before dissipating.

Georgia

F?	Albany area	Dougherty	1100	unknown	Only tree damage occurred.

F2	Lawrenceville area	Gwinnett	1100	5 miles (8.0 km)	1 death – A tornado touched down near and paralleled the railroad tracks as it moved into Lawrenceville, killing a person whose home was buried beneath trees.

F2	Warm Springs/Greenville area	Meriwether	1115	6 miles (9.7 km)	1 death – A tornado razed 10 tenant homes.

F3	NW of Hartwell to Anderson, South Carolina to Walnut Grove	Hart, Anderson (SC), Greenville (SC), Laurens (SC), Spartanburg (SC)	1215	65 miles (105 km)	9 deaths – A destructive tornado family known as the "Anderson Tornado" first touched down across the Georgia–South Carolina border near Hartwell, affecting property in rural areas.

F3	S of Pine Mountain	Harris	1330	8 miles (13 km)	10 deaths – This devastating tornado killed seven people in rural country and three more near Pine Mountain.

F3	S of Reynolds	Taylor, Crawford	1330	5 miles (8.0 km)	A possible family of tornadoes razed a plantation home and numerous tenant buildings, including seven on one plantation, before dissipating in the swamps near the Flint River.

F2	Brookton to Cornelia	Hall, Habersham	1400	15 miles (24 km)	A tornado struck roughly 50 homes as it skipped along, injuring roofs, porches, and walls.

F2	Fitzgerald area	Ben Hill	1445	unknown	A brief tornado ripped off roofs and destroyed or displaced homes from their foundations. About six small homes and two substantial ones received damage.

F4	Macon area	Bibb	1445	6 miles (9.7 km)	3 deaths – A violent tornado touched down 3 mi (4.8 km) southwest of Macon. It leveled and swept away a couple of substantial homes as it passed through the south side of Macon.

F2	Ficklin area	Wilkes	1445	2 miles (3.2 km)	1 death – A tornado struck a post office that also served as a small store, killing the postmaster inside. The frail structure was built of corrugated metal and disintegrated; the body of the postmaster was carried 300 yd (274 m).

F2	Sylvania area	Screven	1745	unknown	A tornado leveled rural barns just outside Sylvania.

F3	Ellenton area	Colquitt	unknown	unknown	A tornado razed homes near Ellenton, one of which was completely leveled except for its central hallway. A family had taken shelter there and was uninjured.

South Carolina

F4	NE of Aiken to Horrell Hill to N of Timmonsville	Aiken, Lexington, Richland, Sumter, Lee, Darlington	1600	105 miles (169 km)	53 deaths – This catastrophic, extremely violent, long-lived tornado likely consisted of two or more tornadoes. It first touched down roughly 11 mi (18 km) northeast of Aiken and remained on the ground almost unceasingly until it entered southern Lee County.

F3	N of Effingham	Sumter, Florence	1945	25 miles (40 km)	14 deaths – As the previous tornado dissipated, this new tornado formed from the same thunderstorm. It passed between Lynchburg and Sardis, greatly intensifying as it passed into Florence County; thence, it "cut a devastating swath" through the county before dissipating near Pamplico, at the eastern periphery of the county.

North Carolina

F3	N of Pittsboro	Chatham	1730	2 miles (3.2 km)	4 deaths – A tornado swept away a little home, killing a family of four people as they searched for shelter.

F3	SW of Robersonville	Pitt, Martin, Bertie	1930	18 miles (29 km)	1 death – A tornado razed 60 structures, some of which were large homes, and killed one person before ending near the Roanoke River.

Virginia

F?	Pleasant Shade area	Greensville	2230	unknown	A very brief tornado ruined only one structure.

F3	SE of Jetersville to S of Chula	Amelia	2230	10 miles (16 km)	1 death – A tornado leveled seven homes and at least one barn.

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The tornado outbreak was long-lived that produced F4 damage in South Carolina, killing 53 people.

final_sentence: The tornado outbreak was long-lived that produced F4 damage in South Carolina, killing 53 people.