1908 Dixie tornado outbreak
April 24 event

1908 Dixie tornado outbreak

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List of confirmed tornadoes - April 24, 1908

F#	Location	County	Time (UTC)	Path length	Damage

Mississippi

F2	Walls	DeSoto	0830	7 miles (11 km)	Struck the south side of Walls. Three homes, a store, and the depot were torn apart.

F2	Braxton area	Simpson	1515	unknown	Homes were destroyed at the north edge of town. 10 people were injured.

F2	N of Wahalak to S of Shuqualak	Kemper, Noxubee	1745	10 miles (16 km)	3 deaths — Three small homes were swept away near Wahalak.

F2	N of Brooklyn to S of Janet	Forrest, Perry, Greene	2045	25 miles (40 km)	5+ deaths — Fatalities occurred at a turpentine mill. Death toll may have been as high as seven.

Tennessee

F2	Mason	Fayette, Tipton	0900	3 miles (4.8 km)	Two homes and three churches were destroyed in Mason.

F2	SE of Memphis	Shelby	0900	5 miles (8.0 km)	A dozen homes were unroofed or torn apart in the Buntyn area, near present-day Buntyn Street southeast of downtown Memphis.

F3	Stamper to E of Cleveland	Bradley	0300	10 miles (16 km)	1 deaths — Worst damage occurred near Climer. Five homes were destroyed, and buildings were damaged or destroyed on 20 farms.

Louisiana

F4	N of Lecompte to SE of Port Gibson, MS	Rapides, Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, Adams(MS), Jefferson(MS), Claiborne(MS)	1100	105 miles (169 km)	91 deaths — See section on this tornado — Caused extreme damage to large plantations and "dismantled" large estates.

F4	N of Livingston to Richton, MS	Livingston, St. Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington, Marion(MS), Lamar(MS), Forrest(MS), Perry(MS), Wayne(MS)	1745	155 miles (249 km)	143 deaths — See section on this tornado — Reportedly more than 2 miles (3.2 km) wide for much of path through Louisiana and Mississippi, producing F4 damage in both states.

Alabama

F4	SW of Dora to N of Sylvania	Walker, Jefferson, Blount, Marshall, DeKalb	2040	> 105 miles (169 km)	35 deaths — See section on this tornado — Caused relatively few injuries in a sparsely-populated region.

F4	Bluffton to E of Cave Spring, GA	Cherokee, Polk(GA), Floyd(GA)	0110	16 miles (26 km)	11 deaths — Touched down in Bluffton, damaging every building in town and killing one person there. Tornado crossed into Georgia and killed three people near Hematie, northeast of Etna.

F2	Fort Deposit	Lowndes	0300	5 miles (8.0 km)	2 deaths — 50 buildings were damaged or destroyed in Fort Deposit and 22 others were injured. One of the fatalities occurred as a man was caught in the open after running from a dance hall.

F2	NE of Montgomery	Montgomery, Elmore	0310	4 miles (6.4 km)	A barn and a small building were destroyed.

Illinois

F2	Thomasboro to Rantoul	Champaign	2330	6 miles (9.7 km)	Homes were unroofed.

Sources: Grazulis (1991)

Sentence(s)

1908 Dixie tornado outbreak striked the north side of Sylvania and traveled at least 105 miles or 169 km.

final_sentence: 1908 Dixie tornado outbreak striked the north side of Sylvania and traveled at least 105 miles or 169 km.