Four EF5 tornadoes on April 27?

[Chris Hayes]

Does anyone know when the Rainsville Mississippi tornado was rated EF5? I was just looking at Wiki's article on the outbreak, and it mentioned about the Rainsville tornado being rated EF5. Last I had heard there were 3 EF5s on the 27th.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_25–28,_2011_tornado_outbreak#Rainsville_tornado

 

[Andy Wehrle]

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/hun/?n=4272011_dekalb_county

http://forecast.weather.gov/product...UN&product=PNS&format=CI&version=4&glossary=0

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR START LAT/LON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
940 AM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011

...ADDITIONAL INFORMATION LEADS TO AN UPGRADE OF DEKALB COUNTY
TORNADO FROM APRIL 27TH TO AN EF-5...

AN ADDITIONAL GROUND SURVEY BASED ON NEW INFORMATION WAS CONDUCTED
ON JUNE 15TH ALONG A NARROW CORRIDOR OF DEKALB COUNTY EAST AND
NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN RAINSVILLE. THIS STORM SURVEY WAS UTILIZED
ALONG WITH AERIAL IMAGERY FROM A NOAA OVERFLIGHT ON MAY 4TH,
INTERVIEWS WITH RESIDENCES IN THE AREA, AND ADDITIONAL PRE-EVENT
IMAGERY TO UPDATE THE PREVIOUS RATING FOR THE LONG TRACK TORNADO THAT
IMPACTED DEKALB COUNTY ON APRIL 27TH.

FINDINGS INCLUDING THE UPDATED SURVEY INFORMATION ARE AS FOLLOWS:

* EVENT TYPE: TORNADO
* EVENT DATE: 04/27/11
* EVENT TIME: 6:19 PM TO 6:56 PM

* ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: >200.0 MPH
* PRELIMINARY RATING: EF-5

* PATH LENGTH: 33.8 MILES
* MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH: 0.75 MILES

* BEGINNING POINT: 34.390708 / -85.978378
* MID POINT:34.507738/ -85.790106
* ENDING POINT: 34.733306 / -85.557820

Personally I was expecting at least one more tornado from this event to be finalized as EF5, but not this one...

 

[Steven Martinaitis]

The Dekalb County tornado that impacted Rainsville, AL was upgraded to an EF-5 on June 17th after an additional evidence was gathered during a storm survey on June 15th. The Huntsville, AL WFO has a webpage for this tornado, which includes a write-up for the change in the EF-rating about halfway down the page.

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/hun/?n=4272011_dekalb_county

 

[Dave Gallaher]

I drove through Dekalb County this morning returning from Florida, and the damage I saw in Henagar was quite severe, with a number of bare foundations left exposed. Granted, debris could have been pulled already, but the accompanying tree damage and destruction to houses still standing was pretty amazing.