April 29 Event
| List of confirmed tornadoes - April 29, 1909 | ||||||
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| F2 | Vidette area | Baxter | unknown | unknown | Tornado destroyed two homes about 7 mi (11 km) south of Bakersfield, Missouri. Area is now in Fulton County as of 2012. | |
| F2 | E of Hot Springs | Garland | unknown | unknown | Tornado transported a tank weighing 1,300 pounds (21,000 oz) for .25 miles (1,300 ft). Also destroyed a small home, injuring four family members, and unroofed and destroyed others. | |
| F2 | Caddo Gap | Montgomery | 1900 | unknown | 4 deaths — Tornado struck north end of Caddo Gap, destroying ten homes and killing four people, all in one family. Large trees toppled onto homes. | |
| F2 | E of Van Buren to S of Alma | Crawford | 2240 | 4 miles (6.4 km) | 1 death — Tornado destroyed or severely damaged at least 12 small homes as it moved northeast, skirting the edges of Shibley and Kibler. | |
| F2 | NW of Brinkley to N of Palestine | Monroe, St. Francis | 2300 | 20 miles (32 km) | 1 death — Tornado killed a fleeing tenant farmer just northwest of Wheatley. Went on to strike 14 occupied homes near Palestine, injuring 21 people. 30 total injuries along the entire path. | |
| F2 | Charleston area to N of Piney to Hector area | Franklin, Logan, Johnson, Pope | 2300 | 60 miles (97 km) | Probable tornado family skipped along, injuring six people south of Prairie View, eight near Piney, and four near Moreland. Destroyed barns at more than twelve different sites. | |
| F2 | Moreland | Pope | 2330 | unknown | Tornado destroyed six homes at Moreland. Spawned by the same thunderstorm that produced the Charleston tornado family. | |
| F2 | NE of Forrest City to E of Earle | St. Francis | 0000 | ≥ 20 miles (32 km) | Tornado passed from north of Round Pond to Crawfordsville, about 20 mi (32 km) to the northeast. Total damage $16,000 with small homes destroyed. Produced by the same thunderstorm that hit near Palestine. | |
| F2 | E of Formosa to Bee Branch | Van Buren | 0015 | 5 miles (8.0 km) | 1 death — Tornado destroyed the town of Bee Branch, causing numerous fires in its wake. Four other deaths may have occurred but went unreported. Total losses greater than $50,000. Tornado was produced by the thunderstorm that hit Moreland. | |
| F2 | SW of Marianna | Lee | 0015 | 10 miles (16 km) | 1 death — Tornado damaged or destroyed roughly 40 sharecroppers' homes along with six farms. Killed one woman in a farmhouse. Passed just north of Marianna. Parent thunderstorm later produced an F4 tornado family that began in northern Mississippi. | |
| F3 | N of Marion to N of Millington, TN | Crittenden, Shelby (TN), Tipton (TN) | 0030 | 20 miles (32 km) | 8 deaths — Tornado destroyed 12 or more small homes north of Marion (five deaths) and later destroyed much of Locke in Tennessee. Went on to kill three more people, possibly as many as eight, east of Quito. Was the first of eight F3–F4 tornadoes to kill five or more people each. Produced by the same thunderstorm that moved from near Forrest City to near Earle. | |
| F2 | W of Heber Springs to N of Floral | Cleburne, Independence | 0230 | 25 miles (40 km) | 4 deaths — Tornado followed the main activity that had departed from Arkansas two hours earlier. Deaths occurred in and near the Tannenbaum community, just northwest of Heber Springs. | |
| Missouri | ||||||
| F4 | SW of Shell Knob | Barry, Stone | 2300 | 15 miles (24 km) | 11 deaths — Occurred in what is now part of the Mark Twain National Forest. A tornado began just southwest of Golden and moved through that community, killing eight people and leveling homes (F4-level damage). More F4 destruction and three additional deaths occurred on farms southwest of Viola, though the tornado missed that community to the south. One of the top five deadliest tornadoes of the entire outbreak. | |
| F3 | S of Raymondville | Texas | 0110 | 15 miles (24 km) | 2 deaths — Tornado struck just west of Yukon and downed more than 3,000,000 board feet (7,100 m3) of timber in Texas County. Also destroyed four homes. | |
| F3 | E of Alton | Oregon | 0200 | 8 miles (13 km) | 6+ deaths — Tornado destroyed five homes. Actual death toll may have been eight rather than six people. | |
| Tennessee | ||||||
| F2 | Brownsville area | Haywood | unknown | unknown | 2 deaths — Tornado damaged or destroyed 20 homes at "Hanley", located about 9 mi (14 km) from Brownsville. | |
| F3 | SE of Covington to Medina | Tipton, Haywood, Crockett, Madison, Gibson, Carroll | 0045 | 60 miles (97 km) | 14 deaths — Tornado family, related to the Millington tornado, first destroyed barns and small homes near Covington but was not then continuous. Single tornado path began at Bells and continued on to Medina, causing severe (F3-level) damage and all 14 deaths. Was the third-deadliest tornado of the entire outbreak. | |
| F3 | Sango area | Montgomery | 0230 | 15 miles (24 km) | 2 deaths — Tornado passed near Clarksville, destroying parts of three separate farms. Was a member of the Medina tornado family. Damage $25,000. | |
| F2 | W of Dickson to Bellsburg | Dickson | 0300 | 20 miles (32 km) | Tornado destroyed up to nine homes and hit buildings in Charlotte. 25 structures damaged or destroyed at Charlotte. | |
| F3 | W of Shipps Bend to Centerville to N of Franklin | Hickman, Maury, Williamson | 0415 | 45 miles (72 km) | 10 deaths — Tornado damaged or destroyed 75 homes in Centerville with $100,000 losses. Four people died at Leiper's Fork. | |
| F2 | SW of Nolensville to Statesville area | Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson | 0515 | 40 miles (64 km) | 2 deaths — Tornado developed from the previous event. Moved south of Smyrna and north of Walterhill, destroying 10 homes. Ended in a massive downburst at Statesville with numerous trees blown down and much cattle killed. Other possible but unconfirmed tornadoes occurred along a path covering more than 100 mi (160 km) through six counties northeast of the known path. | |
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| F4 | N of Eldorado | Saline, Gallatin | 0100 | 8 miles (13 km) | 5 deaths — Northernmost violent tornado of the outbreak leveled a farmhouse near Texas City, leaving bodies .25 mi (0.40 km) from the homesite. Entire family of five people killed. | |
| Mississippi | ||||||
| F4 | SSW of Horn Lake to E of Parsons, TN | DeSoto, Shelby (TN), Fayette (TN), Hardeman (TN), Chester (TN), Henderson (TN), Decatur (TN) | 0130 | 125 miles (201 km) | 29 deaths — Tornado family of two or more tornadoes likely began as a "double tornado" at Horn Lake, much like the "double tornado" that hit Indiana on April 11, 1965. At least 14 and perhaps 20 deaths north and south of Horn Lake in Mississippi. Damage to 30 homes in the Whitehaven area. Much F4 damage from Newcastle to northwest of Bolivar, including to six farms. Tied with the Bee Springs tornado as the deadliest tornado of the outbreak. | |
| Ohio | ||||||
| F2 | Sidney | Shelby | 0445 | unknown | Tornado caused $60,000 in damage at Sidney. Intensity was unclear but probably F2 based upon descriptions. | |
| Alabama | ||||||
| F4 | N of Elkmont to NW of Fayetteville, TN | Limestone, Giles (TN), Lincoln (TN) | 0500 | 25 miles (40 km) | 29 deaths — Began in northernmost Limestone County and crossed southeast Giles County before hitting Bee Springs and Millville. It caused F4 damage to Bee Springs and Millville with 22 deaths in and near Bee Springs, including five and seven deaths each in two nearby homes. Even well-built homes were completely leveled. Other deaths may have occurred near Fayetteville but could not be verified. It killed 29 people while traveling for about 25 mi (40 km), becoming Middle Tennessee's third deadliest tornado ever. | |
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