2011 Ringgold–Apison tornado

Summary

In the evening hours of April 27, 2011, a violent and long-tracked multi-vortex tornado impacted several communities along a 54 miles (87 km) path through northern Georgia and southeast Tennessee, including Ringgold, Georgia, Apison, Tennessee, and Cleveland, Tennessee. The tornado, which was on the ground for 52 minutes and became known as the Ringgold–Apison tornado or The Monster, killed over twenty people while having windspeeds that were estimated to have been as high as 190 miles per hour (310 km/h). The tornado was part of the largest outbreak of tornadoes in recorded history, and was the deadliest to hit Georgia during the outbreak.