Tornado outbreak sequence of May 4–10, 1933
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| Duration | May 4–10, 1933 |
| Tornado outbreak | |
| Tornadoes | ≥ 33 |
| Maximum rating | F4 tornado |
| Duration | 8 days |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 128 |
| Areas affected | Midwestern United States, Southeastern United States |
Part of the tornadoes and tornado outbreaks of 1933 | |
From May 4–10, 1933, a tornado outbreak sequence produced at least 33 tornadoes. Among them was the Beaty Swamp tornado, a violent F4 that struck shortly after midnight CST on May 11, 1933, in Overton County, Tennessee, killing 35 people, injuring 150 others, and devastating the unincorporated communities of Beaty Swamp and Bethsaida. The storm was the second-deadliest tornado in the history of Middle Tennessee, even though it struck a sparsely populated, rural area. The community of Beaty Swamp ceased to exist and does not appear on any current maps. The only landmark that alludes to the former community is Beaty Swamp Road, which intersects Highway 111 in the northeast corner of Overton County. The severe weather event that generated the tornado also produced others, including long-tracked, intense tornadoes or tornado families that devastated portions of Alabama, South Carolina, and Kentucky, killing a combined total of 76 people.