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The tornado entered the southern portion of Tuscaloosa as a low-end EF4 and crossed 35th Street, completely destroying a cell phone tower and several warehouses in an industrial area. It passed within a half mile of the Tuscaloosa Police Department Headquarters, forcing the evacuation of the dispatch personnel from the third floor offices until ...
The supercell that produced the Tuscaloosa/Birmingham EF4 tornado originated in Newton County, Mississippi. The same supercell produced another EF4 tornado later that evening that killed 22 people and struck the Ohatchee, Alabama, area and eventually crossed into Georgia, causing additional damage near Cave Spring before dissipating.
March 1994: 1994 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak (8 counties) [1] May 1995: May 1995 Tornado Outbreak Sequence (Huntsville) [1] April 1998: April 1998 Birmingham tornado [1] December 2000: December 2000 Tuscaloosa tornado [1] November 2001: Arkansas–Mississippi–Alabama tornado outbreak; November 2002: 2002 Veterans Day Weekend tornado outbreak [1]
It's probably not the one you remember most, but it was also deadly and destructive.
The most significant tornado of the outbreak occurred in communities south and east of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The F4 tornado killed 11 people and injured more than 125 others; it was the strongest tornado to hit the state of Alabama in the month of December since 1950.
On April 27, a large tornado struck Tuscaloosa, Alabama, killing 44 people. [45] The Tuscaloosa mayor called the damage "catastrophic." The same tornado hit the northern suburbs of Birmingham, Alabama, shortly thereafter, killing 20 more people.
In 2021, Tuscaloosa celebrated the Crimson Tide's 18th national football championship and marked the 10th anniversary of a devastating tornado.
The tornado then moved back into Tuscaloosa County, causing mostly minor tree and structural damage at EF1 strength before rapidly intensifying and crossing into Fayette County once again. There, it completely destroyed at least one mobile home, with the frame being separated and the remaining debris being tossed by the tornado.