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The 2011 Tuscaloosa–Birmingham tornado was a violent, deadly and destructive high-end EF4 multi-vortex tornado that destroyed portions of Tuscaloosa and Birmingham, Alabama, as well as smaller communities and rural areas between the two cities, during the afternoon and evening hours of April 27, 2011. The tornado, also commonly referred to as ...
A large multiple-vortex wedge tornado touched down in rural Greene County, Alabama, and tracked across neighboring Tuscaloosa County, including the southern and eastern portions of Tuscaloosa at around 5:10 p.m. CDT (22:10 UTC) on April 27.
In the afternoon hours of April 27, 2011, a large and long-tracked EF4 tornado moved across Central Alabama, devastating several communities, including Cordova and Blountsville, along a 127.8-mile (205.7 km) path. The tornado killed 13 and had a maximum width of 1,408 yards (0.800 mi).
It's probably not the one you remember most, but it was also deadly and destructive.
Several tornadoes from the outbreak were exceptionally long-tracked. Three tornadoes on April 27 travelled over 120 miles (190 km), with a fourth traversing 97 miles (156 km). Seven tornadoes–the Vilonia tornado on April 25 and six tornadoes on April 27–stayed on the ground for over an hour.
Apr. 27—Ten years ago today, the worst tornado outbreak since 1974 struck the state of Alabama. Over a stretch of 18 hours, 62 tornadoes ripped their way through the state, killing 254, injuring ...
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.
Richard Scott of WVUA-TV says social media applications have expanded meteorologists' ability to keep people informed before, during and after storms.