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During the late afternoon and early evening hours of April 27, 2011, a violent and deadly high-end EF4 multi-vortex tornado, commonly referred to as the Tuscaloosa–Birmingham tornado or the Tuscaloosa tornado, destroyed portions of Tuscaloosa and Birmingham, Alabama, as well as smaller communities and rural areas between the two cities.
In the afternoon hours of April 27, 2011, a large and extremely powerful EF5 tornado struck parts of northeast Alabama.It was the fourth and final EF5 of the historic 2011 Super Outbreak, the largest tornado outbreak ever recorded.
Of those 226 tornadoes, 59 touched down in Alabama and 83 began in Tennessee, accounting for 62.8 percent of the tornadoes that touched down on April 27. [63] On April 27 alone, the National Weather Service in Huntsville, Alabama, issued 92 tornado warnings, 31 severe thunderstorm warnings , and seven flash flood warnings .
The tornado retained this intensity as it caused sporadic damage across rural Alabama, destroying numerous homes and debarking trees. It dissipated south of Red Hill, after being on the ground for over two hours. The tornado was the second tornado of at least EF3 intensity to hit Cordova on April 27, and the town was devastated by both.
Seven tornadoes–the Vilonia tornado on April 25 and six tornadoes on April 27–stayed on the ground for over an hour. The long-track Mississippi–Alabama EF4 tornado was down from 2 hours, 53 minutes, the longest duration for a tornado in the outbreak. [7]
A tornado left significant storm damage in Fultondale, Alabama, north of Birmingham, Monday night, damaging buildings and downing trees. Authorities say at least five people were hospitalized and ...
Fierce storms including at least one confirmed tornado ripped across central Alabama Thursday, with “a series of strong, long-track tornadoes” expected to increase across the region throughout ...
On the afternoon of April 27, 2011, a large, long-tracked, and powerful multi-vortex tornado moved across north-central Alabama, in the U.S., striking numerous towns along its 47-mile (76 km) track, including Cullman, Fairview, Arab and Ruth. The tornado killed 6, injured over 40, and impacted hundreds of structures.