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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.
It's probably not the one you remember most, but it was also deadly and destructive.
The tornado's most intense damage indicated peak winds of around 190 mph (310 km/h); therefore, it was given a final rating of EF4. Reports from Tuscaloosa indicated 44 people were killed, with an additional 20 deaths in Birmingham. [119] [125] Overall this tornado killed 64 people and injured more than 1500.
The tornado then dissipated just east of Penton, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) west-northwest of White Plains at 2:08 p.m. CST (20:08 UTC) after traveling 82.31 miles (132.47 km), which resulted in this becoming the sixth longest-tracked tornado in Alabama history. [60] A total of seven people were killed by this tornado, and at least 16 others were injured.
More than 100 people have been injured and one person killed as tornadoes tore through Indiana and Ohio. 10 dramatic pictures of the destruction caused by U.S tornadoes Skip to main content
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]
People as far as 100 miles (160 kilometers) away from Greenfield posted photos on Facebook of ripped family photos, yearbook pages and other items that were lifted into the sky by the tornado.
The tornado destroyed seven mobile homes at Jake's Trailer Park, located off of Askewville Road, injuring two people. [43] This long-track tornado was the deadliest of the entire outbreak, killing 11 people (including a family of three and another couple) when the tornado hit areas a couple miles west of Colerain, and injuring 58 other people ...