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During the late afternoon and early evening of April 27, 2011, a violent, high-end EF4 multi-vortex tornado destroyed portions of Tuscaloosa and Birmingham, Alabama, as well as smaller communities and rural areas between the two cities. It is one of the costliest tornadoes on record, and was one of the 367 tornadoes in the 2011 Super Outbreak ...
The tornado strengthened as it crossed the Black Warrior River, north of Interstate 20 and approached Tuscaloosa to a violent EF4 with winds of 170 mph. As the tornado approached Interstate 359, several buildings were destroyed including the Tuscaloosa County Emergency Operations Center.
An EF-4 tracked through Tuscaloosa and the northern suburbs of Birmingham just a short time later, resulting in multiple deaths. A second EF-5 struck eastern Alabama later that evening.
One of the cities hit hardest was Tuscaloosa, Ala. A nearly mile wide tornado cut a path though the town, killing 53 people, and injuring 1200 more.
The tornado damaged or destroyed more than 12% of the city of Tuscaloosa – 5,362 homes and 356 businesses, included – and either directly killed or contributed to the deaths of 53 people.
As part of a system which wreaked havoc across the eastern half of the United States (April 25-28), the following is an account of the tornado outbreak of April 27th, 2011, in Central Alabama.
April 27, 2011 a devastating tornado came through Tuscaloosa. WVUA 23 and The Center for Public Television produced this documentary “Faces of the Storm” in 2011. This video originally aired ...
Out of the 62 tornadoes that struck Alabama on April 27, 2011, the largest and most devastating twister hit Tuscaloosa, killing 53 people and destroying more than 12% of the city’s structures. A decade later, much of the city has redeveloped, but there may never be a full recovery.
This combination of April 27, 2011 and April 14, 2021 photos shows 15th Street in Tuscaloosa, Ala., after a tornado ripped through the area and the same street a decade later. The storm was part of an outbreak of severe weather that killed more than 320 people across six states in 2011.
The EF-4 tornado, packing winds or around 190 mph, damaged or destroyed more than 12% of the city of Tuscaloosa — 5,362 homes and 356 businesses, included — and either directly killed or...