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Tornado outbreak of December 16, 2000 – An outbreak that produced an F4 tornado that also hit Tuscaloosa. 2011 Hackleburg–Phil Campbell tornado – A similarly deadly tornado that was part of the same outbreak.
Clockwise from top: The storm system responsible for the outbreak on April 27, heavy damage to buildings in Tuscaloosa, Alabama after an EF4 tornado, flags raised above a post office in Smithville, Mississippi after an EF5 tornado hit the town, an aerial view of EF5-rated tornado damage in Hackleburg, Alabama after a violent tornado moved ...
April 26 saw mostly weaker tornadoes and no fatalities, with the notable tornadoes of the day being an EF2 tornado that tracked across parts of Texas and into Louisiana and a brief EF3 tornado that struck Campbell Army Airfield, causing $1 million (2011 USD) in damage.
The sole fatality that occurred during the tornado was the first tornado-related fatality to occur in 1997, and the first in Tuscaloosa since the 1932 Deep South tornado outbreak killed 37 people in the area. The December 2000 Tuscaloosa tornado, which occurred almost three years later, would follow a similar path to the 1997 twister. [29]
Since its initial usage in May 1999, the National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States has used the tornado emergency bulletin — a high-end classification of tornado warning — sent through either the issuance of a warning or via a "severe weather statement" that provides updated information on an ongoing warning—that is issued when a violent tornado (confirmed by radar or ground ...
It's probably not the one you remember most, but it was also deadly and destructive.
Boy, 11, and two women die in Texas tornado’s ‘direct hit’ in Perryton. Watch: More energy may be used in Texas than ever before due to record-breaking heat. 05:02, Louise Boyle.
EF4 damage to a residence from the 2011 Tuscaloosa–Birmingham tornado The Windsor–Tecumseh Tornado of 1946 F4/EF4 Tornadoes in the United States 1950–2019 This is a list of tornadoes which have been officially or unofficially labeled as F4, EF4, IF4, or an equivalent rating.