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Coming up on the 4th anniversary of the Super Outbreak of 2011
Posted on 4/24/15 at 1:45 pm
Posted on 4/24/15 at 1:45 pm
April 25-28, 2011. Over 350 tornadoes touched down across the United States, with 211 touching down on April 27 alone (the record for a 24-hour period). The largest and one of the deadliest tornado outbreaks in recorded history, the 2011 Super Outbreak took the lives of 324 people (with 238 of that number occurring in Alabama) and recorded $11 billion worth of damage.
By far the most famous twister of that outbreak was the Tuscaloosa/Birmingham EF4 wedge tornado. It took the lives of 64 people and, at least for a time, was the costliest single tornado in terms of money on record.
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By far the most famous twister of that outbreak was the Tuscaloosa/Birmingham EF4 wedge tornado. It took the lives of 64 people and, at least for a time, was the costliest single tornado in terms of money on record.
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Posted on 4/24/15 at 2:39 pm to RollTide1987
Damn that thing was huge.
Posted on 4/24/15 at 4:47 pm to RollTide1987
As bad as it was for those affected, that outbreak was truly awesome to witness first hand. Just so much raw power and energy...never seen anything like it
Posted on 4/24/15 at 4:56 pm to RollTide1987
Holy cow, that was scary. To think it was killing people while the weatherman was talking is chilling.
Posted on 4/24/15 at 6:45 pm to deltaland
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As bad as it was for those affected, that outbreak was truly awesome to witness first hand. Just so much raw power and energy...never seen anything like it
Yeah I was in Tuscaloosa that day and watched from a parking deck in downtown as the tornado ripped through the southern part of the city. Had a great view of it for about 3-4 minutes. I knew there had been tornadoes touching down all over the state of Alabama but, because we lost power, there was no way of knowing just how widespread the outbreak was until a couple days later.
211 tornadoes in a single day. That blew the previous record of 148 from the Super Outbreak of 1974 right out of the water. And, had the same Fujita rating system been in place in 2011, the number of EF5s on April 27 would have vastly eclipsed the record amount seen during the '74 Super Outbreak as well.
Posted on 4/24/15 at 6:47 pm to RollTide1987
Have one of the F5s on video. Will remember that day until I die.
Posted on 4/25/15 at 10:54 am to RollTide1987
Almost wiped me and my small town of Ringgold off the map entirely. There was almost nothing left.
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