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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.
A large multiple-vortex wedge tornado touched down in rural Greene County, Alabama, and tracked across neighboring Tuscaloosa County, including the southern and eastern portions of Tuscaloosa at around 5:10 p.m. CDT (22:10 UTC) on April 27.
Several tornadoes from the outbreak were exceptionally long-tracked. Three tornadoes on April 27 travelled over 120 miles (190 km), with a fourth traversing 97 miles (156 km). Seven tornadoes–the Vilonia tornado on April 25 and six tornadoes on April 27–stayed on the ground for over an hour.
In the afternoon hours of April 27, 2011, a large and long-tracked EF4 tornado moved across Central Alabama, devastating several communities along a 127.8-mile (205.7 km) path, including Cordova and Blountsville. The tornado killed 13 and had a maximum width of 1,408 yards (0.800 mi).
During her tenure, the organization was a key player in Tuscaloosa’s recovery from the devastation of the April 27, 2011 tornado, with more than 100 new homes constructed and over 500 existing ...
On April 27, President Barack Obama approved Governor Robert Bentley's request for emergency federal assistance including search and rescue support. On April 28, 2011, the National Weather Service sent out people to survey the damage; however, with the large number of tornadoes across Alabama, the reports were not finalized for months. By April ...
He won an Emmy award for coverage of the Tuscaloosa tornado on December 16, 2000, alongside meteorologist James Spann. A decade later, he was the first storm spotter/meteorologist to capture video of the April 27, 2011, Tuscaloosa tornado and transmit that to ABC 33/40, approximately 30 minutes before the tornado struck the city. Spann later ...
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