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re: Tenth Anniversary of the 2011 Super Tornado Outbreak
Posted on 4/27/21 at 9:33 am to tarzana
Posted on 4/27/21 at 9:33 am to tarzana
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The NW quadrant of Alabama was also the worst-hit area in the US during the Super Outbreak on April 3-4 1974. 87 people in the state were killed by tornados during that event.
Indeed, the western and northern portions of Alabama are very tornado prone. Especially along and north of the I-20/59 corridor. The town of Guin, AL was virtually wiped out by an F-5 during the 1974 Super Outbreak. That is considered one of the strongest tornadoes ever. It was so strong that the creator of the Fujita tornado scale, Dr. Ted Fujita, went to Guin to survey the damage himself.
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Posted on 4/27/21 at 9:51 am to Roll Tide Ravens
Solid thread RTR.
My neighborhood was hit by the early morning storms in the Altadena area. I live on the Jefferson/Shelby county line. Lots of trees down but no serious home damage in my hood, very fortunate. Power was out for around 7 days, I think.
Went to friends house in Highland Park B'ham and watched the rest of the day unfold. It took hours to get there bc of all the damage and traffic from my house til Cahaba Heights.
The eeriest thing I saw that day was debris, especially insulation, falling from the sky presumably from the Tuscaloosa/ West Jefferson County tornado. Crazy stuff.
My neighborhood was hit by the early morning storms in the Altadena area. I live on the Jefferson/Shelby county line. Lots of trees down but no serious home damage in my hood, very fortunate. Power was out for around 7 days, I think.
Went to friends house in Highland Park B'ham and watched the rest of the day unfold. It took hours to get there bc of all the damage and traffic from my house til Cahaba Heights.
The eeriest thing I saw that day was debris, especially insulation, falling from the sky presumably from the Tuscaloosa/ West Jefferson County tornado. Crazy stuff.
This post was edited on 4/27/21 at 9:54 am
Posted on 4/27/21 at 10:36 am to Roll Tide Ravens
A satellite image after the Tuscaloosa tornado.
Picture is self explanatory
Picture is self explanatory
Posted on 4/27/21 at 11:42 am to Roll Tide Ravens
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1974 Super Outbreak.
I was knee high to a grasshopper at 11 years old growing up in Decatur. Our neighbor was a NWS employee who worked in Huntsville. He told us the day before to watch out. We spent a goodly amount of time in the house hallway surrounded by pillows and mattresses. Lived near the river and that's when I saw my first tornado live. It's the one which wiped out Tanner. Had a little friend at church whose family lived in Tanner. House was wiped of the map, looked like a freshly poured slab. The house debris and belongings were about 300 yards across a field in a treeline. They were spared due to the neighbors storm cellar. Their house was right on 31 near the first light you come to from the south.
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