8/7/2019 Tuscaloosa Tornado http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/tuscaloosa-tornado 1/47 1 Tuscaloosa Alabama Tornado April 27, 2011 A large wedge tornado tracked across Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, including the southern and eastern portions of Tuscaloosa around 5:10 p.m. CDT on April 27, and continued northeast.[23] Debris from the tornado was reported to be falling from the sky across Birmingham over 20 miles away in Jefferson County. Skycams operated by local Fox affiliate WBRC (channel 6) and ABC affiliate WBMA-LP/WCFT/WJSU (channels 58, 33 and 40; branded as "ABC 33/40") captured video of the tornado as it struck Tuscaloosa. [52] Several stores and restaurants in a business district at the intersection of McFarland Boulevard and 15th Street, near the DCH Regional Medical Center, were destroyed by the tornado; buildings were also reported destroyed on 35th Street, between Interstate 359 and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. As the tornado traveled east to 35th Street and Kauloosa Avenue, the Tuscaloosa Environmental Services and Cintas facilities suffered severe damage. Numerous homes in the Rosedale and Forest Lake neighborhoods, as well as a P&P Grocery store in Rosedale, were devastated.[53] The University of Alabama suspended its operations, cancelled its softball and rowing competitions, cancelled its final exams period, and postponed its commencement until August 6. Television cameras, including another skycam operated by WBMA-LP/WCFT/WJSU, captured the mile-wide tornado as it moved east-northeast across the western and northern suburbs of Birmingham around 6:00 p.m. CDT. [55] Initial reports indicated significant structural damage and a mile to 1½ mile wide damage path. The National Weather Service has determined the path length of this violent tornado to be 80.3 miles with a maximum damage path width of 1.5 miles; it has been given a preliminary intensity rating of "at least EF-4", pending further surveys into the most heavily damaged areas. Initial reports from Tuscaloosa and Birmingham indicated at least 65 people are dead and over 1000 injured in the Tuscaloosa area.
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� A large wedge tornado tracked across Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, including the southernand eastern portions of Tuscaloosa around 5:10 p.m. CDT on April 27, and continuednortheast.[23] Debris from the tornado was reported to be falling from the sky acrossBirmingham over 20 miles away in Jefferson County. Skycams operated by local Fox affiliateWBRC (channel 6) and ABC affiliate WBMA-LP/WCFT/WJSU (channels 58, 33 and 40;branded as "ABC 33/40") captured video of the tornado as it struck Tuscaloosa.[52] Severalstores and restaurants in a business district at the intersection of McFarland Boulevard and
15th Street, near the DCH Regional Medical Center, were destroyed by the tornado; buildingswere also reported destroyed on 35th Street, between Interstate 359 and Martin Luther King Jr.Boulevard. As the tornado traveled east to 35th Street and Kauloosa Avenue, the TuscaloosaEnvironmental Services and Cintas facilities suffered severe damage. Numerous homes in theRosedale and Forest Lake neighborhoods, as well as a P&P Grocery store in Rosedale, weredevastated.[53] The University of Alabama suspended its operations, cancelled its softball androwing competitions, cancelled its final exams period, and postponed its commencement until
August 6. Television cameras, including another skycam operated by WBMA-LP/WCFT/WJSU,captured the mile-wide tornado as it moved east-northeast across the western and northernsuburbs of Birmingham around 6:00 p.m. CDT.[55] Initial reports indicated significant structuraldamage and a mile to 1½ mile wide damage path.
� The National Weather Service has determined the path length of this violent tornado to be 80.3miles with a maximum damage path width of 1.5 miles; it has been given a preliminary intensityrating of "at least EF-4", pending further surveys into the most heavily damaged areas. Initialreports from Tuscaloosa and Birmingham indicated at least 65 people are dead and over 1000injured in the Tuscaloosa area.