Historic Tornado Outbreak April 27, 2011

[andyhb]

If you had to put some sort of value of damage or casualty potential with a tornado, that one is almost certainly way up there, considering it's path length, size, intensity, longevity of maintaining said intensity and forward speed. The fact it killed 72 people (and the ratio of fatalities to injuries) without going through a town of more than 1500 people (per the 2010 census) speaks for itself.

[tornadotony]

If you had to put some sort of value of damage or casualty potential with a tornado, that one is almost certainly way up there, considering it's path length, size, intensity, longevity of maintaining said intensity and forward speed. The fact it killed 72 people (and the ratio of fatalities to injuries) without going through a town of more than 1500 people (per the 2010 census) speaks for itself.

It's hard to believe until you see it.

[Natester]

Compiled this playlist of all of the videos that I could find of the tornadoes on April 27, 2011.

 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLm_yeRok75NttgF3fZOvt2X7dLS5NfJtj

[kperk014]

Approximate paths:

 

Red  - Tanner 2

White- Tanner 1

Blue  - Tanner 3 (2011)

 

[andyhb]

Figured I'd bump this to let everyone know that the gaps in the ABC 33/40 coverage (on John Brown's Youtube page) of this event are going be filled in over the coming days since Bill Castle found it. The morning coverage (of the intense QLCS that swept through the state) between 3:30 and 6:00 AM is already uploaded.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGqjHgLzibY

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ9S0rFhRHw

[kperk014]

Interesting view of the Union Grove, Al tornado of April 27, 2011.

 

[kperk014]

One gentleman described the Phil Campbell tornado as a "giant octopus" as it came over the mountain into Mount Hope. He's not in this video.

 

[kperk014]

Central Alabama 5 years later

 

http://abc3340.com/news/local/april-27-2011-five-years-later-alabama-native-storm-survivor-sends-thank-you-note

 

http://abc3340.com/news/videos/april-27-2011-cordova-community-continues-to-recover-from-ef4-tornado

 

http://abc3340.com/news/videos/april-27-2011-hackleburg-nearly-wiped-off-the-map-by-ef5-tornado

 

http://abc3340.com/news/local/abc-3340-special-report-april-27-2011-five-years-later

 

https://weather.com/storms/severe/news/2011-tornado-superoutbreak-james-spann-marathon-broadcast

[kperk014]

http://whnt.com/2016/04/26/april-27th-before-after-and-five-years-later/

 

http://whnt.com/2016/04/23/dekalb-county-remembers-2011-tornado-in-rainsville-memorial-saturday/

[kperk014]

North Alabama

 

http://www.waff.com/story/31826289/tornado-outbreak-5-years-later-piecing-lives-back-together

 

http://www.wtvm.com/story/31833922/mt-hope-community-rebuilds-five-years-after-tornado

[brianc33710]

I don't know if anyone else plans to post anything in here, as tomorrow marks the April 27 2011 Superoutbreak's 10th anniversary.  But the Birmingham & Huntsville NWS put this together.  https://04272011-noaa.hub.arcgis.com/ 

I'm sure some others out there have things to add & share.