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What classification was the tornado that hit Tuscaloosa?
The Tuscaloosa, Alabama tornado of April 27, 2011 was rated EF4.
What was the tornado's name that hit tuscaloosa?
Tornadoes are not given names as hurricanes are but are simply referred to by where they occur. Therefore, the tornado that hit Tuscaloosa, Alabama on April 27, 2011 is simply called the Tuscaloosa-Birmingham tornado as it hit both cities.
What was the population of Tuscaloosa before the tornado hit on April 2011?
The population of Tuscaloosa was about 91,000 prior to the tornado and was pretty much the same after the tornado. The Tuscaloosa-Birmingham tornado of April 27, 2011 killed 64 people, 44 of them in Tuscaloosa. This is not enough to make a real dent in the city's population.
When did the tornado in Tuscaloosa happen?
Tuscaloosa, Alabama has been hit by a number of tornadoes, but the most recent and most devastating tornado to hit the city was the EF4 that struck on April 27, 2011.
How many people died in the Tuscaloosa tornado?
The Tuscaloosa, Alabama tornado of April 27, 2011 killed 64 people, making it the second deadliest tornado in Alabama history. Another tornado hit Tuscaloosa on December 16, 2000, killing 11 people.
What was the death toll in Birmingham Alabama tornado in 2011?
In total the Tuscaloosa-Birmingham tornado (it hit both cities) of April 27, 2011 killed a total of 64 people. Had it no been for the Hackleburg tornado of the same day, which killed 72 people, the Tuscaloosa-Birmingham tornado would have been the deadliest to hi the U.S. since 1955.
Was the tornado that hit Tuscaloosa Alabama in 2011 an F5?
No. The Tuscaloosa tornado of 2011 was a high-end EF4. According to the survey results published from the National Weather Service the winds in that tornado fell about 10 mph short of an EF5. Interestingly, one article suggests that had the Tuscaloosa tornado occurred before the Enhanced Fujita scale was implemented in 2007 it would likely have been rated F5. However, the newer scale has more precise standards for ratings, and, by the slimmest of margins this tornado did not meet the EF5 standard. Looking at what this storm did, it was about as bad as a tornado can get without being an EF5. 4 other tornadoes that occurred on the same day were rated EF5.
What happened when the tornado hit Tuscaloosa?
The infamous Tuscaloosa tornado of April 27, 2011 touched down in rural Green County, Alabama about 20 miles southwest of Tuscaloosa and moved northeast. The tornado was causing major damage as soon as it entered the city. The tornado maintain EF4 intensity as it passes trhough Tuscaloosa, destroying thousands of structures. In Tuscaloosa, the tornado killed 44 people and injured more than 1,000, but it wasn't finished. The tornado continued on at EF4 strength, possibly reaching EF5 strength, and struck suburbs on the north side of Birmingham, where another 20 were killed and 500 were injured.
What are some tornado's names?
Tornadoes do not have names as hurricanes do. Most tornadoes are simply referred to by where they hit. For example the tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri in 2011 is known as the Joplin tornado.
How big was the tornado that hit Alabama in April 2011?
There were many tornadoes in Alabama in April 2011. The one you are referring to was probably the Tuscaloosa tornado of April 27. The tornado was at a mile and a half wide and appears to have been a borderline EF4/EF5, though the official rating is EF4.
Was the Tornado in Tuscaloosa in 2011 an F3?
There were actually two tornadoes that hit Tuscaloosa, Alabama in 2011. The first was an EF3 on April 15 that caused some damage but no injuries or deaths. The second and better known one was a high-end EF4 (almost EF5) tornado that absolutely devastated the city on April 27, resulting in a total of 64 deaths, 1500 injuries, and $2.4 billion in damage.
How serious was the tornado in Tuscaloosa Alabama?
The Tuscaloosa-Birmingham tornado of April 27, 2011 was one of the worst tornadoes ever recorded. It killed 64 people which marks it as the third deadliest U.S. tornado (after the Hackleburg and Joplin tornadoes of this year) in over 50 years and caused $2.2 billion in damage, marking it as the second costliest tornado in U.S. history. The tornado was officially a high-end EF4 with some damage approaching EF5, the highest possible rating. The damage path of the tornado was 80 miles long and 1.5 miles wide.
