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What was the approximate distance across width of the Tuscaloosa tornado?
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Thus Tuscaloosa-Birmingham tornado of 2011 varied in width, but at its maximum the tornado was about a mile and a half wide.
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What caused the Tuscaloosa tornado?
The Tuscaloosa-Birmingham tornado of April 27, 2011 was part of an extremely large and intense tornado outbreak. A powerful, slow-moving low pressure system moved across the eastern half of the United States. The system pulled warm, moist, unstable air from the Gulf of Mexico over a large portion of the United States. At the same time the jet stream, which was interacting in with the system, set up strong wind shear, differences in wind speed and direction with altitude. A cooler air mass came in behind the system, generating a cold front. As the cooler air pushed into the unstable air mass it generated thunderstorms. The strong wind shear set these storms rotating, turning them into supercells, the storms most likely to produce tornadoes. Conditions were favorable for tornadoes across a large portion of the United States, but were especially favorable for large, destructive tornadoes across portions of Mississippi, Tennessee, and Georgia, and were most favorable over the northern half of Alabama. The most powerful supercells developed in this region, producing numerous tornadoes of EF4 and EF5 intensity. One of these supercells produced a violent EF4 (possibly EF5) tornado that moved through Tuscaloosa and the northern suburbs of Birmingham.
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The Joplin tornado was generate by a supercell thunderstorm associated with a storm system moving slowly across the Midwest. A downdraft within the usually strong supercell caused the storm's rotation to tighten and intensify into a violent tornado.
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What is the history for the Tuscaloosa tornado?
From a historic perspective, the Tuscaloosa tornado of April 27, 2011 was a very significant event. While it was not the first major tornado to impact the Tuscaloosa area (a destructive F4 struck the area in 1932) area it was definitely the most significant. The more recent tornado was part of the 2011 Super Outbreak, the largest and most destructive tornado outbreak ever recorded. The tornado was rated an EF4, the second highest rating on the Enhanced Fujita Scale and in some areas came very close to being an EF5. With a death toll of 64 it was the second deadliest tornado in Alabama history and the 37th deadliest in U.S. history. Shattering the previous record of 49 deaths, it would have been Alabama's deadliest if it weren't for another tornado on the same day that killed 72 people. These two were the deadliest tornadoes to hit the U.S. since 1955 and, at the time, easily the deadliest in the era of modern forecasting, though these death tolls would be exceeded 3 weeks later by the devastating Joplin, Missouri tornado, which killed 158. At the time it occurred, the Tuscaloosa tornado was the costliest tornado in U.S. history, with damage amounting to $2.4 billion, dethroning the 1999 Oklahoma City tornado. However, this title would soon be lost, again to the Joplin tornado. The tornado injured over 1,500 people, the second highest since modern records began in 1950, beaten only by the Wichita Falls tornado of 1979. In terms of the history of the tornado itself, the Tuscaloosa tornado was produced by a very long lived supercell thunderstorm that first formed over Louisiana and dissipated over North Carolina, producing several very strong tornadoes. The tornado itself touched down in Greene County, Alabama about 20 miles southwest of Tuscaloosa and quickly moved northeast. It intensified after reaching the city, passing just south of downtown. The worst damage in Tuscaloosa was on the east side of town and was consistent with a high-end EF4 tornado. The tornado continued out of Tuscaloosa and across rural area before slamming into the suburbs on the north side of Birmingham where another 20 people died. Damage in the Pleasant Grove community was rated high-end EF4. The tornado then weakened but grew to an enormous size, reaching 1.5 miles wide as it crossed I-65. It then narrowed and continued to weaken, finally dissipating near Center Point.
What areas did the Tuscaloosa tornado affect?
Presumably you are referring to the EF4 tornado that hit Tuscaloosa, Alabama on April 27, 2011. The tornado first touched down over open country about 3 miles north of Union, Alabama in Greene County and traveled northeast. It then entered Tuscaloosa county at EF2 intensity and continued to intensify. The tornado then entered the southwestern part city of Tuscaloosa at EF4 intensity. In continued across the community, passing south of the city center, devastating entire neighborhoods, with some damage rating at the upper end of EF4. The tornado then passed out of eastern Tuscaloosa, striking the southern part of the Suburb of Holt before weakening. From here the tornado continued traveling northeast, causing damage to trees and farmhouses. It then re-intensified to an EF4 as it struck Concord, a suburb of Birmingham. It then devastated the suburb of Pleasant Grove, staying north of Birmingham proper. Afterwards the tornado weakened to EF2 strength and struck the communities of McDonald Chapel, North Pratt, Hooper City, and Fultondale before finally dissipating west of Center Point, northeast of Birmingham. Overall this tornado carved a damage path 80 miles long and 1.5 miles wide. It killed 64 people and injured over 1500, making the second deadliest tornado in Alabama history, surpassed only by the Hackleburg tornado which killed 72 people on the same day. Damage totals are estimated at $2.2 billion, making it the second costliest tornado in U.S. history, exceeded only by the tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri less than a month later.
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Tornadoes don't have names. Instead they are usually referred to by where they occur. The most significant tornadoes in recent U.S. history are the Tuscaloosa-Birmingham, Alabama tornado of 2011, the Hackleburg, Alabama tornado of 2011, and the Joplin, Missouri tornado of 2011. Two tornado that are exceptions to this rule of thumb are the Tri-State tornado and the tornado of the elevens. The Tri-State tornado is so called for having carved a 219 mile long damage path across parts of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana. The tornado of the elevens touched down at 11:11 pm on November 11, 1911, killing 2 and injuring 9 for a total of 11.
What caused the Tuscaloosa tornado?
The Tuscaloosa-Birmingham tornado of April 27, 2011 was part of an extremely large and intense tornado outbreak. A powerful, slow-moving low pressure system moved across the eastern half of the United States. The system pulled warm, moist, unstable air from the Gulf of Mexico over a large portion of the United States. At the same time the jet stream, which was interacting in with the system, set up strong wind shear, differences in wind speed and direction with altitude. A cooler air mass came in behind the system, generating a cold front. As the cooler air pushed into the unstable air mass it generated thunderstorms. The strong wind shear set these storms rotating, turning them into supercells, the storms most likely to produce tornadoes. Conditions were favorable for tornadoes across a large portion of the United States, but were especially favorable for large, destructive tornadoes across portions of Mississippi, Tennessee, and Georgia, and were most favorable over the northern half of Alabama. The most powerful supercells developed in this region, producing numerous tornadoes of EF4 and EF5 intensity. One of these supercells produced a violent EF4 (possibly EF5) tornado that moved through Tuscaloosa and the northern suburbs of Birmingham.
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