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What classification was the tornado that hit Tuscaloosa?
The Tuscaloosa, Alabama tornado of April 27, 2011 was rated EF4.
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 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.
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 were injured in the Alabama tornado?
There were many tornadoes in Alabama. Injury statistics are not available for all of them. The Tuscaloosa-Birmingham tornado, one of the worst of them, injured over 1000.
What state is lake Tuscaloosa in?
Lake Tuscaloosa is in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
How long was tuscaloosa tornado on ground?
The Tuscaloosa-Birmingham tornado of 2011 was on the ground for about 90 minutes.
What Is Tuscaloosa?
Tuscaloosa is a city in Alabama and is also a county in Alabama. Tuscaloosa the city is 66.7 miles in area and has a population of 90,221 as of 2008. But Tuscaloosa County, Alabama is where the city Tuscaloosa is located. Tuscaloosa County is 1,351 miles in area and has a population of 171,159 people.
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 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.
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.
Has Alabama been hit the worst by tornadoes this year?
Yes, by far. Of the more than 360 tornado fatalities in the U.S. so far this year well over 200 have been in Alabama. The Tuscaloosa-Birmingham tornado and the Hackleburg-Phil Campbell tornado, both in Alabama, are the deadliest to hit the U.S. in 56 years.
