There were 758 tornadoes recorded in the United States in April 2011. This list will only include the most notable and the ones with the most media coverage.
The Maplewood, Iowa tornado of April 9: EF3
The Tusha, Oklahoma tornado of of April 14: EF3
The Jackson/Clinton, Mississippi tornado of April 15: EF3
The Leakesville, Mississippi tonado of April 15: EF3
The Raleigh, North Carolina tornado of April 16: EF3
The Askewville, North Carolina tornado of April 16: EF3
The St Louis, Missouri tornado of April 22: EF4
The Vilonia, Arkansas tornado of April 25: EF2
The Tuscaloosa/Birmingham, Alabama tornado of April 27: EF4
The Hackleburg/Phil Campbell, Alabama tornado of April 27: EF5
The Smithville, Mississippi tornado of April 27: EF5
The Ringgold, Georgia/Cleveland Tennessee tornado of April 27: EF4
The Shoal Creek, Alabama tornado of April 27: EF4
The Rainsville, Alabama tornado of April 27: EF5
The Cordova, Alabama tornado of April 27: EF4
The Cullman, Alabama tornado of April 27: EF4
The Section, Alabama/Trenton Georgia tornado of April 27: EF4
There were two tornadoes in Tuscaloosa in 2011. The infamous Tuscaloosa-Birmingham tornado of the 2011 Super Outbreak was on April 27. However, another far less damaging tornado struck on April 15.
The Joplin, Missouri tornado of 2011 was rated EF5, the highest level of tornado on the Enhanced Fujita scale with winds in excess of 200 mph.
There were 325 tornadic fatalities from the April 25-28 2011 tornado outbreak of which 320 were on April 27.
It depends. There were several major tornado outbreaks in 2011. The most significant lasted just over 3 days, from April 25 into the morning of April 28.
The Tuscaloosa, Alabama tornado of April 27, 2011 was rated EF4.
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.
No. While significant tornado outbreaks have occurred outside of tornado season, there have only been two recorded: one in April of 1974 and one in April of 2011. April is in tornado season.
If you mean April 2011 the title for the largest tornado is a tie between an EF3 near Pocahontas, Iowa on April 9 that destroyed a few farms and the EF4 that devastated Tuscaloosa, Alabama on April 27. Both tornadoes were 1.5 miles wide.
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.
Pratt City Alabama, more commonly called Birmingham, has been hit by many tornadoes, and is one of the most tornado-prone cities in the U.S. Only the most significant tornadoes will be listed.An F4 tornado struck on April 15, 1956An F5 tornado struck on April 4, 1977An F5 tornado struck on April 8, 1998An EF4 tornado struck on April 27, 2011
The April tornado record in the US for a whole year is 267 tornadoes, which was set in April 2011. This month had an extremely active tornado season, particularly across the Southeastern United States.
The Hackleburg-Phil Campbell tornado of April 27, 2011 was rated EF5