2011 Tuscaloosa–Birmingham tornado

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During the late afternoon and early evening hours of April 27, 2011, a violent, deadly, and devastating high-end EF4 multi-vortex tornado, commonly known as either the Tuscaloosa–Birmingham tornado, or more simply the Tuscaloosa tornado, devastated portions of Tuscaloosa and Birmingham, Alabama, as well as smaller communities and rural areas between the two cities. It is one of the costliest tornadoes on record, and was one of the 367 tornadoes that occurred during the 2011 Super Outbreak: the largest tornado outbreak in United States history. First touching down around 4:43 p.m. CDT in Greene County, Alabama, the tornado rapidly intensified and eventually reached a maximum path width of 1.5 miles (2.4 km) when it crossed I-65 north of Birmingham, and attained estimated wind speeds of 190 mph (310 km/h) shortly after passing through the city. It then went on to impact parts of Birmingham at high-end EF4 intensity, before rapidly weakening and eventually dissipating. In total, the tornado...

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