2011 Hackleburg–Phil Campbell tornado

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During the afternoon of April 27, 2011, a large, long-lived and deadly EF5 tornado, commonly known as either the Hackleburg tornado or the Phil Campbell tornado, devastated several towns in rural northern Alabama before tearing through the northern suburbs of Huntsville. It was the deadliest tornado of the 2011 Super Outbreak, the largest tornado outbreak in United States history. The second of four EF5 tornadoes to touch down on April 27, along with the Philadelphia, Mississippi, Smithville, Mississippi, and Rainsville, Alabama tornadoes; the tornado reached a maximum width of 1.25 miles (2.01 km) and was estimated to have had peak winds of 210 mph (340 km/h), and a total path length of about 102 miles (164 km), making it the third-longest-tracked tornado of the entire outbreak after the Cordova–Blountsville EF4 tornado and Enterprise, Mississippi, EF4 tornadoes. The tornado first touched down at 3:05 p.m. CDT (2005 UTC) southwest of Hamilton, Alabama, before quickly becoming violent and...

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