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About a month after the tornado outbreak, the Thematic Mapper on Landsat 5 captured this image (top) of a damage track cutting through Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Meteorologists estimate that the tornado that caused it was an EF-4 , meaning it had wind speeds between 166 and 200 miles (267 and 321 kilometers) per hour.
During the late afternoon and early evening of April 27, 2011, a violent, high-end EF4 multiple-vortex tornado destroyed 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 360 tornadoes in the 2011 Super ...
About a month after the tornado outbreak, the Thematic Mapper on Landsat 5 captured this image (top) of a damage track cutting through Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Meteorologists estimate that the tornado that caused it was an EF-4, meaning it had wind speeds between 166 and 200 miles (267 and 321 kilometers) per hour.
27 kwi 2011 · EF Scale Map. Note: Marked EF5 swaths are not placed to conflict with the official high-end EF4 rating, which was based on the highest classifications that were able to be given to structures. EF5 areas are shown to represent locations with extraordinary contextual destruction that would be synonymous with an EF5.
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27 kwi 2011 · The tornado caused damage along a path 80.68 miles long and 2600 yards wide in places, winds howling up to 190 mph. Many people lost their lives. NOAA and FEMA are partnering together this week to highlight the first-ever National Severe Weather Preparedness Week.
2 maj 2011 · Explore the full path of the EF-4 tornado as it traveled through Tuscaloosa on April 27, as as seen through the lens of a satellite traveling 423 miles above the Earth the day after the...
