If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. Eric's Weather Library, Maximum Rated Tornado The F4/F5 Database, NOAA Recorded Tornado Touchdowns Tornado Enviroment Browser, Sites dedicated to specific tornado events. I woke up in the hospital after being in a coma for weeks. Trees snapped off with debris hanging in them. Tornado Damage - Brent, Alabama - YouTube My thanks to former publisher Jim Oakley, the current management and owners of the Centreville Press, and everyone that has, and continues to contribute to this site. My dad stood beside Hwy. I had just gotten out of hospital. April 27, 2011 Massive Supercell Tornadoes Compared to 1973 Brent Tornado Videos, Arab Tribune "Scout" of "To Kill a Mocking Bird" fame remembers Brent Tornado. Partial roadway blockage on U.S. 82 near the 85 mile marker. Office History, Education The first was an EF-2 tornado that carved a 35.17-mile path through parts of Choctaw and Marengo counties. We got to Brent just as there was enough light to see. An outbreak of severe weather, including several destructive tornadoes, swept across the South Thursday, killing at least five people in Alabama and one in Georgia. A pickup truck was thrown 120 yards to the northeast, and a shallow crater was formed where it landed. It was a Sunday afternoon, the wind was very high. ***NOT FOR BROADCAST***Contact Brett Adair with Live Storms Media to license.brett@livestormsmedia.comAs severe storms began to rotate across western and cen. My grandmother, Mrs. Evelyn Cummings, reassured me everything was okay and said to get back in bed. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. I wish so badly that I could find some pictures from the damage in Calera on this day. In some ways, its something I needed to see. Ill never forget Dale saying that if the tornado held together, it would pass right over us. When we exited the building the air was deathly still and we could hear sirens of the emergency vehicles. On April 27, 2011, a massive storm, causing numerous powerful tornadoes, struck the southeastern . I remember looking out the back window at the huge black cloud looming in the background. There was one lady who had her legs cut off by flying tin. Winter Weather, About Us Julia Musto is a reporter for Fox News and Fox Business Digital. After Centreville, he also worked for newspapers in St. Clair County, Chilton County, and Escambia County. Damage reports out of Hale and Bibb Counties - WBRC Its still amazing to think about what went on that day. Link Copied! The weather service said the most severe damage was observed from County Road 43 to County Road 42, and wind speeds were estimated to have reached at least 150 mph. Me and my family were driving back to Tuscaloosa from Opelika on that Sunday afternoon. (LogOut/ It still scares me till this day when i hear that a Tornado is near. We thought we were going to miss the storm until we turned left by the Cahaba River, passed by Twix and Tween barbeque and about a half a mile later all heck broke loose. 5 people killed by Alabama tornadoes identified; others injured, left The tornadolifted near Mount Cheaha. Bob was at the teletype sending a message regarding another storm in another part of central Alabama that was also being tracked. I was a photographer/reporter for the Centreville Press at the time and I was at the radar site when the tornado struck.

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