Alabama Tornado PHOTOS: Aftermath Of Massive 2011 Storm By Travis Donovan Dozens of tornadoes devastated the South in a massive storm system that has reduced neighborhoods to rubble and killed at least 337 people across 7 states, the AP reports. At its peak, this EF-4 was 1.5 miles—more than 26 football fields—wide, and its winds reached 190 mph. A total of 38 people were killed from tornadoes and an additional five people were killed as a result of straight-line winds associated with the storm system. Was north Alabama forgotten in the days after tornadoes raked Alabama on April 27, 2011? Alone, the state accounted for 69 of the tornadoes and fell victim to the event’s costliest tornado. This page is a map of all the tornado tracks that occurred on April 27th, 2011 along with other tornadoes that occurred in the Huntsville Forecast Area in Tennessee. Super Outbreak of 2011, also called Tornado Super Outbreak of 2011, series of tornadoes on April 26–28, 2011, that affected parts of the southern, eastern, and central United States and produced particularly severe damage in the state of Alabama. By April 30, the death toll from the event (including death tolls from flooding and other severe weather) stood at more than 340 people across six states. The tornado outbreak of April 14–16, 2011 was among the largest recorded tornado outbreaks in U.S. history, producing 178 confirmed tornadoes across 16 states and severe destruction on all three days of the outbreak. Alabama tornado casualties: A list of those who died in the April 27, 2011 storms Updated Jan 14, 2019; Posted Apr 29, 2011 By AL.com, The Birmingham News, The … Here the damage was the most widespread and severe with several well built multi-story homes totally destroyed with no walls remaining on floors above basement level. The 2011 Hackleburg–Phil Campbell tornado was an extremely violent and long-tracked EF5 wedge tornado that devastated several towns in rural northern Alabama, before tearing through the northern suburbs of Huntsville and causing damage in rural portions of southern Tennessee on the afternoon and early evening of Wednesday, April 27, 2011. On April 28, 2011, the National Weather Service sent out people to survey the damage; however, with the large number of tornadoes across Alabama, the reports were not finalized for months. The most ferocious damage of the 2011 outbreak occurred in Alabama. The tornado then moved into Tallapoosa County just south of County Road 34, where it widened to nearly 1/2 mile and strengthened to EF-4 intensity. Wednesday night's tornado outburst was the worst since April 3, 1974, when 330 people were killed from Alabama to Indiana (see map), experts say. Five years ago, the Southeast was rocked by a tornado Superoutbreak that spawned 349 tornadoes, killed more than 300 and injured more than 2,500 from April 25-28, 2011.