April 27th and 28th 2011 Tornado Outbreak

These are is the tornado survey results from the Birmingham AL (KBMX) office of the National Weather Service.

Event Summary for Central Alabama As part of a system which wreaked havoc across the eastern half of the United States (April 26-28), the following is an account of the torando outbreak of April 27th, 2011, in central Alabama. There were two waves of widespread severe weather. The first moved through during the early morning hours across northern portions of central Alabama producing widespread damaging straight line winds and isolated tornadoes. The second wave, beginning with the Hackelburg EF-5 tornado, involved numerous supercell thunderstorms and produced long lived, strong to violent tornadoes across the northern two-thirds of central Alabama, with widespread and catastrophic damage in several locations. National Weather Service meteorologists will continue the assessment of storm damage from a tragically historic day of tornadic activity and severe weather across central Alabama on Wednesday April 27th. A nationally recognized storm damage expert will continue assisting us in examining the locations of the most extreme damage to ensure we provide the most accurate assessment of this event as possible. THE INFORMATION BELOW IS PRELIMINARY. At this time, there are 24 confirmed tornadoes in central Alabama. Each tornado path will eventually have its own individual page. These will be linked by the title of each storm, when available.

Tornado tracks from the Huntsville NWS office, credit: NWS KHUN