DeKalb County: DeKalb County Schools Coliseum, 1504 Main St. E, Rainsville, dedicated to those killed in the April 27, 2011, tornado outbreak.

There are at least 19 tornado memorials in Alabama, more than triple the number erected before the April 27, 2011, outbreak. They honor the more than 680 people killed since 1950.

Born Dec. 27, 1972, Maddox may not be recalling the April 3, 1974, super-outbreak which birthed a 75-mile tornado that ripped through northern Tuscaloosa County and into Cullman County.

Born Dec. 27, 1972, Maddox may not be recalling the April 3, 1974, super-outbreak which birthed a 75-mile tornado that ripped through northern Tuscaloosa County and into Cullman County.

From the moment a mile-wide tornado destroyed 13% of the city on April 27, 2011, the Tuscaloosa News has been reporting on the deadly storm and its aftermath. Here’s an example of our past ...

From the moment a mile-wide tornado destroyed 13% of the city on April 27, 2011, the Tuscaloosa News has been reporting on the deadly storm and its aftermath. Here’s an example of our past ...

Hytop, AL Radar-KHTX 0.5 degree Reflectivity Loop - 04/27/2011 (Noon to 416 PM) (NWS Huntsville) By 2 to 2:30 p.m. in the afternoon, supercells were ongoing across the states of Mississippi ...

Alabamians are remembering the devasting tornado outbreak that destroyed communities across the state on April 27, 2011. According to the National Weather Service (NWS), the super-outbreak affected 26 ...

The only comparable event in modern U.S. history to the 1974 Super Outbreak was the 2011 Super Outbreak, centered on April 27-28. It took a similar human toll (324 tornado-related deaths) and left a ...

Born Dec. 27, 1972, Maddox may not be recalling the April 3, 1974, super-outbreak which birthed a 75-mile tornado that ripped through northern Tuscaloosa County and into Cullman County. That sprang ...