TORNADO!: REMEMBERING THE 2011 SUPER OUTBREAK TEN YEARS AGO
1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast
Jon Hagadorn
4.5 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 28 March 2021
⏱️ 82 minutes
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FROM OUR 2019 ARCHIVES;: Nearly 10 years ago, On April 27, 2011, the U.S. Storm Prediction Center (SPC) counted 219 tornadoes in the United States, breaking a previous record of 147 which was set in 1974. There were 317 fatalities that day alone, and a record-breaking 4 EF-5 tornadoes cut huge swaths through Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee, while many other huge tornadoes swept through 16 states over a 4 day period, leaving behind a path of devastation claiming over 340 lives and costing over 11 Billion dollars. Our Shows: all available at www.1001storiespodcast.com ... #TORNADO #STORM CHASER #2011SUPER OUTBREAK
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| 0:00.0 | Look at this tornado right now. This is what's happening. It is headed towards the city of Taisa. |
| 0:05.7 | Again, I can't emphasize enough from Skyland Boulevard northward. This is going to be a |
| 0:10.4 | violent tornado. We're talking very dangerous, very high winds, structural damage that could be |
| 0:16.8 | extensive. This could cause not only the damage from a structure but a loss of life. That's why I |
| 0:22.6 | want you to save spot right now. There's a breaking news. You're watching the tornado live on TV right |
| 0:27.6 | now in CBS 42. That is headed towards the city of Tuscaloosa. This is looking right into it. This |
| 0:33.2 | is not a rain wrap tornado. This is a rare supercellular as a cyclone. This is a tornado that is |
| 0:40.5 | going to be doing a lot of damage. Look at the debris right here. See that wrapping back around? |
| 0:45.2 | That is what's getting churned up by this tornado. My gosh, look at the size of this tornado. |
| 0:50.4 | This is massive. Watch the tornado. |
| 0:58.5 | Take a look back there. Look back through again. Look, there's a big coin in the right there. |
| 1:02.7 | No, no, no, no. Take a look back there. |
| 1:28.2 | On April 27th, 2011, known as day one of the 2011 Super Outbreak, the storm prediction center, |
| 1:44.2 | which collates all tornado activity, counted 219 tornadoes in the United States, breaking the 24 |
| 1:52.2 | hour record of 147 tornadoes set back in 1974, which, as terrible as it was, seemed small today |
| 2:01.4 | by comparison. April 27th, 2011, wasn't a apocalypse for the American South. Of those 219 tornadoes |
| 2:09.7 | counted, 50 touched down in Alabama and 79 hit the ground in Tennessee, accounting for well over |
| 2:16.1 | half the tornadoes that touched down on that day. The tornadoes were incredibly powerful, |
| 2:21.6 | cutting long and wide paths of devastation through fields, forests, towns and cities, |
| 2:28.6 | paths that knew no reason and spared no innocence. |
| 2:32.9 | Please take cover immediately. Here is Skyland Boulevard right there. Here is the tornado. It's now |
| 2:39.2 | about to move across the airport. It's just moved through fosters. Let's just, let's go ahead and |
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