Date of tornado outbreak: | May 3rd, 2021 |
Duration1: | 2 hours, 25 minutes |
Maximum rated tornado2: | F8 tornado |
Tornadoes caused: | 14 |
Damages: | $48 billion (2016 USD) |
Fatalities: | 1,692 |
Areas affected: | |
1Time from first tornado to last tornado |
Event[]
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Tornado count[]
Confirmed Total |
Confirmed F0 |
Confirmed F1 |
Confirmed F2 |
Confirmed F3 |
Confirmed F4 |
Confirmed F5 |
Confirmed F6 |
Confirmed F7 |
Confirmed F8 |
14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Tornadoes[]
List of confirmed tornadoes - May 3rd, 2021 | ||||||
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Alabama | ||||||
F2 | NNW of Mobile | 12:30 PM | 8.5 miles | 2 deaths - A quarter mile wide tornado shredded a trailer park.
This tornado had top winds of 130 mph. | ||
F3 | N of Tuscaloosa | 12:59 PM | 12.5 miles | 4 deaths - A quarter mile wide tornado cut through the northern part of Tuscaloosa. | ||
F0 | Tuscaloosa | 1:03 PM | 2.5 miles | 0 deaths - A small tornado tore through Tuscaloosa, luckily it wasn't as bad as the tornado from 2011. | ||
F0 | NNW of Huntsville | 1:06 PM | 1 mile | 0 deaths - A tornado only briefly spun up near Huntsville. | ||
F5 | NNW of Florence | 1:11 PM | 35 miles | 190 deaths - A 300 mph mile wide tornado struck Florence.
The tornado completely decimated entire houses, buildings and parks. The tornado also destroyed the bridge going through Florence, causing a problem in traffic and transportation. some items, even cars where found as far away Tuscaloosa. | ||
F4 | Montgomery | 1:19 PM | 17 miles | 100 deaths - An anti-cyclonic tornado devastated Montgomery. | ||
F5 | Birmingham | 1:36 PM | 27 miles | 195 deaths - An anti-cyclonic tornado devastated Birmingham. | ||
F8 | S of Hoover | 1:49 PM | 66.5 miles | 1,000 deaths - A 3 mile wide tornado absolutely decimated areas around hoover. | ||
F1 | Huntsville | 2:00 PM | 5.5 miles | 0 deaths - A farm was torn apart. | ||
F0 | Tuscaloosa | 2:19 PM | 1.5 miles | 0 deaths - Was on of two weak tornadoes that cur through Tuscaloosa,
A store parking lot was trashed. | ||
F0 | Tuscaloosa | 2:19 PM | 1.5 miles | 0 deaths - Was one of two weak tornadoes that cut through Tuscaloosa,
this tornado didn't do much damage. | ||
F1 | Montgomery | 2:22 PM | 3 miles | 1 death - An weak tornado went through an already devastated Montgomery, and gas tank exploded, causing a fire to erupt. | ||
F3 | Auburn | 2:30 PM | 16 miles | 15 deaths - An anti-cyclonic tornado caused major damage to areas of auburn, several wooden frame buildings were severely damaged or destroyed-. | ||
F6 | W of Auburn | 2:40 PM | 49 miles | 185 deaths - A 2.5 mile wide tornado tore through the Western side of Auburn, while the F-4 was still in progress to its west. | ||
F7 | NW of Auburn | 2:55 PM | 55 miles | 0 deaths - A 3.4 mile wide tornado tore through the Eastern side of Auburn, while the F-6 was still in progress to its south. | ||