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2021 Alabama Outbreak
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
2Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita scale


Event[]

Imagine if this actually happened.



Tornado count[]

Confirmed
Total
Confirmed
F0
Confirmed
F1
Confirmed
F2
Confirmed
F3
Confirmed
F4
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F5
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F6
Confirmed
F7
Confirmed
F8
14 4 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 1


Tornadoes[]

List of confirmed tornadoes - May 3rd, 2021
F#
Location
Time (EDT)
Path length
Comments/Damage
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.
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