April 27 2011 Trinity AL Super Outbreak Hackleburg Tornado

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A rain wrapped EF5 tornado during the April 27, 2011 Super Outbreak after the tornado. I drove through the damage path along Hwy 20 (high end EF4 rated damage in this area) towards the end. This is in northeastern Lawrence County, northwestern Morgan County in the Trinity, Alabama area around the time it was crossing Hwy 20. It is the same tornado that was at EF5 strength in Hackleburg, Alabama. • Timeline/Context • 00:00-00:51 - Highway 24, in-between Trinity and Decatur • 00:52-01:27 - County Road 434, Trinity • 01:28-03:19 - County Road 429, Trinity (Tornado did go through this field 20 minutes after we drove through here) • 03:20-03:44 - County Road 434, Trinity • 03:45-04:08 - Highway 20, Trinity • 04:09-04:53 - 3014 State Hwy 20, Decatur, AL 35601 (Debris is falling out of the sky at this point. Primarily roof shingles, video quality is too poor to see debris. Tornado was still likely several miles away at this point) • 04:54-05:14 - 187 Beltline Rd SW Access Rd, Decatur, AL 35603 (Debris is still falling out of the sky. There is a power flash at the end of this scene. Tornado was likely 5.3 miles to the northwest of this location at the time) • 05:15-09:21 - 2410 Beltline Rd SW, Decatur, AL 35601 (Retreated further south to avoid the tornado completely.) • 09:22-10:20 - Beltline Rd, Decatur • 10:21-15:34 - Beltline Rd/Highway 24 Overpass (Tornado has already crossed the Tennessee River at this point) • 15:35-15:59 - N Seneca Rd • 16:00-18:59 - Highway 20 (Headed west from Trinity towards damage path) • 19:00-21:19 - Highway 20 Damage Path • 21:20-23:26 - High-end EF4 Damage • 23:27-24:56 - Highway 20 (Turned around headed back east towards Trinity) • 24:57-27:54 - Mountain Home Rd (Lost radar connectivity, trying to make it home. Every cell is dropping a tornado so I was concerned at this point) • 27:55-30:08 - Highway 24, In Trinity, headed west towards Moulton. • PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT • NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL • 959 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 • ...LONG TRACK EF-5 TORNADO CONFIRMED ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY... • THIS IS UPDATED INFORMATION CONCERNING CUMULATIVE STORM SURVEY • INFORMATION OF THE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE INCURRED ACROSS FRANKLIN • AL...FRANKLIN TN...LAWRENCE...LIMESTONE...AND MADISON COUNTIES. THIS • INFORMATION IS THE COMBINED EFFORT BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER • SERVICE...LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...A STORM SURVEY EXPERT FROM • THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE AND COLLABORATION WITH A • STRUCTURAL ENGINEER AND SURVEY EXPERT. DETAILED FINDINGS HAVE FOUND • ONE COMPLETE TORNADO TRACK FROM SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY ALABAMA TO • NEAR HUNTLAND IN FRANKLIN COUNTY TENNESSEE. THE UPDATED INFORMATION • IS AS FOLLOWS: • EVENT TYPE: TORNADO • EVENT DATE: 04/27/11 • ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 210 MPH • PRELIMINARY RATING: EF-5 • PATH LENGTH: APPROXIMATELY 106.9 MILES (FOR THE HUNTSVILLE CWA - • CONTINUATION FROM MARION COUNTY ALABAMA). TOTAL PATH LENGTH 132.1 • MILES. • MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH: 1.25 MILES • FATALITIES: UNKNOWN TOTAL • INJURIES: UNKNOWN TOTAL

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