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Presumably you are referring to the EF4 tornado that hit Tuscaloosa, Alabama on April 27, 2011.

The tornado first touched down over open country about 3 miles north of Union, Alabama in Greene County and traveled northeast. It then entered Tuscaloosa county at EF2 intensity and continued to intensify. The tornado then entered the southwestern part city of Tuscaloosa at EF4 intensity. In continued across the community, passing south of the city center, devastating entire neighborhoods, with some damage rating at the upper end of EF4. The tornado then passed out of eastern Tuscaloosa, striking the southern part of the Suburb of Holt before weakening. From here the tornado continued traveling northeast, causing damage to trees and farmhouses. It then re-intensified to an EF4 as it struck Concord, a suburb of Birmingham. It then devastated the suburb of Pleasant Grove, staying north of Birmingham proper. Afterwards the tornado weakened to EF2 strength and struck the communities of McDonald Chapel, North Pratt, Hooper City, and Fultondale before finally dissipating west of Center Point, northeast of Birmingham.

Overall this tornado carved a damage path 80 miles long and 1.5 miles wide. It killed 64 people and injured over 1500, making the second deadliest tornado in Alabama history, surpassed only by the Hackleburg tornado which killed 72 people on the same day. Damage totals are estimated at $2.2 billion, making it the second costliest tornado in U.S. history, exceeded only by the tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri less than a month later.

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