Tuscaloosa Tornado of 2000
Date of tornado outbreak : December 16, 2000
Duration1 : 13 hours
Maximum rated tornado2 : F4 tornado
Tornadoes caused : 17
Highest winds :
Largest hail :
Damages : $ 35 million
Fatalities : 12 deaths, 186 injuries
Areas affected : Southeastern United States
1 Time from first tornado to last tornado
2 Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita Scale
The December 2000 Tuscaloosa tornado was a destructive tornado that
hit communities south and eastof Tuscaloosa, Alabama on December 16,
2000. The F4 rated tornado caused the deaths of 11 people while
injuring over 125 others. It was the strongest tornado to hit the
state of Alabama in the month of December since 1950 and the strongest
of a moderate tornado outbreak that took place across the Southeastern
corner of the United States from Mississippi to North Carolina .
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December 2000 Tuscaloosa tornado
The tornado touched down just before 1:00 p.m. CDT near the Black
Warrior River in southern Tuscaloosa County and proceeded
northeastward for 18 miles (28.8 km) across the communities of
Englewood, Hinton Place, Hillcrest Meadows, Bear Creek and
WoodlandForest. A tornado emergency was issued for the area before it
lifted near Cottondale east of Tuscaloosanear Interstate 20 . At its
peak intensity, the tornado was about 750 yards wide. The worst damage
was located near the Bear Creek area where F4 damage occurred. Near
I-20, several commercial buildings including hotels and restaurants
were heavily damaged and a shopping center near Route 69 was also hit
and partially destroyed. Damage was estimated at over $12 million (12
000 000 dollars). Over 40 houses and 70 mobile homes were completely
destroyed, with hundreds more seriously damaged.
Damage to trees, homes and trailers south of Tuscaloosa
It was one of the deadliest tornadoes to hit the state since the
Birmingham F5 tornado that killed 32 people across portions of
northwestern Jefferson County on April 8, 1998. That tornado
startedjust northeast of Tuscaloosa duringthe evening hours,
demolishing numerous structures south and west of the Birmingham metro
area.Since records have been kept in 1950, the Tuscaloosa tornado is
the second deadliest tornado in December, tied with an F4 tornado near
Murphysboro, Illinois in an outbreak on December 18, 1957, that
included an F5 storm, and behind the Vicksburg, Mississippi F5 tornado
on December 5, 1953 which killed 38.
The 2000 Tuscaloosa tornado was part of a supercell thunderstorm that
developed across Mississippi before traveling through western Alabama
, then near the Birmingham region before dropping more tornadoes in
St. Clair and Etowah counties. Additional tornadoes were confirmed
northwest of Birmingham and Jasper (on request) Tower Cam tornado
footage
Outbreak death toll
State Total County County
total
Alabama 12 Geneva 1
Tuscaloosa 11
Totals 12
All deaths were tornado-related
The tornado was also captured live on the ABC affiliate WBMA/WCFT/WJSU
(channels 58, 33 and 40, generally called "ABC 33/40") in Birmingham
during a special severe weather bulletin with meteorologists James
Spann , Mark Prater , and John Oldshue . The tornado was caught by the
station'stower cam located just outside downtown Tuscaloosa along
Interstate 20/ 59 at Woodland Roadon U.S. Highway 82 . The National
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences gave Spann an Emmy Award for
the event. The tornado was followed from Englewood to just near its
passage south of downtown Tuscaloosa when the reception was lost due
to a torrential downpour.
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