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Eighty three tornadoes were confirmed by National Weather Service offices in 17 states, mostly east of the Mississippi River between November 9 and November 11, 2002. Most of the tornadoes occurred on the 10th in the Southeast and Ohio Valley regions. Twelve of the tornadoes wer…
George H.W. Bush was President of the United States. Power ballads such as "When I See You Smile" by Bad English were topping the charts. Jerome Walton of the Chicago Cubs won the NL Rookie of the Year Award. And, not surprisingly, there was severe weather in Alabama. Severe thu…
On July 26, 2010 I had the opportunity to attend my seventh (7th - you heard right) Paul McCartney concert. This one was at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. With me were my son Matthew and my dear friends from school days Rob and Johnny. The concert was amazing. You ma…
Source: Florence Times-Daily, May 19, 1973 On Saturday May 19, 1973, the number one song in the U.S. was “You are the Sunshine of My Life” by Stevie Wonder. If you went to the movies you probably saw “Paper Moon” starring Ryan O’Neal. If you were watching television “All in the …
Two devastating tornadoes were responsible for 25 deaths and 227 injuries in Central Alabama in the predawn hours of May 5, 1933. The first was an F3 tornado which touched down at 12:20 a.m. and moved through Choctaw, Sumter, and Marengo counties, killing four and injuring 27 pe…
On this date in 1984, 17 tornadoes occurred in Alabama. The most significant tornado occurred in Montgomery, where five people were killed and 37 injured in an F3 tornado which touched down just before rush hour on the Northern Bypass at 7:00 a.m. Four of the fatalities were in …
On this date in 2003 some of the largest hail ever recorded in Alabama fell, with numerous reports of hail as large as baseballs and softballs. Below is a list from the NOAA Storm Data publication for 2003. Significant damage to roofs and automobiles was reported. Boundary inter…
Chicago Tribune, 5/2/1953 At least four tornadoes occurred in Alabama on this date in 1953, including two that are thought to have been of F4 intensity. Nine people were killed and 17 were injured in Alabama that day. Tornado #1: Chilton County F2 5:15 p.m. This tornado was on t…
Three tornadoes, all considered to be consistent with F4 intensity, struck northwestern and north-central portions of Alabama on Tuesday morning and early afternoon April 20, 1920, killing 92 and injuring approximately 450 people. These were long track tornadoes that may have re…
As my sons David, Joe, Matt and I were watching the Alabama versus Mississippi State basketball game during the SEC Tournament a tornado struck the Georgia Dome during overtime. The first thing I noticed was the satellite transmission was getting snowy. Then it became apparent t…