BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA STORM SHELTERS

Birmingham, Alabama, located in a tornado-prone region, has experienced its fair share of severe weather. Birmingham is located in a region that is rated at Very High Risk for tornado activity. The largest tornado on record in the Birmingham, AL area was an F5 tornado in 1977, resulting in 130 injuries and 22 deaths. On average, Birmingham sees about 3 tornadoes per year, with 3 fatalities annually. Since 1950, a total of 178 tornadoes have struck Birmingham.

Notable Birmingham Tornadoes include:

• The 1956 McDonald Chapel tornado, an F4 tornado that claimed 25 lives and left 200 injured in Jefferson County, Alabama.
• The April 1977 tornado outbreak brought an F5 tornado to the northern suburbs of Jefferson County, causing 22 deaths and injuring 125 individuals.
• The tornado outbreak that occurred from April 6th to 9th, 1998, produced an F5 tornado affecting the western and northern suburbs of Birmingham, resulting in 32 fatalities.
• In 2011, the Tuscaloosa-Birmingham tornado, an EF4 tornado, caused extensive damage in Tuscaloosa and various parts of the northern and western suburbs of Birmingham, claiming the lives of 64 people.

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