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�������� 13 Meteorologist Stephanie Walker breaks down footage of the deadly EF-4 tornado that tore through the heart of Tuscaloosa, Alabama on April 27, 2011. Learn more in the video above.The deadly Tuscaloosa tornado was the product of a supercell thunderstorm in Newton County, Mississippi that developed at 2:54 p.m. that day. The supercell wreaked havoc across the South for more than seven hours and 380 miles, producing several violent tornadoes before dissipating in Macon County, North Carolina at 10:18 p.m. The National Weather Service said the deadly tornado that struck Tuscaloosa initially touched down in rural northern Greene County and moved northeast through southern Tuscaloosa and western Jefferson Counties before it lifted northeast of downtown Birmingham. The tornado entered Tuscaloosa County just north of CR 60, west-northwest of Ralph, and moved northeast causing tree damage and minor structural damage consistent with an EF2 rating and winds of 125 mph. The tornado strengthened as it crossed the Black Warrior River north of Interstate 20 and approached Tuscaloosa as a violent EF4 with 170 mph winds.This storm claimed 65 lives, injured 1,500 and left a damage path in Alabama 80 miles long. Among those killed were six University of Alabama students in Tuscaloosa. Click here to see how UA is remembering the victims 10 years later.�������� 13 will have special coverage throughout the day followed by a Chronicle special, "Recovery and Resilience," at 6:30 p.m. Stay tuned as we remember all those who lost their lives 10 years ago.—REMEMBERING APRIL 27, 2011NWS OVERVIEWThe 2011 Super Outbreak spanned multiple days and affected 26 states across the southern and eastern United States. Alabama was the hardest hit.On that Wednesday, several waves of tornado and wind damage producing-storms swept through the state beginning before sunrise and continuing well past sunset. 240 Alabamian lives were directly lost, with thousands of others injured. Neighborhoods, schools, churches, businesses �� destroyed or damaged. In many locations, words and emotions could not accurately describe the extreme destruction. The sights and sounds of recovery efforts were difficult to bear, knowing the Alabama horizon would be altered for decades to come.The atmosphere was primed early, and the first wave of storms �� a squall line, produced nearly three dozen tornadoes that morning. The mid-day wave �� a second squall line, produced a handful of tornadoes in north Alabama. By early afternoon, atmospheric ingredients came together for dangerous, rotating thunderstorms, bringing to fruition what meteorologists had anticipated and feared for days �� supercells capable of producing long-track, violent tornadoes. Sixty-two tornadoes tracked across Alabama over an 18 hour period, cutting a damage path greater than 1200 miles and securing the place of this rare event in history.Click here to see an interactive tornado dashboard from April 27, 2011—DAY OF REMEMBRANCEGovernor Kay Ivey has proclaimed April 27, 2021 as a Day of Remembrance in the state of Alabama. To commemorate the 10th anniversary, Ivey has also directed flags to remain displayed at half-staff on April 27.What they remember:�������� 13 Chief Meteorologist Jerry Tracey—�������� 13 Meteorologist Stephanie Walker—TUSCALOOSA TORNADO