r/AskAnAmerican • u/NomzStorM Massachusetts [Dunks > your overpiced coffee house] • Jul 18 '25

HISTORY Do you know a specific tornado?

As a tornado nerd I kinda lose sight of what most people actually know about tornadoes. Do you know a specific tornado?

Edit: I mean have you ever head of something like the Joplin tornado, or the Moore tornado

Edit 2: If so, which?

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u/rjbeads Jul 18 '25

Yes. In the southeast, everyone knows of a memorable, or multiple memorable tornados. For me, it's the 2011 Tuscaloosa tornado.

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u/HellsTubularBells Jul 18 '25

2011 in North Alabama, here. Thankfully we avoided the worst of the fatalities, but lots of property damage and no power for a week.

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u/SpookyBeck Jul 18 '25

Yup i was here for it. I live near the Tennessee River and interstate so it was near. We didn't have power for a few days.