Beginning a few miles north of Birmingham, it passed through Jefferson County, causing F5 damage in Smithfield. Six other tornadoes hit parts of Alabama, including one F3. List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks, NOAA's National Weather Service - Birmingham, Alabama, "Hail in Engines Is Blamed in Georgia Crash Killing 68", List of Birmingham, Alabama killer tornadoes, NWS Birmingham summary of the April 4, 1977 Smithfield tornado. There was also damage to farm equipment and buildings and pecan trees.
Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. About 15 trees were uprooted and more than 50 sustained minor damage. Five homes were damaged, and major tree damage occurred as well. The road section used for the forced landing, formerly called Georgia State Route 92 Spur, is now called Dallas–Acworth Highway (formerly Georgia State Route 381). Homes obliterated in the Smithfield neighborhood. We have created a browser extension. Per the Storm Data Summary: The twister developed about 4 miles NW of downtown Birmingham. The Birmingham tornado. Last edited on 13 September 2020, at 02:44, List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks, NOAA's National Weather Service - Birmingham, Alabama, "Hail in Engines Is Blamed in Georgia Crash Killing 68", List of Birmingham, Alabama killer tornadoes, NWS Birmingham summary of the April 4, 1977 Smithfield tornado, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tornado_outbreak_of_April_1977&oldid=978130413, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. With no way to keep flying, it attempted a landing on a stretch of highway in New Hope, Georgia. The tornado, which was at times 3⁄4 mile (1.2 km) wide, was blamed for 22 deaths, more than 125 injuries, and $25 million in damage. In 1998, an F5 tornado touched town in a rural area near Tuscaloosa before tearing through Rock Creek, Sylvan Springs, Edgewater and McDonald Chapel, killing 32. A violent severe weather outbreak struck the Southeast on April 4–5, 1977.
The DC-9 actually landed successfully, but then crashed into a gas station, grocery store, and other structures and vehicles during the rollout. Three houses and six trailers were destroyed. The storm system also caused the crash of Southern Airways Flight 242, which killed 72 and injured 22. A total of 21 tornadoes touched down with the strongest ones occurring in Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia. [8] Dr. Ted Fujita followed the tornado and supercell from an airplane and while surveying damage he rated the Smithfield tornado an F5. Updated Jan 13, 2019; Posted Apr 04, 2016 . The road section used for the forced landing, formerly called Georgia State Route 92 Spur, is now called Dallas–Acworth Highway (formerly Georgia State Route 381). Five other homes and 10 barns were damaged. A trailer, a house, and a silo were destroyed. A total of 21 tornadoes touched down with the strongest ones occurring in Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia.
You could also do it yourself at any point in time. Three trailers, three houses, eight chicken houses, and seven service buildings were destroyed. Two homes, two trailers, a store, and a beauty shop were destroyed.
Other farm structures were damaged and one person was injured. The tornado skipped along its path. m_gallery_title = "April 4, 1977 Deadly Tornados"; Two chicken houses, a garage, and several small storage buildings were completely destoryed. The April 1977 Birmingham tornado was a powerful tornado that struck the northern suburbs of the Greater Birmingham Area in central Alabama during the afternoon of April 4, 1977. Five chicken houses were destroyed and 15 others were damaged. Three houses and six trailers were destroyed. A mobile home was destroyed. Several trees were downed. Several trees were downed. Many trees in the area were snapped and debarked and vehicles were thrown and destroyed. Nearby houses suffered minor damage. Some of the homes built into hillsides even had their cinder-block basement walls swept away. Massive amounts of very large hail and very heavy rain battered the plane and destroyed its engines. That tornado was just one of many in the South and Midwest on April 4 that year. m_gallery = "april_4_1977_deadly_tornados"; It was a powerful F5 tornado that moved 14.7 miles through parts of Jefferson County, AL on this day in 1977. The plane was destroyed, killing the flight crew, 60 passengers, and nine people on the ground.[10].
[citation needed], The F5 tornado touched down near the end of the path of three other violent tornadoes that struck the Birmingham region in 1956, 1998, and 2011. Those storms killed 86 people across the state. Beginning just a few miles north of Birmingham near Tarrant, the tornado proceeded north through northern Jefferson County producing F5 damage in Smithfield, northeast of Ensley.
Hundreds of homes were completely destroyed, many of which were completely swept away, despite being well-built. The tornado was later classified as an F5. m_gallery_type = "photo"; On this day in 1977, an F5 tornado ripped through the Smithfield Estates neighborhood, killing 22 people and injuring more than 130. Four trailers, four barns, and a farmhouse were destroyed. m_gallery_json = "https://blog.al.com/photogallery/4558/17434656.json"; Two chicken houses, a garage, and several small storage buildings were completely destoryed. 16. Most other structural damage was limited to shingles or inflicted by fallen trees. Two homes, two trailers, a store, and a beauty shop were destroyed. One tornado in Floyd County, Georgia, killed one person, and another fatality was reported east of Birmingham in St. Clair County. In the end, the entire outbreak directly caused 24 deaths and over 200 injuries. That's it. [8] Dr. Ted Fujita followed the tornado and supercell from an airplane and while surveying damage he rated the Smithfield tornado an F5. A trailer, a house, and a silo were destroyed. The 1956 tornado was an F4 that struck McDonald Chapel, before continuing through Edgewater, northern Birmingham, Fultondale, and Tarrant before dissipating, killing 25. Two homes were destroyed and three others were badly damaged. Two houses were damaged. Would you like Wikipedia to always look as professional and up-to-date? A woman was injured when her trailer was overturned.
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[8], The storms that bought the tornadoes on April 4 also bought a large squall line across Alabama. Multiple other structures were damaged. One powerful tornado that struck the northern suburbs of the Greater Birmingham Area in central Alabama during the afternoon of Monday, April 4, 1977. Five homes were damaged, and major tree damage occurred as well. 16 homes and four farm buildings were damaged. A house was unroofed. The 1977 Birmingham tornado was a violent tornado that moved through the northern suburbs of Birmingham, Alabama during the afternoon of April 4, 1977.. Some of the homes built into hillsides even had their cinder-block basement walls swept away. m_gallery_blog_id = "4558";
About 15 trees were uprooted and more than 50 sustained minor damage. The DC-9 actually landed successfully, but then crashed into a gas station, grocery store, and other structures and vehicles during the rollout. A child was injured by flying glass. A child was injured by flying glass. Massive amounts of very large hail and very heavy rain battered the plane and destroyed its engines.