April 27, 2011 Remembered: 1 family, 1 storm, 4 stories
April 27, 2011 Remembered: 1 family, 1 storm, 4 stories By Matt Russell and WSFA Staff | April 27, 2021 at 6:00 PM CDT - Updated April 27 at 8:04 PM
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WSFA) - April 27, 2011, is considered one of the largest super-tornado outbreaks in Central Alabama history. 253 were killed in the state that day, and at least 1,998 were injured. But thousands more have stories from their experience that day.
A study from the University of Alabama Center for Business and Economic Research reports nearly 14,000 homes were either destroyed or declared uninhabitable due to the outbreak. One of those homes taking damage was Phillip and Pam Russell in Pleasant Grove, part of Jefferson County.