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‘She was an angel among us’: Father honors daughter lost on April 27, 2011 Remembering April 27, 2011: Honoring Loryn Brown By Mike Dubberly | April 27, 2021 at 11:12 AM CDT - Updated April 27 at 11:12 AM MADISON, Ala. (WBRC) - A father honors the daughter he lost in the Tuscaloosa tornado on April 27, 2011 by giving to others and working to make a difference in young people’s lives. As he patrols the halls of Liberty Middle School in Madison where he’s now principal, if not for a couple of old helmets and pictures, you wouldn’t know Shannon Brown was a former st...

April 27th: The unforgotten tragedy Alabamians who lived in the state at the time. All you have to say is a date: April 27. No year needed—no more context. The month and day alone sending people back to widespread damage, now 10 years ago. (Source: WSFA 12 News) By Matt Russell and WSFA Staff | April 27, 2021 at 6:25 AM CDT - Updated April 27 at 8:31 AM MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Devastating. Historic. Generational; for one of the largest super-tornado outbreaks in Central Alabama history, this day has been described in as many similar words as are available. Alabamians who lived...

On Apr. 27, 2011, 21-year-old University of Alabama student Loryn Brown­ was at her home in Tuscaloosa with her roommate, Danielle Downs. Brown's mother, Ashley Mims, called her in a panic about the incoming tornado set to hit Tuscaloosa. “I knew where that storm was headed,” Mims said. “I stood there frozen and said, ‘Baby, it’s coming right toward you. Put your head down. Get down.’” The tornado took the lives of both Brown and Downs that day. Mims was on her way to Tuscaloosa when she got a phone call confirming the most devastating news a parent could ever receive.