Haleyville Alabama Tornado April 27 2011 

Very well filmed. RIP to all the victims of this terrible outbreak and thoughts and prayers to everyone so horribly affected. 🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸

On April 27th my son's 6th birthday and I saw this tornado I lived on 278 in Hamilton between Burleson church and burnt house rd looked out my front window and saw it across the street from us couple miles away. When your at that intersection you were lookin toward the direction my house was this thing took out a few mobile homes and a farm bout a mile down from us. I felt so bad for those people they were outside for weeks looking through the field across from where their houses used to be trying to collect as much of their things as they could but I couldn't help thinking if it would have came across the street a mile sooner that could be us or worse that me and my kids wouldn't be here today. I grew up in Michigan and all this happened the first year we moved to AL I wad terrified we also didn't have power or anything for a week. Thanks for posting this I didn't know if anyone got footage of it I had it on a memory card and I lost it:(

I survived the Hackleburg tornado. I remember this day very well. On this day it was my 2 year mark at pilgrims chicken. I remember getting ready to leave for work and last minute feeling like something was going to happen and it would be bad. And about 20 minutes later it hit

A good vid given the circumstances. With sight distance so limited the risk of getting too close is immense and with our thick southern forests a weakened tree can fall on you without warning even after the storm has passed. So many tornadoes during the outbreak that many never got media coverage or a passing mention at best. Mr. Spann was the busiest man in the world and he couldn't possibly handle more than he did- he saves countless lives regardless. An outbreak like this will positively happen again but I hope not for a long, long time. Thanks for the footage as a permanent reminder of that day in Haleyville.

I don’t know how many were killed in halyville but 72 died in Phil Campbell and hacklburg and that was barely mentioned. I still get angry that so much attention was on Tuscaloosa and Birmingham. I live in Cullman and we had 5 that day. Only 1 was really mentioned

No fatalities, but 25 injuries, according to the official survey by the NWS. It was rated EF3, but I would not be surprised if it was a little stronger in some places where there were no structures.

that tornado was legitly one of the fastest moving i have evr seen- it crossed that highway in like 4 seconds- which is incredible based on the size of that storm!

I'm slowly starting to understand that the hills of Alabama produce a _LOT_ of tornadoes...

I was visiting Springfield, Missouri on May 22, 2011 when the Joplin EF5 tornado struck and we were under severe tornado warnings all day. I remember that was the day that I left and headed back home to Pittsburgh and there were tornado warnings through every state the entire way back home. We even had a few EF0 and EF1 tornadoes in our area, but no major damage. I remember watching the news while I was there and seeing the town just destroyed and thinking that I should've gone there and tried to help. I don't know how much help I would've been, but I regret not doing anything but running.

the top wind speed was rated at 174mph which is 1mph shy of being rated an ef-4. There is no doubt in my mind it was EF-4 strength at some point in its life.

crazy to think this was over a decade ago, congrats on 6k

I live in Cullman.. Sad that so many old historic houses were lost on highway 278 in east Cullman. Weather was scary that day! If you're ever in Cullman stop by Heritage Park and view the bent steel beam monument, a testament of the tornado's fury that fateful day.

That was a good video guys. Absolute nightmare to chase rain- and tree-wrapped tornadoes, especially on this kind of terrain.

I like this video because it's the best one showing this particular tornado. The Haleyville tornado, large as it was, was eclipsed by much more destructive tornadoes nearby. It looks like it might have been at peak intensity in these scenes.

This the one went through Hackleburg/ Phil Campbell?

yea - considering how much shear and turning of the winds in the atmosphere im not surprised- that tends to happen a lot on major severe weather outbreaks like this one.

Kudos fellas... this is one of the best, if not THE best, storm chase videos I've ever seen.

WOW!! That is sobering to see mother nature at her worst.

The risks that you two and the errors you made in location "no it went past" and then it swang into to view at the highway junctions and then trying to follow it on that curvy road with no visibility was breathtakingly unsafe. You guys are luck you were not killed. That tornado could have made a right turn and you would not have seen it. With the number of storms being generated, you could have easily been struck by another twister off to the side or behind you. I lived in Huntsville when I was younger and you cannot safely chase with all of those trees and curvy roads. The debris that fell on you was light, but it also could have been a whole tree! I have to say that the first 30 seconds with the moisture being visibly pulled up was pretty impressive, though

DCR-TRV250, an older 8mm. The tape drive is broken so I use it as a live streaming camera instead.

What kind of sony cam do you have in the dash?

Great video Adam.

Yeah, I think most of the tornadoes on this day were moving at least 50 mph.

I guess that at this time you did not know how "significant" this tornado would wind up being.

Crazy footage 🙂 Good job

I lost two cousins in that same outbreak near Birmingham. It was nuts that day.

Remember the blountsville tornado on April 27-2011 I live in blountsville Al

Those trees that were still standing after a direct hit, soldiers...

Nice video guys!

I love my New Mexico 🇲🇽! 😱😱😱😱

so how wide was that sob

Great video..... tragic day

Chasing there would be a nightmare

Almost 12 years!

cant stand the guy talking( the driver i think), he must have said yep thats a tornado in there about 20 times while chaseing

Yeah. Here it comes and you can't point and hold your phone. I see this all the time.

If y'all would have tried a little harder you could have gotten a full 8 minutes of dome light.

I was just born when this happened

But then, Hank wouldn't have that back seat driver either.

The backseat driver deserves a slap and a shake.

Terribile. Tanto🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

Now repeat after me, Violent!!! No, louder. Violent!! Once more, Violent!!! Yes, that's it, now repeat 17 times for the most impact!! Yes, over and over. Now you're a storm chaser!!

The passenger is a bit of a dork...

Why is a Yankee in the middle of BFE in the state of Alabama.

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You want to know something? I'm pretty sure that being 100% grammatically correct is not a concern of most people who comment on RU-vid videos. First lets try legible. Then related to the video.

No

The driver is too...

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7:12 black

Need to change "your" youtube name to MrEnglish

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Dude.... You really need a new storm-chasing partner

This is the worst video the camera man wouldn’t even I focus on the tornado at the start kept going off in2 the sky

Why can't these chasers just shut up and film like the amateurs do?

Pecos Bank wouldn't drive in a forest chasing A tornado.

Yankee much?

Lame footage compared to others out there, but your alive

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