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The April 6th-9th, 1998 Tornado Outbreak was in its 3rd day. Of the 62 tornadoes that occurred, 14 struck on the 8th. Once again, hardest hit was Alabama which was hit by 5 twisters. The worst, by far, was an F5 with a track 31 miles long that reached three fourths of a mile wide. The massive vortex killed 32, injured 273, and destroyed around 1,000 homes; several of which were leveled or vanished. The extremely violent vortex started 27 miles northeast of Tuscaloosa and ended on the north side of Birmingham. In all, the 14 tornadoes killed 36, injured 273, and caused around $300 million damage.

 


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