Remembering the January 2012 Tornado Outbreak

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Jesse Ferrell

Remembering the January 2012 Tornado Outbreak

January 23, 2014; 12:09 PM

Today is the two-year anniversary of the January 2012 Tornado Outbreak that dropped an EF-3 and two EF-2 tornadoes in Alabama, killing two. This is not to be confused with the January 2010 tornado outbreak, or the April 2011 tornado outbreak.

I'm not sure why I wasn't able to blog about this in 2012, but here is a list of Social Media updates that I did:

RT @henry_margusity: Special Blog Posted on the Severe Weather Outbreak Today. Expecting over 100 reports of severe weather later...
— Jesse Ferrell (@Accu_Jesse) January 22, 2012

RT @breakingweather: At least 4 people were killed & several homes were destroyed by tornadoes that touched down in Alabama....
— Jesse Ferrell (@Accu_Jesse) January 23, 2012

Comparison of yesterday's tornado tracks vs. those of last April in Alabama, Mississippi - some got hit twice http://t.co/8FnIWRbI
— Jesse Ferrell (@Accu_Jesse) January 24, 2012

Here are some images that I had saved on my computer. More information is available from the NWS in Birmingham.

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