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On March 27, 1994, a historical tornado outbreak took place throughout the Southeast, including the state of Alabama. On Palm Sunday 1994, as many as 6 tornadoes touched down in the Yellowhammer ...
ATLANTA — With the threat for tornadoes looming Sunday-- Palm Sunday to some -- this may bring back memories of another severe weather day in 1994. The March 27, 1994 Palm Sunday outbreak killed ...
Back on Palm Sunday of 1994 a tornado outbreak took place across the southeast. Around 29 tornadoes caused devastation across Alabama, Georgia, and the Carolinas.
While there were a handful of tornado memorials before the record-breaking tornado outbreak of April 27, 2011, the number of monuments has tripled since then.
This is one of America's signature tornado outbreaks, not simply for the number of violent, deadly twisters, but also for the innovations it spurred in severe weather warnings.
A beautiful stone wall with a cutout of a cross commemorates the 1994 Palm Sunday tornado that devastated Piedmont when it struck Goshen United Methodist Church during services, killing 20 people ...
Other killer storms in recent years: March 27, 1994: 18 were killed on Palm Sunday in the Floyd County area. March 20, 1998: 14 were killed in Hall and White counties.
There are at least 19 tornado memorials in Alabama, more than triple the number erected before the April 27, 2011, outbreak. They honor the more than 680 people killed since 1950.