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The 2011 Super Outbreak spanned multiple days and affected 26 states across the southern and eastern United States. Alabama was the hardest hit, with 240 lives lost and thousands of others injured.On April 27, 2011, several waves of tornado and wind-damage-producing storms swept through the state beginning before sunrise and continuing well past sunset. Neighborhoods, schools, churches, businesses �� destroyed or damaged. In many locations, words and emotions could not accurately describe the extreme destruction.The sights and sounds of recovery efforts were difficult to bear, knowing the Alabama horizon would be altered for decades to come.>> FULL SPECIAL: April 27, 2011 Tornado Special: Recovery and ResilienceThe deadly Tuscaloosa tornado The deadly Tuscaloosa tornado was the product of a supercell thunderstorm in Newton County, Mississippi that developed at 2:54 p.m. that day.�������� 13 Meteorologist Stephanie Walker breaks down footage of the deadly EF-4 tornado that tore through the heart of Tuscaloosa, Alabama on April 27, 2011.The supercell wreaked havoc across the South for more than seven hours and 380 miles, producing several violent tornadoes before dissipating in Macon County, North Carolina at 10:18 p.m. The National Weather Service said the deadly tornado that struck Tuscaloosa initially touched down in rural northern Greene County and moved northeast through southern Tuscaloosa and western Jefferson Counties before it lifted northeast of downtown Birmingham. The tornado entered Tuscaloosa County just north of CR 60, west-northwest of Ralph, and moved northeast causing tree damage and minor structural damage consistent with an EF2 rating and winds of 125 mph.Previous coverage below: Tuscaloosa residents, first responders look back on April 27, 2011 tornadoThe tornado strengthened as it crossed the Black Warrior River north of Interstate 20 and approached Tuscaloosa as a violent EF4 with 170 mph winds.This storm claimed 65 lives, injured 1,500 and left a damage path in Alabama 80 miles long. Tuscaloosa tornado survivor recalls being thrown 25 feet during storm in video from previous coverage below.Among those killed were six University of Alabama students in Tuscaloosa. National Weather Service reportThe atmosphere was primed early, and the first wave of storms, a squall line, produced nearly three dozen tornadoes that morning. The midday wave, a second squall line, produced a handful of tornadoes in north Alabama.By early afternoon, atmospheric ingredients came together for dangerous, rotating thunderstorms, bringing to fruition what meteorologists had anticipated and feared for days �� supercells capable of producing long-track, violent tornadoes.Video below shows deadly Pratt City tornado on April 27, 2011.Sixty-two tornadoes tracked across Alabama over an 18-hour period, cutting a damage path greater than 1,200 miles and securing the place of this rare event in history.Click here to see an interactive tornado dashboard from April 27, 2011.A look at the tornado destruction below.What they remember�������� 13 Meteorologist Stephanie WalkerFormer �������� 13 Chief Meteorologist Jerry Tracey Since the stormFor the latest weather coverage for your area, click here. And stay updated with alerts in the �������� 13 app. You can download it here.