Severe tornado damage in Vestavia (Cahaba Heights), Alabama (April 27th, 2011)

Reason I took so long to upload is my power was out for 34 hours. I was devastated at how it turned out. Never would I have thought that Cahaba Heights (Vestavia) would get hit like this. Not sure if the tornado touched down, but was definitely a funnel cloud as was stated from a neighbor sighting it. 1 fatality was reported just down the road from here where after the storm a man stepped out of his house to look at the damage and was standing under a tree where a branch fell on him crushing his head.

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[mlansle1]

Why would anyone want to live here? 

[TheTerminator310]

@mlansle1 It's a nice homey neighborhood, if you ask me. My Grandfathers house in this video was built in 1957 and this was the first time a tornado had ever hit. I know our weather can be bad at times, but it's better than being stuck in an ice storm, in my humble opinion.

[matt25738]

so when we getting a drive thru video of green valley rd?

[TheTerminator310]

@matt25738 I never promised a video of it. It's all clean now anyway, though.

[auburnISbeast]

Im glad your grandpa was fine it sure was a devastating tornado that came through vestavia i dont live in cahaba but i do live in vestavia by the highschool and it seemed as if a tornado came through my neighborhood i was honestly too tired to realize what was going on at 5:40 in the morning the sky was purple and the wind was crazy i also had to down power lines and 2 trees down in my backyard. Im just glad the vestavia residents were ok im just praying for the ones affected in Tuscaloosa.

[TheTerminator310]

@auburnISbeast Thanks. Yeah, my Grandad drove up to the high school in Vestavia and up through there he said it was really bad. Glad you're ok and the residents too. Coulda been alot worse. Tuscaloosa really took the hit big time.

[TheTerminator310]

@matt25738 Sure can. I'll try and post a new one next week. It still looks bad but it's a little better.

[matt25738]

I'm a fellow cahaba heights resident. Can you post us a video of what it looks like now? This Nado was crazy!

[TheTerminator310]

@ousts Thank you. I appreciate it. Such a tragic day for this state.

[ousts]

will pray for yall .