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1998 Oak Grove–Birmingham Tornado
During the evening hours of April 8, 1998, a violent and deadly tornado would devastate multiple suburban communities of Birmingham, Alabama. Primarily Oak Grove, Rock Creek, Alabama, Rock Creek, Edgewater, Alabama, Edgewater, and McDonald Chapel, Alabama, McDonald Chapel. The tornado was part of a Tornado outbreak of April 6–9, 1998, larger tornado outbreak which included the Great Plains, Dixie Alley, and the Carolinas, tracking for 30.3 miles through Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, Tuscaloosa and Jefferson County, Alabama, Jefferson Counties in Central Alabama, where it would claim 32 lives, injure a further 259, and cause $202.83 million (1998 USD) in damages. The tornado would be known as the Oak Grove - Birmingham Tornado and would be given an official rating of F5 on the Fujita scale, Fujita Scale. The tornado began in rural Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, Tuscaloosa County at 7:42 PM CDT, entering Jefferson County, Alabama, Jefferson County shortly after, producing F1 dama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Time Zone
The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ..., Mexico, Central America, and a few Caribbean Islands, Caribbean islands. In parts of that zone (20 states in the US, three provinces or territories in Canada, and several border municipalities in Mexico), the Central Time Zone is affected by two time designations yearly: Central Standard Time (CST) is observed from the first Sunday in November to the second Sunday in March. It is UTC−06:00, six hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and designated internationally as UTC−6. From the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November the same areas observe daylight saving time (DST), creating the designation of Central ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
