Tanner, Alabama
| Tanner, Alabama | |
|---|---|
| — Unincoporated Community — | |
| Coordinates: 34°43′53″N 86°58′14″W / 34.73139°N 86.97056°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Limestone |
| Elevation | 666 ft (203 m) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 35671 |
| Area code(s) | 256 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0153647 |
Tanner is a small town in central southern Limestone County, Alabama, United States, and is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. It lies along the Tennessee River, next to the city of Athens.
Tanner is home to Tanner High School (The Rattlers), a 2A school in the state's classification system. The school's basketball boys and girls teams both won state titles in 2011.
[edit] History
Tanner was settled along the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in the 19th century and was originally named McDonald's Station, then Rowland. A Rowland post office was established in 1878. In 1913, the Tanner post office was established, named after Samuel Tanner who was the first mayor of nearby Athens. [1]
[edit] 1974 and 2011 Super Outbreaks, and Tornado History
On April 3, 1974, the area was struck by the Super Outbreak; two violent stovepipe tornadoes that were both one-third of a mile in width hit the community within 30 minutes during the early nighttime hours. The two tornadoes were classified as both F5 events in the city itself on the Fujita scale, respectively, although the NWS classified the second tornado as a F4.[2] After the first tornado passed through the area, a second tornado surprised the rescue effort. In total, 50 were killed by those tornadoes.
On April 27, 2011, during what some meteorologists call the "2011 Super Outbreak", Tanner and other surrounding communities were hit by a large violent tornado that was rated an EF5.[3] 11 people perished in the county from the wedge tornado which was over 1 mile wide and killed 72 people overall. The tornado marks the third F5 or EF5 to strike Tanner and the surrounding communities in Limestone County.
On March 2, 2012 around 8:30 AM to 2 PM, five tornadoes struck just outside of town but hit the towns of Meridianville and Harvest. The first tornado was rated EF3, the second tornado struck 30 minutes later and was rated EF2, the third one hit within 20 minutes but was weak and rated EF1. Finally the fourth and fifth tornadoes were weak and both were rated EF0. All 5 were caused by 4 individual supercell thunderstorms.
[edit] References
- ^ Foscue, Virginia. Place Names in Alabama. University: University of Alabama Press, 1989.
- ^ "Superoutbreak April 3-4, 1974". http://www.xeniatornado.com/superoutbreak.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
- ^ "National Weather Service Huntsville Alabama -- Franklin AL, Lawrence AL, Limestone AL, Madison AL, Frankin TN Tornado Survey Information". NOAA's National Weather Service. 2011-05-02. http://www.srh.noaa.gov/hun/?n=franklin-al_lawrence_limestone_madison_franklin-tn_counties. Retrieved 2011-05-02.
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Coordinates: 34°43′53″N 86°58′14″W / 34.73139°N 86.97056°W
