Cahaba Heights Comeback: A decade after the April 27, 2011 tornado outbreak
Cahaba Heights Comeback: Before and after April 27, 2011 tornadoes By Jonathan Skinner | April 27, 2021 at 12:38 PM CDT - Updated April 27 at 12:38 PM
VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. (WBRC) - The morning of April 27, 2011, then Cahaba Heights resident Stephen Norris was forced to take a detour from work, because of a tree in the road. He didnât yet realize the devastation that surrounded him. It wasnât until he received a call from a friend, Jarrod Nichols, that he understood the full scope.
In that call, Nichols said that a tree had fallen through his home and he was trapped inside the basement.