April 27 tornado outbreak: Knoxville meteorologists talk about the deadly day, 10 years later

On April 27, 2011, a severe storm system produced a deadly super tornado outbreak that devastated Alabama and also caused destruction and deaths in Tennessee, Mississippi, Virginia and Georgia. When it was finally over, 122 tornadoes, 15 of them classified as violent, struck the south. More than 300 lives were lost that day. 234 of those were in Alabama, where EF4 and EF5 tornadoes struck in highly populated areas, like Tuscaloosa.
WBIR meteorologists Todd Howell and Mike Witcher both covered the storms that day, broadcasting warning after warning on tv for more than 8 hours. Here's their discussion of what happened on that day.
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[@MarksKicksOnRoute66]

Thanks for keeping my family from East Tennessee safe during this time. I live in Alabama and here @jamesspann kept us safe.

[@younghurricane1995]

Thank you guys for keeping myself and my family safe during that bad day even though I was 16 and in high school

[@BrewstorianRestorations]

Some is the scariest weather of my life. We lived in an apartment in S Knoxville. Took shelter in our bathroom with our two cats. We were lucky compared to our neighbors.

[@gavinmoody5678]

I'm all the way over in Sullivan County and my roof got destroyed.