Several tornadoes have been known as the Birmingham tornado. Birmingham, Alabama, United States 1956 McDonald Chapel tornado, an F4 tornado which struck Jefferson County, Alabama, killing 25 and injuring 200 Tornado outbreak of April 1977, an F5 tornado which struck the northern suburbs of Jefferson County, Alabama, killing 22 and injuring 125 Tornado outbreak of April 6–9, 1998, produced an F5 tornado which affected the western and northern suburbs of Birmingham killing 32 2011 Tuscaloosa–Birmingham tornado, an EF4 tornado which caused major damage in Tuscaloosa and large portions of the northern and western suburbs of Birmingham, killing 64 people Birmingham, England, United Kingdom 2005 Birmingham tornado, the costliest in United Kingdom history, which caused significant damage in the city of Birmingham Tornadoes in Alabama Tornadoes in the United Kingdom