Tuscaloosa along Interstate 59/20 at Woodland Road on US 82. The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences gave Spann an Emmy Award for the event. The tornado was followed from Englewood to just near its passage south of downtown Tuscaloosa when the reception was lost due to a torrential downpour. See also List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks 2011 Super Outbreak 2011 Tuscaloosa–Birmingham tornado – An EF4 tornado that struck Tuscaloosa and Birmingham, resulting in 64 fatalities. Tornado outbreak of April 14–16, 2011 – An EF3 tornado that took a very similar track to the 2000 tornado. References External links Summary of December 16, 2000 tornado event including Tuscaloosa Tornado Map of tornadoes on December 16, 2000 Storm Summary from NOAA Live footage of tornado from ABC 33/40 Still from the footage to use for picture here please F4 tornadoes by date Tuscaloosa,2000-12-16 Tornadoes of 2000 Tornadoes in Alabama Tornadoes in Florida Tornadoes in Georgia (U.S. state) Tornadoes in Mississippi 2000 natural disasters in the United States 2000 in Alabama Tuscaloosa tornado