15 years later: remembering the 2011 Super Outbreak

15 years later: remembering the 2011 Super Outbreak

RINGGOLD, Ga. (WDEF)- “When I moved here in the 1990s, the thinking was we don’t get that bad storms here because of all the ridges and the mountains around us, and that breaks up those weather systems. 15 years ago that was proven wrong and it can happen here.” Communities like Ringgold, Apison, Rainsville, Trenton, Flat Rock, New Harmony, and so many others were devastated on April 27, 2011 during the Super Outbreak. Multiple rounds of violent…