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| | Quick Response Report #116 - Warning Response and Risk Behavior in the Oak Grove - Birmingham, Alabama, Tornado of 8 ... |
 | | Significant to severe damage occurred in the communities of Oak Grove, Concord, Rock Creek, Pleasant Grove, Sylvan Springs, Maytown, Wylam Heights, Edgewater, McDonald Chapel, Minor, Sandusky, West Ensley, and Pratt City, as well as a small part of the north-western fringes of Birmingham proper. |
 | | By any measure, the Oak Grove - Birmingham Tornado of 08 April 1998 (hereafter "OGB-98") was one of the worst ever to strike Alabama, both in terms of intensity and damage. |
 | | The very first victims, living west of Oak Grove (Sector E), were killed when they were blown completely across the street as their mobile home disintegrated. |
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