VIDEO Severe Weather Theater Gold - The Most Important day in Tornado Science History - April 3, 1974

[Red Baron]

Another adventure into tornado history and severe weather awareness.
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148 tornadoes in 24 hours changed everything.

On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the Super Outbreak of 74, we will review the violent atmospheric conditions over the Mississippi and Ohio River Valley, analyze the impressive forecasts given by the National Severe Storms Forecast Center in Kansas City, examine hour-by-hour how the outbreak unfolded, and retrace in-person the modern-day path of the most infamous tornado in Ohio History.

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The Most Important day in Tornado Science History - April 3, 1974

View: https://youtu.be/ral7kXMYLjI


Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:38 Mid Century Tornado Forecasts
3:09 Dr. Fujita!
4:30 Synoptic Setup
6:35 Weather Network Tech!
9:35 April 2nd Overnight
12:29 April 3rd Morning
14:25 Storm Initiation
17:02 Depauw and Brandenburg
18:22 Indiana Tornadoes
19:29 Radar Chaos
20:58 Hanover-Madison
21:31 Xenia
27:50 Kennard and Louisville
29:38 Sayler Park and Monticello
32:18 Tanner and Jasper
35:15 Windsor, Guin, Huntsville
23:44 Fujita Assesses the Damage

 

[Red Baron]

Bump for the night shift.

 

[Groucho]

How could that have happened when there was no global cooling/warming climate change back then? I'm stunned.

Seriously, I well remember the Xenia, Oh tornado since the town was just about totally leveled.

 

[Tesss]

Took our kids to neighbors of my in laws because they had a basement and stayed the night. Our youngest was 6 months old older one was 4. By morning there was destruction everywhere. Saw a train that had been lifted off the tracks on to the ground. It was a terrifying night. Our car was bombarded by hail the size of baseballs. We were visting in central Kentucky.