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The Weather Scene: Terrible Tuesday 1984 Documentary About The F4 Tornado In Wichita Falls 1979

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Welcome to The Weather Scene segment! Each week here on Geek Alabama, The Weather Scene will feature weather related content. Editor / publisher Nathan Young loves weather related content. And this segment will feature something about the weather every week.

On April 10, 1979—known forever as Terrible Tuesday—a massive tornado outbreak ripped across the Red River Valley. The most devastating was an F4 that struck Wichita Falls, Texas, leaving destruction, death, and unforgettable terror in its wake. Thunderstorms developed over West and North Central Texas during the day within highly unstable atmospheric conditions following the northward surge of warm and moist air into the region, producing large hail, strong winds, and multiple tornadoes. At least 22 tornadoes were documented on April 10, of which two were assigned an F4 rating on the Fujita scale; four of the tornadoes caused fatalities.

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