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On Tuesday, April 10, 1979, a widespread and destructive outbreak of severe weather impacted areas near the Red River between Oklahoma and Texas. 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.
Several deadly tornadoes occurred, including an F4 that decimated buildings in Wichita Falls, killing 42 people. An F2 tornado was notable for killing one person when it struck a mobile home park in Boonville, Indiana. A tornado killed three people in Lawton, Oklahoma. Overall, there were 58 deaths and over 2,000 injuries.
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That figure is inflated somewhat by 2011, when one of the costliest and deadliest tornado outbreaks ever recorded claimed the lives of at least 553 people, including more than 150 in one Missouri ...
1979 Red River Valley tornado outbreak: 90 25 4 2 0 61 58 1,927 [1] 2002 Veterans Day weekend tornado outbreak: 90 20 8 1 0 76 36 303 [1] Tornado outbreak of June 16–18, 2014: 89 12 3 5 0 76 2 28 [1] Tornado outbreak sequence of June 9–14, 1967: 87 26 3 2 0 103 5 15+ Tornado outbreak of April 25–28, 2024: 87 16 7 2 0 162 6 156+ [40]
1979 Red River Valley tornado outbreak; W. 1979 Woodstock, Ontario, tornado This page was last edited on 24 August 2023, at 18:58 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
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