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Issued by NWS Wichita, KS
Issued by NWS Wichita, KS
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621 NOUS43 KICT 081200 PNSICT KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-081500- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Wichita KS 700 AM CDT Sat Jun 8 2024 ...ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY... If there was such a day as "National Tornado Day" it might be June 8th. In 1953, a violent F5 devastated North Flint Michigan. The tornado`s track was 23 miles long and around one half mile wide. The tornado killed 115, injured 844 and caused $19 million damage. All homes over a one mile stretch on both sides of a street were obliterated. It is still the worst tornado in Michigan state history. A "family" of about five tornadoes, of which three were rated F3 or F4, raced 118 miles across Northern Ohio from Deshler to Cleveland, where it leveled around 100 homes and struck the northwest part of Hopkins Airport. The tornadoes killed 18 and injured 371. In 1966, an F5 tornado struck Topeka. With a track 22 miles long and around a half mile wide, it leveled or destroyed 820 homes. A few neighborhoods vanished. Most damage occurred in an eight mile long by four block wide track through the center of town. There were 16 deaths, 406 injuries and around $100 million damage. Ten million dollars of which was to Washburn University. The twister passed directly over Burnett`s Mound that supposedly "protected" Topeka from tornadoes. In 1974, an outbreak of 23 tornadoes struck Kansas and Oklahoma. The worst, an F4 with a track 55 miles long and averaging 440 yards wide, tore through Drumright, located around 35 miles southwest of Tulsa. It killed 14 and injured 150. Another violent F4, with a track 38 miles long and one half mile wide struck Emporia. It killed siz, injured 220 and caused around $20 million damage. && In 1941, an F4 tornado around 440 yards wide, raced 42 miles across South Central Kansas. It tracked from seven miles southwest of Maize, to the Butler/Marion County line five miles west of Burns.Eight were killed, 20 were injured and five homes were leveled. In 1951, two tornadoes struck Western Oklahoma. One was an F4 with a track 15 miles long and one half mile wide. It was the first tornado ever filmed in the United States. Fortunately there were no deaths or injuries. $$ Auto