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A huge tornado near Stapleton International Airport
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The awesome force of a tornado - tree pierced by shovelTornado of May 27, 1896, at St. Louis, MissouriIn: The New Air World, Willis Luther Moore, 1922Figure 19, p. 146
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Airplanes thrown about like toys by tornadoTornado of March 20, 1948 at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma
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Military air transport command airplane destroyed by tornadoTornado of March 20, 1948 at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma
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Remains of a large military aircraft after passage of tornadoTornado of March 25, 1948 at Tinker Air Force Base, OklahomaThe coming of this storm resulted in the first broadcast tornado warning
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The awesome power of a tornado demonstratedA 33rpm plastic record blown into a telephone pole
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Tornado damage at Omaha. 154 killed and over 3000 left homelessAs seen in: Our National Calamity of Fire, Flood, and Tornadoby Logan Marshall, 1913. L. T. Myers publisher.
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Tornado damage at Omaha. 154 killed and over 3000 left homelessAs seen in: Our National Calamity of Fire, Flood, and Tornadoby Logan Marshall, 1913. L. T. Myers publisher.
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Tornado damage at Terre Haute.As seen in: Our National Calamity of Fire, Flood, and Tornadoby Logan Marshall, 1913. L. T. Myers publisher.
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Tornado damage at Terre Haute.As seen in: Our National Calamity of Fire, Flood, and Tornadoby Logan Marshall, 1913. L. T. Myers publisher.
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A tornado victim at Omaha found in a tree. It is possible that this was a posedshot as the victim is relatively clean and there are no apparent tears in hisclothes. As seen in: Our National Calamity of Fire, Flood, and Tornadoby Logan Marshall, 191
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Tornado destruction in Omaha. Searching for victims in the vicinity of IdlewildHall. As seen in: Our National Calamity of Fire, Flood, and Tornadoby Logan Marshall, 1913. L. T. Myers publisher.
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Bizarre hailstones that were oblong disks approximately 1/3 as thick as long.Accompanied a severe storm. Monthly Weather Review, November, 1962, p. 477.
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Ruins of the Longfellow School where 17 children were killed. The storm hit theschool at about 2:30 p.m. A casualty of the Tri-State Tornado, the longest-lived and longest path of any recorded tornado. It travelled 300 miles from SEMissouri to Ind
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Ruins of the Longfellow School where 17 children were killed. The storm hit theschool at about 2:30 p.m. A casualty of the Tri-State Tornado, the longest-lived and longest path of any recorded tornado. It travelled 300 miles from SEMissouri to Ind
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Ruins of the Baptist Church at Murphysboro, Illinois. A funeral was in progresswhen the tornado hit around 2:30 p.m. A casualty of the Tri-State Tornado, the longest-lived and longest path of any recorded tornado. It traveled over300 miles from SE
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Map showing weather situation and storm track of Tri-State Tornado. Black lineis tornado track. The Tri-State Tornado was the longest-lived and had thelongest path of any recorded tornado. It traveled over300 miles from SE Missouri to Indiana and k
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Ruins of the De Soto, Illinois, public school where 33 children were killed.The storm hit the school at about 2:45 p.m. A casualty of the Tri-State Tornado, the longest-lived and longest path of any recorded tornado. It traveled over300 miles from
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Engineering committee examining a 1X5 inch board which was driven through a2X6 plank. Somewhere along the path of the Tri-State Tornado,the longest-lived and longest path of any recorded tornado. It traveled over300 miles from SE Missouri to Indian
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One of many tornadoes in the vicinity of Gothenburg, Nebraska.In: Monthly Weather Review, June 1931, p. 228.
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