On Tuesday, April 10th, 1979 (33 years ago today), a large, F-4, tornado struck the city of Wichita Falls, Texas. The tornado devastated a large part of the city and resulted in 42 deaths. There was a severe storms field program underway (AVE-SESAME), and special upper-air data were being taken across a large portion of the south-central U.S. This research data base led to the April 10th tornado outbreak being one that was studied extensively, especially from a numerical prediction perspective.
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