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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
700 AM CDT Tue Apr 2 2024

...ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...

In 1982, an outbreak of 56 tornadoes ripped across the
Southern Plains, of which 17 roared along the Red River
Valley.  There were two tornadoes that were especially
violent.  An F4 struck Paris Texas, killing 10, injuring
170, and causing around $50 million damage.  The second
was an F5 monstrosity that roared across extreme
Southeast Oklahoma, possessed a track 53 miles long and
was momentarily 1.5 miles wide.  Altogether 30 people
were killed and 383 were injured.   In 1957, the dramatic
Dallas Tornado struck the west side of "Big D" in the
afternoon.  Possessing a track 17 miles long but only
around one tenth of a mile wide, the intense twister
killed 10, injured 216, and caused around $15 million
damage.  Moving toward the north northwest around 30 mph,
the tornado passed 2.5 miles west of downtown Dallas and
lifted just three fourths of a mile west of the Weather
Bureau office at Love Field.  In all, 529 houses were
hit, of which 131 were leveled.  Due to their poor
construction, the tornado only received an F3 rating.
The tornado was widely filmed and photographed by around
125 people.  To this day, the 16 millimeter film is of
excellent quality.  The tornado was one of 50 tornadoes
that occurred over a two day period on the second and
third.

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