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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
700 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024

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

In 1908, the Dixie Tornado Outbreak overwhelmed six
states, causing a tremendous loss of life.  Comprised of
16 killer tornadoes, the outbreak killed 320.  Hardest
hit were Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama.  Three of the
twisters were huge F4s with incredibly long tracks.  The
worst F4 tore through Eastern Louisiana and Southern
Mississippi.  It killed 143 and injured 770 along a 155
mile track which was around two MILES WIDE.  Putting that
into perspective, the distance from Wichita to Oklahoma
City is around 160 miles.  Fifty 55 people died when the
monstrous vortex leveled Purvis Mississippi.  Early that
morning, an F4 with a 90 mile track that averaged one
half mile wide tore through Northeast Louisiana and
Southwest Mississippi.That tornado killed 91 and
injured around 400.  The third F4 that roared across
Northern Alabama killed 35 and injured 108.  It had a 105
mile track and was nearly one half mile wide.

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