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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
700 AM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

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

In 1984, the Carolinas Tornado Outbreak occurred.
Consisting of 22 tornadoes, of which 7 were violent F4s,
the outbreak killed 57 and injured 1,248.  One F4 tornado
that crossed the South Carolina North Carolina border,
had a track 16 miles long and averaged 1.2 miles wide.
At one point, the twister was a hideous 2.5 miles wide.
It was a record that stood until the May 31st, 2013 El
Reno Oklahoma Tornado which reached 2.6 miles wide.  In
1988, severe thunderstorms struck Oklahoma with giant
hail.  The hail reached four inches in diameter and
caused $35 million damage in southern Oklahoma.  Baseball
sized hail and 7 inches of rain caused another $18
million damage in Duncan Oklahoma.

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