Author: WTM / Source: Neatorama

Neatorama readers may recall the 2017 feature article concerning the Tri-State Tornado, wherein it was stated that the nickname of that storm was The Forgotten Storm, for the simple reason that it has largely disappeared into history, obscured by the passage of annual killer tornadoes.
Case in point – today marks the 40th anniversary of the Red River Outbreak, a weather event in which 13 tornadoes were spawned in and around the Red River Valley between Texas and Oklahoma on April 10, 1979. And these weren’t just ordinary tornadoes; one was the Seymour Tornado, which was the first tornado ever successfully chased and analyzed by the NSSL. It was a symmetrical funnel/cylindrical tornado, with measured top wind speed of ‘only’ 205 mph,…The post Terrible Tuesday – April 10, 1979 appeared first on FeedBox.