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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
612 AM CDT THU APR 9 2026
..ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY
IN 1947, THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TRI STATE TORNADO RAN A 170
MILE LONG MARATHON FROM THE TEXAS PANHANDLE, ACROSS
NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA, TO EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
STARTING 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF PAMPA TEXAS, THE GIANT F5
TWISTER CUT TRACK OF DESTRUCTION THAT AVERAGED NEARLY A
MILE WIDE. AT TIMES THE VORTEX WAS 2 MILES WIDE. THE
TORNADO KILLED 181, INJURED 970, AND CAUSED AN ESTIMATED
$10 MILLION DAMAGE. HARDEST HIT WAS WOODWARD OKLAHOMA
WHERE 107 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND AROUND $6 MILLION DAMAGE
OCCURRED. A SECOND TOWN HIT ESPECIALLY HARD WAS HIGGINS
TEXAS WHICH WAS NEARLY LEVELED. IN HIGGINS, 51 WERE
KILLED AND 232 WERE INJURED. GLAZIER TEXAS HAD 17
FATALITIES AND 40 INJURIES AND WAS LITERALLY SWEPT OFF
THE MAP AS THE TOWN WAS NEVER REBUILT.THE TORNADO
FINALLY DISSIPATED OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST KINGMAN COUNTY.
IN 1919, AN OUTBREAK OF 12 TORNADOES TORE THROUGH
NORTHEAST TEXAS, SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA, AND EXTREME
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. FOUR OF THE TWISTERS WERE VIOLENT
F4S THAT HAD TRACKS RANGING FROM 30 TO 50 MILES LONG AND
FROM AROUND ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE WIDE.
THE OUTBREAK KILLED 92 AND INJURED 412. DAMAGE ESTIMATES
ARE UNKNOWN.
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