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May 22nd, 2004. Residents of the small town of Hallam, Nebraska are enjoying a much needed break after a long week of hard work in the muggy late spring air. Yet in less than 30 minutes, a tornado measuring over 2 miles wide will destroy nearly every structure in the town. Another community has fallen victim to the worst tornado season in American history.
This is the story of the 2004 tornado season, the most active tornado season in US history spawning an incredible 1817 tornadoes across the United States from a series of devastating tornado outbreaks and hurricanes.
F Scale explanations:
F0 Light Damage (40-72mph)
F1 Moderate Damage (73-112mph)
F2 Significant Damage (113-157mph)
F3 Severe Damage (158-206mph)
F4 Devastating Damage (207-260mph)
F5 Incredible Damage (261-318mph)
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Sources:
youtube.com/watch?v=e4c0hB8nCeA&t=4s
weather.gov/arx/jun1104
tornadotalk.com/marion-nd-f4-tornado-july-18-2004
weather.gov/oun/events-20040529
weather.gov/ict/event_20040529
weather.gov/ilx/13jul04
chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/spc.noaa.gov/publications/mccarthy/tors2004.pdf
youtube.com/watch?v=QQwptuHtP8Y&list=PLzfJLpB4-bzZvBswpCwQJGZDQ2I1WDMM7&index=8
Tornado Archive
weather.gov/lot/2004_04_20_tornadoes
weather.gov/hun/hunsur_2004-10-18
reddit.com/r/tornado/comments/135bacv/2004_marion_north_dakota_f4_tornado_often/#lightbox
weather.gov/lwx/sept17tornadoes
youtube.com/watch?v=Wfu4EzE1h_4
youtu.be/Is_dMcLCPSs?si=esJ_TDL5WKWmNNwH
youtu.be/qPbG7vEqaR0?si=hFhiJZrR9FJCKALa
youtu.be/gw4bNgr_hR0?si=DrB125QdX8YmBCJK
youtu.be/4RlOkEnVZ1g?si=KpQG_OL6ToprOoEn
youtu.be/NK3jXhlrulg?si=ExTvyIPyrATUdu_i
youtu.be/xEOdHaZe_9A?si=7DGbRUtbtqsIdWG9
youtu.be/8MaQNBfN1Vc?si=3t5hNkEw7s_zEotw
tornadotalk.com/marion-nd-f4-tornado-july-18-2004
May 22nd, 2004. Residents of the small town of Hallam, Nebraska are enjoying a much needed break after a long week of hard work in the muggy late spring air. Yet in less than 30 minutes, a tornado measuring over 2 miles wide will destroy nearly every structure in the town. Another community has fallen victim to the worst tornado season in American history.
This is the story of the 2004 tornado season, the most active tornado season in US history spawning an incredible 1817 tornadoes across the United States from a series of devastating tornado outbreaks and hurricanes.
F Scale explanations:
F0 Light Damage (40-72mph)
F1 Moderate Damage (73-112mph)
F2 Significant Damage (113-157mph)
F3 Severe Damage (158-206mph)
F4 Devastating Damage (207-260mph)
F5 Incredible Damage (261-318mph)
Twitter: twitter.com/CeltonHenderson
Want to support what I do? This is the best place to do so:
Patreon: patreon.com/celtonhenderson
Sources:
youtube.com/watch?v=e4c0hB8nCeA&t=4s
weather.gov/arx/jun1104
tornadotalk.com/marion-nd-f4-tornado-july-18-2004
weather.gov/oun/events-20040529
weather.gov/ict/event_20040529
weather.gov/ilx/13jul04
chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/spc.noaa.gov/publications/mccarthy/tors2004.pdf
youtube.com/watch?v=QQwptuHtP8Y&list=PLzfJLpB4-bzZvBswpCwQJGZDQ2I1WDMM7&index=8
Tornado Archive
weather.gov/lot/2004_04_20_tornadoes
weather.gov/hun/hunsur_2004-10-18
reddit.com/r/tornado/comments/135bacv/2004_marion_north_dakota_f4_tornado_often/#lightbox
weather.gov/lwx/sept17tornadoes
youtube.com/watch?v=Wfu4EzE1h_4
youtu.be/Is_dMcLCPSs?si=esJ_TDL5WKWmNNwH
youtu.be/qPbG7vEqaR0?si=hFhiJZrR9FJCKALa
youtu.be/gw4bNgr_hR0?si=DrB125QdX8YmBCJK
youtu.be/4RlOkEnVZ1g?si=KpQG_OL6ToprOoEn
youtu.be/NK3jXhlrulg?si=ExTvyIPyrATUdu_i
youtu.be/xEOdHaZe_9A?si=7DGbRUtbtqsIdWG9
youtu.be/8MaQNBfN1Vc?si=3t5hNkEw7s_zEotw
tornadotalk.com/marion-nd-f4-tornado-july-18-2004
