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This retrospective WWMT-TV news story was produced in May 1995, 15 years after the deadly May 13, 1980 F3 tornado struck downtown and surroundings areas of Kalamazoo County. It features interviews with survivors and eyewitnesses from that day. The reporter/narrator is Diane Daniels.
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This retrospective WWMT-TV news story was produced in May 1995, 15 years after the deadly May 13, 1980 F3 tornado struck downtown and surroundings areas of Kalamazoo County. It features interviews with survivors and eyewitnesses from that day. The reporter/narrator is Diane Daniels.
Video © WWMT, All Rights Reserved.
![Raging Planet: Tornado [1997] The Discovery Channel](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wbgAj0F212Q/mqdefault.jpg "Raging Planet: Tornado [1997] The Discovery Channel
Raging Planet: Tornado is a 45 minute special that was produced by UK based Pioneer Productions and aired on The Discovery Channel in late 1997 and early 1998. It features many infamous tornado events and then ongoing research efforts from the early through mid 1990s and was one of the more popular tornado documentaries produced in the later part of the decade.
For references, the Pioneer Productions crew that was traveling and chasing with Jim Leonard and others, along with the mini research helicopter, are featured in this May 31, 1996 Kansas tornado chase day as documented by the late Jim Leonard: https://youtu.be/hjPSPAPPmjg
© 1997 Pioneer Productions, All Rights Reserved.")
