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Author:

Ball, Jacqueline A.

Title:

Tornado! : the 1974 super outbreak / by Jacqueline A. Ball ; consultant, Daniel H. Franck.

Publisher:

Bearport Pub.,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

32 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Tornadoes--Xenia--Xenia--Juvenile literature.
Tornadoes--United States--Juvenile literature.
Tornado warning systems--United States--Juvenile literature.
Tornadoes.
Tornado warning systems.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 31) and index.

Contents:

It's a tornado! -- A town torn apart -- A super outbreak -- How does a tornado form? -- The F scale -- Could a tornado hit your town? -- More tornadoes, fewer deaths -- New tools for tracking -- Looking for trouble -- Doppler on wheels -- Warnings that work -- A town back together.

Summary:

Describes the events of April 3, 1974, when more than 140 tornadoes cut through 13 states in 16 hours leaving hundreds dead and thousands injured and without shelter.

Series:

X-treme disasters that changed America

ISBN:

9781597160322 (pbk.)
1597160326 (pbk.)
9781597160094 (lib. bdg)
1597160091 (lib. bdg)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)56422067

LCCN:

2004020744

Locations:

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

DTPD413 -- Garner Public Library (Garner)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

YVPA232 -- Lost Nation Public Library (Lost Nation)

YMPD532 -- Monticello Public Library (Monticello)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)