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Public Information Statement

National Weather Service Wichita KS

612 AM CDT Fri Mar 20 2026



...ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...



In 1948, a strong tornado with a track 16 miles long and

one half mile wide struck Tinker Air Force Base in

Oklahoma City.	The tornado caused $10.25 million damage

which at the time was an Oklahoma state record for a

tornado.  The twister destroyed 52 aircraft.  Among them

were seventeen C 54 transports, fifteen P 47 fighters and

two B 29 bombers.  Three staff manning the control tower

were injured.  In 1984, a winter storm struck an area

from South Central Kansas to Kansas City.  Snowfalls

ranged from 6 inches to one foot.  Ice was also a major

problem.  The top 76 feet of the K F D I radio tower

buckled under the weight of the ice and a 1400 foot TV

tower near Topeka collapsed.  Around 75 percent of Topeka

lost power.  



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In 1875, a deadly outbreak of 18 tornadoes struck the

Southeast United States from Alabama to the Carolinas. 

Hardest hit, by far, was Georgia, where 9 tornadoes

struck, of which 6 were violent, and where 76 of the 94

fatalities occurred.  The deadliest was a vicious F4 that

raced 75 miles from just northwest of Sparta, located in

Northeast Georgia, to just south of Edgefield South

Carolina.  The tornado which killed 28, reached around a

mile wide.  Camak Georgia, located about 40 miles west of

Augusta, was nearly leveled.  A 2nd violent tornado

struck Central Georgia where 13 were killed.  All

statistics regarding the twister weren't reported, but

the equally powerful F4 caused incredible devastation.	



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