Survivor Stories of the Tri State Tornado

In 19 forty eight, the first tornado forecast is issued in oklahoma. Because fatalities are averted because of the warning, it leads to the weather bureau lifting the ban on the use of the word tornado. This is the birth of what we now know as tornado forecasting. The development of more sophisticated forecasting over the ensuing years sees the annual average tornado death toll drop to 50 people a year, w 500 iaches.