HISTORY This Week

148 Tornadoes in 18 Hours (Replay)

Apr 3, 2023

25:59

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Episode notes

Introduction

3min

The History of the Tornado Expansion

1min

The Importance of Knowing When a Tornado Is Coming

3min

The Dangers of Tornadoes

2min

Fujita's Career as a Tornado Scientist

2min

The Dangers of Storms

2min

The History of the Tornado

2min

The Tornadoes of April 3

3min

The First Day Out of Our Historic Tornado Damage Survey

2min

10.

The Impact of the 1974 Super Expansion on Weather Science

2min

11.

The History of the 1974 Tornadoes

3min

April 3, 1974. Across America, many people wake up this morning thinking it will be a normal day. But in the next 24 hours, almost 150 tornadoes will hit the United States. It will be then the largest tornado outbreak in the nation's history. Why did so many deadly tornadoes hit on this one day? And how did it spur life-saving changes that are still with us decades later?

This episode originally aired in 2021.

Thank you to our guests Greg Forbes, former severe weather expert with the Weather Channel, and Atmospheric Sciences professor, Jeff Trapp, from the University of Illinois.

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