{"id":2547,"date":"2015-04-04T13:58:27","date_gmt":"2015-04-04T17:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/?p=2547"},"modified":"2015-04-04T13:58:27","modified_gmt":"2015-04-04T17:58:27","slug":"revisiting-the-1974-super-tornado-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/2015\/04\/revisiting-the-1974-super-tornado-outbreak\/","title":{"rendered":"Revisiting the 1974 Super Tornado Outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Where were you on April 3-4, 1974? \u00a0I was living in Grand Rapids, MI at the time. \u00a0We heard the stories there of the terrible tornado outbreak that affected a wide area of the eastern US, including areas of the Southeast. \u00a0My church sent workers to help in the cleanup of the devastation at Xenia, OH, where most of the town was flattened by a massive F5 tornado. \u00a0Many of my meteorologist and climatologist friends because interested in the weather because of severe weather like the Super Outbreak. \u00a0Today is the 41st anniversary of the outbreak, and it is worth looking back at this amazing and terrifying meteorological event and comparing it to the more recent one in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Last year USTornadoes.com did a great article showing a variety of maps from the Super Outbreak, including an interactive one which allows you to look at each tornado in detail, at\u00a0<a title=\"US Tornadoes on Super Outbreak\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ustornadoes.com\/2014\/04\/03\/40th-anniversary-of-the-1974-super-tornado-outbreak\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.ustornadoes.com\/2014\/04\/03\/40th-anniversary-of-the-1974-super-tornado-outbreak\/<\/a>. \u00a0The year before that was another article on this topic at\u00a0<a title=\"US Tornadoes looking back at 1974\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ustornadoes.com\/2013\/04\/03\/looking-back-at-the-april-3-4-1974-super-outbreak\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.ustornadoes.com\/2013\/04\/03\/looking-back-at-the-april-3-4-1974-super-outbreak\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you have a story about either of these outbreaks or another storm that affected you personally, I would love to hear it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2548\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2548\" style=\"width: 407px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/04\/tornado-outbreak-1974-us-tornadoes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2548\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/04\/tornado-outbreak-1974-us-tornadoes-300x249.jpg\" alt=\"Source: USTornadoes.com\" width=\"407\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/04\/tornado-outbreak-1974-us-tornadoes-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/04\/tornado-outbreak-1974-us-tornadoes-166x138.jpg 166w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/04\/tornado-outbreak-1974-us-tornadoes.jpg 723w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2548\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: USTornadoes.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where were you on April 3-4, 1974? 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