Don Burgess was a graduate student working at the National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman, OK on April 3, 1974. He would later become responsible for the implementation of the NEXRAD Doppler Radar that radically improved tornado detection and lead times for warnings..

Dr. Forbes had the unique opportunity to work directly with the creator of the original F-Scale for tornadoes, Dr. Theodore Fujita, during the April 3, 1974 Super Outbreak. His compelling perspective on the historic outbreak..

Prior to April 3, 1974, there had never been more than two (2) EF5 tornadoes in a single day. On that day, however, there were SEVEN. Here's a sampling of what occurred..

Jackie Armstrong was getting ready for work when the decision was made to flee her family's mobile homes seconds before a monsterous tornado arrived on April 3, 1974. Her and her family's story of survival. What she found when she returned was shocking. 

David Armstrong was home sick from school at the time the mile-wide F5 reached Palmyra, IN. He describes his family's horrific plight to escape the path of destruction on April 3, 1974.