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	Epic Disasters - The Deadliest US Tornadoes
		Another 269 were killed as the tornado destroyed numerous flatboats on the river.
		This tornado -- or perhaps series of tornados -- is named after the three towns that suffered the greatest percentage of casualties.
		Seventeen were killed in Glazier, Kansas, 51 in Higgins Texas, and 107 in Woodward, Oklahoma.
	www.epicdisasters.com /deadlyustornadoes.php (471 words)

	Glazier-Higgins-Woodward Tornadoes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		These tornadoes, although deadly, did not match the astounding death toll of the earlier event, nor did they match the record speed of that tornado, although at over 40 mph (64 km/h), they qualified as a fast tracking storm.
		Much of Higgins, Texas, on the Texas-Oklahoma border, was also destroyed - the accepted death toll here was 51, again, a major fraction of the residents of the town were killed or injured.
		The tornadoes were at their worst in Oklahoma, this was the deadliest storm in that state's tornado-troubled history.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Glazier-Higgins-Woodward_Tornadoes (377 words)

	Glazier-Higgins-Woodward Tornadoes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Tornadoes and Tornado Research A comprehensive website on tornadoes with information on how tornadoes form, and what to do when a tornado strikes.
		Tornadoes: Nature's most violent wind Contains information about tornadoes such as how they are formed, how they are ranked, and the structure of a tornado.
		Tornadoes Looks at what tornadoes are, how they are measured, how they have impacted the world in the past, and what people can do to prepare for them.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Glazier-Higgins-Woodward_Tornadoes.html (704 words)

	Top Ten US Killer Tornadoes
		There have been about 45 tornadoes since 1950 that have killed 18 or more people.
		In the 1970s,there were 11 tornadoes that killed 18 or more people.
		All content, text, and graphics on these pages are the property of The Tornado Project and may not be reproduced, electronically or otherwise unless specified.
	www.tornadoproject.com /toptens/toptens.htm (244 words)

	1925 Tri-State Tornado Web Page--General Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		For instance, a secondary tornado maximum is found across the southern states in the fall.
		A Tornado WATCH means that tornadoes are possible in and close to the watch area.
		From tornadoes to floods, hurricanes, winter storms, earthquakes, and fires, preparation for natural disasters sometimes means the difference between life and death.
	www.crh.noaa.gov /pah/1925/gi_body.html (1193 words)

	Encyclopedia: List of F5 tornadoes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Topeka Tornado of 1966 was one of the worst tornadoes in Kansas history.
		The Jarell Tornado was the F5 tornado that struck the town of Jarrell, Texas, on May 27, 1997.
		The Birmingham Tornado was the tornado event that occurred on April 8, 1998.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-F5-tornadoes (3261 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Weather Bureau had established a policy of not issuing tornado warnings because, until Fawbush and Miller came up with their theory, tornadic conditions were considered impossible to predict and officials considered it unwise to paralyze a community with fright on the mere possibility of a twister in a given area.
		One is that the layer of moist air-a necessary tornado ingredient-is always a narrow band; two, that the maximum speed of horizontal winds involved exceeds thirty-five knots; and three, their discovery that the layer of moist air is approximately fifty-five degrees Fahrenheit dew-point, which indicates the exact degree of moisture content.
		The principal tornado regions are the central and northern portions of the Gulf and Southern Atlantic states, the lower Missouri Valley and the upper Mississippi Valley.
	www.nssl.noaa.gov /GoldenAnniversary/tornadow.html (4106 words)

	Photos of the damage caused by the 1947 Woodward, Oklahoma Tornado
		The tornadoes were on the ground continuously for 100 miles during the storm's 221-mile-long journey toward the northeast.
		At Woodward, approximately 100 were dead, or would die from their injuries.
		Woodward is a trade center for a 100-mile radius.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/ok/county/woodward/tornado1.html (1113 words)

	Glazier-Higgins-Woodward Tornadoes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		These tornadoes although deadly not match the astounding death toll of earlier event nor did they match the speed of that tornado although at over mph (64 km/h) they qualified as a tracking storm.
		Much of Higgins Texas on the Texas-Oklahoma border was also - the accepted death toll here was again a major fraction of the residents the town were killed or injured.
		The tornado then moved into Woodward where it killed an estimated 107 The damage track in Woodward was two wide and destroyed 100 city blocks.
	www.freeglossary.com /Glazier-Higgins-Woodward_Tornadoes (802 words)

	timeline: costliest/deadliest/strongest tornadoes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The F5-rated "Woodward Tornado"—reportedly one to two miles wide in places—wreaked havoc across Gray, Roberts, Hemphill, Lipscomb counties in Texas, Ellis, Woodward and Woods counties in Oklahoma and Barber and Kingman counties in Kansas, killing 181 people and injuring 970.
		The "New Richmond Tornado" began as a waterspout on Lake St. Croix and moved as a cyclone toward New Richmond, Wisconsin.
		A tornado struck Louisville, Kentucky shortly after 8:30pm at a speed of 40 mph and a width of 300 yards, killing 106 people (76 in Louisville proper) and causing $3.5 million in damage.
	www.e11th-hour.org /resources/timelines/10.costliest.tornadoes.us.html (1605 words)

	Tri-State_Tornado (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The tornado sped to the northeast, killing two and causing $500,000 of damage to Annapolis and the mining town of Leadanna.
		The tornado crossed the Mississippi River and into southern Illinois, hitting the town of Gorham, Illinois, at 2:30 p.m., killing 34.
		Long-lived tornados like the Tri-State are often created by a cyclical supercell thunderstorm, composed of a series of different supercells.
	goc.subdomain.de /Tri-State_Tornado (350 words)

	NWS Norman, Oklahoma - The Woodward Tornado of April 9, 1947
		The most deadly tornado to ever strike within the borders of the state of Oklahoma occurred on Wednesday, April 9, 1947 in the city of Woodward.
		The Woodward tornadic storm began in the Texas Panhandle during the afternoon of April 9, 1947, and produced at least six tornadoes along a 220 mile path that stretched from White Deer, TX (northeast of Amarillo) to St. Leo, KS (west of Wichita).
		The red tracks were originally reported to be from the Woodward tornado also, but are now thought to be other tornadoes in a family of 5 or 6 tornadoes.
	www.srh.noaa.gov /oun/storms/19470409 (724 words)

	FEMA: Top Ten U.S. Killer Tornadoes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Tornado damage stretched from Reynolds, Iron, Madison, Bollinger, Cape Girardeau and Perry counties in Missouri, through Jackson, Williamson, Franklin, Hamilton, and White counties in Illinois and Posey, Gibson and Pike counties in Indiana.
		The death toll from the tornado is undoubtedly higher than officially listed, as many slave deaths were probably not included in the total.
		The Woodward Tornado hit Gray, Roberts, Hemphill, Lipscomb counties in Texas, Ellis, Woodward and Woods counties in Oklahoma and Barber and Kingman counties in Kansas.
	www.fema.gov /hazards/tornadoes/presskit6.shtm (474 words)

	Definition of Tri-State Tornado
		After the tornado passed the Ozarks and into Illinois, the storm was at its worst.
		The tornado arrived at Murphysboro, Illinois at 2:34 P.M. The tornado passed through quickly and killed a staggering 234 people, breaking yet another record, the most deaths in one U.S. city from a tornado.
		The Tri-State Tornado was also a part of a tornado outbreak which included eight tornadoes that killed a total of 747 people, making it, to date, the deadliest tornado outbreak on record.
	www.wordiq.com /definition/Tri-State_Tornado (770 words)

	The Physics of Tornados (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Tornadoes can develop almost anywhere in the world, but form more frequently in areas that possess the certain conditions by which they are caused.
		The size of the tornado is not an indicator of its intensity.
		A tornado is the most destructive and powerful type of weather that develops from a funnel cloud.
	www.iit.edu /~gladbri (639 words)

	Tornado records - Pictures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Biggest outbreak of tornadoes: The Super Outbreak, in which 148 tornadoes affected 13 states on April 3 and 4, 1974.
		Slowest years for tornado outbreaks: Probably the 10 most insignificant years of the last 50 for tornado outbreaks were 1994, 1988, 1986, 1983, 1978, 1977, 1976, 1972, 1969, and 1954.
		Most tornadoes spawned from a hurricane: Atleast 115 tornadoes were spawned from Hurricane Beulah between September 20 to 22, 1967.
	www.greatestinfo.org /Tornado_records (472 words)

	glazier - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Glazier : Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
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		Phrases that include glazier: alan glazier, glazier higgins woodward tornadoes, glazier lake, teresa ferster glazier, the glazier higgins woodward tornadoes
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	GlazierHigginsWoodward Tornadoes - Term Explanation on IndexSuche.Com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		were a system of related tornadoes that swept through Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas on April_9, 1947.
		The event was similar to the Tri-State_Tornado two decades before, in that it appeared to observers to be a single, very long-lived tornado.
		Much of Higgins,_Texas, on the Texas-Oklahoma border, was also destroyed - the accepted death toll here was 51, again, a major fraction of the residents of the town were killed or injured.
	www.indexsuche.com /Glazier-Higgins-Woodward_Tornadoes.html (404 words)

	Historical Tornadoes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		This tornado is not historic because of the damage it caused, but because it is one of the most photographed and studied in history.
		This tornado is significant in that subsequent studies of the event began a new era in the understanding and analysis of tornado damage, deaths, wind speeds, and multiple vortices.
		This tornado leveled the town of Inverness with 21 deaths and over 200 injuries, as 125 homes and 40 buildings were destroyed.
	www.geocities.com /joefurr2/histtor.html (1590 words)

	Ellis County links on the web
		Today, Woodward has recovered, physically, more than double its 1947 population.
		These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced for any reason in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons without the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter.
		The submitter has given permission to the site Administrator to post this information on the ALHN Woodward County, Oklahoma Web Pages.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/ok/county/ellis/tornado1.html (836 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		White Deer, Carson County; Glazier, Hemphill County; and Higgins, Lipscomb County; 68 killed, 201 injured; damage $1,550,000.
		Width of path, 1 mile at Higgins; length of path, 221 miles across portions of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas.
		In all, the tornadoes on April 10 killed 53 people, injured 1,812 and caused over $500 million in damages.
	www.met.tamu.edu /met/osc/tx/MarBull01.htm (1128 words)

	list of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
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	www.yourencyclopedia.net /list_of_tornadoes_and_tornado_outbreaks.html (134 words)

	This Month in History, April
		The Glazier-Higgins-Woodward Tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
		The Super Outbreak occurred: 148 tornadoes affected 13 states and Canada in 26 hours.
		It was the biggest tornado outbreak in recorded history and resulted in more than 300 fatalities.
	www.laughtergenealogy.com /bin/header/month04.html (6381 words)

	List of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		These are some famous tornadoes and tornado outbreaks that have occurred in the United States over the past few centuries.
		Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak II (March 27, 1994)
		This page was last modified 16:19, 25 Aug 2004.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /List_of_tornadoes_and_tornado_outbreaks (74 words)

	Tri-State Tornado (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The funnel cloud was first sighted around 1:00 p.m., March 18, northwest of Ellington, Missouri.
		In Bollinger County, 32 children were injured when two schools were damaged.
		The huge, nearly mile-wide funnel reported by eyewitnesses may have resulted from the combination of several smaller twisters.
	tri-state-tornado.area51.ipupdater.com (357 words)

	1947 Higgins Tornado
		The storms that have besieged Higgins have all come in the month of April.
		The greatest natural disaster to the town occurred on April 9, 1947, when a tornado swooped down about 7:30 in the evening.
		The tornado claimed 45 lives and about 140 were injured.
	www.stancrump.com /higgins_tornado (223 words)

	Bambooweb: 1947
		March 29 - Rebellion against French rule erupts in Madagascar
		April 9 - The Glazier-Higgins-Woodward Tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
		April 15 - Jackie Robinson, an African-American, takes the field at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers major-league baseball team, breaking that sport's color line.
	www.bambooweb.com /articles/1/9/1947.html (1779 words)

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		One of the largest tornadoes on record.
		Width of path, 1 mile at Higgins; length of path, 221 miles across portions of
		In all, the tornadoes on April 10 killed 53 people, injured 1,812 and caused over $500 million in damages.
	www.met.tamu.edu /met/osc/tx/MarBull03.htm (378 words)

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