Title Tornado! : the 1974 super outbreak / by Jacqueline A. Ball ; consultant, Daniel H. Franck.

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New Britain, Jefferson Branch - Children's Department	J551.55 BAL	Check Shelf
Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Children's Department	J551.553 BALL	Check Shelf

Description	32 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Series	X-treme disasters that changed America
	X-treme disasters that changed America.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.
Contents	It's a tornado! -- A town torn apart -- A super outbreak -- How does a tornado form? -- The F scale -- Could a tornado hit your town? -- More tornadoes, fewer deaths -- New tools for tracking -- Looking for trouble -- Doppler on wheels -- Warnings that work -- A town back together.
Summary	Describes the events of April 3, 1974, when more than 140 tornadoes cut through 13 states in 16 hours leaving hundreds dead and thousands injured and without shelter.
Subject	Tornadoes -- Ohio -- Xenia -- Juvenile literature.
	Tornadoes -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
	Tornado warning systems -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
	Tornadoes.
	Tornado warning systems.
	Tornado warning systems. (OCoLC)fst01152761
	Tornadoes. (OCoLC)fst01152763
	Ohio -- Xenia. (OCoLC)fst01222784
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	Tornadoes -- United States.
	Tornadoes.
	Tornado warning systems.
Genre/Form	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
ISBN	1597160091 (lib. bdg)
	9781597160094 (lib. bdg)
	1597160326 (pbk.)
	9781597160322 (pbk.)

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