Tornado
1979
Wichita Falls "Terrible Tuesday" F4 kills 42
A 1.5-mile-wide wedge cut a path through the city, leaving 20,000 homeless.
Wichita Falls, TX
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A 1.5-mile-wide wedge cut a path through the city, leaving 20,000 homeless.
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