One of the most significant outbreaks in Western North Texas and Southern Oklahoma history happened today.
It was 39 years ago on this day, Tuesday, April 10th, 1979, the Red River Valley Outbreak produced 30 tornadoes. There were three main supercells. The first starting just south of Crowell at 3:05 p.m. This storm produced the tornado that devastated southeast Vernon and the tornado that caused severe damage to the southern portion of Lawton. Overall 56 people died.
Read more about Terrible Tuesday here and learn about its significance on future construction and weather research.
