1974 SUPER OUTBREAK " DAY OF THE KILLER TORNADOES " NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 85544

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This color educational film is a documentary events of April 3, 1974, when one hundred and forty-seven deadly twisters swept through Kentucky, Ohio, and Alabama.

This 1974 Super Outbreak was the second-largest tornado outbreak on record for a single 24-hour period, just behind the 2011 Super Outbreak. It was also the most violent tornado outbreak ever recorded, with 30 F4/F5 tornadoes confirmed. Opening title: DAY OF THE KILLER TORNADOS (:07-:36). Clouds move in the sky. At 9:30a.m., the first tornado touches down in Indiana. At a radio station in Brandenburg, KY, announcer Bill Burn receives a phone call that a tornado is coming, he opens the door and sees it in the distance. He alerts people via his radio station but it is too late. The tornado hits and 31 people die. A teletype bulletin. WHAS radio in Louisville, KY, puts a warning on the air. In the sky above, Dick Gilbert flies a helicopter and sees the weather deteriorate. Tornado alert alarm activated. Black low clouds (:37-3:23). Radio announcers on the phone. Wind speed gauge shown as debris flies around. Huge black funnel of the tornado touches down at the State Fair Grounds then heads direct for downtown Louisville. WHAS-TV cameraman films from the roof. The storm speeds through and starts smashing the suburbs. At the Cincinnati Airport, a national warning system worker alerts Civil Defense. Tornado alert siren. People call to see if the sirens are real or a test (3:24-5:29). WCKY alerts the public that a tornado has been seen near the airport. An official pins a Cincinnati map. An emergency bulletin is typed up. A policeman drives by. A huge funnel roars through Hamilton County but misses Cincinnati. Tornado seen in the distance (5:30-7:24). Emergency personnel carry an injured man via a stretcher. People walk around dazed and injured. Homes are destroyed, downtown is trashed in a small town. Civil defense workers gauge the situation. Firemen walk the rainy streets, trees and debris are everywhere. The storm front marches north towards Xenia, OH. Xenia City Manager calls his wife to say happy anniversary and to come visit at 5 p.m. National Weather Service office at Dayton, OH airport, a man alerts a man to broadcast the tornado on its way (7:25-9:25). At Wright Patterson AFB, the commanding general is checking the storm on radar. At WHIO, weatherman watches his radar, and goes live on t.v. to broadcast a tornado warning. A weather radar shows the storm. Centerville Police Station alerts all police. Miami Valley Disaster services asks if a funnel has been sighted. A tornado is in the distance. An engineer on a train. A tornado hits the ground, goes through the city of Xenia (9:26-12:11). City Manager calls his wife to warn her to grab the children and head for the basement. The tornado rips through the train, other structures. In minutes, help is on the way to Xenia. Firemen enroute. City hall is wrecked. By flashlight, city officials get to work (12:12-14:17). Airmen from the AFB are ready to help. All night long, city officials are trying to bring the situation under control. Rescue workers search for injured and dead. In Alabama, a tornado hits the ground. City officials in Huntsville plan and strategize. Police alert public (14:18-16:30). Rain on a police car. A tornado on the ground. Homes are destroyed west of Huntsville. Women and children killed, a grieving father. Injured taken to Huntsville Hospital. Emergency personnel.People give blood by candlelight. Another funnel cloud barrels across Alabama. Men run down the stairs. Police talk to city officials. Tornado alert alarm sirens go on (16:31-19:05). The tornado is heading towards the hospital. Downed traffic signals and debris everywhere. Brandenburg, KY -- the town is destroyed. Residents give their thoughts on what they saw. Huntsville, AL as seen from the air, destroyed. Louisville and Xenia, OH as seen from the air, complete devastation (19:06-21:19). Survivors share their thoughts. Xenia completely destroyed. Temporary morgue sign. Bodies and fires. Overturned train. Snow and cold. Two guardsmen die in a fire. Tornado winds sent shrapnel shooting huge debris into people's homes (21:20-23:26). Huge piles of debris. Homes ripped in half. People talk about the devastation. A disaster center for people. Red Cross arrives. Clean up begins (23:27-25:02). People clean up. 307 people killed in 11 states. Piles of debris. Emergency officials. Clouds move (25:03-26:47). Defense Civil Preparedness Agency (26:48-27:20).

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