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sponsoring an
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April 5,6,7 7:30 pm
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Tornadoes
Warm weather phenomena form nature’s most violent storms
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By KARI FLUEGAL
Reporter
May 18, 1902 — Tornado
hits Goliad, killing 114 people.
May 11, 1953 — High winds
and a tornado go through
Waco, killing 114 people.
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Prospective Member Orientations
Monday
April 2
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April 4
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Room 216 MSC. For more information call Tad Pruitt at
260-4789, Barbara Ramage 260-0951, or Arlene Manthey
845-1515.
May 11, 1970 — A Tornado
killed 26 in Lubbock, and left
$ 135 million damage.
April 10, 1979 — Killer tor
nado rips through Wichita
Falls, resulting in 45 deaths and
$250 million damage.
Tornadoes. They strike, vir
tually without warning, and
leave homes wrecked and lives
ruined.
Tornadoes are nature’s most
violent storms. Wind speeds in
the top-like funnel, though
never actually measured, are es
timated at more than 200 miles
per hour. By contrast, hurri
cane winds are seldom more
than 120 mph.
Tornadoes are caused by in
stability of the air when a warm
moist air mass collides with a
cold dry mass, Walter Henry,
professor of meteorology, says.
“When a rapid adjustment is
made to make the air stable, the
result is this type of storm,”
Henry says.
Although tornadoes can oc
cur during any month of the
year, the Texas tornado season
runs from April to June with
the heaviest activity in May.
Weather experts report that
thoughout the United States the
month of April averages 107
tornados. May averages 155
and June averages 144.
“Tornadoes are usually a
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Spring Senior
Induction Banquets
Monday Tuesday, April 9, TO, 1984
6:30 p.m.
MSC Rm. 224
All May gradiate are invited to attend. Complimen
tary tickets will be available April 3, 4, & 5 in the
lobby of the Forsyth Alumni Center. This is your
invitation to attend the formal induction of all Class
of '84 Graduates.
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warm weather phenomenon,”
Henry says.
Texas leads the United Slates
in the tornado count with an av
erage of about 120 tornadoes
per year. Texas is second to Ok
lahoma for having the highest
average number of tornados
per square mile, Henry says.
The most active area is in Ok
lahoma, just east of the Texas
border. In Texas, the most ac
tive area is between Wichita
Falls and Dallas but the coastal
area between Houston and Cor
pus Christi gets a number of
small tornadoes.
“We are pretty, fortunate in
this area,” Henry says. “We
don’t have a great number of
tornadoes around here.”
The last tornado which re
sulted in a major amount of
damage in Brazos County was
Nov. 19, 1983 in the southern
part of the county, says Jake
Canglose, county director for
the Brazos County Emergency
Preparedness Program.
The tornado struck south
west of Millican near the Allen
Farm headquarters. The tor
nado, which was on the ground
for little less than a half mile, in
jured five people. The prelimi
nary estimate of the damage
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glose says.
“We may be prone to small
tornadoes but that doesn’t
mean we can’t get a big one,” he
says.
The first tornadoes of 1984
hit Normangee and Palestine
on Feb. 11.
Between warm air coming up
from the Gulf and the cold air
coming down from the north,
Texas is an ideal place for tor
nadoes to form, Henry says.
In 1983, Texas had five tor
nados in January, seven in Feb
ruary, 24 in March, one in April
and 62 in May, which resulted
in five deaths. There were 35
tornadoes in June.
Hurricanes, which are more
familiar in southern Texas, also
usually have tornadoes asso
ciated with them. Hurricane
Beulah in 1967 had more than
100 tornadoes accompanying it.
The largest tornadoes are
quarter-mile wide with winds
about 300 mph and land tracks
100 miles long. Only 2 percent
of all tornadoes are killer torna
does, Henry says, but those tor
nadoes cause 80 percent to 90
percent of the fatalities.
The smallest tornadoes are
usually 20 yards wide and stay
on the ground for only 100
yards. Of all tornadoes, 90 per
cent fall into that category, he
says.
Tornadoes always are pre
ceded by thunderstorms. A
darkening sky, a loud roaring
noise and hail also signal the
possible approach of a tornado.
Most tornadoes occur in the late
afternoon.
Canglose advises listening to
the radio and television for®
rent tornado watches and wr
ings when conditions for to®
does are f avorable.
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ditions are favorable fonk
formation of tornadoes, ku
tornadoes have been spotted
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tornado has actually Ixti
spotted and those in
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caused by flying debris, Heti
says
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to out run it in a car.
In the 1979 Wichita Fallsll
nado, eight of the fatalities^
people trying to out run the®
nado. Their house was
unscathed.
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Do not seek protection in a cat,
“Don’t treat any toraai
lightly,” Henry says. “Jusl®
good judgement.”
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As Easter approaches Christians all over the world are re
minded of the precious gift of the atonement made possible
through Christ. What is the atonement and how is it signifi
cant?
To atone means to free from, ransom, to make reconcilia
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upon Himself the monumentous task of atoning forthesins
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