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ATS-III satellite images of the super tornado outbreak, April 3-4, 1974

ATS-III satellite images of the super tornado outbreak, April 3-4, 1974 (1 of 4)

Object 1 titled View of continental U.S.

View of continental U.S.

Object 2 titled Full disk image of Earth

Full disk image of Earth

Object 3 titled Animated images of Earth, morning to evening (movie)

Animated images of Earth, morning to evening (movie)

Object 4 titled Animation of Northern Hemisphere images showing storm development (movie)

Animation of Northern Hemisphere images showing storm development (movie)

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ATS-III satellite images of the super tornado outbreak, April 3-4, 1974

Date: April 3, 1974-April 4, 1974
Summary: Satellite images from ATS-III on April 3-4, 1974 uniquely captured one of the largest and deadliest tornado outbreaks on record in the United States, highlighting the importance of satellite imagery to forecasting. Over the two days, there were 148 tornadoes across 13 states resulting in 330 deaths, 6000 injured and a damage estimate of $600 million.

View of continental U.S.

Largest -- 4145x4253

Medium -- 1345x1380

Small -- 585x600

Source -- (Raw datastream)
Images from the Applications Technology Satellites are in the public domain; however, when using images from this collection that was digitized by the UW-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center, please use this attribution: Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison and NASA.

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