This Day in Weather History

On This Day In Weather History - April 3
Local
1974	A massive low pressure area passing over Kansas City was associated with the most extensive tornado outbreak since the USWB/NWS began keeping records.
National
1964	An F5 tornado ripped into Wichita Falls, TX and Sheppard Air Force Base. At least 225 homes were destroyed in town, and the base suffered $2.8 million damage as planes, a hangar, the power plant, and the chapel were destroyed.
1956	An F5 tornado killed 18 people and destroyed 332 homes southwest and west of Grand Rapids, MI. Businesses were swept completely away in Hudsonville and Standale.
1974	The largest tornado outbreak ever recorded took place, with at least 148 tornadoes occurring from Illinois east to Ontario and south to Alabama. Monticello, IN; Xenia, OH; and Guin, AL were especially hard hit.