Jackie Armstrong was getting ready for work when the decision was made to flee her family's mobile homes seconds before a monsterous tornado arrived on April 3, 1974. Her and her family's story of survival. What she found when she returned was shocking. 

David Armstrong was home sick from school at the time the mile-wide F5 reached Palmyra, IN. He describes his family's horrific plight to escape the path of destruction on April 3, 1974.

Scott Trowbridge was a third grader at Morgan Elementary on April 3, 1974. He shares his experiences during the tornado strike at the school and his dad's plight to get to his son.

Teri Robbeloth (now Marshall) was a third grade teacher at Morgan Elementary in Harrison County Indiana when the mile-wide F5 struck.  Her experience with this montrous tornado as she tried to protect the kids.

Von Marshall was the principal at Morgan Elementary in Harrison County Indiana on April 3, 1974.  He reflects on the actions he took that day that probably saved many kids and teachers from injury, or worse, as the school was heavily damaged from a mile-wide violent tornado..

The Deputy Director of the Storm Prediction Center, William Bunting, sat down with me, virtually, to discuss the significance of the 1974 Super Outbreak and how it has led to MANY of the advances in meteorology that we take for granted today..

Dave Reeves was a forecaster working for the National Weather Service in Louisville on April 3, 1974. He is the guy that issued the Tornado Warning for the city on that fateful day. Here is his story..

Dan Dressel was 15 years old when the tornado struck Brandenburg.  He lost his father in that storm and nearly lost his mother and grandparents as well.  Here is his story.. 

On April 3, 1974 the Eastern US bore witness to the most violent outbreak of tornadoes ever recorded. It is a day that changed the course of weather history.