Super Outbreak April 3-4 1974

On April 3-4 of 1974 in just 18 hours 148 struck 13 states. This included 23 F4  and 7 F5 tornadoes. What caused these storms to produce so much damage was the low pressure moving from the west towards the east. The warm moist air moving north from the Gulf of Mexico got met the low pressure in the lower Mid West. The states impacted from this cluster of storms were states in the Mississippi Valley, the Southeast, and the Midwest. This tornado outbreak was an unprecedented event and unique in its destruction. These tornadoes caused over 3.5 $billion in damage, which claimed 310 lives and left nearly 5,500 people injured. This event was such a devastation to the impact impacted was because of the lack of information given to the people to prepare. This was simply because the technology was not were it is today. People found out a couple minutes before impact which had a minimal effect on their safety. This event forced meteorologist to advance their technology to prevent this horrid event from ever happening again.