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30th Anniversary (1979-2009)

April 10, 1979 Wichita Falls, Texas Tornado Damage Photos

Wichita Falls, Texas Tornado Damage
Photo #1: Damage in Wichita Falls, Texas. Date: 4/17/79
Wichita Falls, Texas Tornado Damage
Photo #2: Damage in Wichita Falls, Texas. Date: 4/17/79
Wichita Falls, Texas Tornado Damage
Photo #3: Damage in Wichita Falls, Texas. Date: 4/17/79
Wichita Falls, Texas Tornado Damage
Photo #4: Aerial view of damage in Wichita Falls, Texas. Date: 4/12/79
Wichita Falls, Texas Tornado Damage
Photo #5: Aerial view of damage in Wichita Falls, Texas. Date: 4/12/79
Wichita Falls, Texas Tornado Damage
Photo #6: View looking north at damage to south side of McNiel Junior High School in Wichita Falls, Texas. Date: 4/11/79
Wichita Falls, Texas Tornado Damage
Photo #7: View looking east at damage to west side of McNiel Junior High School in Wichita Falls, Texas. Date: 4/11/79
Wichita Falls, Texas Tornado Damage
Photo #8: View looking north at damage to classroom on the south side of McNiel Junior High School in Wichita Falls, Texas. Date: 4/11/79
Wichita Falls, Texas Tornado Damage
Photo #9: View looking north at damage to south side of McNiel Junior High School in Wichita Falls, Texas. Date: 4/11/79
Wichita Falls, Texas Tornado Damage
Photo #10: View looking south at damage in a hallway of McNiel Junior High School in Wichita Falls, Texas. Date: 4/11/79
Wichita Falls, Texas Tornado Damage
Photo #11: View looking west at damage in an interior classroom of McNiel Junior High School in Wichita Falls, Texas. Date: 4/11/79
Wichita Falls, Texas Tornado Damage
Photo #12: View looking north at damage to the south side of McNiel Junior High School in Wichita Falls, Texas. Date: 4/11/79
Wichita Falls, Texas Tornado Damage
Photo #13: Damage cars at Sikes Senter Mall in Wichita Falls, Texas. Date: 4/11/79
Union City, Oklahoma Tornado Damage
Photo #14: While the damage to this car came from the Union City, Oklahoma tornado and not the Wichita Falls tornado, this photo shows just how devastating a tornado can be. Date: 5/24/73

Aerial Reconnaissance Photos taken by NASA on April 12, 1979

Each parallelogram on the map represents the approximate aerial coverage shown in each photo. Click on the numbers on the map below or on each individual photo to see a larger image of that photo. Note: The large images are 1550 by 1275 pixels in resolution and approximately 5 to 6 megabytes in size.
Aerial Damage Survey of Wichita Falls, TX - April 12, 1979

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