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Credits, Sources and References for the
Red River Valley Tornado Outbreak of April 10, 1979

  • DOC/NOAA, January, 1980: Red River Valley Tornadoes of April 10, 1979. NOAA Disaster Survey Report 80-1, Chapter 1.

  • Alberty, R. A., D. W. Burgess and T. T. Fujita, 1980: Severe weather events of 10 April 1979. Bulletin American Meteorological Society, 61, 1033-34. Used by permission of author Don Burgess.

  • Burgess, D. W., 1982. Life Cycle of the Wichita Falls Tornadic Storm. Preprints, 12th Conference Severe Local Storms, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 441-443.

  • Aerial Reconnaissance photos- Source Don Burgess, OSF; Credit: NASA, Mission 399; Roll: #3; Film Type: 50-397; Frames: 041 to 050; Date: 4/12/1979

  • Damage photos - Source: Don Burgess, OSF; Credit: NSSL; Institute for Disaster Research, at Texas Tech University

  • Tornado photos - Source: Don Burgess, OSF;
    • Harrold, TX photos - Credit: © Wayne Collamore
    • Seymour TX photos - Credit: NSSL
    • Wichita Falls, TX photos -
      • Credit: © Troy Glover
      • Credit: © Professor Joe Henderson
      • Credit: © Wolfgang Lange
      • Credit: © Pat Blacklock
      • Credit: © Robert Molet
      • Credit: © Winston Wells

  • Tornado photos - Source: Gene Moore;
    • Seymour TX photos - © Gene Moore
    • Thalia TX photo - © Gene Moore

  • Doppler Radar images - Source: Don Burgess, OSF; Credit: NSSL

  • Satellite images - Source: Dennis McCarthy, Former MIC, NWSFO OUN; Credit: NOAA/NWS

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