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Omeka Only_Super Outbreak Map.jpg
Portions of a map that shows the tornadoes of the Super Outbreak of 1974.

01_Tornado1948_Funnel.jpg
The funnel of a tornado that occurred in 1948, that traveled from Leverett to Flatville to Penfield in Champaign County, Illinois.

03_1917 headline.jpeg
A newspaper clipping with a headline that reads "Tornado Sweeps Champaign County; One Killed, Many Hurt, Crops Ruined".

05_Tornado1942_Destruction.jpg
"This scene of destruction shows the wreckage of the home in which Mrs. Aletha Rowland, mother of nine children, was fatally injured in the tornado which struck east central Illinois Monday." The News-Gazette, March 17, 1942.

06_Tornado1942_Path.jpg
"Map shows the path of the tornado through three counties." The News-Gazette, March 17, 1942.

18_Radar_Tornado hook.jpg
As the storm passed a short distance north of the radar, an appendage became visible on the parent echo. Within a few moments, the echo appendage began to curl into a hook shape seen here.

13_Tornado 1996_Path.jpeg
April 19, 1996 tornado trail published in The News-Gazette, April 21, 1996

08_Tornado1961_01_front.jpg
“Cecil Hudson, near Myra Station, is one of the many area residents whose farms and homes were damaged by storms last weekend.” Courier, March 6, 1961.

14_Tornado 2013_Gifford Aerial.jpg
Photograph by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency that shows the extent of the destruction in Gifford.

19_Radar_building.jpg
The APS-15 radar located on top of the Illinois State Water Survey building at the University of Illinois – Willard Airport.
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