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The Union City tornado, the first captured by NSSL's Doppler radar and chase personnel, played a significant role in 1970's research that led to the NEXRAD WSR-88D radar network.
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Union City Tornado Makes
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NSSL revisits its past as it celebrates 40 years with NOAA
As the devastating tornado tore through the small town of Union City, Okla., on May 24, 1973, no one knew the tremendous impact it would have on the development of weather radar. Researchers from the NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory now look back on that day as a significant event in the history of severe weather research and forecasting.
10/4/2004
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