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Review of the Udall Tornado; Part II

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On May 25, 2022, I published Part I of a reexamination of the data surrounding the horrific F-5 tornadoes that struck Blackwell, OK and Udall, KS that evening.    One hundred two people died in those two small towns.  Because they occurred in darkness in the pre-warning era, people literally died in their beds after being told by television weathercasts, "all advisories have been lifted."   I recommend reading Part 1 (click there blue link) before reading on.  Now, I would like to present the second part of what I have learned about that historic event:  Truck thrown 1/4-mile out of Udall. Most of the truck was  stripped away from the steel chassis.  I enjoy applied meteorological research and, when possible, advancing our science.  My computer screen while working on a tornado project So, to learn more about that horrific night in May, 1955, I examined the following "new" data.  Radar photography from the evening of 5-25-55 from th...