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Thunderstorms and Lightning Video: Surviving the Storm: Thunderstorm, Lightning, Tornado Safety Tips: VOB, MPG Video: Version with captions Color brochure - pdf Are You Ready for a Thunderstorm? Lightning Safety Owlie Skywarn for Kids: Lightning Talking About Disaster Tornadoes Video: Tornado in Your Town, txt only Video: Actual Tornado in action caught by security camera in Georgia Color brochure - (pdf-large), (text only-fast) Are You Ready for a Tornado? Highway Overpasses as Tornado Shelters Frequently Asked Questions Everything...Tornadoes - USAToday International Tornado Events, Links, etc. Owlie for Kids: Tornadoes Floods FloodSafety site with video and more Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service Toolbox Turn Around Don't Drown™ Toolbox Owlie for Kids: Floods

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Severe Thunderstorm Climatology

Springfield, Missouri Tornado Outbreak, 5/03
Kansas City Tornadoes, 5/03
Southern Illinois Tornado, 5/03
NW Indiana and NE Ohio Tornadoes, 11/02
Southwest Georgia Tornado Outbreak 2/00 Oklahoma-Kansas Tornadoes, 5/99
South Texas Floods, 10/98
Spencer, SD, Tornado, 5/98
Southeast Tornadoes, 4/98
Central Florida Tornado Outbreak, 2/98
Central Texas Tornado Outbreak, 5/97
Arkansas Tornado Outbreak, 3/97
Arkansas Tornadoes, 4/96

Oklahoma-Kansas Tornadoes (5/99)
Arkansas-Tennessee Tornadoes (1/99)
Southeast Severe Weather (12/97 to 2/98)
MS, OH Valley Flooding and Tornadoes (3/97)
Midwest Flooding Summer 1993
Others since 1980