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2007

Format:	Book
Author:	Levine, Mark, 1965-
Title:	F5 : devastation, survival, and the most violent tornado outbreak of the twentieth century / Mark Levine.
Edition:	1st ed.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Miramax Books, ©2007.
Description:	xi, 307 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Summary:	A history of the tornado outbreak of April 3, 1974, when, "over a sixteen-hour period ... 148 tornadoes ... covering thirteen states ... from Michigan to Mississippi," six of them in the F5 category. The author's focus is on Limestone County, Alabama. He includes a chapter on tornado scientist Tatsuya Fujita
Subjects:	Tornadoes -- United States. United States -- History -- 20th century.
Other Title:	F 5
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-304).
Contents:	The people of Limestone County, Alabama -- PART ONE. Forecast -- Limestone: Wednesday morning -- Supercell -- Limestone: law and death -- Mr. Tornado -- Limestone: Wednesday afternoon -- Outbreak -- PART TWO. The crossroads -- Home -- Disaster: an interlude -- Triage -- Daybreak -- EPILOGUE. Mysteries of severe storms -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Acknowledgments.
LCCN:	2009275781
ISBN:	1401352200 9781401352202
Other Number:	131195938
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Control Number:	193828
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Call Number:	551.553 Levine

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