Questa immagine potrebbe avere delle imperfezioni perché è storica o di reportage.
The 1974 Super Outbreak spawned 148 tornadoes, the largest number of tornadoes ever produced by one storm system. Thirty of these tornadoes were classified as F4 or F5 on the Fujita-Pearson Scale. There were 148 tornadoes confirmed in 13 US states, including Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and New York. It extensively damaged approximately 900 square miles along a total combined path length of 2, 600 miles. The Super Outbreak of 1974 remains one of the most outstanding severe convective weather episodes of record in the continental United States. Photo originally captioned: "This corner of the building once contained a clock tower, the once official time keeper of Monticello for many years. Courtesy of the Monticello Herald Journal."
