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The red river tornado outbreak was a severe weather event that produced 58 tornadoes on April 10 and 11, 1979 across parts of the Great Plains and Tennessee and Ohio Valleys, killing 58 people. The worst of these tornadoes was the massive F4 tornado that struck Wichita Falls, Texas, killing 42 people and injuring over 1,700. Adjusting for inflation, it was the costliest tornado in U.S. history until the Oklahoma City tornado of 1999.

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