A 1973 Hook Echo

This was the scope of the Centreville National Weather Service radar on May 27, 1973, shortly before an F4 tornado destroyed the radar facility and much of the town of Brent. A total of seven people were killed along the path of the tornado, which first touched down at Greensboro, and finally lifted in East Alabama on the slope of Mt. Cheaha.



Thanks to John Brasher for this image... check out his site on the 1973 Brent tornado here. I will write much more about this event as the anniversary draws closer!