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...that the 1984 Yaroslavl tornado killed at least 400 people north of Moscow, Russia?

...that nearly 10 years before the 2008 Atlanta Tornado, the Dunwoody Tornado caused significant damage just outside the city limits?

...that the Lorain-Sandusky tornado was both the deadliest tornado and part of the deadliest tornado outbreak in Ohio history?

...that micrometeorology is a study of small-scale weather phenomena, which takes into account such small influences as heat transfer between the ground and air, changes in atmospheric gasses near the surface, and absorption and reflection of solar radiation?

...that teleconnection is a term for climate anomalies which appear to be linked at great distances?

...that the Spaceflight Meteorology Group is a unit of the National Weather Service which provides weather forecasts solely for human spaceflights by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).


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