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  2. Tornado outbreak sequence of June 1966 - Wikipedia

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    The Tornado outbreak sequence of June 1966 [nb 1] [nb 2] was a series of tornado outbreaks which occurred between June 2 and June 12. The nearly two week event of severe weather was mainly concentrated in the Midwestern (Great Plains) region of the United States, but was widely spread out to areas as far south as Texas and Florida, and as far east as New York.

  3. List of United States tornadoes from January to February 1973

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    0 1 5 4 0 0 0 10 February 2 event ... 1.3 miles (2.1 km) A weak tornado touched down in Gulf Hills in the middle of the night, injuring 1 person. Sources: [11]

  4. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    1.609 km – 1 statute mile; 1.852 km – 1 nautical mile, equal to 1 arcminute of latitude at the surface of the Earth [140] 1.991 km – span of the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge [141] 2.309 km – axial length of the Three Gorges Dam, the largest dam in the world located in China [34]

  5. Milestone - Wikipedia

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    Old and new railway mileposts in the UK, indicating a distance of 33 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (53.5 km) from the zero point The Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 [ 8 ] compels UK railway companies to provide their passengers with a means of determining the distance travelled (fares were set by distance at this time).

  6. List of United States tornadoes from January to March 1982

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    28 miles (45 km) Long-lived intermittent tornado made several touchdowns along a 28 miles (45 km) path through central Wisconsin, from southeast of Nekoosa, Wisconsin to Stevens Point, Wisconsin. [1] [11] Numerous trees were felled by the tornado, one of which fell on a mobile home and destroyed it. The two occupants of the home sustained ...

  7. Trout Lake, Washington - Wikipedia

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    According to the United States Census Bureau, the Trout Lake CDP has a total area of 7.0 square miles (18.1 km 2), of which 0.04 square miles (0.1 km 2), or 0.61%, are water. [3] The community sits in the Trout Lake Valley, drained to the southeast by Trout Lake Creek which flows to the White Salmon River , a south-flowing tributary of the ...

  8. Tornado outbreak of April 8–9, 1999 - Wikipedia

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    5 miles (8.0 km) Minimal damage occurred. F1: S of Clarinda: Page: 1936 8 miles (13 km) A workhorse was killed and several homes were damaged. F1: Red Oak area: Montgomery: 1938 8 miles (13 km) Several metal buildings at a pig farm were destroyed, and an RV was overturned and tossed into a frame house, destroying it. F1: NE of Clarinda: Page ...

  9. Unit of length - Wikipedia

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    Earth radius R 🜨 ≈ 6,371 km [9] Lunar distance LD ≈ 384 402 km. [10] Average distance between the center of Earth and the center of the Moon. astronomical unit au. Defined as 149 597 870 700 m. [11] Approximately the distance between the Earth and Sun. light-year ly ≈ 9 460 730 472 580.8 km.