Local woman recounts experience of Terrible Tuesday on its 46th Anniversary

Local woman recounts experience of Terrible Tuesday on its 46th Anniversary

Clark was just 8 years old, home from school on Easter break, playing outside, when she got a whiff of a strange smell, something only Alma could detect.

Terrible Tuesday Remembered: “I was Sucked up in it”

By DANIEL WALKER Vernon Record Tuesday, April 10, 1979 seemed like a perfect spring day – right up until a tornado appeared seemingly out of nowhere, cutting a path through Wilbarger County and Vernon that left 11 dead, dozens injured and millions of dollars of property destroyed. “It was just a regular old day. It didn’t seem like any storms were in the area. They didn’t even blow the storm sirens till it was at the highway department,” remembe…