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In 1982, an outbreak of 12 tornadoes struck Northeast Oklahoma, Southeast Kansas and Western Missouri. The twisters killed five and injured 122. The worst tornado was an F3 that reached one third of a mile wide and had a track of two segments that totaled 70 miles. It killed two and injured eight.  The tornado caused around $10 million damage from Crawford County Kansas, to St. Clair County in West Central Missouri.

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