April 2, 1974: Director of the National Severe Storms Forecast Center Calling
On the morning of April 2, 1974, Mr. Robert Ferry, the Meteorologist in Charge of the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Birmingham received a call from Allen Pearson, Director of the National Severe Storms Forecast Center in Kansas City. Dr. Pearson started the call by asking about the tornadoes that had popped through the state of Alabama the night before. But the real reason for his call was to warn Mr. Ferry about the weather that was coming the following day: April 3, 1974.
