The first documented tracking of a hook echo associated with a tornado was on April 9, 1953 by the Illinois State Water Survey near Urbana-Champaign, during preparations for an early test of radar's ability to measure rainfall rates by Donald Staggs electrical engineer of Dr . Huff research team.
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At 8 : 15, local radar indicated a hook echo and a tornado warning was issued for Lubbock and Crosby counties, and the first tornado to strike the city touched down seven miles south of Idalou were sounded, and by 9 : 30 baseball-sized hail was falling in the northeastern sector of Lubbock.
