At that point it was less than two miles from the airport's radar station.

"That will be the radar station now," the old man said.

Rarely were radar stations out of action for more than a few days.

But it can also tell whether a tornado is moving away from or toward the radar station.

In 1959 it became an air traffic control radar station, and finally closed on 27 September 1974.

Instead, Dye 3 was closed as a radar station in the years 1990/1991.

"There seem to be good sites for radar stations all along the range," he said.

On the southwest side of the lake was located the radar station for the site.

Reykov's last move as a human being was to turn toward the radar station.

A plaque is virtually all that remains of the radar station.