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32 deaths – See article on this tornado – The tornado caused more than 1,150 injuries, the most of any tornado in the outbreak. Believed to be among the strongest of the seven F5 tornadoes in the outbreak. [1] F4: W of Blountsville to NE of Parker City: Henry, Delaware, Randolph, Jay: IN: 20:35 18 miles (29 km)
The tornado that struck the city of Xenia, Ohio stands as the deadliest individual tornado of the 1974 Super Outbreak, killing 32 people and destroying a significant portion of the town. [9] The tornado formed near Bellbrook, Ohio, southwest of Xenia, at about 4:30 pm EDT. It began as a moderate-sized tornado, then intensified while moving ...
Tornado damage in Lorain, Ohio The Xenia, Ohio tornado from the 1974 Super Outbreak. This tornado was rated by Ted Fujita himself as an F6 , but it was retroactively downgraded to F5 [ 1 ] Tornadoes in the state of Ohio are relatively uncommon, with roughly 16 tornadoes touching down every year since 1804, the year with the first recorded event ...
A Hebron man recalls how his family survived one of the worst tornado outbreaks in U.S. history. ... anniversary of the 1974 Super Outbreak, the 24-hour period between April 3 and April 4 during ...
The Xenia tornado was the deadliest and most powerful of what was later labeled the 1974 Super Outbreak, a series of 148 tornadoes that touched down across 13 states over 24 hours between April 3 ...
The tornado touched down as part of the 1974 Super Outbreak, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in recorded history. The tornado would first touch down at approximately 4:30 pm CDT, only three minutes before the Xenia, Ohio F5 tornado. The tornado tracked through areas southwest of Cincinnati before crossing the Indiana-Kentucky border, where ...
1974 super outbreak that hit Xenia, Ohio Almost 150 tornadoes were recorded during the 1974 Super Outbreak across the United States from April 3-4, 1974. The deadliest tornado struck Xenia, Ohio.
Paths of the 148 tornadoes generated during the 1974 Super Outbreak. The 1974 Super Outbreak was one of the most destructive tornado outbreaks ever known in United States history. Many notable tornadoes occurred, such as the Xenia, Ohio tornado which was an F5 tornado that killed 34 people and destroyed a large portion of the town. The Xenia ...