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Of the 59 such tornadoes since 1950 to achieve that rating, only the 1957 Sunfield, Illinois, tornado and a 1953 Vicksburg, Mississippi, tornado did so in December. But there were four other ...
The 1974 Xenia tornado was a violent F5 tornado that destroyed a large portion of Xenia and Wilberforce, Ohio, United States on the afternoon of April 3, 1974. It was the deadliest individual tornado of the 1974 Super Outbreak, the 24-hour period between April 3 and April 4, 1974, during which 148 tornadoes touched down in 13 different U.S. states.
The Xenia, Ohio, F5 tornado of April 3, 1974.This was one of two tornadoes to receive a preliminary rating of F6, which was downgraded later to a rating of F5. [1]This is a list of tornadoes which have been officially or unofficially labeled as F5, EF5, IF5, T10-T11, the highest possible ratings on the various tornado intensity scales.
The tornado may have stayed on the ground as far as Wewela, South Dakota, and the parent storm eventually produced an F5 tornado near Colome in South Dakota. [10] F3: Hebron to E of Cordova: Thayer, Fillmore, Saline, Seward: 2240 40.1 miles (64.5 km) A long-lived tornado leveled a barn three miles (4.8 km) east of Ohiowa. [10]
On May 20, 2013, an extremely powerful tornado destroyed a huge part of Moore, Oklahoma. Eleven years later, it remains the most recent tornado to be rated EF5, the strongest possible rating on ...
The tornado would pass just south of Oakwood, crossing multiple roads before tracking directly across Avenue of the Saints and entering the city limits of Charles City. The tornado then crossed 215th Street at F5 intensity, entering downtown Charles City. [2] [3] The tornado began to turn northward in the center of Charles City at ~4:47 PM.
On May 3, 1999, an F5 tornado struck Bridge Creek and Moore, Oklahoma, with winds of over 300 mph - the highest wind speed ever recorded on Earth. Nearly 600 people were injured, and 36 were ...
1896 Seneca–Oneida tornado: F5 2–2.5 miles (3.2–4.0 km) National Weather Service Wichita, Kansas The tornado averaged 1 mi (1.6 km) mile in width, but expanded significantly to between 2 mi (3.2 km) and 2.5 mi (4.0 km) as it approached Reserve, Kansas, where all but three buildings were damaged or destroyed. [11]