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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.
A series of at least four tornadoes hit the Southeastern United States during March 3-4, 1966. The worst event was a violent and long-lived F5 tornado, dubbed the Candlestick Park tornado after the name of a recently opened Jackson, Mississippi shopping center that was leveled by the storm. [2]
The Barneveld tornado became the most recent EF5/F5 tornado to touch down at night. Group members prior to Barneveld included the Blackwell, Oklahoma and Udall, Kansas tornadoes during the 1955 Great Plains tornado outbreak; the tornado that struck downtown Lubbock, TX in 1970; and the Tanner and Guin, Alabama tornadoes from the 1974 Super ...
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.
Tornado outbreak sequence of May 4–6, 1960; Type: Tornado outbreak sequence: Duration: May 4–6, 1960: Tornadoes confirmed: 71 confirmed: Max. rating 1: F5 tornado: Duration of tornado outbreak 2: 2 days, 1 hour, 50 minutes: Fatalities: 33 fatalities, 302 injuries: Damage: $32.618 million (1960 USD) [nb 1] $336 million (2024 USD) Areas affected
The 2007 Elie tornado was a small but extremely powerful and erratic tornado that occurred during the evening of June 22, 2007. The powerful F5 tornado that struck the town of Elie, in the Canadian province of Manitoba (40 km (25 mi) west of Winnipeg) was known for its unusual path, how it was during its path, a rope to cone and how it is unique compared to other F5/EF5 tornadoes.
The tornado was the first F5 or EF5 tornado in Iowa since one hit Jordan on June 13, 1976, and the second deadliest in Iowa since official record-keeping began in 1950. The deadliest tornado affected the Charles City area on May 15, 1968, and killed 13 while producing F5 damage. [ 12 ]
A map of the meteorological setup of the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak.The map displays surface and upper level atmospheric features associated with the outbreak. The Bridge Creek–Moore tornado was part of a much larger outbreak which produced 71 tornadoes across five states throughout the Central Plains on May 3 alone, along with an additional 25 that touched down a day later in some of ...