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Part of the '1953 Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence and tornado outbreaks of 1953' On Monday, June 8, 1953, an exceptionally large and violent tornado struck the north side of Flint, Michigan and the northern suburb of Beecher , causing catastrophic damage and hundreds of casualties.
The worst tornado event was a violent F4 tornado that tore through the cities of Port Huron, Michigan, and Sarnia, Ontario, on May 21, damaging or destroying hundreds of structures and causing dozens of casualties. Overall, the tornadoes killed eight people, injured 123 others, and caused at least $17.6 million (1953 USD) in damage.
The strongest and only fatal tornado of the day was a .25 mi (0.40 km) wide F4 tornado that struck areas near Arcadia, Nebraska. It injured no one, but killed 11, including an entire family of 10 at a swept away farm. In Iowa, a 200 yd (180 m) wide F2 tornado traveled 116 mi (187 km), destroying several barns, but causing no casualties. In all ...
On the afternoon of Thursday, May 21, 1953, a violent F4 tornado struck the cities of Port Huron, Michigan, United States and Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.The long-tracked, over mile-wide tornado destroyed large sections of the downtown areas of both cities, as well scores of neighbourhoods in the surrounding areas and then ending just outside Stratford, Ontario,Canada.
Here are the top 10 deadliest tornadoes to strike in the United States, according to the Storm Prediction Center. ... Michigan, on June 8, 1953. The tornado was about half a mile wide and was on ...
The tornado injured an estimated 117 people and inflicted $17.6 million (1953 USD) on both of the towns. June 8, 1953 – A violent F4 tornado hit Temperance, killing 4 people and destroying 14 houses. The tornado caused an estimated $250,000 (1953 USD) in damages, and was one of multiple deadly tornadoes in Michigan on June 8.
An extremely devastating and deadly tornado outbreak sequence impacted the Midwestern and Northeastern United States at the beginning of June 1953. It included two tornadoes that caused at least 90 deaths each—an F5 tornado occurring in Flint, Michigan, on June 8 and an F4 tornado in Worcester, Massachusetts, on June 9.
Great Lakes tornadoes of September 26, 1951; 1953 Sarnia tornado outbreak; 1953 Sarnia tornado; Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence; 1953 Flint–Beecher tornado; Tornado outbreak of April 2–3, 1956; Tornado outbreak sequence of June 20–23, 1957; 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak; List of tornadoes in the 1965 Palm Sunday tornado ...