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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 tornado watch means weather conditions could spawn tornadoes within the watch area. People should stay aware of weather conditions and be prepared to act if watchers spot a tornado.
On April 21–24, 1968, a deadly tornado outbreak struck portions of the Midwestern United States, primarily along the Ohio River Valley.The worst tornado was an F5 that struck portions of Southeastern Ohio from Wheelersburg to Gallipolis, just north of the Ohio–Kentucky state line, killing seven people and injuring at least 93.
It was an EF2 tornado on the Enhanced Fujita scale, with estimated peak winds of 120 mph reached in the area of Route 800 and Minder Road, according to the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh ...
It then traveled through Boone County, Kentucky, producing F4 damage in the Taylorsport area before crossing the Ohio River a second time into Ohio. Here, the tornado reached F5 intensity as it slammed into Sayler Park. [5] [6] The first area of town hit was the Morehead Marina, where numerous boats were thrown and destroyed.
The tornado warnings Thursday night came just over two weeks after Ohio was hit by nine tornadoes in the pre-dawn hours of Feb. 28, seven of which struck central Ohio.
Residents walk through a tornado-damaged neighborhood on May 29, 2019 in Dayton as cleanup efforts began. A total of 21 tornadoes touched down in Ohio between May 27 and May 28, 2019.
Villisca area: Montgomery: 1954 5 miles (8.0 km) Caused damage to trees and outbuildings. F4: NW of Guss to SE of Casey: Taylor, Adams, Cass, Adair: 1954 49 miles (79 km) This was a mile-wide wedge tornado. Farmsteads were swept clean by the tornado and checks and papers were carried several dozen miles from their original locations.