Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Flint and Beecher, Michigan (part of a larger outbreak) Part of the ' 1953 Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence and tornado outbreaks of 1953 '. On Monday, June 8, 1953, an exceptionally violent tornado struck the north side of Flint, Michigan and the northern suburb of Beecher, causing catastrophic damage and hundreds of casualties.
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. [ nb 1][ nb 2] These ...
Despite not many tornadoes being documented, 1953 was an extremely deadly season and set the record for most tornadoes recorded in the U.S. in a single year at the time. The first six months of the year generated several large outbreaks and outbreak sequences that killed over 400 people.
The 1953 Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak, which included the incredibly deadly Flint-Beecher tornado, produced seven tornadoes in northern Ohio. Henry, Wood, Sandusky, Erie, Lorain and Cuyahoga ...
1953 Worcester tornado. The 1953 Worcester tornado was an extremely powerful and destructive tornado that struck the city of Worcester, Massachusetts and surrounding areas on Tuesday, June 9, 1953, the final day of the Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence. It stayed on the ground for 48 miles (77 km) and 78 minutes.
1947 Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornado outbreak. 1953 Waco tornado outbreak. Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence. 1953 Flint–Beecher tornado. Tornado outbreak of June 27, 1953. 1953 Vicksburg tornado. Tornado outbreak sequence of December 1–6, 1953. 1955 Great Plains tornado outbreak. Tornado outbreak of April 2–3, 1956.
The Flint-Beecher F5 tornado produced the last 100+ death toll for a single tornado in US history until the 2011 Joplin tornado. An F4 tornado that struck Worcester, Massachusetts, killed 94 people and may have reached F5 status as well. (26 significant, 6 violent, 7 killer) [36] [37] Tornado outbreak of June 27, 1953: June 27, 1953: North ...
From April 2–3, 1956, a large, deadly tornado outbreak affected the Great Plains, parts of the South, and the upper Midwest in the contiguous United States, especially the Great Lakes region. The outbreak produced at least 55 tornadoes, including an F5 that devastated the Grand Rapids metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Michigan on April 3.