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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.
2 deaths – Widespread damage centered around the community of Stecoah, in rugged areas south of Fontana Lake. Tornado later dissipated just south of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Eleven people were injured. Tornado may have begun further southwest in Cherokee County and continued further northeast to just west of Bryson City. [2] F2
The 1974 Super Outbreak was one of the most destructive tornado outbreaks ever known in United States history. Many notable tornadoes occurred, such as the Xenia, Ohio tornado which was an F5 tornado that killed 34 people and destroyed a large portion of the town. The Xenia tornado was so strong and the damage so severe, that Dr. Fujita ...
The front page of The Cincinnati Enquirer, April 4, 1974, reporting on the tornadoes in Xenia, Sayler Park and other sites in the region during the tornado outbreak. One man said it was like the ...
The F5 tornado touched down just before 4:40 p.m. on April 3, 1974 in the southwestern part of Xenia that included the center of town. There were 32 people killed and ...
The Xenia tornado was the deadliest and most powerful of what was later labeled the 1974 Super Outbreak, a series of 148 tornadoes that touched down across 13 states over 24 hours between April 3 ...
Afterward, President Richard Nixon made an unannounced visit to Xenia as the Watergate scandal unfolded in Washington. The Xenia tornado was the deadliest and most powerful of what was later labeled the 1974 Super Outbreak, a series of 148 tornadoes that touched down across 13 states over 24 hours between April 3 and April 4.
1991 Andover tornado [2] Xenia, Ohio: 1974 April 3 $107,500,000 $672,511,714: F5 1974 Xenia tornado, (Grazulis, p. 1,154) Monticello, Indiana (tornado family) 1974 April 3 $100,000,000 $625,592,292: F4 List of tornadoes in the 1974 Super Outbreak [3] (Total damages may have been greater than this.) Conyers, Stockbridge, Georgia: 1973 March 31 ...