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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 violent tornado struck the north side of Flint, Michigan and the northern suburb of Beecher, causing catastrophic damage and hundreds of casualties. Rated as an F5 on the Fujita Scale, the tornado touched ...
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 had already been extremely deadly tornado season due to multiple outbreaks that affected a vast majority of the country in the Spring and Early-Summer. In particular, tornadoes in Waco, Texas, Flint, Michigan, and Worcester, Massachusetts had taken 324 lives and injured thousands more.
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.
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. A strong F3 tornado touched down near Manchester, before tracking through Washtenaw County, causing extensive damage to ...
Tornado outbreak of May 1927. 1946 Windsor–Tecumseh tornado. Tornado outbreak sequence of June 25–27, 1951. 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.