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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.
The tornado that struck the city of Xenia, Ohio stands as the deadliest individual tornado of the 1974 Super Outbreak, killing 32 people and destroying a significant portion of the town. [9] The tornado formed near Bellbrook, Ohio , southwest of Xenia, at about 4:30 pm EDT.
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: W of Warren to NW of Bluffton: Huntington, Wells: IN: 00:10 11.5 miles (18.5 km) 350 yards (320 m)
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 ...
1974 super outbreak that hit Xenia, Ohio. Almost 150 tornadoes were recorded during the 1974 Super Outbreak across the United States from April 3-4, 1974. The deadliest tornado struck Xenia, Ohio ...
A Super Outbreak of tornadoes devastated Xenia and Sayler Park 50 years ago. Then, 25 years ago, another tornado hit Blue Ash and Montgomery.
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 ...
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 ...