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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 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.
A widespread, destructive, and deadly tornado outbreak sequence affected the Southeastern United States from April 28 to May 2, 1953, producing 24 tornadoes, including five violent F4 tornadoes. The deadliest event of the sequence was an F4 tornado family that ravaged Robins Air Force Base in Warner Robins, Georgia , on April 30, killing at ...
A deadly series of at least 33 tornadoes hit at least 10 different U.S. states on May 9–11, 1953. Tornadoes appeared daily from Minnesota in the north to Texas in the south. The strongest and deadliest tornado was a powerful F5 tornado [nb 1] that struck Waco, Texas on May 11, causing 114 of the 144 deaths in the outbreak.
The tornado would be the deadliest to hit Texas since 1900, with the same amount of fatalities as but more injuries than the 1902 Goliad, Texas, tornado. The tornado would eventually receive an F5 rating, one of five in the devastating 1953 tornado season .
116 people died when an F5 tornado tore through Flint, Michigan, on June 8, 1953. The tornado was about half a mile wide and was on the ground for 27 miles. Of the 116 fatalities, 113 occurred ...
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 ...
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.