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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 ...
The path of the second tornado, which formed at 7:35 pm CDT was 83 miles in length, also had a peak width of 500 yards, and the storm formed along the north bank Tennessee River less than a mile from the path of the earlier storm; with much of its path very closely paralleling its predecessor as it tore through Limestone and Madison Counties ...
3 deaths – See section on this tornado – Path paralleled that of an EF4 tornado in 2011 that affected nearby Cordova. F3: S of Ellisburg to NE of Danville: Casey, Lincoln, Boyle: KY: 23:35 21.1 miles (34.0 km) 1 death – Over 100 homes were heavily damaged or destroyed in Junction City. Damage figures were estimated at $5 million in ...
A Super Outbreak of tornadoes devastated Xenia and Sayler Park 50 years ago. Then, 25 years ago, another tornado hit Blue Ash and Montgomery.
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 ...
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 considered rating it an F6, although the scale only went to F5.
On April 3 and 4, 1974, a series of deadly tornadoes struck the Midwest, causing destruction and havoc, and the loss of more than 300 lives.