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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.
Super Outbreak page with tornadoes path length, location, fatalities and Fujita scale rating Archived 2012-06-10 at the Wayback Machine; Path of destruction of Xenia tornado [permanent dead link ] Xenia tornado website with stories, photos and audio clip of tornado; 1974 Tornado Table for Alabama
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 ...
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 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 tornado was on the ground for 9 miles (14 km), and along this path it destroyed numerous buildings and damaged hundreds more. The tornado was the first violent tornado to hit the city since 1974, when an F5 tornado would move along a near-parallel path, devastating Xenia. Safety actions taken by the city of Xenia prior to the event were ...
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.