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List of Ohio tornadoes. An F4 tornado in Van Wert on November 10, 2002. Tornadoes in the U.S. state of Ohio are relatively uncommon, with roughly 16 tornadoes touching down every year since 1804, the year with the first ever event in the state. [1] Many of Ohio's tornadoes are violent, and there have been four recorded F5 or EF5 Tornadoes in ...
The Xenia, Ohio, F5 tornado of April 3, 1974.This was one of two tornadoes to receive a preliminary rating of F6, which was downgraded later to a rating of F5. [1]This is a list of tornadoes which have been officially or unofficially labeled as F5, EF5, IF5, T10-T11, the highest possible ratings on the various tornado intensity scales.
The 2011 Super Outbreak was the largest tornado outbreak spawned by a single weather system in recorded history; it produced 360 tornadoes from April 25–28, with 216 of those in a single 24-hour period on April 27 from midnight to midnight CDT, [6] [13] fifteen of which were violent EF4–EF5 tornadoes. 348 deaths occurred in that outbreak, of which 324 were tornado related.
Until now, the worst year for tornadoes in Ohio was 1992, when 62 twisters touched down, Peloquin said. The strongest that year was an EF4 tornado that hit Van Wert County in Western Ohio on Feb ...
There were 10 other tornadoes in Ohio that day. Ohio's tornado history: What to do if you're caught in a twister. When is tornado season in Ohio? Ohio's tornado season considered to be April ...
June 1990 Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak: June 2–3, 1990: Central United States: 66: 9 fatalities: Outbreak produced many strong to violent tornadoes across the Ohio Valley. An F4 tornado devastated Petersburg, Indiana, killing six people. Another very long lived F4 tornado was on the ground for 106 miles across Illinois and Indiana
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.
Damage. $600 million (1974 USD) $3.97 billion (2024 USD) Areas affected. Midwestern and Southern United States, Ontario, Canada. Part of the tornado outbreaks of 1974. The 1974 Super Outbreak was the second-largest tornado outbreak on record for a single 24-hour period, just behind the 2011 Super Outbreak. It was also the most violent tornado ...