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1976 West Bloomfield tornado. On March 20, 1976, an exceptionally violent tornado struck the Metro Detroit suburbs of West Bloomfield and Farmington Hills. Rated as an F4 on the Fujita Scale, the tornado touched down in Farmington Hills at 7:15 p.m. near Halsted Road between 13 and 14 Mile Roads, along a sharp cold front crossing Michigan.
The strongest tornadoes occurred in Illinois, including an F4 tornado in Sadorus, but one F4 tornado came very close to Lafayette, Indiana. The Metro Detroit suburb of West Bloomfield Township, Michigan experienced an F4 tornado on March 20, it is to date the last tornado stronger than an F3 to strike the Metro Detroit area. [ 8 ]
A weak F3 tornado touched down near Temperance, heavily damaging a well-built home. [20] March 20, 1976 – An extremely violent F4 tornado hit West Bloomfield and Farmington Hills, destroying hundreds of structures and killing 1 person. 55 were injured, and the tornado caused an estimated $50 million (1976 USD) in damages.
Tornado outbreak of April 2–3, 1956. Tornado outbreak sequence of June 20–23, 1957. 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak. List of tornadoes in the 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak. Tornado outbreak sequence of June 1966. Tornado outbreak of April 21–24, 1968. 1974 Super Outbreak. Tornado outbreak of April 1–2, 1974. 1976 West Bloomfield ...
Tornado outbreak of March 20–21, 1976: ... spawning tornadoes from Texas to Michigan. An F3 hit Pine Bluff, Arkansas on May 14, injuring two. On May 20-21, an ...
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 ...
The Great Storm of 1975 (also known as the Super Bowl Blizzard, Minnesota's Storm of the Century, or the Tornado Outbreak of January, 1975) was an intense winter storm system that impacted a large portion of the Central and Southeast United States from January 9–12, 1975. A classic Panhandle hook, the mid-latitude cyclone produced an outbreak ...
32.0 inches (81 cm) December 2, 1985. Herman. Greatest snow depth. 117.0 inches (297 cm) January 27–31, 1948. Eagle Harbor.