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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. [8] The tornado formed near Bellbrook, Ohio, southwest of Xenia, at about 4:30 pm EDT. It began as a moderate-sized tornado, then intensified while moving ...
Tornado hit southeastern Nashville, causing significant damage to large homes, trailers, and businesses. May have been an F3 rather than an F2 tornado due to severity of damage. F1: W of Circleville: Pickaway: OH: 22:18 1 mile (1.6 km) F1: NW of Jacksonville: Calhoun: AL: 22:21 1 mile (1.6 km) Damage to trees and power lines west of ...
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.
Over a 24-hour period on April 3 and 4, more than 140 tornadoes were reported in 13 states, including Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan and Ohio. A tornado that hit western Henry County ...
Wapakoneta is in Auglaize County in western Ohio. It's about 90 miles northwest of Columbus. The suspected tornado was spotted at 7:43 p.m. Thursday traveling southeast from Mercer County ...
XENIA, Ohio (AP) — EDITOR'S NOTE — On April 3, 1974, a fierce tornado barreled through Xenia, Ohio, without warning, killing 32 people, injuring hundreds and leveling half the city of 25,000.
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 National Weather Service has confirmed six tornadoes from Thursday night's Ohio storms, with more possible. First, an EF1 tornado touched down in far western Mercer County, along the Ohio ...