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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 ]
The tornado touched down at 7:15 pm, March 20, 1976, near Halsted Road between 13 and 14 Mile Roads in Farmington Hills, along a sharp cold front crossing the Metro Detroit area. The tornado then crossed into West Bloomfield, cutting a path four miles long and 350 yards wide across the Detroit suburb before dissipating near Maple Road (15 Mile ...
Tornado outbreak of March 20–21, 1976: March 20–21, 1976: Mississippi Valley - Great Lakes - Southeastern United States - Mid-Atlantic: 66: 3 fatalities, 189 injuries: Several destructive tornadoes touched down in Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. This included a violent F4 tornado in the suburbs of Detroit. (18 significant, 3 violent, 3 ...
0–9. 1976 West Bloomfield tornado. 1976 Brownwood tornado. Template:1976 tornado outbreaks.
The tornado injured an estimated 117 people and inflicted $17.6 million (1953 USD) on both of the towns. June 8, 1953 – A violent F4 tornado hit Temperance, killing 4 people and destroying 14 houses. The tornado caused an estimated $250,000 (1953 USD) in damages, and was one of multiple deadly tornadoes in Michigan on June 8.
Fatal United States tornadoes in 1974. 1974 was exceptionally above average with a record number of seven F5 tornadoes in one year. 366 deaths occurred and almost 7,000 injuries occurred. The worst tornado outbreak of the record-breaking year was the Super Outbreak, which spawned all seven F5 tornadoes.
The most "extreme" tornado in recorded history was the Tri-State tornado, which spread through parts of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana on March 18, 1925. It is considered an F5 on the Fujita Scale, holds records for longest path length at 219 miles (352 km) and longest duration at about 3⁄ hours, and held the fastest forward speed for a ...
During the afternoon of May 6, 1975, at least 12 tornadoes touched down in the Upper Midwest. The costliest of these tornadoes struck parts of western Omaha, Nebraska, causing at least $150 million in damage and killing three people. It was at the time the costliest tornado in U.S. history, damaging over a thousand homes across a nearly 2,000 ...