April 1974 Xenia, Ohio Tornado

[awwildfire31]

i live in kettering

[IRONHORSE11M]

@awwildfire31 i live in Wilmington. Was thier ever a tornado watch or warning for Clinton County during the outbreak?

[longlakeshore]

@IRONHORSE11M Yes. The WB issued watches and warnings that afternoon and evening for every county between Cincinnati, Dayton and Columbus.

[longlakeshore]

This tornado tracked 35 miles on the ground entirely within in Greene County, Ohio.

[TheRshelp2009]

This TORNADO HIT HURON COUNTY WILLARD AND KILLED MY AUNT :C

[chrisjames1962]

Goddamn copyrights!!!!

[tankdogg937]

The one thing I always found interesting about tornado's was the fact that they can destroy one house and leave the one right next door virtually unscathed.



[datacreed]

Thanks for sharing. Bummer about the audio copyright.

[midsizedwhiteboy]

Like usually said: Amazing in some pics that one house/home is gone and the one next to it fine! Never wanna go through that.

[Mattcrowley2a]

FUCK YOU, WMG!

[Torn80cj]

This was one of six F5 tornadoes that happened in this outbreak. Six F5's inside a 24 hour period. After the F5 that hit Oklahoma in 1999, it took til 2007 before there was an other tornado with a 5 rating on damage. It was the EF5 that hit Greensburg, Kansas. And Manitoba Canada also had an F5 in 2007 also. As far as I know, Canada still uses the old Fujita scale when rating damage of tornadoes.

[FlyinRyans35]

This was the worst tornado out of the entire tornado outbreak of 1974.

[longlakeshore]

I watched this tornado from Alpha Rd. in Beavercreek, about 5 miles W of Xenia. I was 12 and delivering newspapers on my bike, soaked by rain and bruised by hail. Looked like a fork-tailed funnel when I first saw it, but the two funnels soon joined up, pulled in another and became a giant. Then it hit arrowhead and a million shingles were in the air. Scared me silly at 5 miles. Cannot imagine what it must have been like up close.

[DrGreg1408]

I was in Xenia when this tornado hit. I was 16 years old. My mother had my brother and sisters and I hide under a bed as it roared over our house, crossed route 35 in Lanewood and hit the High School football field. I watched as it formed a very clear funnel and twisted the light towers of the field. I had no idea however of the devastation it made as it continued into town until I walked downtown later that day.

[longlakeshore]

1970's? I liked listening to Clapton. Saw this tornado, too. Didn't like it.

[amassack01]

Eric Clapton Fucker