I was 6 and standing outside and my family was standing in the back yard less than one mile from the edge of the total destruction it created on Mcauly Road off Feilds Ertel Road. I still freak when bad storms start up around here!
I will never, ever forget this day in 1974 and I'll always remember how terrified I was, for hours and hours. Our tornado sirens, in Ft. Thomas Ky. went off around 3:00 a.m. and my Mom and I looked out of our front door toward downtown Cincinnati, and the entire sky was pink/red and everything was perfectly calm, except for those roaring tornado sirens right up the street. I was 13. I was extremely scared.
Not to be rude or anything but i live in mantua witch is really close to shaylersville and shaylers park and that is not a tornado that a dust storm......... BUT it could of formed into a torando i guess.
@shannonth3hotty You have no clue what you are even talking about. I think you're mistaking wherever you're from for the area around Sayler Park (which is in fact a neighborhood in Cincinnati, Ohio). It was no dust storm, it was definitely a tornado.
My fiance is from Sayler Park, and while he wasn't born back then, his family lived through the tornado. While their house survived intact (it's an old and sturdy Civil War-era house), a lot of others did not. It was a serious storm.
Sheesh! Sometimes I forget how dangerous Ohio's tornadoes can be.... Licking County has gotten hit in a while as far as I can remember (correct me if I'm wrong)...
You know whenever cincinnati gets hit by a tornado i've noticed it usually bypasses the Eastern side of the city. It could just be that i've missed most of the bigger tornadoes but so far it's always missed the part of town i live in.
I remember that like it was yesterday. I and my family were in the F-5 Xenia, Ohio tornado that hit during that same time. We were some of the fortunate ones, a lot of people weren't so lucky. Never forget it as long as I live. Good footage.
Nature is a living, breathing thing. Some say tornadoes are beautiful. I don't think so. They're dark. Menacing. Deadly. Someone is sending a message. I think God allows them to exist because he wants us to fear Him, as the Bible says. Love Him, worship Him, of course, but this is an awful reminder He is the Almighty. He wants us to fear Him to respect Him. I think I'd be saying some prayers if a twister was coming in my direction, how about you?
I remember when I was seven years old standing in the foyer while my dad and older brother stood on the front porch; we all were watching a tornado coming towards our home in West Chester, OH. My mother grabbed me, my younger brother and got us to the basement. Three minutes later my older brother and dad came bounding downstairs (missing a few steps along the way) yelling "here she comes!!" By the Grace of God it changed course. Never will forget it!!! Thanks for the footage!
It didn't change course for us. Destroyed most of the farmhouse up on McCauly Rd. I was too young to remember it, but we still have some great pictures. What an amazing event.
Have you seen the "Day of the Killer Tornadoes" video I have put up? It has more footage of this tornado and also the Xenia, Ohio tornado as well. Not to mention Oscar worthy reenactments by some of the survivors.
Just watched it. You're right about the Oscar-worthiness, though I guess the survivors are just regular people, not actors. Imagine, though, activating a siren using a rotary dial.
There were six confirmed F-5 tornadoes during the Super Outbreak. The Sayler Park tornado did something not done since the infamous Tri-State killer storm of 1925, when it plowed through Indiana and Kentucky before crossing the Ohio River into Cincinnati. Despite the massive strength of the storm, only three people were killed. By comparison, the Tri-State tornado killed nearly 700, the worst single tornado in U.S. history. Thanks for the footage.
I didn't realize it, heard so many stories from that day, but according to the maps they now have, we were in the front that originated northeast of Brandenburg & passed over us headed due northeast through Xenia, I'd been under the impression all this time it originated in Louisville. Learn something everyday.
Yes, thank you! I wasn't in this specific tornado but was in one of the others that very day in Southeastern Indiana on the Ohio River, lost my home, my school, neighborhood, grandparent's home, neighbors, friends, taught me as a teen that some things are just out of our control. Glad someone had footage of at least one that day.
I like this video too! If only someone could have a video of the F-5 Brandenburg tornado, the DePauw F-5 tornado, and the Guin F-5 tornado, all from The Super Outbreak.
This was an F4 and went through the butler warren area off of 42 in Sharonville.
abfabhippy 5 days ago
I was 6 and standing outside and my family was standing in the back yard less than one mile from the edge of the total destruction it created on Mcauly Road off Feilds Ertel Road. I still freak when bad storms start up around here!
abfabhippy 5 days ago
i didn't know they sold color-making cameras in the 70's.
ChainBreakerHQ2 5 months ago in playlist Liked
looks like a funnel cloud trying to form into a tornado
southsidekid200 1 year ago
I will never, ever forget this day in 1974 and I'll always remember how terrified I was, for hours and hours. Our tornado sirens, in Ft. Thomas Ky. went off around 3:00 a.m. and my Mom and I looked out of our front door toward downtown Cincinnati, and the entire sky was pink/red and everything was perfectly calm, except for those roaring tornado sirens right up the street. I was 13. I was extremely scared.
pacific707 1 year ago
i was on shelby when a tornado hit us
Neopets112 1 year ago
Not to be rude or anything but i live in mantua witch is really close to shaylersville and shaylers park and that is not a tornado that a dust storm......... BUT it could of formed into a torando i guess.
shannonth3hotty 1 year ago
@shannonth3hotty You have no clue what you are even talking about. I think you're mistaking wherever you're from for the area around Sayler Park (which is in fact a neighborhood in Cincinnati, Ohio). It was no dust storm, it was definitely a tornado.
My fiance is from Sayler Park, and while he wasn't born back then, his family lived through the tornado. While their house survived intact (it's an old and sturdy Civil War-era house), a lot of others did not. It was a serious storm.
marinabreeze 1 year ago
i had a dream just last night i was chasing a tornado
tremer88 2 years ago
this is scary
mrwheelsable 2 years ago
that was in my hometown
BruceSiemering15 2 years ago
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BruceSiemering15 2 years ago
Big F5
SzychaK 2 years ago
why didn't you run or drive away?
PugDogSophie 2 years ago
The tornado was at a safe distance and wasn't heading towards him, no reason to drive away. I know I wouldn't
dragonridley 2 years ago
that's just crazy
PugDogSophie 2 years ago
Well, I wouldn't miss the opportunity to see something so spectacular.
dragonridley 2 years ago
35 years ago today.
rugr2002 2 years ago
ahh no tornadoes hit akron oh
SSBBplya1 2 years ago
Sheesh! Sometimes I forget how dangerous Ohio's tornadoes can be.... Licking County has gotten hit in a while as far as I can remember (correct me if I'm wrong)...
hhrider09 2 years ago
You know whenever cincinnati gets hit by a tornado i've noticed it usually bypasses the Eastern side of the city. It could just be that i've missed most of the bigger tornadoes but so far it's always missed the part of town i live in.
Chasermaan 3 years ago
Hamilton County Ohio
Chasermaan 3 years ago
Woah can u tell me what county this is cuz i dont remember this
XOitachiXO 3 years ago
It would be moving into Hamilton county in this clip.
ColonelAngus75 3 years ago
I remember that like it was yesterday. I and my family were in the F-5 Xenia, Ohio tornado that hit during that same time. We were some of the fortunate ones, a lot of people weren't so lucky. Never forget it as long as I live. Good footage.
BrujaDiabolica 3 years ago
ahh scary!
AbercrombiexxGirlxx 3 years ago
Nature is a living, breathing thing. Some say tornadoes are beautiful. I don't think so. They're dark. Menacing. Deadly. Someone is sending a message. I think God allows them to exist because he wants us to fear Him, as the Bible says. Love Him, worship Him, of course, but this is an awful reminder He is the Almighty. He wants us to fear Him to respect Him. I think I'd be saying some prayers if a twister was coming in my direction, how about you?
xhominne6 4 years ago
I remember when I was seven years old standing in the foyer while my dad and older brother stood on the front porch; we all were watching a tornado coming towards our home in West Chester, OH. My mother grabbed me, my younger brother and got us to the basement. Three minutes later my older brother and dad came bounding downstairs (missing a few steps along the way) yelling "here she comes!!" By the Grace of God it changed course. Never will forget it!!! Thanks for the footage!
amyneal02 4 years ago 7
Hi Amy.
I'm a West Chester storm veteran as well.
It didn't change course for us. Destroyed most of the farmhouse up on McCauly Rd. I was too young to remember it, but we still have some great pictures. What an amazing event.
ShadowBlasko 3 years ago
That's not all that far from where my wife is from, and just a few months before she was born.
lowbridgenc 4 years ago
Have you seen the "Day of the Killer Tornadoes" video I have put up? It has more footage of this tornado and also the Xenia, Ohio tornado as well. Not to mention Oscar worthy reenactments by some of the survivors.
ColonelAngus75 4 years ago
Just watched it. You're right about the Oscar-worthiness, though I guess the survivors are just regular people, not actors. Imagine, though, activating a siren using a rotary dial.
lowbridgenc 4 years ago
There were six confirmed F-5 tornadoes during the Super Outbreak. The Sayler Park tornado did something not done since the infamous Tri-State killer storm of 1925, when it plowed through Indiana and Kentucky before crossing the Ohio River into Cincinnati. Despite the massive strength of the storm, only three people were killed. By comparison, the Tri-State tornado killed nearly 700, the worst single tornado in U.S. history. Thanks for the footage.
pccp 4 years ago 4
They used this tornado to cover up for the Brandonburg,KY Tornado in day of the killer tornadoes
romerofan123 4 years ago
this one pulverized Xenia right?
kylex102 4 years ago
This was a different tornado than the one that struck Xenia.
ColonelAngus75 4 years ago
you only showed a piece of it. cause i saw the full clip of it, it gets big, and runs right through the camera and runs for the countryside.
ultradumbass 3 years ago
im in columbus ohio!
sisamuth13 4 years ago
Thanks for this video. I was wondering what this tornado looked like and stuff. The tornado is pretty little and stuff, but it was rated F-5.
AquaTeen191 4 years ago
You're welcome!
ColonelAngus75 4 years ago
Thanks for the video for more info on that day april31974com
shrimpramone 4 years ago
I didn't realize it, heard so many stories from that day, but according to the maps they now have, we were in the front that originated northeast of Brandenburg & passed over us headed due northeast through Xenia, I'd been under the impression all this time it originated in Louisville. Learn something everyday.
indycat47 4 years ago
Yes, thank you! I wasn't in this specific tornado but was in one of the others that very day in Southeastern Indiana on the Ohio River, lost my home, my school, neighborhood, grandparent's home, neighbors, friends, taught me as a teen that some things are just out of our control. Glad someone had footage of at least one that day.
indycat47 4 years ago
You're welcome!
ColonelAngus75 4 years ago
Awesome! Thank you, I've been wanting to see this for a long while now.
Anticyclonic 4 years ago
You're welcome! I've had this footage for over seven years and never even realized what it was until a few weeks ago.
ColonelAngus75 4 years ago
I like this video too! If only someone could have a video of the F-5 Brandenburg tornado, the DePauw F-5 tornado, and the Guin F-5 tornado, all from The Super Outbreak.
AquaTeen191 4 years ago