XENIA OHIO 1974 TORNADO- PART 1 OF 2:SUPER OUTBREAK-OHIO HISTORY

this is is an abc news report. on April 3rd 1974 a tornado of unusally harrowing and disturbing,and violent force, destroyed half of xenia,turning a quiet little Ohio town near Dayton Ohio in Greene County a scene that recalls SEPTEMBER 11TH and the HAITI EARTHQUAKE.ABC NEWS AND MANY LOCAL AND NATIONAL NEWS SCRAMBLED TO THE TOWN TO COVER THE STORY. RICHARD NIXON DECLARED XENIA A DISASTER AREA .OVER 30 DEATHS IN XENIA.

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[MoosicandCritters]

I live in Hillsboro (Highland County) about 40 minutes from Xenia. I had an aunt and uncle and 3 cousins who lived there. It took 2 days for us to hear from them and find out they were all ok. I'll never forget that day! I was in 7th grade.

[thecoolj45221]

@MoosicandCritters was your families houses okay are were they destroyed,

[KatsuGuitar]

My dad was a police officer for Bellbrook. The town right down the road from Xenia. He told me stories of stacking bodies in the gym of the high school. Man. That would be such a crazy thing to live through.

[thecoolj45221]

@KatsuGuitar i read on wipkedia the tornado formed near bellbrook

[blacksultan85]

where's Xena located at?

[thecoolj45221]

@blacksultan85 it is located in greene county which i think is about a half hour from dayton

[usgitmo33]

@AALIYAHFOREVER22YOUN it was rated F5. But Ted Fujita after whom the scale is named almost rated it an F6. The this tornado and the F5 that hit Guin,Alabama on the Same day were almost rated F6.

[shane8109]

Very interesting

[ViewerwithPanache02]

The written narration accompanied with this video is inaccurate. Many words are totally dfferent from what was actually stated, plus other words had no connection whatsoever with the story line. If given the opportunity, I am certain someone would love to completely narrate this video with the proper words, including verbatim testimony of the survivors and the newscaster(s). Anybody reading this account would be thoroughly confused !!

[AALIYAHFOREVER22YOUN]

nice video man but i have a question

¿what was the type of tornado?......¿F6, F7 or F8?

[XeniaWordontheStreet]

Thank you for posting! It's eye opening!

[weareclouds]

The Super Outbreak fascinates me. I wasn't born yet (I was in 1987) But, my mom told me that she, my grandmother, my uncle, and my mom's first husband (not my dad) hid out in their basement. They were in Lexington, KY and luckily did not get hit. Thank God they did not live in Xenia.

[caycay4722]

april3 is my birthday

[johninloveindaytona]

I remember that day. Me and my mom spent the day in the basement. we went and saw my Aunt that lived just a few blocks from all the devestation. It was the first time I ever saw Destruction on a scale like that. Looked like a huge landfill on one side of the road. and on the other side of the road the houses were not touched. Awesom video of footage from back in 1974. thanks for the memories. I dont think the government could do any better today..

[SuperRob81]

Interesting stuff man

[book492]

@reddebone CSU c/o 2010!