June 30, 1998 CEDAR POINT Tornado

Sometimes in the history of Cedar Point, among noments of great achievement, there can also be moments of terror like this tornado which hit Cedar point.

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Film & Animation

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• June
• 30
• 1998
• CEDAR
• POINT
• Tornado

[gohipmonetop]

thumbs up for unfitting music

[Sasskitten]

@OOHSLAX25 I didn't like Dragster. Did you know in one day it broke down like three times and got stuck seven times? I did want to ride Millenium Force. But, I ended up getting real bad heat exaughtion and spent two hours in their first aid place. (It was pretty close to heat stroke and, I ended up feeling dizzy after my head hit the shoulder bar things on the Mantis. (Guess I shouldn't have went the day after I got a mild concussion at my house huh?)

[camillesnook]

does nobody notice how there's a tornado and everyone around is acting like nothings even happening... not even taking cover?

[myredrose1974]

@Sasskitten this one is very constant. tho the dragster

[Sasskitten]

@myredrose1974 I think that it happens to every ride when you think about it. After all, they test and test and test before opening it up. However, the true tests come when the part visiters come and the ride has to be used non stop. That is the true test of a ride.

[myredrose1974]

@Sasskitten always breaks down!

[90hammer1]

i was about 100 feet from a tornado when i was 3 years old. it would of killed us. im glad im still here i love my life. im 13 years old and glad im still alive.

[Rufuzz2]

The tornado is angry cuz it wants its own ride named after itself in the theme park

[DCBub]

water spout

[KevinDHorvath]

@7upman100 not even f1. f0. waterspouts aren't usually strong. A waterspout would be lucky to reach an f2. f1 is the most they usually go. Ever heard of the tristate tornado? It was an F5 that started from the bottom right missouri, through illinois, and ended in the lower left part of indiana. i live in northern indiana so ya. so far this year u.s. past the average EF5 tornado by 5, the most ef5 tornadoes was in 1974 which over 120 ef4/

ef5 tornadoes touched down. a butt load

[KevinDHorvath]

that is actually known as a waterspout. Waterspouts barely do any damage so it couldnt have damaged any steel rollercoasters. wooden maybe but steel nah. but on some rare occasions they can do quite some damage. they are usually EF0 tornados that are in the range of 65-85 mph winds and 4% of EF0 tornadoes cause any deaths.