1974 Xenia tornado
On April 3, 1974, a tornado struck Xenia and Wilberforce, Ohio, killing 36 people. It is the deadliest individual tornado of the 1974 Super Outbreak. The tornado destroyed a large portion of Xenia, which caused meteorologist Dr. Ted Fujita to initially assign a preliminary rating of F6 intensity of ± 1 on the Fujita scale, making it the second tornado to receive this rating, the first being the 1970 Lubbock tornado. However, the rating was later downgraded to F5 after Fujita deemed F6 ratings "inconceivable".
The tornado tearing through the southeast Pinecrest Garden district. | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 39 minutes |
| Formed | April 3, 1974, 4:33 p.m. EDT (UTC–04:00) |
| Dissipated | April 3, 1974, 5:12 p.m. EDT (UTC–04:00) |
| F5 tornado | |
| on the Fujita scale | |
| Highest winds | 250 to 305 mph (402 to 491 km/h) |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 36 |
| Injuries | 1,150 |
| Damage | $100 million (1974 USD) ($593 million in 2022) |
| Areas affected | Xenia and town of Wilberforce, Ohio |
Part of the 1974 Super Outbreak and Tornadoes of 1974 | |
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