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1956 |
69 yrs ago |
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Hudsonville–Grand Rapids, Michigan |
2007 fatalities |
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April 1956 Hudsonville-Standale tornado – Many homes were swept completely away, leaving bare foundations behind. Extensive wind-rowing of debris was observed, and vehicles were tossed hundreds of yards as well. One home that was swept away had all of its tile flooring scoured from the foundation. |
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Official F5/EF5; undisputed |
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1974 |
51 yrs ago |
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Daisy Hill, Indiana |
2019 fatalities |
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Super Outbreak – Homes were swept completely away, and entire farms were leveled. |
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Official F5/EF5; undisputed |
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1974 |
51 yrs ago |
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Xenia, Ohio |
1993 fatalities |
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Super Outbreak – Aerial photography and isoline surveys by Fujita showed that entire rows of brick homes were swept away and sustained F5 damage. Wind-rowing of debris occurred in nearby fields, and very intense damage was reported to steel-reinforced schools. |
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Official F5/EF5; undisputed |
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1974 |
51 yrs ago |
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Brandenburg, Kentucky |
1994 fatalities |
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Super Outbreak – Multiple well-built homes were swept away, including one that sustained total collapse of its poured concrete walk-out basement wall. Grass was scoured from the ground, and aerial photography showed extensive wind-rowing in Brandenburg. Trees were completely debarked, and low-lying shrubs next to leveled homes were uprooted and stripped. Multiple vehicles were also thrown hundreds of yards and stripped down to their frames. |
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Official F5/EF5; undisputed |
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1974 |
51 yrs ago |
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Sayler Park (West Cincinnati), Ohio |
2022 fatalities |
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Super Outbreak – Homes were swept away, and a large floating restaurant barge was lifted, ripped from its moorings, and flipped upside-down by the tornado. Boats and vehicles were carried long distances through the air. |
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Official F5/EF5; undisputed |
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1974 |
51 yrs ago |
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Mt. Hope–Tanner–Harvest, Alabama |
1997 fatalities |
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Super Outbreak – Numerous homes were swept away and scattered. In Limestone County, where the F5 damage occurred, a large swath of trees was leveled, and ground scouring occurred nearby, with dirt found to have been dug up and plastered to the bark. A well pump was lifted out of the ground at one location, pavement was scoured from roads, and large metal high-tension towers were ripped off at the base and thrown, one of which was never found. Shrubbery was debarked as well. |
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Official F5/EF5; undisputed |
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1974 |
51 yrs ago |
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Tanner–Hazel Green, Alabama |
2003 fatalities |
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Super Outbreak – Officially listed as an F5, but was rated F4 by Grazulis and Ted Fujita. Crossed into Tennessee and did F4 damage in both states, though the supposed F5 damage only occurred in Alabama, where numerous homes were swept away and extensive wind-rowing of debris occurred. |
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Official F5/EF5, but rating is disputed; event may not have been F5/EF5 |
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1974 |
51 yrs ago |
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Guin, Alabama |
1997 fatalities |
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Super Outbreak – According to the NWS in Birmingham, Alabama, this is considered one of the strongest tornadoes ever to impact the United States. Sources indicate that F5 damage was reported along much of the path, and that many homes in and near Guin sustained F5 damage. Many of these homes were swept away, their debris being scattered across fields, and in some cases reportedly had their "foundations dislodged and in some cases swept away as well." Nothing was left of the Guin Mobile Home Plant but a pile of mangled beams. Additionally, photographs showed intense wind-rowing from suction vortices. The path of the tornado was visible from satellite, as thousands of trees, including in the Bankhead National Forest, were snapped. |
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Official F5/EF5; undisputed |
