1974 Super Outbreak

The Super Outbreak was an outbreak of violent tornadoes in April 1974. It involved many states in the US, including Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi and North Carolina. The incident involved less than thirty F4 or F5 tornadoes that happened on April 3rd and 4th, and killed 319 people. Seven of these were at the F5 level on the United States Fujita scale. Xenia, Ohio was among the hardest hit cities.

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Tracks of the tornadoes during the outbreak.

1974 Super Outbreak Media

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  Surface analysis at 6 pm CDT on April 3, as drawn by the National Meteorological Center

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  Upper-level winds during the Super Outbreak

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  WSR-57 radar imagery of Illinois and Indiana during the outbreak

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  A graphic made by the Storm Prediction Center on the 50th anniversary of the Super Outbreak