Looking back at the April 3, 1974 Tornado Outbreak
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- Опубліковано 29 бер 2022
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Looking back at April 3, 1974.
I am a degreed meteorologist with over 20 years of operational forecasting and broadcast experience. You have an absolutely phenomenal channel here. You have an real gift with explaining such a complex science in such detail. Also enjoyed your video on the 1985 outbreak. Keep up the great work and well done!
I had just turned 10 years old when this happened. I lived about 20 miles East of the EF 4 Monticello tornado track that went through Fulton and Kosciusko Counties in Indiana. I remember the weather being very unusually warm and a bit humid. We were outside for recess and that was highly weird for early April. Just the week before we had a snowstorm and ended up with over a foot of snow on the ground afterwards. To this day if it is a really warm humid day in March and early April, I am on alert.
Thanks for sharing that story. I wish more people had that knowledge, being aware of hot and humid days in March/April. I also didn't know about the snowstorm the previous week
@@weatherboxstudios I know you and I are on different genres on youtube but I see A LOT potential growth for you. My channel is college football related, just hit 5k subs this past February, maybe we could do a "How weather effected sports collaboration" sometime. Weather is my second passion!!
Sweet I just subbed! Big college sports fan, and I think that's a great idea. There's so many football games that have been decided by the weather and it deserves a good look
It was a F4 tornado. The EF scale started on February 1, 2007.
My mom was 12 and that tornado hit her neighborhood. her house was fine, but some of her neighbors' weren't.
I remember this well, my family lived outside of the little town of Anchor IL.. I turned 6 the day before and was getting ready to have friends over for a late party. The F-3 (EF-3) came down the road, destroyed my friend's house, ripped the carport off of ours.
The oddball things I saw that day were.. Hay stuck through a chicken, that was walking around like nothing happened. A brand new Ford F-100, gently set down on top of a knocked over power transmission tower. Not a scratch on the truck. Dinner plates jammed into the sheet metal siding of a friend's dad's repair shop.
I was also nearly carried way by this tornado, our neighbor Don grabbed my little arm and pulled me out of the wind. I'll never be able to thank him enough.
Those are some amazing images, especially that unscathed F-100. Thanks for sharing
I don't think an F-3 is that easily converted over in the EF scale. Based off winds alone, the F-3 could vary between rankings when transferred.
Thanks for the story though. Very fascinating!
I watched the F5 approach and strike Xenia from five miles away while out on my afternoon paper route drenched by rain and bruised by hail. We lived in eastern Beavercreek. From across an open field I had a view of the entire SE and E horizon. It was huge. Vortex on top of vortex on top of vortex--the most frightening thing I've ever seen. When it struck Xenia a million shingles were in the air and chunks of roofs and houses. My heart sank. People had to be dying under that beast--and were. I was 12.
What people don't know is there were three funnel clouds trailing the tornado at a distance of about one+, three+ and five miles which never touched down. The one five miles away tracked right over the top of me. Of all the pictures taken no one caught those three on film. If ever I had had a camera with me!
My Parents & I survived The Xenia Ohio Tornado on April 3rd, 1974. My Father, A CPA, was sent by His' Firm in L.A. by A Client, A Large Corporation that had a Small Office in Xenia, & My Dad was Sent To Audit Their Financial Records. We all packed up our things that would make A Temporary Rental House feel like Home for an Unknown Period Of Time. We shipped Our Belongings & Drove Our Car From L.A. to Xenia. I was 12 years old & I never will forget that morning! The Sky had an All Encompassing Reddish Hue. It seemed to reach all the way to the ground & looked Completely Other-Worldly! My Dad introduced me to The Old Proverb, "Red Morning, Sailor's Warning! Red Night, Sailor's Delight!" Being A Jewish Family, The 3rd was A Day Of No Work for us. My Dad didn't Work that day & I didn't go to school. The house that we Rented was A Two Story, Older House with Big Old Trees In The Yard on The Southwest Side Of The Town. The Front was facing Town. We had a Radio Station on & The Announcer had the most up-to-date info. possible, (somehow,) about The Location Of The Approaching Tornado, Naming Roads & Streets that The Tornado was crossing. I was in The Front Foyer, trying to see The Tornado Through The Front Door Window. Then I felt a hand on my Shoulder, Pushing Down Hard, There Was No Words, I went down to my knees, I didn't even look back. I wasn't sure if it was my Mother Or Dad, But Then The Hand Pushed Hard On My Back So I Went Flat On The Floor. Then I felt A Body Lay On Top Of Me. The Lights Went Out & All "Hades" Broke Loose! Wind Like Nothing You Can Imagine Was Blowing Through The House. I heard My Mother Calling My Name & My Dad's Name. Then I knew for sure that it was my Dad that had put me down & laid on top of me, but neither of us answered my Mother's Calls, I don't know why. But I could hear Crashing Sounds, Snapping Sounds, Breaking Sounds, Bumping Sounds, And A Churning Sound That Reminded Me Of One Of The Old Vietnam-Era Huey Craft Helicopters Taking Off. (That was something that I was accustomed to, My Dad was A Pilot. Every Sunday Afternoon, I always went to The Airport with Him, We'd go flying & then Hang Out at The Airport. Occasionally, one of those Old Huey Craft National Guard Helicopters would land at The Airport for a Bite To Eat or A Soda, then Take Back Off. I'd always run out & watch them Take Off. I was fascinated about what made them fly.) But As I Laid There, Seemingly Forever, I felt My Dad & Myself Being Pushed Across The Hardwood Floor and I was afraid that we'd be Sucked Up & Blown Away. After The One Time That My Mother Cried Out For Us, She Never Said Another Word. I thought that She Had Been Blown Away. I felt Particulate Debris Hitting Me. But eventually The Tornado Moved on & My Mother came into The Foyer & met us as My Dad & I were still getting up off of The Floor. Miraculously, The Living Room, Foyer & Front Porch had received very little damage while The Rest Of The House Was Completely Gone! G-d must have sent Angels to hold those walls up. My Mother had been standing up when The Tornado Hit, but was blown down & slid along The Floor Underneath Her Baby Grand Piano, Which Protected Her From Falling Plaster From The Ceiling As It Was Ripped Away. She'd pushed her way out & had come to try to find us, thinking that we'd been blown away. She'd walked straight into The Foyer where we were. We Went Out Onto The Front Porch, in case the little bit that remained of the House Collapsed. We watched in Awe & Terror As The Tornado Ripped Through The Town. I could see the multiple vortices, even though I didn't yet know what I was looking at. My Dad & I dug Our Across The Street Neighbor Out who was home sick & asleep when her house was hit. Her bed had been flipped & she was beneath some rubble. But we quickly dug her out. She had no idea that there had been a Tornado, it was still the height of The Cold War & She thought The Old Soviet Union had finally Dropped The Bomb. She was Confused but okay. Fortunately for us,,, The Office that my Dad was Auditing was also blown away, along with their Boxes and Boxes Of Paper Records, so We were freed to return to our home in Southern California. But We stayed in A Hotel in Dayton for a couple of weeks, because we wanted to try to find our most personal, meaningful Belongings. Once the Trees that blocked our Driveway were cut away,,,Our Car that was in The Garage that was barely touched we found Our Car was undamaged. That day I decided that I would be a Meteorologist & I did. I've spent my life warning others of Severe Weather & I've even Chased Tornadoes, Rode Out Hurricanes, Reporting Back To My Television Station What Happened. When Mount St. Helens Erupted, I covered that too. I was still Studying Meteorology in College, but I'd landed a Job at a Local Television Station as a Field Assignment Reporter. So, being A Meteorology Student I was sent to Washington to Cover The Eruption. But my Future began on April 3rd, 1974...
Awesome story! Loved the vivid memories. I remember a lot of bad storms in the 90s when I was a kid like yesterday (I’m in Michigan we don’t seem to get hit with storms like we used to back then), so a tornado of that proportion would be life changing for sure!
david cubero Very interesting story.
Did you play the song by REO Speedwagon Ridin ' The Storm Out
I lived in Cincinnati at the time, and it was the first time the air raid sirens were used for tornadoes. I just got home from school and thought the Russians were attacking us.
We spent the rest of the day and slept the night in the basement.
The next day was Reds’ Opening Day and it was a gloriously beautiful, sunny day.
I vowed never to
Live in a house without a basement, my house have no basement.
I was in the Monticello, IN tornado in 1974. Hid under a bed. Very loud. My cousin was somewhere else and she was trapped for 8 hours, broken leg that got very infected in the days afterwards. Wont forget this in my life time. I was 10 years old
Can't imagine going through something like that as a kid. Glad you made it out okay
My wife was 14 years old living in Xenia when the tornado hit. She lived on Bellbrook Ave, and a passerby ran to their house to warn them a tornado was coming. They hurried to their basement, huddled under a table, and their house above their head took a direct hit. When they came upstairs after the tornado passed, 90% of their home was gone. My wife's great-grandmother was living in a small guesthouse in the backyard which was completely demolished, but somehow she survived uninjured and they were able to pick her out of the rubble. A couple of their neighbors weren't so lucky and were killed.
Watching this to compare since my daughter’s birthday is 4/3, my weatherman (James Spann) said this is the day he lost his innocence, and I survived the 4/27/11 outbreak and want to compare.
I do remember my mother telling me about her mother’s new car being thrown into a tree, and that Guin and Tanner got hit twice by EF-5’s that night within an hour.. so people who survived the first one were killed in the second. They had no power and no daylight so no warning for the second.
Those were legendary tales here until 2011. My mother has lived through two massive outbreaks like that (and a blizzard) so I just figure when I’m around 55-60 I’ll live through a day like that again… (about every 30 years).
You do an absolutely SUPERB job of describing the basics of the topic as well as keeping it moderately light in tone (not all doom and gloom). If you lived closer I would contract with you to do a presentation at the Public Library (I'm the boss, so what I say goes) where I work to provide these presentations. Well done and keep up the fantastic work! Regards from Northern Indiana. 🙂
Thank you I really appreciate that! I'll keep working hard and we'll see where this thing goes!
I used to love weather when I was younger. In the area I grew up, there was one tornado that everyone knew about: Terrible Tuesday. April 10, 1979, an EF5 tornado barreled through Wichita Falls TX and was considered one of the most destructive tornadoes at the time. I would love to see you make a video of that day.
Minor correction it was rated F4 but there was some potential f5 damage
i had a coworker who survived the Guin tornado. He and his wife woke up to their home being destroyed and wound up in the street with their front door on top of them.
LOVE how you made your own synth soundtrack
Can't never have too much synth man
@@weatherboxstudiosI’m sure you’ve heard Resonance by Home!!
@@TrinityCourtStudios I have that album on vinyl!
Some say the Guin, AL tornado may have been the strongest tornado in all of human history with estimated winds of 340 mph.
Yeah. I lived 20 miles away. It hit jasper, Al and did major damage. They let us out of school early. We had zero amount of warning back then. I'm thankful for the radar system we have now.
@@conniejacks7485, actually, according to the NWS Alabama Tornado Database, those were 2 different systems. The Jasper F4 originated in Aliceville (Pickens County), Alabama and came through a corner of Tuscaloosa County, through part of Fayette County, then into Walker County and finally ending in Cullman County. The Guin F5 tornado started in Columbus, Mississippi, moved into Vernon, Alabama (Lamar County), then hit Guin, Twin (then known as Yampertown)-all in Marion County-, then devestating the Delmar community in Winston County, and passing through Lawrence and Morgan Counties before lifting somewhere in the Bankhead Forest
My dad was 20 years old turning 21 near the end of that year and my mom was 16 turning 17 a few days later. They both had to take shelter because a tornado warning was issued for their area. But it was just a severe thunderstorm. This tornado outbreak was a record for tornadoes formed for approximately 37 years until the super tornado outbreak of 2011. May all the victims of this tornado rest in peace and all the people who survived this tornado who subsequently passed away also rest in peace. Gone but never forgotten.
If you were born in 1958, you would have been the 16-year-old casually filming the 1974 tornadoes.
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Proof that even 50 years apart, nothing ever changes 😂
My dad was 5 and my mom was 3 in 74’ in Cincinnati. They both have vague memories of that day! My dad’s street was located directly in front of another street that was leveled by the tornado in Saylor Park. He lived On Liebel and the street that was destroyed was pickway. Pickway was rebuilt and lots of my friends grew up there! My mom just remembers that dreams by Fleetwood Mac was playing in the car as they drove to get out of the path of the storm.
This guy rules! I watch a lot of UA-cam, and I'm never sure who will produce the next series for me to stumble on. He's well-spoken, knows what he's talking about and has excellent video resources to support what he's saying.
@e020443: He’s also simply adorable, and although not a requirement of good presentation, it regardless, never hurts. But you’re absolutely correct, the “well-spoken” factor is becoming fewer and farther between of late. Good grammar, extensive vocabulary, and an overall outstanding command of the English language, are elements that I never fail to notice, nor could I hold them in higher esteem. Such presentation should neither be disparaged, as it now often is in our sewer-pipe trash pop culture, nor should it ever be taken for granted. Throughout the English-speaking societies, the degeneration of language and devaluation of standardized literacy, are just two of the myriad symptoms indicative of a Western civilization in decline; symptoms that have only gone from moderate to severe, and alas, the prognosis is not good. And if I may continue with that metaphor, I fully expect that the doctors will recommend pulling the plug any day now. (𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 (𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥) 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘢. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘙𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘓𝘦𝘧𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘢𝘯.😉)
@e020443: He’s also simply adorable, and although not a requirement for good presentation, it regardless, never hurts. But you’re absolutely correct, the “well-spoken” factor is becoming fewer and farther between of late. Good grammar, extensive vocabulary, and an overall outstanding command of the English language, are elements that I never fail to notice, nor could I hold them in higher esteem. Such presentation should neither be disparaged, as it now often is in our sewer-pipe trash pop culture, nor should it ever be taken for granted. Throughout the English-speaking societies, the degeneration of language and devaluation of standardized literacy, are just two of the myriad symptoms indicative of a Western civilization in decline; symptoms that have only gone from moderate to severe, and alas, the prognosis is not good. And if I may continue with that metaphor, I fully expect that the doctors will recommend pulling the plug any day now. (𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 (𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥) 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘢. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘙𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘓𝘦𝘧𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘢𝘯.😉)
Xenia is a 🌪🧲... what's worse is after the 1974 twister the town installed several Federal Signal Thunderbolt Sirens but they were useless during the 2000 tornado as electricity was knocked out and the sirens lacked battery backup. Xenia subsequently installed the newer Federal Signal 2001 which has battery backup.
I remember living in Monroeville, AL in late 1967. In late November-early December, state attention is centered on the annual Alabama-Auburn (our in state rival) football game. Up until 1989-90, every game was played in Birmingham, AL.
This particular year, it was a bitterly fought game w/Alabama taking a 7-3 lead late in the fourth quarter on a long, muddy run by the Alabama QB. Weather was miserable statewide but a tornado struck the tiny town of Frisco City, some seven miles South of Monroeville during the ball game. We only knew abt the tornado after the game was over & always said the radio station dared not interrupt the ball game for a tornado warning. But back then, you only knew abt a tornado when it struck your area & by the time a warning came out, it was long gone. Forecasters only dreamed of the tools we have today.
When the 1974 Super Outbreak storms hit Huntsville, it tore through Redstone Arsenal. @ the time, the Nuclear Weapons Publications warehouse was located & was hit. For months afterwards, farmers would show up back @ Redstone bringing pages from Secret publications they found in their fields where the storm dropped them.
Nice Roland.. can’t beat the old vintage analogs
Hello from North Canton! Love the meteorological videos from you - nice seeing a local person also into meteorology. One thing I find baffling about this outbreak was the Tanner F5 tornadoes in Alabama. One F5 after the last, the bad luck Tanner has. The damage done in Guin also was incredible!
Hello there! This was my first time really delving into the damage from that outbreak, I couldn't believe the pictures from Alabama myself
And the Tanner area was hit yet again by the Hackleberg tornado in 2011.
@@TheQuackinator Yup! Truly horrible for northern Alabama
You combined two of my fascinations together, weather and synthesizers into one. I didn’t think anyone would combine and interesting story about tornadoes with a Juno 106. Very cool.
Old synths and weather are my two favorite things!
The former Thriftway in my childhood home had its original location receive direct hit of an F4 cyclone. That is Tornado #44, if you see the Fujita Map.
Fast forward to 1999, a nearby Thriftway was struck on April 9.
Well done sir. : )
I’m very thankful for modern radar, forecasting, and communication capabilities. I’m glad our weathermen are able to quickly and accurately warn us about tornadoes. I couldn’t imagine living in a time period where you wouldn’t be able to look on your phone and know immediately what is going on.
We've definitely come a long way
Your profile picture says everything, LMFAO. I'm sure you were perfectly fine with the orange fascist. There is something seriously wrong with you guys.
You like to think you're a patriot, but that couldn't be any further from the truth.
Imagine alerts not existing too.
You deserve more subscribers
agree
Oh yeah definitely at least 100,000 subs
Thank you!
@@weatherboxstudios no problem :)
It took about 10 years for Xenia to look like a normal town again. My junior year ( 1977) l remember going up to play tennis walking through empty lots still strewn with tiny debris fragments
You probably could do that as many if the older lots weren't rebuilt on between Bellbrook Avenue and Second Street. You could probably do similarly in Xenia's graveyard(where they dumped the debris). I could still see 'stuff' sticking up through the dirt in the late 1990s.
Just popping in to say I love the video format and love seeing the vintages pictures of the tornados as well as a good description of the damage path and how some stuff can be spared where as other stuff gets demolished. Keep up the good work.
I remember when my grandma told me about the Xenia tornado which devastated the town. Her school back then had supported a campaign to help in the recovery of the residence in Xenia.
Those cars being tossed like that back in the 70s is a lot more impressive than cars being tossed these days bc they were A LOT more heavy back then!!
I didn't even think about that!
Honestly we really need to design heavier cars nowadays too!
bro this channel is fire
Thank you!
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Thank you for the deep-ish dive into the Xenia tornado tragedy. I was born in 1994 in Kettering, but lived in Xenia my whole life. My dad, uncle and grandparents were living in Xenia at the time, and vividly remember the tornado. Their house was minimally damaged, just some roof damage. It definitely did help shape the town.
I love the way you author these videos, definitely subscribing.
I'm so glad I found your channel! I can really see it go places! You are a very good narrator and have your knowledge down. 🙌
Thank you!
That was very interesting. I am always excited to see your new videos!
Thank you!
Awesome content man keep up the good work & thanks for all of the great info
Just commenting to boost your content, because everything you make is crazy high quality. Keep it up, love the videos!
Thank you so much!
Thank you for doing these!
This is an extremely cool video. I really liked the overlay of the old images from the air.
I love your intro music. It has a very 70s/80s PBS feel to it. They always had those ominous synth tones I loved.
I can tell that this channel is going to become big
Great content! Thanks. I remember this day well. I was 9 living about 20 miles east of Xenia. Dad just missed being in the middle of it. Driving a truck and was watching the weather. He pulled over for coffee just south of Xenia while the tornado ripped through the town.
Cool! Superb job of describing all of this here!
I was nine. All we got was a big thunderstorm in Columbus, but word soon got out what happened to the SW. Scared the crap outa me, and to this day which is now why I still subscribe to channels like this.
You do such a great job of making these videos sond so professional while making them simple.
Also, nice Juno Synth.
this channel is hella cool, love the synthwork.
Thanks! More synths to come
Great video... I will never forget that day
i'm actually from the town over from brandenburg! my grandma does remember a couple details, and the one that did stand out was the fact that her trailer (which was i'm pretty sure along HWY 79) looked like it'd exploded. that was completely the wind's doing it was EVERYWHERE.
there IS a book made sometime afterwards and it has tons of photographs along US 60 and down HWY 79 of all the damage. if i recall correctly it's titled something along the lines of "Day of the Killer Tornadoes". the copy that my grandma has is falling to pieces due to the age but i've seen the photos of brandenburg afterwards. i'd recommend reading it as it lists descriptions and the places of the damage.
I didn’t know you were such a metal head SLAYER!! 🤘
Thanks for the peep shot of the 106!
Love the content, my guy! Subbed!
Thanks Drew!
Great job, I don't enjoy most channels but this is well done.
Great content and excellent production value. New sub here! Keep up the great work!!
Thank you Lisa!
I love this channel.
Very nice summary, details, analysis, and commentary
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Great vid as always!
Thanks man!
Very informative information young man! I love the passion I share with you on extreme weather, particularly tornadoes! Where I'm from there's not very many tornadoes however there been some. I'm from New Brunswick Canada and I know there was a deadly violent tornado that happened way before any type of records or even before the Fajita scale was implemented by Mr. Ted Fajita. Keep putting your content out and I'll keep watching and hitting the like button.😁
Hello there! I'm very interested in tornadoes that have happened in the northeast. This summer I may be heading up there and might make a couple videos if I get the chance
Awesome video. I wish I could like this multiple times.
What a little gem of a channel you have here dude. I was expecting like 250k subs minimum when I stumbled on one of your vids for the first time, not 600. Top-notch material to binge on waiting for Pecos Hank to upload more stuff.
Thanks Berend! I'll keep working hard on new stuff
Lol Pecos Hank and this gentleman are the only two weather/tornado channels I've subscribed to.
This is the single most underrated channel I've ever come across. Every video is very interesting and gives alot of new insights into theses weather events. Dont give up I'm sure that you will find success if you keep this up. All you need some exposure to get the ball rolling.
Thank you Oliver! I appreciate the encouragement and will definitely keep making content
There were tornadoes in the Deep South the day you uploaded this. Jackson, Mississippi.
Xenia born (1960) and raised. Remember it well. It looked like a big black sky with rotation
I live on Kelleys Island. Love ur channel!
Outstanding synopsis of Super Tuesday.
I can't believe how spectacularly unlucky Tanner was, imagine getting hit by two F5 tornadoes in the space of one afternoon
Nice touch with the Juno.
You do a great job on your videos. I just subscribed to your channel
Thanks Robyn!
Steve, did you ever do a run-down of the May 29, 1982 tornado mini-outbreak in Southern IL? One tornado hit Carterville, then went on to do a lot of damage in nearby Marion, IL. I was visiting relatives nearby and our ears were popping!!!
Great work Weatherbox, thanks for the quality uploads.
For a few seconds, I thought you were leaning out the window of my childhood home...but I visited it some years ago, & there's no double windows on the side of the house. The only changes that some subsequent owner has made are: long needed railings down the front steps; & extending the bathroom. It sure was cramped when I was a kid!
I remember the Xenia tornado. It was a very tense time: I'm trying to do my homework in the breakfast room off the kitchen, listening to the TV coverage in the living room, & nervously eyeing the sky out the window. My father was behind me, busy relocating his heavy flashlight & radio down to his darkroom in the basement. (He was an amateur photographer. I have some of his framed photos up on the walls.) It was hard to concentrate on schoolwork!
The next day in school, our teachers were very understanding if we didn't have our homework done.
I'm Ohio born, have always lived here; & am currently living near Columbus, Ohio. I still get nervous whenever the tornado sirens go off!
During this outbreak, Ontario was hit aswell, Detroit too. I believe it was an Ef-3 that touched down in Detroit michigan and moved over the river into Windsor Ontario, killing many and going over another tornadoes footsteps that happened in 1946, I believe this tornado was one of the most deadliest tornadoes in Canadian hostory
The EF scale started on February 1 2007. That tornado would of been F3.
@@Sj430 correct. They changed the wind threshold when they updated to the EF scale also so it's unknown what this tornado would have been based off it's winds alone.
The tornado in 1946 was rated as a F4.
@@Sj430 yes it was, iii believe both tornadoes made it to the top ten deadliest tornadoes in Canadian history
I visited Xenia last year. They have a great display in the city building or artifacts and tons of photos, many that I had never seen before.
I'll have to check that out next time I'm in town!
Hello from Dayton. Fun fact: there’s a brewery in Xenia called Devil Wind Brewery that pays homage to the EF5 that went through Xenia in 1974.
Actually, before anybody settled there, the Native Americans called the land where Xenia was built, the place of devil wind. Crazy right? It freaks me out every time I think about that whenever I go through.
That outbreak was also the day my hometown in WI was hit by an F1 tornado. I wasn't born yet, but the tornado passed only 1 or 2 houses away from where I now live! I almost pointed out to a new neighbor that a tornado has hit the exact spot where she wants to build a house without a basement!
I survived this storm, I wuz 13. Because it wuz spring break the family wuz just coming back from camping in Indiana, bad weather all the way (going to Columbus) it wuz getting late in the day... needed to get dinner, we stopped at the 'Big Boy' restaurant downtown. Before we could order, a State Highway Patrolman came inside instructing us to take shelter because of a storm. People started for the exits and he blocked their way and became urgent...take shelter NOW. There wuz almost a panic with women screaming...we all were herded into the walk-in cooler. But before we did I could see the swinging doors move with the wind outside...like they were breathing, little things like that stay with you. I never actually saw the funnel but the sky wuz so low that it wuz dark grey from horizon to horizon. The sound wuz so loud that you couldn't hear it. but, by God you could feel it. I remember hearing what I thought were wind chimes... prolly glass breaking. when it passed we were safe, but we all knew alot of people wasn't.it took us sometime to get outta town because of the damage. I saw thing that will stay with me forever...a telephone pole that wuz "hairy" with grass implanted into it, a school bus upside down on a buildings roof. My mother being terrified as we drove east catching up to the storm, many times we saw funnel clouds in front of us thru the lightning. One nerve wracking drive home. Just as we got home another twister outta the same storm touched down just a few miles to the east of us... I can honestly say that wuz a storm for the ages
I live in Monticello. I was not alive at the time of the tornado but it’s still a huge part of Monticello. There is now a beautiful tornado memorial.
I saw a documentary about the April 3rd 1974 tornado outbreak and the worst tornado was the one that hit Xenia Ohio
Because of the damage done ,
They said that if the Fujita scale had gone any higher , It would have been rated an F 6 tornado
A little surprised this one was relatively short considering the size of the outbreak. I can see you revisiting this later.
Living thru this I'll forever remember the erie stillness prior. No birds no insects nothing. And the heaviness almost dampered sound that talk and speaking made. That and the green colored sky. You instinctively knew something was totally wrong
One of my earliest weather memories that day. I was still a little kid; we lived up in Cleveland, and although we didn't have any tornadoes there, we had some terrible thunderstorms hit just as kids were walking home from school, and remember my mom ushering in a bunch of frightened kids walking past our house (we didn't even know them), till the worst passed.
Great channel, BTW, I'm a total weather buff and love what you do and how you present your topics!
Your comment just jogged a memory and makes me realize I remember that day in 1974. I was in 5th grade Puritas School in Cleveland and our teacher had given us one of her draconian tests where half the class had to stay after school to finish it (I still have nightmares about those, haha) but that day the sky was darker than I’ve seen (well, other than July 4 1969) and the teacher actually looked a little shaken by the look of things. To her credit she said no test was worth the risk of that storm and sent us home on time to get ahead of it.
Thanks! I had never put these two events together until now!
Many of us referred to this as "The day of the killer tornados." There was a documentary of it by that name.
My grandpa was in the EF4 that hit Louisville in the 1974 super outbreak he went under an overpass and watched it cross the highway. After it passed he went to a trailer park it hit and helped shut off the power and water lines.
My father was a bank manager at one of the banks in London, Oh, which the storm from Xenia went directly over. He found mail in the parking lot the next day from Xenia that had fallen out of the storm.
Oh. I forgot to say that getting more people to subscribe is a daunting task at best. Just be patient because you will be successful, I have no doubt about it.
I was about 13 when the Nikes Tornado hit. My Mom and I watched the storms from a distance going up I 71 to visit my aunt in Orwell. Remember that day well!
Any chance you have a link to the tornado path map that you show earlier in the video? I have seen a similar map but but doesn’t show the EF ratings the way your map appeared to look. I would love to have access to that. I live in south central Kentucky and I was a small kid when this outbreak occurred and it’s one of the most scary and vivid memories of my life. Great video! Thanks for sharing.
I legit could listen to you talk about tornadoes for like hours I think it's cuz you're close to my age and like I've wanted to do it but I went to Aunt instead and weather is just more of a hobby in my name means to feel thunderstorm so I just love it if you're ever in Virginia be my friend
This was a great breakdown and anlysis, weatherbox. Thank you. I especially enjoyed how you overlayed the old photos on top of Google Earth to show the extent of the damage. Very well done, my friend. Keep up the awesome work, bud!
Thank you!
This aged wonderfully. As tomorrow is going to be another super outbreak. Once just happened last friday as well. Would love an update video!
@B. Schmidt huzzah!
I was 7 and I remember that day clearly. We lived in Beavercreek (*actually I still do) but my mom worked at the Singer store across from the High School football stadium and NOT working that day. I remember driving thru it afterward - the strip are my moms work was at - was flattened as was most things around it. Gil Whitney was the Channel 7 weatherman and was the BEST and Channel 7 (WHIO) had the first radar in the area. Little green screen with the sweeper arm showing us the hook - with no real way to zoom in on it.
The devastation was unreal.... I get VERY angry when people (recently I was told this in a forum) "Its not the weatherpersons job to save lives"... As soon as radar was created and used for weather - they absolutely could and DO as the statistics prove out over the last 40 years.
I wish I’d known about this outbreak before moving to North Alabama years ago! Those two F5 tornadoes passed very close to the not-yet-open Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant. It opened in August 1974, but it doesn’t seem like that was a good idea. I was affected by the 2011 power blackout caused by a tornado hitting the power plant.
They are called 'Daytonians'. The Greene County Court House had/still has a tiled roof. The largest school was the high school and it sat below the zStadium Heights and Pinecrest neighborhoods. The storm exited Xenia via Pinecrest. Wilberforce College was clipped. The picture you showed was of Central State University, and it was hit directly.
I was 7 years old living in Mayfield HTS. Although we were spared a tornado, I remember the sky turning green and my mother ushering us into the basement. I was terrified yet oddly intrigued by it all. been obsessed with tornadoes ever since.
Bro thanks for the tornado
Please do a video of the 2011 F3 tornado we had in Massachusetts. It started in Springfield and went all the way to Southbridge, almost a half mile in diameter at times. Killed three people and did massive damage. Very, very unusual for this area. We get one or two each year but they are F1 or less.
I don't know, I kinda like "Slayer Park" better. Ever listened to Divine Intervention or Seasons in the Abyss? ;)
Seriously though, I love your channel. I keep waiting to hear which TV channel youll be heading to for your first broadcasting meteorology gig!
A lot of people in the Miami Valley we’re watching Gil Whitney on Ch. 7; the CBS affiliate in Dayton on that tragic day. I was working downtown when the tornado hit so it was years later when I saw the recorded newscast. Gil, the station’s meteorologist had eyes on the hook echo on the radar and was able to warn people in Greene County about seeking shelter.
As a kid in Toronto Canada 🇨🇦 I remember the "Super Outbreak ". My heart goes out to those people I never forget even Ontario wasn't spare we had tornadoes in Canada from that super Outbreak. I hope this year everybody is safe .
Just as a heads up for these future videos with black and white you can use a bw to color converter site I took some screen shots and ran them through and it’s wild how well it works