The EF3 tornado ends near US 68 in Xenia Twp at 11:32 p..m. after it inflicted heavy damage on Beavercreek. XENIA — April 3 was the 43rd anniversary of the 1974 Xenia tornado. The Tri-State tornado was 3/4 mile to 1 mile wide and traveled 219 miles. The tornado superoutbreak of April 3-4, 1974 resulted in 148 tornadoes in 13 states. 11:19 p.m.: The EF-3 was part of a 19-tornado outbreak in Ohio, mostly in the Miami Valley, and packed quite a punch with winds up to 140 miles per hour and measuring as much as .7 miles wide. Across the United States, 315 people were killed, more than 6,000 injured, and 27,000 families suffered property losses. At 4:30 p.m., three separate storms converged to form a single tornado that landed on a house owned by the Winston family, 10 miles outside Xenia, Ohio, and 50 miles southwest of Columbus. The Xenia Tornado caused the most deaths of any tornado in the outbreak.

The Xenia tornado of 1974 was about half a mile wide. Tornadoes I have read that were very strong F-5's March 18 1925: Tri-state" Tornado April 09 1947: Woodward OK Tornado April 03, 1974: Xenia OH Tornado (came close from what I have heard) It was one of three to hit as EF-1 and EF-2 twisters touched down near Jamestown, one shortly before midnight and one about 30 minutes later. The tornado injured 1,150 and destroyed approximately 1,400 buildings — about half of those in Xenia. In Ohio, 12 tornadoes touched down, killing 36 people.

This is the tornado that hit Beavercreek. Resulting in 34 deaths, the Xenia tornado was the deadliest of all tornadoes from this outbreak and remains among the top 10 costliest U.S. tornadoes on record (approximately $250 million in 1974). How big was the tristate tornado? -Xenia, Ohio: 34 killed, $100 million damage from an F5 tornado -Monticello, Indiana: 109-mile path was the longest track of the outbreak -Brandenburg, Kentucky: 28 killed by an F5 tornado

It started in Riverside and continued to US 68 north of Xenia in Xenia Township. April 3, 1974: Xenia Tornado. Nine schools, nine churches and almost 180 businesses were destroyed in the F5 tornado… The tornado was a maximum .7 miles wide and traveled 10 miles. The tornado damage ended to the east of U.S. 68 in Xenia Twp., where roof and tree damage occurred north of Clifton Road. A Face in the Xenia Tornado Video clip from Bruce Boyd, a 16-year-old Xenia High School student, captured the tornado on 8 mm film and still feels the lasting effects of grabbing the family's new movie camera.