Rows of old-growth trees in Terrace Park were splintered and toppled. The Burger Chef sign was a mangled mess. Most of the fatalities occurred in and around the Tanner area. The tornado caused an estimated $100 million in damage in Xenia's Greene County. [54] The Walker County courthouse sustained major damage, and a new fire station was completely leveled. [51][52], While tornadoes were causing devastation in the northwesternmost corner of the state, another supercell crossing the Mississippi-Alabama state line produced another violent tornado that touched down in Pickens County before heading northeast for nearly 2 hours towards the Jasper area causing major damage to its downtown as the F4 storm struck. It first hit the Redstone Arsenal, damaging or destroying numerous buildings at that location. The storm hit before the disaster warning systems we take for granted today. how the Enhanced Fujita Scale, adopted in 2007, measures tornadoes. A total of 92 homes and 40 businesses were destroyed and 194 homes suffered major damage, officials said. But rebuilding was a tangible goal, and Xenia rebuilt. "It lasted about a minute and then I looked and everything was gone the roof, the walls, everything. But thanks to early warning from an MP picket line on Rideout Road (now Research Park Boulevard (SR 255)), there were only three, relatively minor, injuries. The tornado ended near the junction of Interstates 264 and 71 after killing three people, injuring 207 people, destroying over 900 homes, and damaging thousands of others. Further analysis by Ted Fujita indicated that at the start of the tornado path near Otterbein, downburst winds (also called "twisting downburst") disrupted the tornado's inflow which caused it to briefly dissipate before redeveloping near Brookston in White County at around 4:50pm EDT and then traveled for 109 miles (175km). [68], On April5, Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter declared 13 counties as disaster areas and put in a request to President Nixon for federal aid, citing damage in excess of $15.5million. 1 dead, 1 injured following crash into Preble County pond, Highway Patrol serves at One Bistro in Xenia for Everybody Eats Week. As thunderstorms moved into the warmer, moister air mass over eastern Illinois and Indiana, they produced longer-lived tornadoesone of which began near Otterbein and ended near Valentine in Indiana, a distance of 121 miles (195km). When a tornado roars into a populated area, the change is often . [8], By 16:30 UTC, the large MCS began to splinter into two sections: the southern part slowed, lagging into southeast Tennessee, while the northern part accelerated, reaching Pennsylvania by 19:30 UTC. [6], Severe thunderstorms on April4 brought 1 to 3in (2.5 to 7.6cm) of rain to tornado-stricken areas of northwest Georgia. Ten tornadoes touched down in the Tri-State on the day before Reds Opening Day, starting around 4 p.m. and continuing into the night. [32] The tornado itself had contradicted a long-time myth that a tornado would "not follow terrain into steep valleys" as while hitting Monticello, it descended a 60-foot (18m) hill near the Tippecanoe River and heavily damaged several homes immediately afterwards. The 1969 tornado was rated F3 on the Fujita scale, which measures the degree of observed damage. [34] A news photographer reported that the tornado "left no grass" as it crossed KY 79 in this area, and canceled checks from near Irvington were later found in Ohio. Photograph courtesy of United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. There was a reported F5 tornado touchdown. Remains of the Guin Mobile Home Plant, which was completely flattened. 1974 Super Outbreak: Aerial Damage Photos - National Weather Service

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