Xenia, OH Research!

A Tornado Hits Atlanta in 2008!

March 11, 2024

Hello everyone! It’s time for another week of tornado history!

Tornado Talk writers/researchers Zach Reichle and Nelson Tucker joined me in Ohio this week for research on the Xenia F5 from the 1974 Outbreak. We ended up in Xenia on three different days, and two of those days were spent at the Greene County Historical Society. We have so much material, some never seen before! Many thanks to everyone we met this week for providing us materials and for sharing their stories. In addition to researching Xenia, we also surveyed some of the tornadoes that occurred in Ohio on February 28. We will have a special summary coming out soon about that!

The crew with Lynn Brock, archivist at Cedarville University.

Our Trip to the NWS Wilmington

Our goal between now and the anniversary of the Super Outbreak is to complete two overviews: one for Xenia and one for Guin. After that, we will work more on the detailed summaries for supporters.

Here is our latest “This Week In Tornado History” Video: We look back at an EF2 that struck Atlanta, GA on March 4 2008!

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🌪️ This Week In Tornado History

March 11, 1963 - Cullman, AL: This tornado was rated F4. Approximately 20 homes and 20 farm buildings were demolished. 120 homes and several other buildings were damaged. There were two fatalities and six injuries. Per Thomas Grazulis in Significant Tornadoes, the deaths occurred in homes: one in Good Hope and the other in Berlin.

Image from newspapers.com.

March 12, 2019 - Dexter, NM: An EF2 tornado hit Dexter, NM. A dozen buildings were damaged, and six others were destroyed. Six people were injured.

March 13, 1922 - Sulphur, OK: A possible F2 tornado moved 4 miles across the west side of Sulphur, OK. 50 buildings (mostly homes) were damaged or destroyed. The county courthouse lost its roof. Barns were leveled on a farm NW of town. Three were killed and 40 injured.

March 14, 1922 - West Baton Rouge Parish, LA: An F3 tornado moved two miles through West Baton Rouge Parish, LA. Eight homes were destroyed 5 miles NW of Port Allen. A freight car and a gravel plant were demolished. There were four deaths in three home at “Anchorage.” Thirty people were injured.”

March 15, 1982 - Girard KS to Osceola, MO: This was one of the strongest tornadoes of an outbreak of 23 during the evening of March 15, 1982. Most of the twisters were in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri. This tornado was given a rating of F3. It had a path of 70 miles. There were two fatalities and eight injuries.

Image from the March 1982 Storm Data Publication.

March 16, 1894 - Santa Anna, TX: A possible F3 tornado moved 10 miles SE of Santa Anna, TX. “The funnel was reportedly up to a half mile wide. Four of five children in the Watson family were killed. The father died later from injuries.” Source: Thomas Grazulis

March 17, 1927 - Benton, AR: An F3 tornado moved from the south of Slocomb, AR to west of Benton. Twelve people were killed all “in a swath cut from the county border to 3m W of Benton. Seven died in one home.” A total of fourteen homes were demolished. Approximately 3 million board feet of timber were blown down. Source: Thomas Grazulis

Post of the Week

Drone footage of damage from a tornado in Dale County, AL near the town of Echo on March 9, 2024.

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