My mom was a teenager living on the west side, Delhi, and watched this from her driveway. She talks about it to this day. Says it was one of the most terrifying days of her life. She said you could see large debris swirling, and that it looked all black at that point.
Watched it from a partially underground garage as it went through Dent (Green Township). It left a 1/4 to half mile path stripped right down to the dirt. Dropped a huge catfish, presumably from the Ohio River out in the backyard. Neighbor's cat couldn't figure out what to do with it. Took a lot of homes. Saylor Park got worse, if you can get worse than an F5.
I’ve always searched for damage photos from Sayler Park depicting F5 damage. I can’t seem to find any. I know it was strong. Especially since it flipped a restaurant barge and tossed it down stream a ways. The vertical winds had to be incredible to lift a barge out of the water.
I was 4yo at the time and lived in a house in Cheviot, directly in the path of this one. I remember my older sister dragging me down to the basement and making me stay under a strong tool bench. I was angry at her because I wanted to go upstairs and see it. My parents were trying to warn the next door neighbors and they saw the tornado just as it finally broke up. It missed us by less than a mile.
Thank you for sharing this. I live in Alabama and grew up with tornadoes. I’m 2011 my town was hit with the worst tornado in my life. I use to be brave but I’m not so brave anymore. 💖
I was 3 years old when this happened. My family lived on the west side and my mom actually saw this tornado come close to our neighborhood although it thankfully did not hit us. My dad was a firefighter and saw the tornado while driving on the truck. He recounted seeing debris and birds in the tornado.
I was 7 and lived in an apartment in Pricehill in Ohio. I remember being in a laundry room in the basement but what I’ll never forget is the loud roaring sound and coming out and seeing the apt windows blown out. But I remember Saylor park got it the worst.
An hour and a half earlier I watched an F5 tornado approach and pass through Xenia, Ohio. It was 3April1974 the day of the Super Outbreak. I saw this tornado on television at a neighbor's house.
What’s crazy is today I’m watching this video on 3 April of 2024. Yesterday I was out past Xenia and in Charleston, WV taking my master electrician exam. We were hit by a tornado and had to evacuate mid exam to the basement. I went into the parking lot and saw it crest the little mountain there next to the bridge as it made its way toward the building I was in turning into a water spout on the river.
I'm from Cincinnati (b. 1973) and had no idea about this. More recently they had one touch down in the NE side near Kenwood. I drove through and could see the snapped trees and path. Not quite as strong but it doesn't really have to be if you are in the way. -Henry
I, too, was born in Cincinnati, and remember this day like it was yesterday. This occurred on April 3, 1974 during rush hour on a Wednesday afternoon and evening. The thunderstorm brought winds in excess of 50 mph and hailstones as big as baseballs to the Finneytown area. We had to evacuate the Powel Crosley YMCA on Winton Road because the tornado was approaching our location. It lifted only to set down again a few miles away. This was a horribly scary situation for a 10 year old boy as I was at the time.
My mom (she was 17 year old at the time) survived this tornado. She told me it went down her street and missed her house. She said she still remembers the sound. Not many people can say they experienced and survived an F-5 tornado. Crazy.
Before it hit Saylor Park it passed though Hebron then crossed the Ohio. Tore up my uncles farm. Livestock , Silo and a barn. Was quite a mess.. Different days then.. Tools have improved since those days and humans more densely populated.
He was way too busy with Hog futures and other farm reports! Come on, man! You would think that anyone who does farm related reporting would automatically know that if you drop non-flying domestic turkeys from a helicopter on WKRP's 1st, (and only) Turkey Drop is a bad idea, then I wouldn't trust his tornado reports either.😂😂😂 Loved that show!
This is part of the Xenia Ohio tornado in 1974. I do remember hearing that it first went through Cincinnati including the downtown area then it headed Northeast towards Xenia.
Actually think about the direction our winds were that day. It is all part of the same system that went through. It's just where those winds traveled on north of Cincinnati, remember the core in a system, then in the Bellbrook area as the land changes with the ridges of the Little Miami, how the land comes up of a valley, then YES it is the same but two different tornadoes. @DarkSim, I'd trust Keven if I were you, his wife was in this tornado. I went to school with her. And I was in the Xenia tornado also. There is also Salyer Park, coming out of Cinncy, it was hit on the same day.
Ha!!! Fooled myself !! Watched it after running my mouth and sorry at @kevindavis296 but Dark Sim must be right. I have never, never seen these images here in this in all the history of that day as being Xenia. This is not the Xenia footage of the beginning. It must be Salyer Park, also the city name is clearly defined on the map as it starts, you don't see any of X. I was there that day as I have said before. Kevin, ask the Mrs.,,,,,,she knows.
It was the system but not the same tornado. The one thst went through Xenia, Wilberfirce College(then), and Central State University, set down just northeast of Bellbrook, Ohio. There are a few pictures of its rear.
It's really not. Sure tornadoes can hit urban areas but it is extremely uncommon, especially in hilly areas and areas with big buildings. It may sound like a myth, but it's actually mostly true, and that's why typically when you see highly populated areas get hit by tornadoes, it's typically very large tornadoes, like in this instance or in Nashville a couple years ago
I was 10 and was in Sayler Park when this happened. I had two brothers working on a riverboat and another brother working downtown. We thought they were dead, they thought we were dead. What a happy reunion we had when we saw them running up the street later that evening! Our street had little damage but many historical homes were destroyed along with the subdivision but no one died in Sayler Park.
I am from Glendale. I remember looking at live footage of the Sayler Park tornado on WCPO TV. I remember right before that, there was a warning system that talked about a tornado watch, which then turned into a tornado warning. Although it did not hit Glendale, we were pretty scared. I remember it rained ping pong ball-sized hailstones, which later after the rain stopped, turned into softball- sized ones. I was only 9 years old. I remember standing out on the front porch and seeing and hearing the softball-size hailstones falling and hitting the roof, while many fell into the yard. I had never seen anything like it.
I’ve always been fascinated with meteorology. I live in Corpus Christi, Texas. We don’t deal with tornadoes down here much. But we are a part of hurricane alley. Each and every year gets a little unsettling.
I remember this I was 4 months pregnant watching it coming across the river will always remember this flatten everything in the park and subdivision was decimated
I believe that this was the twister that came over our house. I grew up in Clifton... and my mum was getting ready to go to the Hospital (she was an doctor and ON CALL) My dad was standing outside on the back stoop of our house and he is excited and all like "HEY look at this storm" am i am crying.. and had put all my stuffed animals in the back of my mum's car (cause I heard that was the safest place you could be in a storm!!).. Later, my dad was telling me how this tornado ripped through down town Cincinnati.... ugh..
My mom was a teenager living on the west side, Delhi, and watched this from her driveway. She talks about it to this day. Says it was one of the most terrifying days of her life. She said you could see large debris swirling, and that it looked all black at that point.
Wow, that's terrifying.
What a dangerous assumption weather forecasters made. As if it only hits trailer parks...
Watched it from a partially underground garage as it went through Dent (Green Township). It left a 1/4 to half mile path stripped right down to the dirt. Dropped a huge catfish, presumably from the Ohio River out in the backyard. Neighbor's cat couldn't figure out what to do with it. Took a lot of homes. Saylor Park got worse, if you can get worse than an F5.
I’ve always searched for damage photos from Sayler Park depicting F5 damage. I can’t seem to find any.
I know it was strong. Especially since it flipped a restaurant barge and tossed it down stream a ways. The vertical winds had to be incredible to lift a barge out of the water.
I was 4yo at the time and lived in a house in Cheviot, directly in the path of this one. I remember my older sister dragging me down to the basement and making me stay under a strong tool bench. I was angry at her because I wanted to go upstairs and see it. My parents were trying to warn the next door neighbors and they saw the tornado just as it finally broke up. It missed us by less than a mile.
Thank you for sharing this. I live in Alabama and grew up with tornadoes. I’m 2011 my town was hit with the worst tornado in my life. I use to be brave but I’m not so brave anymore. 💖
Good luck
I was 3 years old when this happened. My family lived on the west side and my mom actually saw this tornado come close to our neighborhood although it thankfully did not hit us. My dad was a firefighter and saw the tornado while driving on the truck. He recounted seeing debris and birds in the tornado.
I was 7 and lived in an apartment in Pricehill in Ohio. I remember being in a laundry room in the basement but what I’ll never forget is the loud roaring sound and coming out and seeing the apt windows blown out. But I remember Saylor park got it the worst.
An hour and a half earlier I watched an F5 tornado approach and pass through Xenia, Ohio. It was 3April1974 the day of the Super Outbreak. I saw this tornado on television at a neighbor's house.
What’s crazy is today I’m watching this video on 3 April of 2024. Yesterday I was out past Xenia and in Charleston, WV taking my master electrician exam. We were hit by a tornado and had to evacuate mid exam to the basement. I went into the parking lot and saw it crest the little mountain there next to the bridge as it made its way toward the building I was in turning into a water spout on the river.
Ridin the Storm Out
I dove out of Greene County Airport and went around Xenia to get there. Because of its path you guys were hit the hardest.
I'm from Cincinnati (b. 1973) and had no idea about this. More recently they had one touch down in the NE side near Kenwood. I drove through and could see the snapped trees and path. Not quite as strong but it doesn't really have to be if you are in the way. -Henry
That just shows how good your parents were in protecting you as a child.
Was about 20 years ago if I remember correctly.
I, too, was born in Cincinnati, and remember this day like it was yesterday. This occurred on April 3, 1974 during rush hour on a Wednesday afternoon and evening. The thunderstorm brought winds in excess of 50 mph and hailstones as big as baseballs to the Finneytown area. We had to evacuate the Powel Crosley YMCA on Winton Road because the tornado was approaching our location. It lifted only to set down again a few miles away. This was a horribly scary situation for a 10 year old boy as I was at the time.
My mom (she was 17 year old at the time) survived this tornado. She told me it went down her street and missed her house. She said she still remembers the sound. Not many people can say they experienced and survived an F-5 tornado. Crazy.
Before it hit Saylor Park it passed though Hebron then crossed the Ohio.
Tore up my uncles farm.
Livestock , Silo and a barn.
Was quite a mess..
Different days then.. Tools have improved since those days and humans more densely populated.
Why no reports from Les Nessman and WKRP?
He was way too busy with Hog futures and other farm reports!
Come on, man!
You would think that anyone who does farm related reporting would automatically know that if you drop non-flying domestic turkeys from a helicopter on WKRP's 1st, (and only) Turkey Drop is a bad idea, then I wouldn't trust his tornado reports either.😂😂😂
Loved that show!
This is part of the Xenia Ohio tornado in 1974. I do remember hearing that it first went through Cincinnati including the downtown area then it headed Northeast towards Xenia.
"This is part of the Xenia Ohio tornado in 1974." That's a myth..they were not the same tornado..
@@DarkSim77 how do you know??
Actually think about the direction our winds were that day. It is all part of the same system that went through. It's just where those winds traveled on north of Cincinnati, remember the core in a system, then in the Bellbrook area as the land changes with the ridges of the Little Miami, how the land comes up of a valley, then YES it is the same but two different tornadoes. @DarkSim, I'd trust Keven if I were you, his wife was in this tornado. I went to school with her. And I was in the Xenia tornado also. There is also Salyer Park, coming out of Cinncy, it was hit on the same day.
Ha!!! Fooled myself !! Watched it after running my mouth and sorry at @kevindavis296 but Dark Sim must be right. I have never, never seen these images here in this in all the history of that day as being Xenia. This is not the Xenia footage of the beginning. It must be Salyer Park, also the city name is clearly defined on the map as it starts, you don't see any of X. I was there that day as I have said before. Kevin, ask the Mrs.,,,,,,she knows.
It was the system but not the same tornado. The one thst went through Xenia, Wilberfirce College(then), and Central State University, set down just northeast of Bellbrook, Ohio. There are a few pictures of its rear.
It’s a miracle that there hasn’t been a really devastating tornado in a highly populated area
It's really not. Sure tornadoes can hit urban areas but it is extremely uncommon, especially in hilly areas and areas with big buildings. It may sound like a myth, but it's actually mostly true, and that's why typically when you see highly populated areas get hit by tornadoes, it's typically very large tornadoes, like in this instance or in Nashville a couple years ago
I was 10 and was in Sayler Park when this happened. I had two brothers working on a riverboat and another brother working downtown. We thought they were dead, they thought we were dead. What a happy reunion we had when we saw them running up the street later that evening! Our street had little damage but many historical homes were destroyed along with the subdivision but no one died in Sayler Park.
This when you realise Nature is the real boss of your life.🌩️
I am from Glendale. I remember looking at live footage of the Sayler Park tornado on WCPO TV. I remember right before that, there was a warning system that talked about a tornado watch, which then turned into a tornado warning. Although it did not hit Glendale, we were pretty scared. I remember it rained ping pong ball-sized hailstones, which later after the rain stopped, turned into softball- sized ones. I was only 9 years old. I remember standing out on the front porch and seeing and hearing the softball-size hailstones falling and hitting the roof, while many fell into the yard. I had never seen anything like it.
When the funnel cloud touches ground it becomes a tornado.
and to think, last night we had a tornado warning (a spotting) in that same are!
And it happened again today!
This leveled my moms neighborhood on the west side. no one in her family of 10 was injured
I’ve always been fascinated with meteorology. I live in Corpus Christi, Texas. We don’t deal with tornadoes down here much. But we are a part
of hurricane alley. Each and every year gets a little unsettling.
Why do you live there?
Check into the Oak Lawn and Rockford tornadoes of 1967.
Good
West side is the best side.
1974 Sayler Park 8mm film here looks almost identical to where I sit (near Fernbank) 50 yrs later.
I remember this I was 4 months pregnant watching it coming across the river will always remember this flatten everything in the park and subdivision was decimated
Yeah this tornado is forgotten about because more emphasis is put on the Xenia tornado.
so glad we don't have tornado's here
The Ft. Worth TX tornado of 28March2000 blew windows out of many skyscrapers in a direct hit on downtown.
Nature always wins
What he’d it go through Green Twp from our back yard in Cheviot on Washington Ave
Beautifull video good
I was 6 and living in Clifton.
I believe that this was the twister that came over our house. I grew up in Clifton... and my mum was getting ready to go to the Hospital (she was an doctor and ON CALL) My dad was standing outside on the back stoop of our house and he is excited and all like "HEY look at this storm" am i am crying.. and had put all my stuffed animals in the back of my mum's car (cause I heard that was the safest place you could be in a storm!!).. Later, my dad was telling me how this tornado ripped through down town Cincinnati.... ugh..
she worked at CHRIST HOSPITAL
This tornado did indeed pass through Clifton, UC and the hospital area.
Now this is An
O H I O M E M E
ONLY IN OHIO 💀💀💀
ONLY in ohio
i’m from cincinnati and i never even knew about this!!!!
Hello from Dayton. I knew about the Xenia tornado but this was unfamiliar to me also!
Same. To think a tornado touched down in my city is terrifying
I remember this on the evening news.
Crazy
Good luck
1997
There was 3 Tornado coming across two of them adjoined and made one huge tornado
No they didn't. The tornadoes were from the same storm cell but none of them combined to make a bigger tornado.
I saw a girl fly through the sky and I looked up her skirt
Well? Was it fire or standard brunette?