List of tornadoes in the 1974 Super Outbreak

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This is the list of tornadoes confirmed that occured during the record-breaking Super Outbreak tornado event that occured on April 3-4, 1974 across the eastern half of the United States and in Ontario, Canada.

Confirmed tornadoes by Fujita rating
FU F0 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 Total
0 23 31 30 35 24 6 149

April 3 event

F# Location County Time (UTC) Path length Damage
Illinois
F0 Morris area Grundy 0.5 miles First tornado of the outbreak.
F0 Carlock area McLean 0.5 miles
F1 Lincoln Logan 15 miles
F3 Anchor McLean 8 miles
F3 Decatur Macon 19 miles 1 death
F3 Homer Lake area 17 miles
F2 Bismarck area Vermillion 7 miles
F0 Pierson area 4 miles
F1 Farmer City DeWitt 13 miles
F1 Owaneco area Christian 8 miles
F3 Tolono area Champaign 8 miles 1 death
F1 Charleston Coles 16 miles
F2 Paris area Edgar 2 miles
Indiana
F3 Rainsville/ Pine Township area Warren 26 miles
F4 Monticello area White, Cass, Fulton 121 miles Longest tornado track of the outbreak.
F1 Plato 8 miles
F3 Angola area Noble, Steuben 36 miles
F4 Kennard area Hancock, Henry 20 miles
F1 North Manchester area Wabash 7 miles
F2 Swayzee area Grant 19 miles
F2 Bluffton area Wells 12 miles
F2 Plum Tree area 11 miles
F1 Decatur area Adams 13 miles
F4 Parker City area Randolph 22 miles 1 death
F1 Orleans area Orange 13 miles
F3 Medora Jackson 38 miles 1 death
F5 Depauw area 1816 62 miles 6 deaths
F4 Bear Branch area 28 miles
F4 Hamburg area 37 miles
F4 Madison area Jefferson 38 miles 11 deaths. Extensive damage in Madison and nearby Hanover.
F5 Cincinnati/Saylor Park Switzerland County, Indiana, Boone County, Kentucky, Hamilton County, Ohio 2028 21 miles 3 deaths Crossed three states - Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio before reaching full strength in Saylor Park. Numerous boats flown away, homes swept off their foundation.
Ohio
F3 Continental area Paulding, Putnam 10 miles
F2 Paulding area Paulding 7 miles
F2 Melrose area Paulding 8 miles
F2 London area Madison 15 miles
F2 New Albany area Franklin 5 miles
F5 Xenia area Greene 1932 32 miles 34 deaths Half of the town's structures were completely destroyed
F4 Mason area Butler, Hamilton, Warren 20 miles 2 deaths.
F2 Lebanon area Warren 10 miles
F0 Circleville area Pickaway 1 mile
F3 Peebles area Adams, Pike 16 miles
Michigan
F2 Hillsdale area Hillsdale 21 miles 2 deaths
F2 Erie area Monroe 0.5 miles
F2 Hudson area Hillsdale, Lenawee 10 miles
F3 Fountaintown area 17 miles
F1 Estral Beach Monroe 0.5 miles
Ontario
F2 Windsor area Essex, Wayne County, Michigan 6 miles 8 deaths. Only tornado related to the outbreak in Canada.
New York
F0 Frewsburg Chautauqua 0.5 miles
Kentucky
F5 Brandenburg area Meade, Crawford County, Indiana 2030 34 miles 31 deaths. Most of the town was completely destroyed. Deadliest tornado in the history of the state.
F4 Louisville area Jefferson 21 miles Started at Standiford Field Airport and cross through the north side of Louisville. Extensive damage to residential areas in the northern Metro Area.
F4 Caneyville area Butler, Grayson 28 miles
F1 New Castle area Henry 21 miles
F4 Elizabethtown area Hardin, Nelson 42 miles
F4 Frankfurt area Shelby, Anderson, Franklin 36 miles 4 deaths. One of the largest recorded tornadoes in the outbreak - over 1 mile wide.
F3 Cynthiana area Harrison 25 miles
F4 Mannsville area 29 miles
F1 Aberdeen area Mason County, Kentucky, Brown County, Ohio 9 miles
F4 Richmond Garrard, Madison 35 miles 7 deaths
F4 Ida area 30 miles
F3 Danville area Boyle 18 miles
F3 Somerset area Pulaski 24 miles
F2 Georgetown area Woodford, Scott 14 miles
F3 Parnell area 24 miles
F2 Harrodsburg area Boyle, Mercer 18 miles
F2 Valleyview area 9 miles
F1 Camargo area Montgomery 7 miles
F3 Franklin Simpson 25 miles 3 deaths
Tennessee
F4 Cumberland City Stewart 26 miles
F1 Livingston area Overton 4 miles
F0 Springfield area Robertson 6 miles
F2 Nashville area Davidson 12 miles
F3 Taylorsville area 21 miles
F3 Lascassas area 19 miles
F1 Rally Hill area 10 miles
Mississippi
F5 Guin Monroe County, Mississippi, Lamar County, Alabama, Marion, Winston, Lawrence 2325 102 miles 30 deaths.
Alabama
F5 Tanner (1st tornado) Lawrence, Limestone & Giles County, Tennessee 2200 51 miles Major devastation to the town of Tanner
F4 Tanner (2nd tornado) Limestone & Giles County, Tennessee 2230 50 miles Tornado with the same area just 30 minutes after the initial tornado struck. Affected rescue efforts

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