List of tornadoes in the 1974 Super Outbreak explained

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

Tornadoes confirmed

• Note: Some tornadoes are not yet included in this table.

April 3 event

• Note: Path lengths and widths, tornado start times, injuries, and deaths sometimes vary from source to source; information listed here may conflict other sources.

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Location	County / Parish	State	Start Time (UTC)	Path length	Max width	Summary
bgcolor=#	F2	E of Lebanon	Boone	IN	13:30	0.12miles	50yd	Brief touchdown in an open field.
bgcolor=#	F3	SW of Cleveland to N of Benton	Bradley, Polk	TN	18:05	18.1miles	350yd	1 death– Tornado hit two subdivisions near Blue Springs and destroyed 19 out of 20 trailers in a trailer park, with the fatality occurring there. 100 people were injured.
bgcolor=#	F0	Morris area	Grundy	IL	18:10	0.1miles	10yd
bgcolor=#	F0	E of Carlock	McLean	IL	19:07	0.1miles	Unknown
bgcolor=#	F1	SE of Lincoln	Logan, McLean	IL	19:08	16.7miles	177yd
bgcolor=#	F1	SW of Orleans to E of Mitchell	Orange, Lawrence	IN	19:15	14miles	177yd
bgcolor=#	F5	E of New Boston to Depauw to NE of Underwood	Perry, Crawford, Harrison, Washington, Clark, Scott	IN	19:20	68miles		6 deaths – See section on this tornado – One in a series of five F4-F5 tornadoes that travelled from Perry County to northeast of Cincinnati. The tornado lacked a defined condensation funnel and was almost invisible while at F5 intensity.
bgcolor=#	F5	SW of Hardinsburg, KY to Brandenburg, KY to N of Laconia, IN	Breckinridge (KY), Meade (KY), Harrison (IN)	KY, IN	19:20	32.11miles		31 deaths – See section on this tornado – The town of Brandenburg was nearly destroyed. Same storm later produced the Louisville tornado.
bgcolor=#	F3	E of Tunnelton to SE of Elizabethtown	Lawrence, Jackson, Bartholomew, Jennings	IN	19:30	35.8miles		1 death – Tornado killed one woman as it destroyed a home. Majority of damage was reported on farms. Parent thunderstorm later produced the F4 Hamburg tornado.
bgcolor=#	F3	N of Blue Mound to N Decatur	Macon	IL	19:30	18.2miles	350yd	1 death – Tornado struck northwest side of Decatur, destroying 35 homes and damaging 120 more. Some homes were leveled, but were not well-built enough to warrant an F4 rating. Over the entire path, 52 homes and 3 mobile homes were destroyed and 110 sustained major damage, in addition to many more which sustained minor damage. At least 26 people were injured.
bgcolor=#	F3	S of Anchor	McLean	IL	19:30	7.4miles	350yd	Tornado destroyed buildings and equipment on eight separate farms, with two homes destroyed and a third removed from its foundation. Multiple vortices caused cycloidal marks in farm fields. Debris was carried up to 10miles away.
bgcolor=#	F1	E of Taylorville	Christian	IL	19:45	8.5miles	70yd
bgcolor=#	F3	Fairland to NE of Greenfield	Shelby, Hancock	IN	19:45	20.7miles	440yd	1 death – 11 homes were destroyed at Fountaintown. 42 people were injured. Went across Carey Road. (Any extra information would be helpful)
bgcolor=#	F4	Westland to NE of Kennard	Hancock, Rush, Henry	IN	20:00	18.9miles		1 death – Multiple-vortex tornado damaged or destroyed 70% of Kennard, including the school which had its second story torn off. Destroyed 48 homes there and 11 in nearby Grant City. F4 damage was reported at Kennard.
bgcolor=#	F2	NE of Maryville	Blount	TN	20:00	0.5miles	50yd	Not listed as F2 tornado by some authorities. Two people were injured.
bgcolor=#	F4	E of Elizabethtown to NE of Hamburg	Bartholomew, Decatur, Franklin	IN	20:01	37.4miles	1200yd	4 deaths – Tornado damaged or destroyed 90 percent of Hamburg and produced near-F5 damage to a farm near New Point. Rural homes and barns destroyed in Decatur County. At least 17 people were injured.
bgcolor=#	F1	E of Farmer City	Piatt, Champaign	IL	20:10	10.9miles	20yd
bgcolor=#	F4	NE of Henryville to Madison to NE of Barbersville area	Clark, Scott, Jefferson, Ripley	IN	20:19	35.6miles		11 deaths – See section on this tornado
bgcolor=#	F0	NW of Pierson	Piatt	IL	20:25	3.3miles	20yd
bgcolor=#	F1	Etowah area (1st tornado)	McMinn	TN	20:30	3.6miles	27yd	1 death – Tornado produced minor property damage. 32 people were injured.
bgcolor=#	F5	SW of Xenia to E of Springfield	Greene, Clark	OH	20:30	31.3miles	1300yd	32 deaths – See article on this tornado – The tornado caused more than 1,150 injuries, the most of any tornado in the outbreak. Believed to be among the strongest of the seven F5 tornadoes in the outbreak.^[1]
bgcolor=#	F4	W of Blountsville to NE of Parker City	Henry, Delaware, Randolph, Jay	IN	20:35	18miles		1 death – This large multiple-vortex tornado was widely photographed. It destroyed the steel-reinforced Monroe Central School and leveled homes near Parker City. Numerous homes were destroyed and a forest suffered significant loss of trees.
bgcolor=#	F4	Louisville to NE of Brownsboro	Jefferson, Oldham	KY	20:37	18.5miles		3 deaths – See section on this tornado
bgcolor=#	F4	E of Madison to E of Cochran	Jefferson, Switzerland, Ohio, Dearborn	IN	20:40	27.1miles		The tornado formed immediately as the Madison/Hanover was dissipating. Homes were leveled near the Fairview area with a church also being leveled near Bear Branch.
bgcolor=#	F3	E of Tolono	Champaign	IL	20:48	5.9miles	70yd	1 death – Tornado killed a man in a trailer and destroyed farms near Philo. Worst damage occurred west of Philo, where numerous buildings were destroyed.
bgcolor=#	F1	NW of Hopewell	Hamilton	TN	20:50	5.9miles	27yd
bgcolor=#	F3	NE of Bongard to Fithian	Champaign, Vermilion	IL	20:55	14.9miles		Tornado destroyed homes and a park headquarters near Homer Lake. Three trucks were blown off of Interstate 74, near Ogden, and trailers were obliterated. Part of a house was thrown into a lake.
bgcolor=#	F2	London area	Clark, Madison	OH	20:55	15.7miles		Destroyed one warehouse, grain bins, and trailers.
bgcolor=#	F4	S of Caneyville to Leitchfield	Grayson	KY	21:00	14miles		F4 damage was noted to a home south of Caneyville.
bgcolor=#	F1	S of Rosman	Transylvania	NC	21:00	1miles
bgcolor=#	F1	NW of Springfield	Robertson	TN	21:00	4.3miles
bgcolor=#	F5	N of Rising Sun, IN to Cincinnati/Sayler Park, OH to W of White Oak, OH	Ohio (IN), Boone (KY), Hamilton (OH)	IN, KY, OH	21:20	20.8miles		3 deaths – See section on this tornado – Crossed three states (Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio), reaching full strength in Sayler Park.
bgcolor=#	F2	N of Bismarck	Vermilion	IL	21:25	7.8miles		Tornado hit and damaged a local high school. Also heavily damaged homes in western Bismarck.
bgcolor=#	F4	Cincinnati to N of Mason	Hamilton, Warren	OH	21:28	19.8miles		2 deaths – Formed from the same thunderstorm that spawned the Sayler Park tornado, with the first damage seen in northern Cincinnati. Some homes in Mason were completely leveled. Was the last in a series of five violent F4‑F5 tornadoes spawned by the same storm, beginning in southwest Indiana.
bgcolor=#	F3	W of Williamsport to NE of Templeton	Warren, Benton	IN	21:30	25.9miles		Tornado damaged all of the 20 homes in the community of Rainsville.
bgcolor=#	F1	S of Mattoon to NE of Charleston	Coles	IL	21:30	14.8miles
bgcolor=#	F2	Concord area	Jefferson	AL	21:30	1miles		A trailer and a house were damaged, and an outbuilding was completely destroyed.
bgcolor=#	F4	Elizabethtown to N of Wakefield	Hardin, Nelson, Spencer	KY	21:45	37.9miles		3 deaths – Businesses just northwest of Elizabethtown were leveled, killing two people in that area. Damage also noted near Cox's Creek where a third person was killed. 52 homes and 100 barns destroyed in Nelson County alone. Tornado lifted near Bullitt County.
bgcolor=#	F3	Franklin to Railton	Simpson, Warren, Barren	KY	21:45	31.1miles		3 deaths – Seven homes and 40 barns were destroyed in Temperance, where one person was killed. Fatalities also occurred in Three Forks and Rocky Springs.
bgcolor=#	F4	SW of Otterbein to Monticello to N of Valentine	Warren, Benton, Tippecanoe, White, Carroll, Cass, Pulaski, Fulton, Marshall, Kosciusko, Noble, LaGrange	IN	21:45	120.8miles		18 deaths – See section on this tornado – May have been a tornado family of three separate F4 tornadoes linked by downbursts.
bgcolor=#	F2	N of Greenback	Loudon	TN	22:00	0.1miles		Tornado unroofed a home and damaged six others at Greenback.
bgcolor=#	F2	E of Madisonville	Monroe	TN	22:00	1miles
bgcolor=#	F3	S of Laurel	Jones	MS	22:00	12miles		Only tornado of the outbreak in Mississippi. Destroyed a home and 30 farm buildings, killing 15,000 chickens. Also damaged 33 other homes and a trailer.
bgcolor=#	F1	N of Brasstown	Cherokee	NC	22:00	0.1miles
bgcolor=#	F2	Lebanon area	Warren	OH	22:00	9.8miles		Destroyed barns and mobile homes.
bgcolor=#	F2	NE of New Albany	Franklin	OH	22:05	5.1miles		Caused damage to 20 homes and destroyed a home along with three barns.
bgcolor=#	F1	N of Ballardsville to SE of Bromley	Henry, Owen	KY	22:15	31.7miles		This is a secondary storm that followed the Louisville storm. 18 were injured and the path width was similar to that of the first event.
bgcolor=#	F3	Cleveland to Etowah (2nd tornado)	Bradley, Polk, McMinn	TN	22:15	21.2miles		3 deaths – Tornado passed through southern Etowah, destroying 23 homes and killing two people in trailers. One additional death elsewhere. Tornado damaged or destroyed 37 homes in McMinn County alone.
bgcolor=#	F2	Nashville area	Davidson	TN	22:18	4.7miles		Tornado hit southeastern Nashville, causing significant damage to large homes, trailers, and businesses. May have been an F3 rather than an F2 tornado due to severity of damage.
bgcolor=#	F1	W of Circleville	Pickaway	OH	22:18	1miles
bgcolor=#	F1	NW of Jacksonville	Calhoun	AL	22:21	1miles		Damage to trees and power lines west of Jacksonville.
bgcolor=#	F2	Ellijay to Blue Ridge	Gilmer, Fannin	GA	22:30	15.6miles	200yd	Tornado unroofed or destroyed several homes. Utilities sustained major damage, and many trees were downed. Five people were injured.
bgcolor=#	F1	E of Columbia	Maury, Marshall	TN	22:30	7.9miles
bgcolor=#	F4	W of Calhoun to E of Chatsworth	Gordon, Whitfield, Murray	GA	22:40	29.5miles		9 deaths – Homes destroyed in Sugar Valley and on the northwest side of Resaca. Tornado killed more than 50,000 chickens in Gordon County alone. Seven of the nine deaths occurred at Sugar Valley.
bgcolor=#	F4	S of Greensburg to Mannsville	Green, Taylor	KY	22:40	20.2miles		Most of Mannsville was heavily damaged or destroyed. A total of 50 homes and 60 barns destroyed along the entire track, including 40 homes in Mannsville. 56 people injured.
bgcolor=#	F4	N of Gee to Frankfort to S of Sadieville	Anderson, Franklin, Scott	KY	22:50	46.2miles		4 deaths – One of the largest recorded tornadoes in the outbreak, over 1miles wide. A total of 120 homes as well as businesses and factories damaged or destroyed in the southern sections of Frankfort. 12 homes destroyed in the Alton area. Over 120 people injured.
bgcolor=#	F2	W of Liberty Hill, AL to NE of Acworth, GA	Cleburne (AL), Haralson (GA), Paulding (GA), Cobb (GA), Bartow (GA), Cherokee (GA)	AL, GA	22:50	65.9miles		1 death – Crossed into Georgia where numerous homes were destroyed.
bgcolor=#	F2	NE of Lebanon to Cato	Wilson, Trousdale, Smith	TN	23:00	15.8miles		Tornado destroyed six homes at Dixon Springs. Produced damage of at least F3 and possibly F4 intensity at Dixon Springs according to Grazulis.
bgcolor=#	F1	NE of Lewisburg to Rover	Marshall, Bedford	TN	23:00	12.9miles
bgcolor=#	F3	Murfreesboro to E of Cainsville	Rutherford, Wilson	TN	23:10	15.9miles		Tornado produced high-end F3 damage to three homes, which were completely destroyed.
bgcolor=#	F1	NW of Lewisburg to N of Deason	Marshall, Bedford	TN	23:15	26.1miles
bgcolor=#	F5	W of Moulton to Tanner to Harvest (1st tornado)	Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan, Madison	AL	23:15	52miles		28 deaths – See section on this tornado – First of the two F5 tornadoes to hit Tanner. The structures destroyed were again struck just 30 minutes after this tornado. An EF5 tornado also struck the Moulton‑Tanner‑Harvest area on April 27, 2011.
bgcolor=#	F2	Continental area	Paulding, Putnam	OH	23:30	9.2miles		Destroyed one home, a garage, and two barns.
bgcolor=#	F2	E of Phil Campbell	Franklin	AL	23:30	12.8miles		One home and one mobile home factory were heavily damaged. An EF5 tornado later struck Phil Campbell in 2011.
bgcolor=#	F4	W of Carrollton to Jasper to NE of Cullman	Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Fayette, Walker, Cullman	AL	23:35	110.6miles		3 deaths – See section on this tornado – Path paralleled that of an EF4 tornado in 2011 that affected nearby Cordova.
bgcolor=#	F3	S of Ellisburg to NE of Danville	Casey, Lincoln, Boyle	KY	23:35	21.1miles		1 death – Over 100 homes were heavily damaged or destroyed in Junction City. Damage figures were estimated at $5 million in Lincoln County alone. 98 people were also injured.
bgcolor=#	F1	E of North Manchester	Wabash, Huntington	IN	23:35	7.1miles
bgcolor=#	F4	NE of Peytonsburg to NE of Monticello	Cumberland, Clinton, Wayne	KY	23:40	38.4miles		10 deaths – Tornado struck several communities in Clinton County. Eight of the 10 fatalities occurred in that county. Over 50 homes damaged or destroyed.
bgcolor=#	F2	N of Windfall City to N of Marion area	Howard, Grant	IN	23:45	19miles		Numerous homes and mobile homes heavily damaged in Swayzee.
bgcolor=#	F3	NW of Albion to NE of Angola	Noble, LaGrange, Steuben	IN	23:50	36.2miles		5 deaths – Two of the victims were in mobile homes, while two others drowned in Turkey Lake. Tornado ended in a downburst near Angola.
bgcolor=#	F1	E of LaGrange	Lagrange	IN	23:55	8.8miles
bgcolor=#	F3	SW of Cynthiana to E of Claysville	Harrison, Robertson	KY	23:55	19.3miles		40 homes and 75 barns were destroyed. 27 people were injured.
bgcolor=#	F3	NW of West Union to E of Peebles	Adams	OH	00:00	15.5miles	500yd	1 death – Tornado destroyed five homes, a barn, and some small buildings. One woman killed as she attempted to seek cover in her basement. Four others were injured.
bgcolor=#	F3	NE of Gadsden to W of Kirks Grove	Etowah, Cherokee	AL	00:00	20.9miles	100yd	20 people were injured in the storm while numerous trailers and mobile homes were destroyed.
bgcolor=#	F1	N of Aberdeen to N of Manchester	Brown, Adams	OH	00:00	9.1miles	180yd
bgcolor=#	F3	SW of Parnell to W of Bronston	Wayne, Pulaski	KY	00:05	18miles	Unknown	Some sources list up to two deaths, but none are listed officially. Five people were injured.
bgcolor=#	F2	SW of Robbinsville to Almond	Graham, Swain	NC	00:05	24.1miles	Unknown	2 deaths – Widespread damage centered around the community of Stecoah, in rugged areas south of Fontana Lake. Tornado later dissipated just south of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Eleven people were injured. Tornado may have begun further southwest in Cherokee County and continued further northeast to just west of Bryson City.^[2]
bgcolor=#	F2	W of Warren to NW of Bluffton	Huntington, Wells	IN	00:10	11.5miles	350yd	16 buildings were heavily damaged or destroyed in Plum Tree.
bgcolor=#	F2	Harrodsburg area	Boyle, Mercer	KY	00:12	16.2miles		In Mercer County four homes were destroyed and 60 homes were damaged.
bgcolor=#	F1	W of Bluffton to W of Decatur	Wells, Adams	IN	00:15	14.4miles	177yd	Eight homes suffered extensive damage and two mobile homes were destroyed.
bgcolor=#	F2	NNE of Jamestown, TN to W of Wiborg, KY	Fentress (TN), Pickett (TN), Scott (TN), McCreary (KY)	TN, KY	00:15	27.4miles	400yd	Tornado mostly hit forested land but caused F2 damage. It barely clipped the far northwest corner of Scott County. Eleven people were injured, all in McCreary County.
bgcolor=#	F4	Richmond to E of Winchester	Garrard, Madison, Clark	KY	00:20	31.9miles		7 deaths – Tornado narrowly missed the central sections of Richmond. Produced F4 damage near Richmond. Affected Hackley, Cottonburg, and Mt. Sterling, destroying 30 homes.
bgcolor=#	F1	Livingston	Overton	TN	00:30	4.3miles	200yd
bgcolor=#	F3	SW of Gassaway to NE of Dowelltown	Cannon, DeKalb	TN	00:30	14.6miles	100yd	1 death – A woman was killed in a trailer at Sycamore in Cannon County. Crossing south of Liberty, the tornado struck Dowelltown, destroying a factory, a post office, and 18 homes in Dowelltown. It continued to the Dale Ridge community before dissipating. 23 people were injured.
bgcolor=#	F4	NW of Dawsonville	Cherokee, Pickens, Dawson, Lumpkin	GA	00:30	17.7miles		6 deaths– Deaths were at Yellow Creek and Juno. Tornado destroyed nine homes along its path. 17 injuries were reported from Pickens County.
bgcolor=#	F2	S of Rockwood	Monroe	MI	00:30	2miles
bgcolor=#	F2	E of Cuzick	Madison, Fayette	KY	00:30	9miles		Several buildings were destroyed in southern Fayette County.
bgcolor=#	F5	SW of Tanner, AL to SE of Manchester, TN (2nd tornado)	Limestone (AL), Madison (AL), Lincoln (TN), Franklin (TN), Coffee (TN)	AL, TN	00:35	83.3miles		16 deaths– See section on this tornado – Originally disputed but ranked F5 in latest official data,^[3] ^[4] bringing the number of F5 tornadoes in the Super Outbreak to seven and second F5 tornado to strike Tanner in 30 minutes.^[5] No effort made to determine the exact number of buildings destroyed by the two F5 tornadoes in Tanner.
bgcolor=#	F2	Hillsdale to NE of Liberty	Hillsdale, Jackson	MI	00:44	19.3miles		2 deaths– Continuous damage from west of Hillsdale to Clark's Lake. Both deaths were inside mobile homes. Over 160 structures were heavily damaged or destroyed, including homes and trailers.
bgcolor=#	F3	E of Paulding	Paulding	OH	00:45	8.7miles		Destroyed five mobile homes and a barn.
bgcolor=#	F4	SE of Fayetteville to SE of Tullahoma	Lincoln, Franklin	TN	00:45	27.5miles		11 deaths – Intense tornado swept away homes at Harmony Hill, Pleasant Ridge (northwest of Huntland), and Broadview. Destroyed roughly 46 homes and 90 barns in Franklin County alone. Developed from the same thunderstorm that produced the first F5 Tanner tornado.
bgcolor=#	F3	Flat Rock, MI/Windsor, ON areas	Wayne (MI), Essex (ON)	MI, ON	00:50	6miles		9 deaths – This intermittent tornado was first sighted in Michigan. All nine deaths occurred at the Windsor Curling Club, which sustained total collapse of a large wall, and lost its roof as well. An addition to a mall that was undergoing construction was severely damaged, and a Chrysler plant lost a section of its roof.
bgcolor=#	F3	E of Somerset to E of Livingston	Pulaski, Laurel, Rockcastle	KY	00:55	22.3miles		7 deaths – Tornado caused 40 injuries. Tornado dissipated near Elgin. May have caused one death in Rockcastle County, but this is not listed officially.
bgcolor=#	F1	W of Melrose	Paulding	OH	01:00	1.3miles		Destroyed two barns and a mobile home.
bgcolor=#	F1	SW of Paulding	Paulding	OH	01:00	6.4miles
bgcolor=#	F1	SE of Gainesboro	Jackson, Overton	TN	01:00	8.6miles
bgcolor=#	F3	E of Camargo	Montgomery	KY	01:05	4.9miles		Listed as an F1 tornado by some sources.
bgcolor=#	F2	N of Georgetown	Scott	KY	01:15	10miles		Over 130 homes were left uninhabitable.
bgcolor=#	F4	SE of Cookeville to S of Windletown	White, Putnam, Overton	TN	01:15	28.4miles		10 deaths – Tornado destroyed as many as 50 homes near Cookeville, killing 10 people in the vicinity. One person injured in the tornado died a month later.
bgcolor=#	F2	S of Hudson	Hillsdale, Lenawee	MI	01:15	9.9miles		Tornado unroofed one home, destroyed a mobile home, and damaged a barn in the Prattville area, causing three injuries.
bgcolor=#	F2	SW of Hudson area	Hillsdale, Lenawee	MI	01:15	5.4miles
bgcolor=#	F4	W of Pleasant Hill, GA to NE of Murphy, NC	Fannin (GA), Cherokee (NC)	GA, NC	01:20	24miles		4 deaths – Crossed into North Carolina. Storm traversed rugged terrain. $13 million (1974 USD) in damage, with massive timber damage. Tornado destroyed utilities and 45 homes in a neighborhood at Murphy.
bgcolor=#	F1	NW of Maysville	Mason	KY	01:25	0.1miles
bgcolor=#	F1	N of Aberdeen	Brown	OH	01:30	4.1miles	100yd
bgcolor=#	F4	S of Moodyville, TN to SE of Jimtown, KY	Pickett (TN), Wayne (KY)	TN, KY	01:30	13miles	300yd	5 deaths – Tornado caused all five deaths and destroyed homes at Moodyville before crossing the Tennessee-Kentucky border. Six people were injured.
bgcolor=#	F1	NW of Bluffton to NW of Decatur	Wells, Adams	IN	01:45	10.9miles	350yd
bgcolor=#	F4	SE of Wilder to E of Jamestown	Fentress	TN	01:50	18.8miles	200yd	7 deaths – Tornado injured 150 people and destroyed 48 homes in four separate subdivisions near Jamestown. All seven deaths occurred in the four subdivisions.
bgcolor=#	F3	SE of Monticello to SE of Tateville	Wayne, Pulaski	KY	01:50	13.9miles	Unknown	2 deaths – Some sources indicate three deaths rather than two. 45 people were injured.
bgcolor=#	F5	N of Vernon to Guin to S of Basham	Lamar, Marion, Winston, Lawrence, Morgan	AL	01:50	79.52miles		28 deaths – See section on this tornado – Possibly the most intense tornado in Alabama history; believed to be one of the strongest of the seven F5 tornadoes in the outbreak.
bgcolor=#	F3	N of Corbin to Fogertown	Laurel, Clay	KY	01:55	19.8miles	Unknown	The Quality Inn Motel at I-75 north of Corbin was destroyed, along with 12 homes. Numerous homes and farm buildings were damaged. 22 people were injured.
bgcolor=#	F3	NE of Temperance	Monroe	MI	01:56	0.3miles	30yd	Tornado destroyed a home and damaged another near Erie. Some sources rate this as an F2 tornado.
bgcolor=#	F3	NE of Decherd	Franklin, Coffee	TN	02:00	7.1miles	100yd	A home and a trailer were destroyed. One person was injured.
bgcolor=#	F2	E of Viola to NE of Irving College	Warren	TN	02:15	8.7miles	100yd	1 death – Tornado destroyed two trailers and two frame homes. A pickup truck was swept off a road, killing the driver, and another vehicle was moved 500yd. One person was injured.
bgcolor=#	F0	SE of Bridgeport	Cocke	TN	03:00	0.5miles
bgcolor=#	F1	N of Beech Hill to SW of Shelbyville	Giles, Marshall, Bedford	TN	03:00	27.5miles
bgcolor=#	F4	SW of Whitley City	Wayne, McCreary	KY	03:00	16.1miles		Passed near Mount Pisgah and north of Greenwood. Destroyed homes along with 10000000board feet of timber in the Daniel Boone National Forest.
bgcolor=#	F1	Frewsburg area	Chautauqua	NY	03:00	0.2miles		Minor damage to the business district of the town.
bgcolor=#	F3	SE of Decatur to Huntsville to SW of Hytop	Morgan, Limestone, Madison, Jackson	AL	03:24	46.5miles		2 deaths – See section on this tornado – Developed after the F5 Guin tornado. Seven people were injured.
bgcolor=#	F2	NE of Whitley City	McCreary, Whitley	KY	03:30	8miles		Tornado damaged 20 homes and unroofed a motel near Whitley City.
bgcolor=#	F3	SW of Livingston to Monroe	Overton	TN	04:30	9.4miles	400yd	3 deaths – Tornado destroyed two subdivisions in northwest Livingston. Damaged more than 275 homes and destroyed 50 homes and trailers each. All three deaths occurred in trailers. 120 people were injured.
bgcolor=#	F3	NE of Jabez to W of Plato	Russell, Pulaski, Rockcastle	KY	04:30	28.8miles		Tornado destroyed at least a dozen homes along its path.
bgcolor=#	F1	N of McMinnville	Warren	TN	04:45	7.2miles	100yd	One person was injured.
bgcolor=#	F1	NE of Sparta	White	TN	04:45	3miles	100yd	Tornado occurred in the Board Valley area.
bgcolor=#	F3	NE of Sunbright to S of Huntsville	Morgan, Scott	TN	04:50	12.2miles	350yd	Tornado tore apart two trailers and other buildings. Also damaged or destroyed a dozen additional homes. Eleven people were injured.
bgcolor=#	F3	SW of Oneida to NE of Winfield	Scott	TN	04:50	13miles	400yd	Tornado tore apart ten homes at Black Oak and destroyed numerous trailers. 21 people were injured.

April 4 event

• Note: Path lengths and widths, tornado start times, injuries, and deaths sometimes vary from source to source; information listed here may conflict other sources.

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Location	County / Parish	State	Start Time (UTC)	Path length	Max width	Summary
bgcolor=#	F2	W of Clarktown to NW of Crossville	White, Cumberland	TN	05:30	16.2miles	300yd	Tornado destroyed 11 or more homes along with three businesses, 16 barns, and 18 trailers. Rated F3 by Grazulis. 28 people were injured.
bgcolor=#	F1	SW of Blaine	Knox	TN	05:30	1miles	150yd	2 deaths – Tornado struck a mobile home park, damaging or destroying multiple homes. May have been an F2 according to Grazulis. 21 people were injured.
bgcolor=#	F0	W of Andersonville to WSW of Maynardville	Anderson, Union	TN	06:30	8.7miles	200yd
bgcolor=#	F0	NW of Jefferson City	Jefferson	TN	07:00	4.5miles	Unknown
bgcolor=#	F1	N of Bartlick	Dickenson, Buchanan	VA	07:20	7.3miles	Unknown
bgcolor=#	F0	E of Jonesville	Lee	VA	07:21	8.6miles	Unknown
bgcolor=#	F0	W of Rogersville	Hawkins	TN	07:30	0.5miles	Unknown
bgcolor=#	F0	SE of Kingsport, TN to Bristol, VA	Sullivan (TN), City of Bristol (VA)	TN, VA	08:00	18.1miles	2500yd	Crossed into Virginia and had a width of over 1miles.
bgcolor=#	F1	E of Wilcoe	McDowell	WV	08:05	0.1miles	Unknown
bgcolor=#	F1	W of Mullens	Wyoming	WV	08:16	4.9miles	Unknown	Nine people were injured.
bgcolor=#	F3	W of Shady Spring	Raleigh	WV	08:20	9.2miles	Unknown	Destroyed homes while passing south of Beckley. Twelve people were injured.
bgcolor=#	F3	W of Bragg to Friars Hill	Raleigh, Fayette, Greenbrier	WV	08:26	32.2miles	Unknown	1 death – Struck the town of Meadow Bridge. Frame homes sustained near-F4 damage, and a child was killed when a mobile home was thrown 75yd onto railroad tracks. Eleven people were injured.
bgcolor=#	F0	W of Hinton	Summers	WV	09:00	0.1miles	Unknown
bgcolor=#	F3	WSW of Saltville	Washington, Smyth	VA	09:00	8.4miles	177yd	1 death — Four mobile homes, two frame homes, and three barns were destroyed, and 42 houses were damaged. The fatality occurred in a mobile home. Four others were injured.
bgcolor=#	F1	Beckley area	Raleigh	WV	09:25	0.1miles	Unknown
bgcolor=#	F1	N of Staunton	Augusta	VA	10:40	15.2miles	Unknown
bgcolor=#	F2	Salem/Roanoke	Roanoke	VA	11:00	6.5miles	1760yd	Up to 1mile wide as it entered the city of Salem, but narrower near the end of the path. Two apartment buildings were severely damaged with 30 homes sustaining roof damage.
bgcolor=#	F1	Morganton to NE of Drexel	Burke	NC	13:00	6.9miles	Unknown
bgcolor=#	F2	NW of Granite Falls area	Caldwell	NC	13:00	5.7miles	Unknown	Tornado removed roofs from homes and overturned trailers.
bgcolor=#	F0	W of Brasstown	Cherokee	NC	13:00	9.7miles	Unknown
bgcolor=#	F0	W of Midland City	Dale	AL	21:25	1miles	Unknown	Tornado moved northeast and caused minor damage.
bgcolor=#	F1	Columbia	Houston	AL	23:00	1miles	Unknown	Tornado moved east-northeast and caused minor damage.

See also

• 1974 Super Outbreak
• 2011 Super Outbreak
• List of tornadoes in the 2011 Super Outbreak
• Tornadoes
• List of F5 and EF5 tornadoes
• List of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks

Further reading

• Book: Robert E. . Deitz . et al. . 1974 . April 3, 1974: Tornado! . The Courier-Journal and The Louisville Times . Library of Congress Catalog Number 74-80806.
• Book: Hartsfield , Ray J. . Robin . Garr . Phyllis . Morrisette . Jay . Harris . Dave . Knapp . Tom . Scott . Terry . Cowan . Mary Ann . Woosley . Allen . Hammer . 1974 . April 3, 1974: The Kentucky Tornadoes . C. F. Boone .
• Book: William S. . Butler . 2004 . Tornado: A look back at Louisville's dark day, April 3, 1974. A 30th Anniversary Publication . Butler Books . 1-884532-58-6.

External links

• Super Outbreak page with tornadoes path length, location, fatalities and Fujita scale rating
• Path of destruction of Xenia tornado
• Xenia tornado website with stories, photos and audio clip of tornado
• 1974 Tornado Table for Alabama

Notes and References

1. Web site: April 3, 1974 Xenia Tornado Memorial Marker. 12 December 2013. 2 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131202230027/http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=53867. dead.
2. Danville Register, Danville, Virginia. April 5, 1974, page 1.
3. Web site: Alabama Tornado Database—Year 1974 Tornadoes. Alabama Tornado Database. National Weather Service. 17 January 2013. Birmingham, Alabama. 2012.
4. Web site: National Weather Service Huntsville, AL - Tornado Database . Srh.noaa.gov . 2009-11-24 . 2012-09-03.
5. Web site: Roger. Edwards. What was the biggest outbreak of tornadoes?. The Online Tornado FAQ (by Roger Edwards, SPC). Storm Prediction Center. 19 January 2013. 23 March 2012.