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The Super Outbreak was the biggest tornado outbreak on record. On April 3, 1974, 148 tornadoes hit in 13 states: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and New YorkNew York is a state in the northeastern United States whose U. postal abbreviation is NY . It is sometimes called New York State when there is need to distinguish it from New York City. History See: History of New York New York was one of the thirteen col. One tornado also hit near Windsor, OntarioHeader Format Coat of Arms| Motto The river and the land sustain us. Latitude Longitude 42º 18' N83º 01' W| Altitude ? | Time zone EST| Postal Code N9(A-J), N8(N-Y)| website | Population 208,402¹307,877¹| Population description City Population ( 2001)Metr, CanadaCanada historically the Dominion of Canada is the second-largest, and northernmost, country in the world. It is a decentralized federation of 10 provinces and 3 territories, governed as a constitutional monarchy, and formed in 1867 through an act of Confe. It was the only one to hit outside the United StatesThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in.

This outbreak also broke the record for most F5 and F4 tornadoes. There were six F5 tornadoes and thirty F4 tornadoes. The outbreak began in Morris, IllinoisMorris is a city located in Grundy County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 11,928. It is the county seat of Grundy County 6. Morris is home to the Dresden nuclear power plant, which provides a substantial portion of the at around 1 P.M. on April 3, 1974. As the storm system moved east where it had been sunny all day, the tornadoes became more severe. A tornado that hit near Monticello, IndianaMonticello is a city located in White County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 5,723. The city is the county seat of White County 6. Geography Monticello is located at 40°44'48" North, 86°45'55" West (40. 746709, -86. was a F4 and had a path length of 121 miles, the longest path length of any tornado for this outbreak. Nineteen people were killed in this tornado. The first F5 tornado of the day hit in Xenia, OhioXenia is a city in Greene County, Ohio, near Dayton. As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 24,164. It is the county seat of Greene County 6. On April 3, 1974, approximately half the city was destroyed when an F5 tornado hit during The Super. It killed 33, injured 1,150, and destroyed about half of the city. Xenia was hit again by another tornado on September 20, 2000.

Five more F5's would go on to hit--one in Indiana, one more in Ohio, one in Kentucky, and two in Alabama. Twenty-eight were killed in Brandenburg, Kentucky and 30 were killed in Guin, Alabama. The lowest number killed by an F5 tornado in this outbreak was 6 in Hanover, Indiana. During the peak of the outbreak, a staggering fifteen tornadoes were on the ground simultaneously.

There was 16 to 23 hours of continuous tornado activity. The final tornado of the day hit in Baton, North Carolina in the early morning hours on April 4, 1974. A total of 315 people were killed in 49 killer tornadoes and 5,484 were injured.

The Super Outbreak occurred at the end of a very strong, nearly record-setting La Niña event. The 1973-74 La Niña was just as strong as the 1998- 99 La Niña.



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