Hoosier Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 60th anniversary of the June 8, 1953 outbreak is coming up so I thought I would post a little about it. The outbreak actually began in the Plains on June 7 and continued into June 9 and is probably best known for the very deadly Flint-Beecher and Worcester, MA tornadoes. NWS Detroit has a special section dedicated to the outbreak: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/dtx/1953beecher/ Of note, impressive CAPE and shear The Flint-Beecher tornado is one of four F5s that have been recorded in Michigan. F5s have been documented in 1896, 1905, 1953, and 1956 with the first two being deemed F5 by Grazulis. Approximate tracks of these F5s are below. 1953 and 1956 tracks were plotted with Severeplot and 1896 and 1905 were drawn by me. More links... NWS Taunton, MA slideshow on outbreak: http://www.erh.noaa.gov/box/papers/WorcesterTornado53_files/WorcesterTornado53.html Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint%E2%80%93Worcester_tornado_outbreak_sequence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 That Flint tornado produced some incredible damage, the Coldwater Road area was effectively decimated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted June 6, 2013 Author Share Posted June 6, 2013 old newspaper article http://www3.gendisasters.com/michigan/6277/flint-other-towns-mi-oh-twisters-death-ruin-june-1953 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Im not a severe junkie by ANY stretch of the imagination...but this tornado has always fascinated me. The wiki page has a VERY good read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Flint%E2%80%93Beecher_tornado Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 The Flint-Beecher tornado and the Worcester tornado certainly get some (historical) attention about this. But perhaps you should consider that an F4 tornado (or family of tornadoes) tracked from NW Ohio to NE Ohio. 6 counties were affected, and 18 people died. The official Storm Data says this tornado tracked 118 miles. Wikipedia seems to say that Grazulis considers this to be three tornadoes. Wikipedia quote: "Cygnet, [OH] where homes were swept away at possible F5 intensity," Cygnet is just a few miles away from Bowling Green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwohweather Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 Unreal to see a 978 mb low with temps in the upper 70s and dews in the 70s. Something like this today would be mind boggling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castaway Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 Im not a severe junkie by ANY stretch of the imagination...but this tornado has always fascinated me. The wiki page has a VERY good read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Flint–Beecher_tornado Thanks Mich. Great read. From the eyewitness accounts it seemed terrifying. Seeing the aprroaching black yellow greenish lightning, to the black smoke fireballs engulfed tornado. With multiple vorticies churning Any tornado is terrifying, but I can totally picture some black smoke monster coming at you with little warning. The debarked, uprooted trees and mangled cars and intense helical ground scouring marks is classic f5 indication. Not to mention neighborhoods completely blown from there foundation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wxhstn74 Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 http://weatherhistorian.blogspot.com/2013/06/60th-anniversary-of-flint-beecher.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 http://weatherhistorian.blogspot.com/2013/06/60th-anniversary-of-flint-beecher.html nice writeup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 http://weatherhistorian.blogspot.com/2013/06/60th-anniversary-of-flint-beecher.html very good write up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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andyhb Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 image.jpg This is from the Topeka radar on May 19th, 1960 of a tornado near Meriden, KS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 This is from the Topeka radar on May 19th, 1960 of a tornado near Meriden, KS. Well someone is wrong :/ http://blogs.woodtv.com/2012/06/08/flint-beecher-tornado-of-1953/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 http://www.crh.noaa.gov/dtx/1953beecher/radarWSR3.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 http://www.crh.noaa.gov/dtx/1953beecher/radarWSR3.php That wraps it up. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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