[katana]

I remember looking south from the Oval on the campus of OSU in Columbus late afternoon at clouds as black as night. We learned later that day that the town of Xenia, Ohio had been virtually wiped from the map. 36 people were killed in Ohio and 315 in 13 States during the super outbreak of which the Xenia tornado was just one part. Tornadoes are a fact of life in the late Spring and Summer months for all of the Midwest and Central States. Of course, our winters can be a bit rough too.

(Blizzard of '78):

[KarlInOhio]

We learned later that day that the town of Xenia, Ohio had been virtually wiped from the map.

I remember seeing the clouds from the Xenia tornado before we hid in the basement. It was about ten miles south of where I lived.

The same site where you got the blizzard picture from had this page on the Xenia tornado: http://ww2.ohiohistory.org/etcetera/exhibits/swio/pages/content/1974_tornado.htm.