1953 Flint–Beecher tornado
June 8, 1953, event

1953 Flint–Beecher tornado

Section Title: June 8, 1953, event
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List of confirmed tornadoes — June 8, 1953

F#	Location	County	Time (UTC)	Path length	Damage

Michigan

F4	NE of Temperance	Monroe	2315	5.4 miles (8.6 km)	4 deaths 15 houses destroyed and 14 more damaged. Trucks and cars were hurled through the air.

F3	SW of Ann Arbor	Washtenaw	0030	11.3 miles (18.1 km)	1 death A large tree landed on one house. One house was destroyed along with three barns

F3	W of Milford	Livingston, Oakland	0030	9.1 miles (14.6 km)

F3	E of Sand Lake to N of Oscoda	Iosco	0040	16.6 miles (26.6 km)	4 deaths 5 vacation cabins leveled, and 6 others badly damaged.

F2	S of Spruce	Alcona	0108	1.8 miles (2.9 km)	5 large barns were destroyed and livestock were killed.

F5	N of Flushing to N of Columbiaville	Genesee, Lapeer	0130	27 miles (43 km)	116 deaths See section above.

F0	SW of Caseville	Huron	0300	0.1 miles (0.16 km)

F4	N of Kings Mill to N of Port Huron	Lapeer, St. Clair	0330	33.8 miles (54.1 km)	Two homes and several barns were blown away

Ohio

F4	N of Deshler to Cleveland	Henry, Wood, Sandusky, Erie, Lorain, Cuyahoga	0000	118 miles (188.8 km)	18 deaths-Was likely a tornado family according to Grazulis, with the first one touching down near Deshler, and striking Cygnet, where homes were swept away at possible F5 intensity, and 8 people were killed.

Source: Tornado History Project - June 8, 1953 Storm Data

Sentence(s)

F5 tornado touched down in Genesee County, Michigan, and continued on a 27-mile (43 km) path causing 116 fatalities.

final_sentence: F5 tornado touched down in Genesee County, Michigan, and continued on a 27-mile (43 km) path causing 116 fatalities.