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1953 Flint–Beecher tornado

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occurring in 20 families. The two greatest losses were exacted to the families of Pedro Gatica and Thomas Gensel; both men survived, but lost their entire families. Gatica, a worker at General Motors, had been at work when the tornado struck, while his small home was directly in the path of the storm. His wife Cecilia, who was eight months pregnant with their third child, was killed, as were their two small children and a niece who lived with them. Gensel had been at home with his wife Vanessa and their four children when their home was blown apart; only Thomas survived. Eight area hospitals, including three in
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Some accounts recalled employees of Flint's automobile industry leaving factories to head to the site to discover whether or not their families had survived. Large sections of neighborhoods were completely destroyed. It was the last tornado to kill more than a hundred people until it was surpassed by
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the residents of Beecher had almost no advanced warning other than actually sighting the tornado heading towards them. Victims recalled hearing the incredible roar from the tornado and seeing its black funnel before heading for shelter in home basements. The densely populated Beecher neighborhoods
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While most of the tornado's 18.6-mile-path (29.9 km) went through rural farmland, the majority of the devastation was concentrated in the Beecher district. 113 of the 116 fatalities from the tornado occurred in Beecher, including 54 children under the age of 18 with multiple deaths
281:" It began to take a path directly east down the Coldwater Road corridor, entering the residential neighborhoods of the Beecher district—a Flint suburb. Moving at approximately 35 miles per hour (56 km/h), the tornado cut a path 833 yards (762 m) wide. 305:. Patrons evacuated the drive-in in their vehicles. Some got into vehicle crashes in the ensuing panic to flee while others inadvertently drove into the path of the tornado after leaving the theater. The theater itself received only minor damage. 253:
Just prior to the tornado touching down eyewitness accounts recalled that an approaching thunderstorm with several intense lightning strikes turned the northwest sky a dark "black-yellow-green" color. The US Weather Bureau (predecessor of today's
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took a direct hit, with several single family houses being completely destroyed. Witnesses recalled that the tornado's massive funnel resembled black smoke and was accompanied by smaller
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near the intersection of Webster and Coldwater Roads. The first reported observation from the Weather Bureau's Flint station came just minutes after the tornado touched down, "
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It was debated in the U.S. Congress at the time whether recent atomic bomb testing in the upper atmosphere had caused tornadoes, including this one. Congressman
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This was the deadliest tornado in Michigan history and the 10th deadliest in United States history. Most of the casualties and damage occurred in the
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of the tornado. Beecher High School was heavily damaged as it was directly struck. The tornado's path also came close to the North Flint
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of Beecher. The tornado was one of eight tornadoes that touched down the same day in eastern lower Michigan and northwest
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issued a Severe Weather Bulletin alerting of the threat of hazardous weather for southeast lower Michigan.
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where it ravaged farms, causing more casualties and destruction near the rural communities of
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After leaving Beecher the tornado took an east-northeast path, following just south of the
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Keen, Richard A. Michigan Weather. 1993. American and World Geographic.
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National Centers for Environmental Information: Storm Events Database
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Video interview of tornado survivor (and nurse) who tended to injured
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on May 22, 2011. The last F5 tornado in Michigan was the
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At approximately 8:30 p.m. the tornado touched down in
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Beecher Tornado – Flint Journal Beecher Tornado Anniversary
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Storm Prediction Center: The 10 Costliest U.S. Tornadoes
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causing more injuries and damage before moving out over
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On Monday, June 8, 1953, an exceptionally violent
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Timothy W. Martin And Robert Lee Hotz (24 May 2011).
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1953 Flint-Beecher tornado

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New York
New England

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