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Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak. An F4 tornado near Erie, Michigan. An extremely devastating and deadly tornado outbreak sequence impacted the Midwestern and Northeastern United States at the beginning of June 1953.
On Monday, June 8, 1953, an exceptionally violent tornado struck the north side of Flint, Michigan and the northern suburb of Beecher, causing catastrophic damage and hundreds of casualties.
Jul 2, 1997 · One of the nation's most devastating natural disasters occurred in the Flint, Michigan's Beecher district on Monday, June 8th, 1953, resulting in 116 deaths and injuring 844. To date, this F5 intensity tornado was the last one in the United States to result in over 100 fatalities.
Jun 8, 2022 · On Monday, June 8, 1953, disaster struck the north side of Flint and the northern suburb of Beecher. The National Weather Service reported that the Flint-Beecher tornado was Michigan’s worst ...
- Morgan Russ
Beecher Tornado of 1953. Tragedy often tears a city apart. One disaster in Flint, however, brought the community together. Around 8:30pm on June 8, 1953 a tornado struck without warning. The twister cut a path of destruction along Coldwater Road between Clio Road and Dort Highway.
The Flint-Beecher Tornado was just one of eight tornadoes that occurred during that evening across the eastern portion of the Lower Peninsula. Total tornado fatalities on June 8th, 1953: 126; Total tornado injuries on June 8th, 1953: 925; Last F5 in Michigan: 4/3/56 in Southwest Lower Michigan (Ottawa-Kent-Montcalm Counties) Last Violent ...
On June 8, 1953, the deadliest tornado in Michigan history struck the northern Flint community of Beecher-- killing 116 and injuring 844 along its path.
