Portal:Tornadoes/Anniversaries/September 8

September 8
 * 1885 – A tornado outbreak resulted in at least seven deaths in Ohio. An F3 tornado damaged or destroyed about 300 buildings in Washington Court House, killing 6 people and injuring 120. Evidence from detailed studies indicates that a suction vortex moved within the main circulation, a phenomenon that was not proven until the 1970s. Another F3 tornado killed at least one person in Pike Township.

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