PHOTOS: Today marks 48 years since the Xenia tornado
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Xenia Tornado
Xenia Tornado
Xenia Tornado A tornado funnel is shown moving through Xenia in 1974. (Fred Stewart)
Xenia Tornado Gil Whitney, a weather specialist for WHIO-TV, is credited with saving lives during the 1974 Xenia when he spotted a hook echo shape on radar signifying a tornado and broke into programming warning residents to take cover. “This storm is severe. A massive storm,” Gil Whitney said.
