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The town of Sunfield, Illinois, about 65 miles southeast of St. Louis, was wiped out by one of the 25 tornadoes. It was later rated F5 after the Fujita scale was implemented in 1971.
St. Louis, Missouri: March 8, 1871 9 See article on this tornado — The tornado killed 9 and injured a further 60 in downtown St. Louis. [1] [3] F3 Chicago, Illinois: May 6, 1876 2 A multi-vortex tornado moved through downtown Chicago, destroying several buildings. [4] F2 Kansas City, Missouri: May 13, 1883 3
On April 22, 2011, a violent EF4 tornado, with winds of 170 mph (270 km/h), struck the St. Louis metropolitan area. [2] The tornado, which was the strongest to hit St. Louis County or City since January 1967, moved through many suburbs and neighborhoods, damaging and destroying many homes and businesses.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A dangerous storm system in the Midwest produced dozens of tornadoes for the second consecutive day Tuesday, demolishing a racetrack grandstand and damaging buildings in a wild ...
"There continue to be tornado warnings in areas of Missouri," according to the agency. "Have multiple ways to get alerts and seek safe shelter when alerted." In a tweet , the state highway patrol ...
The National Weather Service office in St. Louis was forced to go off air and take shelter as the tornado passed 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to its south. The National Weather Service office in Kansas City took over until the St. Louis branch could continue to operate safely. [54]
At least five people have been killed after a large tornado tore through rural Missouri in the middle of the night. The twister struck in Bollinger County, 50 miles south of St Louis , at around 3 ...
The outbreak sequence produced an EF4 tornado that tore through the St. Louis metropolitan area on April 22, while other tornadoes caused damage in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Texas, Oklahoma, and other parts of Missouri during the period. No fatalities were reported in this outbreak sequence.