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Later, Volkman's WKY-TV colleague Frank McGee tipped him off about another tornado approaching Meeker, Oklahoma. [9] While the tornado destroyed the town, nobody was hurt and one resident told the Associated Press, "God bless Harry Volkman." [10] This eventually resulted in the government lifting its ban on tornado warnings. [11]
There is a long history of destructive tornadoes in the St. Louis metropolitan area.The third-deadliest, and the costliest in United States history, the 1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado, injured more than one thousand people and caused at least 255 fatalities in the City of St. Louis and in East St. Louis.
The National Weather Service issued dozens of severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings across those regions during the event. The outbreak first began over portions of the Great Plains and Midwest on April 1, with widespread large hail and damaging winds and a few tornadoes being reported.
8:57 a.m. More than 2,000 people without electricity . An estimated 2,286 people are without electricity service due to the severe weather passing through parts of Kentucky, according to the LG&E ...
Editor’s note, March 4: This story is no longer being updated. Visit kentucky.com to find the latest news about this storm.. Gov. Andy Beshear issued a state of emergency ahead of severe weather ...
[37] [38] [35] [36] Allegedly, workers' jobs had been threatened if they left the factory between the first and second tornado warnings for the area – a tornado warning had been issued at approximately 5:30 p.m. CST that evening – and again after the second tornado warning was issued after 9:00 p.m. CST. [39] Several nearby industrial ...
This low-end EF2 tornado began on the eastern side of the Cass-St. Joseph county line. The tornado did significant damage to trees and power poles almost immediately as it was moving southeast. The tornado then caused a well-anchored manufactured home to slide off its foundation and significantly damaged nearby trees.
1927 St. Louis tornado outbreak: September 29, 1927: Middle-Lower Mississippi Valley: 15: 82 fatalities, 620 injuries: Produced a devastating tornado that struck St. Louis and killed 79 people. Estimated to have been an F3, but may have been an F4. (11 significant, 3 killer) September 1928 Upper Plains-Midwest tornado outbreak