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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.
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 tornado may have crossed into Missouri, but the exact track is unknown. [5] [9] F1 ... The St. Louis F4 tornado destroyed 47 homes and buildings, caused major ...
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
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]
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Massive chunks of hail pelted parts of Kansas and Missouri on Wednesday night, bringing traffic to a standstill along Interstate 70, as storms unleashed a possible tornado and ...
St. Louis: MO: 23:32–23:35 2.01 mi (3.23 km) 332 yd (304 m) A high-end EF0 tornado caused minor roof and siding damage to homes, blew down part of a fence, and damaged trees, including some that were snapped or uprooted. [5] EF1
However, as colder air invades during the latter part of the storm this weekend, rain may end as a period of accumulating snow from Kansas City, Missouri, to St. Louis, Indianapolis, Cincinnati ...