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1925 Tri-State Tornado (NWS Paducah, KY) The Weather Channel's Storm of the Century list – #7 The Tri-State Tornado; The Great Tri-State Tornado (RootsWeb Genealogy) The 1925 Tornado (Carolyar.com Genealogy) Aerial film of damage path 'The 1925 Tri-State Tornado Damage Path Analysis' By R.H. Johns & Associates
In the midday and afternoon hours of March 18, 1925, the deadliest tornado in United States history and second-deadliest worldwide moved through Eastern Missouri, Southern Illinois and Southern Indiana, killing 695 people and injuring 2,027 more in what became known as the Great Tri-State tornado.
On March 18, 1925, the deadliest tornado in U.S. history, the Tri-State Tornado of 1925, tore a 219-mile-long path across Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. ... The Great St. Louis Tornado of 1896 is ...
An F4 tornado struck Mt. Vernon, Illinois, an F5 tornado obliterated Sunfield, Illinois, and a long-tracked F4 struck several towns hit by the 1925 Tri-State tornado. An additional F4 tornado hit Arkansas. (29 significant, 4 violent, 6 killer) Tornado outbreak of April 15, 1958: April 15, 1958: Florida and Georgia: 5: 36 injuries
Ruins of the Longfellow School where 17 children were killed during the Great Tri-State Tornado on March 18, 1925. The storm hit the school at about 2:30 p.m. From 1884 to 2007, there were 47 tornadoes with school fatalities in the United States. These tornadoes killed 295.
It will take a National Weather Service survey to know for sure, but reports indicate one of Friday's tornadoes stayed on the ground for 223 miles
March 15 – The Phi Lambda Chi fraternity (original name "The Aztecs") is founded on the campus of Arkansas State Teacher's College in Conway, Arkansas (the modern-day University of Central Arkansas). March 18 – The Tri-State Tornado rampages through Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, killing 695 people and injuring
On March 18, 1925, the violent Tri-State tornado occurred, killing 695 people and injuring 2,027 people, while traveling 219 miles (352 km) over a period of 3 hours and 45 minutes. At one point, the tornado was moving with a forward speed of 73 miles per hour (117 km/h), setting the record as the fastest forward moving violent tornado in history.