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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.
One of the most prolific outbreaks in US history. A long-tracked F5 on May 7 in Kansas killed 10 people and injured 300. Other deadly tornadoes hit Missouri, Illinois, and Arkansas including an F4 on May 9 that devastated Poplar Bluff, Missouri, killing 98 people. (32 significant, 8 violent, 17 killer)
Tornado outbreak of March 27, 1890; 1891 Missouri tornado; Tornado outbreak sequence of May 1896; 1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado; Tornado outbreak of April 29 – May 1, 1909; Tornado outbreak of June 5–6, 1916; Tornado outbreak sequence of May 25 – June 1, 1917; 1925 Tri-State tornado; Tri-State tornado outbreak; Tornado outbreak ...
A tornado occurred right next to the Kansas-Missouri state line south of Lawton. Several farm buildings were damaged, four calves were killed, and two pigs were crippled. Damage was estimated at $2,500. The tornado may have crossed into Missouri, but the exact track is unknown. [5] [9] F1 Glen Town to Cane Hill to WSW of Masters: Dade, Cedar: MO
The 1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado (great cyclone) was a historic tornado that caused severe damage to downtown St. Louis, Missouri, East St. Louis, Illinois, and surrounding areas on Wednesday, May 27, 1896, at around 5:00 pm.
A map of the tornado paths in the 1974 Super Outbreak. This article lists various tornado records.The most "extreme" tornado in recorded history was the Tri-State tornado, which spread through parts of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana on March 18, 1925.
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.
The deadliest tornado in US history, the Tri-State Tornado, struck Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana in March 1925. [24] St. Louis, Missouri and neighboring East St. Louis, Illinois have been hit more than once by violent tornadoes, the most notorious of which was the St. Louis Tornado of May 1896. [25]