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EspañolST. LOUIS-EAST ST. LOUIS TORNADO
:''This article is about the St. Louis, Missouri tornado of 1896. For other St. Louis tornadoes, see St. Louis tornado history.''
The "'St. Louis - East St. Louis Tornado'" is a historic tornado event that occurred on Monday, May 27, 1896, as part of a major tornado outbreak across the Central United States on the 27th, continuing across the Eastern United States on the 28th.[1] It is among the first tornadoes with actual damage photographs. It is one of the deadliest and most destructive tornadoes in U.S. history. This very large, long-track, and violent tornado was the most notable the outbreak which produced other large, long-track, violent, killer tornadoes.
The first significant tornado of the day formed near Bellflower, Missouri and killed a woman. Three students died and sixteen were injured when the Dye School in Audrain County, Missouri was hit at around 6:15 P.M. The same tornado killed one student and injured 19 others at the Bean Creek school a few minutes later. At 6:30, two supercell thunderstorms produced two tornadoes. One decimated farms in New Minden, Hoyleton, Richview, and Irvington, Illinois.
Twenty-seven more people died in the other Illinois tornadoes of this outbreak.
The tornado spawned from the other supercell became the third deadliest and the most costliest tornado in United States history. It touched down in St. Louis, Missouri, then one of the largest and most influential cities in the country. 137 people died as the tornado traversed the core of the city leaving a mile wide (1.6 km) continuous swath of destroyed homes, schools, saloons, factories, mills, churches, parks, and railroad yards. More people probably died on boats on the Mississippi River as the bodies may have gone downriver. When the tornado crossed the river and hit East Saint Louis, Illinois, it was smaller but more intense. An additional 118 people were killed. The confirmed death toll is 255, with some estimates above 400. More than 1,000 were injured. The tornado was later rated F4 on the Fujita scale. Adjusted for wealth and inflation (1997 USD), it is the costliest tornado in U.S. history at an estimated $2.9 billion.[2]
:''Main article: St. Louis tornado history''
It is somewhat rare for the core of a large city to be hit directly by a tornado (due to their relatively small area and the relative lack of large cities in the highest tornado threat region)--especially a large intense tornado--yet several other tornadoes have tracked through the City of St. Louis and several of these tornadoes were also very deadly and destructive. Among these events are: 1871 (9 killed), 1890 (4 killed), 1904 (3 killed, 100 injured), 1927 (79 killed, 550 injured, 2nd costliest in US history), 1959 (21 killed, 345 injured).[3], 2007 (Late-March 2007 Tornado Outbreak). This makes St. Louis the worst tornado afflicted urban area in the U.S.[4] Additionally, the Greater St. Louis area is the scene of even more historically destructive and deadly tornadoes.
Other major tornado outbreaks occurred on May 15, May 17, and May 24-25, with other smaller outbreaks during the month as well. The middle to end of May was extremely active but sparse records preclude knowing much detail. Tom Grazulis has stated that the week of May 24-28 was "perhaps the most violent single week of tornado activity in US history".
The 1896 tornado season has the distinction of being the deadliest in United States history. There were at least 40 killer tornadoes spanning from April 11 to November 26; including this one, the only one to kill more than 100 people in two separate cities.
1. Significant Tornadoes 1680-1991: A Chronology and Analysis of Events, , Thomas P., Grazulis, The Tornado Project of Environmental Films, ,
2. Normalized Damage from Major Tornadoes in the United States: 1890–1999, , Harold E., Brooks, Weather and Forecasting,
3. St. Louis City Tornadoes
4. Downtown Tornadoes
★ St. Louis/East St. Louis Tornado of 1896 (Tornado Project)
★ St. Louis, Missouri Tornado (National Weather Service St. Louis)
★ Great Cyclone at St. Louis, May 27, 1896 (NOAA) Photos
★ The Great Cyclone at St. Louis and East St. Louis (SIU Press)
★ The 1896 Tornado! (Illinois Genealogy Trails History and Geneaology)
★ The St. Louis Cyclone of 1896 (US Genealogy Network)
★ ''The Great Cyclone at St. Louis and East St. Louis'', May 27, 1896. SIU Press, 1997. ISBN 0-8093-2124-6
★ List of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
★
★ List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
★ List of tornadoes striking downtown areas
★ List of tornado-related deaths at schools
The "'St. Louis - East St. Louis Tornado'" is a historic tornado event that occurred on Monday, May 27, 1896, as part of a major tornado outbreak across the Central United States on the 27th, continuing across the Eastern United States on the 28th.[1] It is among the first tornadoes with actual damage photographs. It is one of the deadliest and most destructive tornadoes in U.S. history. This very large, long-track, and violent tornado was the most notable the outbreak which produced other large, long-track, violent, killer tornadoes.
| Contents |
| May 27 outbreak |
| St. Louis - East St. Louis Tornado |
| St. Louis tornado history |
| Other May tornadoes and the 1896 tornado season |
| References |
| External links |
| See also |
May 27 outbreak
The first significant tornado of the day formed near Bellflower, Missouri and killed a woman. Three students died and sixteen were injured when the Dye School in Audrain County, Missouri was hit at around 6:15 P.M. The same tornado killed one student and injured 19 others at the Bean Creek school a few minutes later. At 6:30, two supercell thunderstorms produced two tornadoes. One decimated farms in New Minden, Hoyleton, Richview, and Irvington, Illinois.
Twenty-seven more people died in the other Illinois tornadoes of this outbreak.
St. Louis - East St. Louis Tornado
The tornado spawned from the other supercell became the third deadliest and the most costliest tornado in United States history. It touched down in St. Louis, Missouri, then one of the largest and most influential cities in the country. 137 people died as the tornado traversed the core of the city leaving a mile wide (1.6 km) continuous swath of destroyed homes, schools, saloons, factories, mills, churches, parks, and railroad yards. More people probably died on boats on the Mississippi River as the bodies may have gone downriver. When the tornado crossed the river and hit East Saint Louis, Illinois, it was smaller but more intense. An additional 118 people were killed. The confirmed death toll is 255, with some estimates above 400. More than 1,000 were injured. The tornado was later rated F4 on the Fujita scale. Adjusted for wealth and inflation (1997 USD), it is the costliest tornado in U.S. history at an estimated $2.9 billion.[2]
St. Louis tornado history
:''Main article: St. Louis tornado history''
It is somewhat rare for the core of a large city to be hit directly by a tornado (due to their relatively small area and the relative lack of large cities in the highest tornado threat region)--especially a large intense tornado--yet several other tornadoes have tracked through the City of St. Louis and several of these tornadoes were also very deadly and destructive. Among these events are: 1871 (9 killed), 1890 (4 killed), 1904 (3 killed, 100 injured), 1927 (79 killed, 550 injured, 2nd costliest in US history), 1959 (21 killed, 345 injured).[3], 2007 (Late-March 2007 Tornado Outbreak). This makes St. Louis the worst tornado afflicted urban area in the U.S.[4] Additionally, the Greater St. Louis area is the scene of even more historically destructive and deadly tornadoes.
Other May tornadoes and the 1896 tornado season
Other major tornado outbreaks occurred on May 15, May 17, and May 24-25, with other smaller outbreaks during the month as well. The middle to end of May was extremely active but sparse records preclude knowing much detail. Tom Grazulis has stated that the week of May 24-28 was "perhaps the most violent single week of tornado activity in US history".
The 1896 tornado season has the distinction of being the deadliest in United States history. There were at least 40 killer tornadoes spanning from April 11 to November 26; including this one, the only one to kill more than 100 people in two separate cities.
References
1. Significant Tornadoes 1680-1991: A Chronology and Analysis of Events, , Thomas P., Grazulis, The Tornado Project of Environmental Films, ,
2. Normalized Damage from Major Tornadoes in the United States: 1890–1999, , Harold E., Brooks, Weather and Forecasting,
3. St. Louis City Tornadoes
4. Downtown Tornadoes
External links
★ St. Louis/East St. Louis Tornado of 1896 (Tornado Project)
★ St. Louis, Missouri Tornado (National Weather Service St. Louis)
★ Great Cyclone at St. Louis, May 27, 1896 (NOAA) Photos
★ The Great Cyclone at St. Louis and East St. Louis (SIU Press)
★ The 1896 Tornado! (Illinois Genealogy Trails History and Geneaology)
★ The St. Louis Cyclone of 1896 (US Genealogy Network)
★ ''The Great Cyclone at St. Louis and East St. Louis'', May 27, 1896. SIU Press, 1997. ISBN 0-8093-2124-6
See also
★ List of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
★
★ List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
★ List of tornadoes striking downtown areas
★ List of tornado-related deaths at schools
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