1927 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado
Max rating1 | F3–F4 tornado |
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Damage |
$22 million in 1927 USD[1] ($1.8 billion in 1997 USD)[2] ($2.74 billion in 2017 dollars[3] ) |
Total fatalities | 72–79+ fatalities; 550+ injured |
1Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita scale |
The 1927 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado was a powerful and devastating tornado that struck St. Louis, Missouri on Thursday, September 29, 1927, at 1:00pm. [2][4] The tornado is estimated to be at least a F3 or F4 on the Fujita scale. The 2nd deadliest tornado to occur in the St. Louis metropolitan area, it caused at minimum 72–79 deaths and injured more than 550 people all within a seven-to-twelve-mile long, 100–600 yard wide path.[5][4][6][7] At one time it was the 2nd costliest tornado in US history. [2][7] More than 200 city blocks were destroyed. It is one of four tornadoes (1871, 1896, 1927, 1959) that have torn through downtown St. Louis.[8] St. Louis University High School was hit hard. The student chapel’s roof collapsed, the gym’s (now main offices) roof was damaged, an entire classroom caved in on a class, and other classrooms were damaged. All the windows were smashed. Luckily, no one was killed or majorly injured. The tornado caused $150,000 dollars in damage to the school.
Tornado outbreak
FU | F0 | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | Total |
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? | ? | ? | 8 | 3 | ? | 0 | ≥11 |
The tornado was a part of a larger outbreak of at least 11 significant tornadoes, that included two F3 tornadoes that killed at least 3 more people in Illinois and Arkansas.[1] The outbreak affected a rather huge area of the Midwestern and Southern United States; the tornadoes impacted at least 6 states: Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana.[1]
External links
- St. Louis, MO Tornado Destruction, Sep 1927 at GenDisasters
See also
References
- 1 2 3 Grazulis, Thomas P (July 1993). Significant Tornadoes 1680-1991. St. Johnsbury, VT: The Tornado Project of Environmental Films. ISBN 1-879362-03-1.
- 1 2 3 Brooks, Harold E.; Charles A. Doswell III (February 2001). "Normalized Damage from Major Tornadoes in the United States: 1890–1999" (abstract). Weather and Forecasting. American Meteorological Society. 16 (1): 168–76. Bibcode:2001WtFor..16..168B. doi:10.1175/1520-0434(2001)016<0168:NDFMTI>2.0.CO;2.
- ↑ Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Community Development Project. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
- 1 2 "The United State's Worst Tornadoes". www.tornadoproject.com.
- ↑ September 29, 1927 (Tornado) crh.noaa.gov
- ↑ 314-340-8132, TIM O'NEIL • toneil@post-dispatch.com >. "Sept. 29, 1927: The 2nd deadliest storm to ever hit St. Louis". Retrieved 2017-09-15.
- 1 2 "The 10 Worst U.S. Tornadoes - The Weather Channel". Retrieved 2018-07-28.
- ↑ "Missouri Climate Center". climate.missouri.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
Preceded by Tri-State (Mo., Ill., & Ind.) (1925) |
Costliest U.S. tornadoes on Record September 29, 1927 |
Succeeded by Waco, Tx. (1953) |