On March 18, 1925, one of the deadliest tornado outbreaks in recorded history generated at least 12 significant tornadoes and spanned a large portion of the midwestern and southern United States.

Tri-State Tornado of 1925, the deadliest tornado in U.S. history, which passed through Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana on March 18, 1925, completely destroying a number of towns and causing 695 deaths.

2010年2月9日 · Known as the “ Tri-State Tornado,” the deadly twister began its northeast track in Ellington, Missouri, but wreaked its worst damage in southern Illinois. More than 500 of the total 695 people...

On March 18, 1925, the Great Tri-State Tornado tore across Southeast Missouri, Southern Illinois, and Southwest Indiana. With its rapid movement, monstrous size, and long track, the tornado took hundreds of lives and injured thousands.

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 is sometimes known as the Great Tri-State Tornado.

America's deadliest tornado occurred on March 18, 1925. Tracking across three states, it killed at least 695 people. The tornado was later considered to be F5 strength, the top of the original Fujita Scale for tornado intensity. One or Many Tornadoes? In the era of the Tri-State Tornado, storm survey techniques were more primitive than today.

NOAA/NWS 1925 Tri-State Tornado Web Site--Tornado Track. For thousands of residents in Southeast Missouri, Southern Illinois, and Southwest Indiana, the days following March 18, 1925 must have been horrendous. Hundreds of lives had …

A question that many scientists often pose is: Was the Tri-State Tornado actually ONE tornado or a family of tornadoes? Findings from modern weather records and research suggest that a tornado that endures as long as the Tri-State Tornado actually results from a cyclical supercell rather than one massive storm.

2019年4月5日 · Now known as the Tri-State Tornado, it turned March 18 into a day of gruesome destruction and bizarre survival stories. Modern meteorologists believe wind speeds topped 300 miles per hour in...

2023年10月20日 · The Tri-State Tornado crossed over Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana state lines on March 18, 1925. This map shows the towns that the tornado went through and demolished while on its path.