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Tri-State Tornado of 1925, tornado, the deadliest in U.S. history, that traveled from southeastern Missouri through southern Illinois and into southwestern Indiana on March 18, 1925. The storm completely destroyed a number of towns and caused 695 deaths.
TYPES OF FINDINGS: Location of hail, rain, and wind associated with the storm and primary tornado, and/or time of sunshine. Location of moderate debris blown from some part of the tornado path, and its perpendicular distance (north-northwest) from the damage path in this county.
The outbreak included the Tri-State Tornado of 1925, the deadliest disaster in Illinois, the deadliest tornado in U.S. history, and the second-deadliest registered in world history.
11 maj 2012 · The “Tri-State tornado” event of 18 March 1925, with an official death toll of 695 people, generally is accepted as the deadliest single tornado in United States recorded history. The officially accepted damage path is 352 km (219 mi) long.
1 kwi 2013 · A schematic illustration of the method used to determine the length of gaps (G) along the damage path, as described in the text. The length and locations of damage points found along and near ...
30 lip 2012 · This event is referred to as the Tri-State tornado because of three states being affected. The tornado’s path length has been reported as 219 mi (352 km) by Henry (1925), which is the longest continuous track on record (Grazulis 1993). The tornado’s approximate path is shown in Fig. 1.
In eastern Franklin County, 22 people died as the town of Parrish was virtually wiped off the map. The tornado proceeded unabated across rural farmland of Hamilton and White Counties, where the death toll reached 65.
