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Past Tornadoes
Hi! Welcome to our Past Tornadoes page. We hope you are having fun on our website. These tornadoes have occured between1840 and 1955! Some have killed a total of 695 people. Others have killed only 76 people. The most severe tornado on this page is the first one in three states Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana! The year was 1925 on March 18. It killed 695 people. On this map Missouri was hit 5 times!
Date Location(s) Deaths
18 Mar 1925 Tri-State (MO/IL/IN 695
06 May 1840 Natchez MS 317
27 May 1896 St.Louis MO 255
05 Apr 1936 Tupelo MS 216
06 Apr 1936 Gainsville GA 203
09 Apr 1947 Woodward OK 181
24 Apr 1908 AmiteLA,Purvis MS 143
12 Jun 1899 New Richmond WI 117
8 Jun 1953 Flint MI 115
11 May 1953 Waco TX 114
18 May 1902 Goliad TX 114
23 Mar 1913 Omaha NE 103
26 May 1917 Mattoon IL 101
23 Jun 1944 Shinnston WV 100
18 Apr 1880 Marshfield MO 99
01 Jun 1903 Gainsville,Holland GA 98
09 May 1927 Poplar Bluff MO 98
10 May 1905 Snyder OK 97
24 Apr 1908 Natchez MS 91
09 Jun 1953 Worcester MA 90
20 Apr 1920 Starkville MS,Waco AL 88
28 Jun 1924 Lorain,Sandusky OH 85
25 May 1955 Udall KS 80
29 Sept 1927 St.Louis MO 79
27 Mar 1890 Louisville KY 76
We listed these particular tornadoes because these are the top most deadlist tornadoes in the history of the US.