25 Deadliest Tornadoes in US History

Number 1 - occurred March 18, 1925 in the Three States of
Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana where there were 689 deaths.

Number 2 - occurred May 6, 1840 in Natchez, Mississippi where
there were 317 deaths.

Number 3 - occurred May 27, 1896 in St. Louis, Missouri where
there were 255 deaths.

Number 4 - occurred April 5, 1936 in Tupelo, Mississippi
where there were 216 deaths.

Number 5 - occurred April 6, 1936 in Gainesville, Georgia
where there were 203 deaths.

Number 6 - occurred April 9, 1947 in Woodward, Oklahoma where
there were 181 deaths.

Number 7 - occurred April 24, 1908 in Amite, Louisiana and
Purvis, Mississippi where there were 143 deaths.

Number 8 - occurred June 12, 1899 in New Richmond, Wisconsin
where there were 117 deaths.

Number 9 - occurred June 8, 1953 in Flint, Michigan where
there were 115 deaths.

Number 10 - occurred May 11, 1953 in Waco, Texas where there
were 114 deaths.

Number 10 - occurred May 18, 1902 in Goliad, Texas where
there were 114 deaths.

Number 12 - occurred March, 1913 in Omaha, Nebraska where
there were 103 deaths.

Number 13 - occurred May 26, 1917 in Mattoon, Illinois where
there were 101 deaths.

Number 14 - occurred June 23, 1944 in Shinnston, W. Virginia
where there were 100 deaths.

Number 15 - occurred April 18, 1880 in Marshfield, Missouri
where there were 99 deaths.

Number 16 - occurred June 1, 1903 in Gainesville to Holland,
Georgia where there were 98 deaths.

Number 16 - occurred May 9, 1927 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri
where there were 98 deaths.

Number 18 - occurred May 10, 1905 in Snyder, Oklahoma where there
were 97 deaths.

Number 19 - occurred April 24, 1908 in Natchez, Mississippi where
there were 91 deaths.

Number 20 - occurred June 9, 1953 in Worcester, Massachusetts where
there were 90 deaths.

Number 21 - occurred April 20, 1920 in Starkville, Mississippi to Waco,
Alabama where there were 88 deaths.

Number 22 - occurred June 28, 1923 in Lorain to Sundusky, Ohio where
there were 85 deaths.

Number 23 - occurred May 25, 1955 in Udall, Kansas where there were
80 deaths.

Number 24 - occurred September 29, 1927 in St. Louis, Missouri where
there were 79 deaths.

Number 25 - occurred March 27, 1890 in Louisville, Kentucky where
there were 76 deaths.



One thing to note is that all of these deaths are prior to the invention of the
severe weather warning system, the fujita scale, and widespread use of the
television. In fact there has not been a tornado in which 50 or more people were
killed since 1971.












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