Tornado outbreak of September 29, 1927
| F3 tornado | |
|---|---|
| Max. rating1 | F3 tornado |
| Fatalities | 72–79+ fatalities; 550+ injured |
| Damage | $22 million in 1927 USD[1] ($1.8 billion in 1997 USD)[2] ($3.42 billion in 2023 dollars[3]) |
| Areas affected | Greater St. Louis |
| 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 have reach at least F3 and possible F4 intensity 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 that have tore through Downtown St. Louis with the others coming in 1871, 1896, and 1959.[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 in damage to the school.
Tornado outbreak
| FU | F0 | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ? | ? | ? | 8 | 3 | 0 | 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]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Grazulis, Thomas P (July 1993). Significant Tornadoes 1680-1991. St. Johnsbury, VT: The Tornado Project of Environmental Films. ISBN 1-879362-03-1.
- ^ a b c Brooks, Harold E.; Charles A. Doswell III (February 2001). "Normalized Damage from Major Tornadoes in the United States: 1890–1999" (abstract). Weather and Forecasting. 16 (1). American Meteorological Society: 168–76. Bibcode:2001WtFor..16..168B. doi:10.1175/1520-0434(2001)016<0168:NDFMTI>2.0.CO;2.
- ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
- ^ a b "The United State's Worst Tornadoes". www.tornadoproject.com.
- ^ September 29, 1927 (Tornado)[permanent dead link] crh.noaa.gov
- ^ O'Neil, Tim. "Sept. 29, 1927: The 2nd deadliest storm to ever hit St. Louis". Retrieved 2017-09-15.
- ^ a b "The 10 Worst U.S. Tornadoes - The Weather Channel". Retrieved 2018-07-28.
- ^ "Missouri Climate Center". climate.missouri.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
External links
- National Weather Service St. Louis Tornado Climatology
- St. Louis, MO Tornado Destruction, Sep 1927 at GenDisasters
- The Story of the 1927 St. Louis Tornado
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