Tornado outbreak of April 1880
Appearance
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Type | Tornado outbreak |
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Duration | April 18–20, 1880 |
Tornadoes confirmed | ≥ 24 |
Max. rating1 | F4 tornado |
Fatalities | ≥ 168 deaths, ≥ 516 injuries |
Damage | Unknown |
Areas affected | Midwestern United States |
1Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita scale |
The Tornado outbreak of April 1880 occurred between April 18 and 20 in the Midwestern United States, producing numerous strong tornadoes and killing at least 168 people.[1]
Confirmed tornadoes
FU | F0 | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | Total |
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0 | 0 | ? | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ≥ 22 |
April 18 event
F# | States | Location | County | Time (UTC) | Path length | Damage |
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F2 | MI | Chester | Eaton | unk | unk | Barns destroyed and cattle killed |
F2 | IL | NE of Lyndon | Whiteside | unk | 8 miles | Six farms damaged |
F2 | MO | S of Pineville to ENE of Powell | McDonald | 1600 | 15 miles | 1 fatality, a child killed |
F4 | IL, WI | Shopiere IL | Winnebago IL, Rock WI | 1630 | 15 miles | 1 fatality, 20 injured, a man was killed near Shopiere, little debris left of house |
F3 | KS | Edgerton | Johnson | 1630 | 5 miles | 1 fatality, a woman was killed protecting a child which survived uninjured |
F4 | MO | S of Rocky Comfort to SE of Grove Spring | McDonald, Barry, Stone, Christian, Greene, Webster, Wright | 1630 | 93 miles | 31 fatalities, 100 injuries First of two long track tornadoes to hit south of Springfield. Numerous communities devastated, tornado was up to 3/4 of a mile wide. |
F4 | MO | NE of Boaz to E of Evergreen | Barry, Lawrence, Stone, Christian, Greene, Webster | 1630 | 64 miles | 99 fatalities, 200 injuries Second of two long track tornadoes to hit south of Springfield. In Marshfield 68 people were killed and nearly all structures were destroyed. Tornado was up to half a mile wide. |
F2 | MO | Conway | Laclede | 1730 | unk | 2 fatalities Two children killed near Conway |
F2 | OK, AR | Skulleyville OK to N of Charleston AR | Le Flore OK, Sebastian AR, Franklin AR | 1730 | 35 miles | 4 fatalities, 20 injuries Tornado passed south of Fort Smith, Arkansas |
F3 | MO, IA | Near Stiles IA to W of Troy IA | Schuyler County MO, Davis County IA | 1730 | 15 miles | 2 injuries, several farms damaged |
F4 | MO | NE of Climax Springs to SE of New Bloomfield | Camden, Morgan, Miller, Moniteau, Cole, Callaway | 1730 | 65 miles | 14 fatalities, 90 injuries Tornado was up to a mile wide |
F2 | WI | Ottawa Township to S of Oconomowoc | Waukesha | 1800 | 6 miles | 1 injured |
F2 | MO | Near Lohman to near Carrington | Cole, Boone, Callaway | 2000 | 21 miles | 2 killed, 8 injured all fatalities and injuries occurred in Callaway County |
F2 | AR | Dardanelle area | Yell | 2000 | unk | Damage reported near Dardanelle |
F2 | MO | SW of Licking to SW of Salem | Texas, Dent | 2010 | 25 miles | 1 killed, 17 injured nearly all buildings damaged in town of Licking |
F2 | AR | Fayetteville area | Washington | 2020 | 6 miles | 2 killed, 25 injured 100 buildings damaged in city of Fayetteville |
F4 | AR | Rural SW Faulkner County to NE of El Paso | Faulkner, White | 2030 | 8 miles | 4 killed, 15 injured One third of town of El Paso damaged |
F2 | AR | SW of Eureka Springs to N of Grandview | Carroll | 2100 | 10 miles | 8 injured, west side of Eureka Springs damaged |
F3 | AR | S of Gravely Hill to S of Carters Mill | Yell | 2300 | 25 miles | 1 killed, 5 injured Single fatality was south of Rover |
F2 | AR | Oakbower area | Crawford | 2300 | unk | All damage N of Fort Smith near Oakbower |
See also
References
Bibliography
- Grazulis, Thomas (1993), Significant Tornadoes 1680-1991: A Chronology and Analysis of Events, St. Johnsbury, Vermont: Environmental Films, ISBN 1-879362-03-1
- National Historical Company (1882), "34: Tornadoes", The History of Nodaway County, Missouri, National Historical Company, pp. 502–11