A few days ago on March 18th, 1925 at 1:00pm deadly tornado called ‘tri-state tornado’ touched down in southeast Missouri and moved northeast toward Illinois then ended in Indiana. There wasn’t much warning before the tornado happened. To prevent panic among the public, tornado forecasting was not practiced and even the word “tornado” is banned. The storm moved quickly to the northeast, speeding thorough Missouri the towns effected were Gibson, Pike and Posey in Indiana, Bollinger, Iron, Madison, Perry and Reynolds in then crossing the Mississippi river into southern Illinois where is destroyed the towns Franklin, Hamilton, Jackson, White and Williamson After killing more then 600 people in Illinois the tornado crossed over into Indiana where
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The rotating winds of tornadoes can attain velocities of 300mph, and its diameter can vary from a few feet to a mile. There are different levels of a tornado starting at F1 and all the way going up to F5, F5 being the most deadly.
The most dangerous tornados come from super cells, la which are large thnderstorms that have win already in the rotation. About one in a thousand storms become supercells. This one tornado came from a supercell.
Tornados are normally accompanied by severe thunderstorms and high winds and hail. Once a tornado hits the ground it may live for as little as a few minutes but at most a few hours.
The average tornado is 660feet wide and moves 30 miles an hour most don’t travel more than six miles. But very aggressive tornados like tri-state tornados can travel up to 300 miles.
Extreme winds can tear homes apart. Winds can also destroy bridges, flip trains and can suck up the water from rivers.
Before the tornado happened a very severe thunderstorm formed over southeast Missouri in the early afternoon. The forecasters had no way of determining the strength of the storm and had no idea that it would be a F5 tornado and how much devastation it would lead
The rotating winds of tornadoes can attain velocities of 300mph, and its diameter can vary from a few feet to a mile. There are different levels of a tornado starting at F1 and all the way going up to F5, F5 being the most deadly.
The most dangerous tornados come from super cells, la which are large thnderstorms that have win already in the rotation. About one in a thousand storms become supercells. This one tornado came from a supercell.
Tornados are normally accompanied by severe thunderstorms and high winds and hail. Once a tornado hits the ground it may live for as little as a few minutes but at most a few hours.
The average tornado is 660feet wide and moves 30 miles an hour most don’t travel more than six miles. But very aggressive tornados like tri-state tornados can travel up to 300 miles.
Extreme winds can tear homes apart. Winds can also destroy bridges, flip trains and can suck up the water from rivers.
Before the tornado happened a very severe thunderstorm formed over southeast Missouri in the early afternoon. The forecasters had no way of determining the strength of the storm and had no idea that it would be a F5 tornado and how much devastation it would lead