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Issued by NWS Wichita, KS
Issued by NWS Wichita, KS
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944 NOUS43 KICT 271200 PNSICT KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-271500- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Wichita KS 700 AM CDT Mon May 27 2024 ...ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY... In 1892, an F4 tornado with a track 55 miles long and nearly one half mile wide barreled across Barber, Harper and Sumner counties. The tornado killed 17, injured 100, and caused around $300,000 damage. Hardest hit was Wellington, where 12 people were killed and around 100 homes and 30 businesses were destroyed. In 1997, a violent F5 tornado tore through Jarrell Texas.Located 38 miles north of Austin, Jarrell was devastated by the massive 3/4 mile wide multi-vortex tornado that had a track only 5 miles long. Many homes and businesses were leveled with several swept from their foundations. There were 27 deaths and 12 injuries. It was by far the most violent of an outbreak of 20 tornadoes that tore through Central Texas that afternoon and evening. It would be the last F5 tornado to occur in the Lone Star State before the Enhanced Fujita Scale was implemented on February 1st, 2007. && In 1896, 10 strong and violent tornadoes struck the mid Mississippi Valley in Missouri and Illinois. The deadliest was a violent F4 that tore through St. Louis. Beginning 6 miles west of downtown, the vortex had a track 12 miles long and one half mile wide. Killing 255, injuring 1,000, and causing $10 million damage, it was the deadliest tornado on record at the time and is the 3rd deadliest to this day. Of the 255 fatalities, 137 were in St. Louis. A few houses vanished. The 36-acre Lafayette Park was turned into a wasteland of stripped trees and stumps. On the east end of the Eads Bridge in St. Louis, a 2 inch by 10 inch plank was driven through a wrought iron plate five sixteenths of an inch thick! According to a very prominent tornado researcher, the week of May 24th-28th, 1896 may be the most violent week of tornadoes in United States history. $$ Auto