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Tornado History

Missouri accounts for six of the 30 deadliest tornadoes in United States history.

  • May 22, 2011 – Joplins
  • Sept. 29, 1927 – St. Louis
  • May 9, 1927 – Poplar Bluff
  • March 18, 1925 – Missouri, Illinois, Indiana
  • May 27, 1896 – St. Louis
  • April 18, 1880 – Marshfield

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