The Tri-State Tornado

By: Courtney McGrath

MISSOURIIce Cream Cone. Honey Bee.

SOUTH ILLINOIS First Aquarium,

1893 16 billion Oreos,

1995

INDIANA Half A Million

Letters.Gold Fish Farm, 1899.

1925The Phantom of the Opera was

released.

1925 World SeriesPittsburg Pirates bet Washington

Senators.

March 18, 1925-Thunderstorm,

Missouri-took a North East

path.

-Flattened 15,000 homes-Estimated time: 3 ½ hours

-Longest in the world.

-Roughly 219 miles.

-wind speeds of 70 mph.-hit ground for 3 hours.

-nearly 700 people killed.

-deadliest in the world.

-cost $17 million in property damage.

-F5 storm.

»Wind Speed Increases.»Horizontal Spinning In Lower Atmosphere.

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»Rising air tilts.»Horizontal to Vertical.

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»2-6 mile rotation.»Most violent part of the storm.

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3:

»Rotating wall cloud (picture)»Rain free. (rain in background)

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»Tornado forms.»Golf ball sized hail forms.

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