1871 St. Louis tornado

American meteorological event May 2025 February 2025 1871 St. Louis tornado March 8, 1871 3:00 P.M. CDT (10:00 A.M. UTC) March 8, 1871 3:03 P.M. CDT (10:03 A.M. UTC) 3 minutes F3 9 fatalities, 60 injuries $1.5 million St. Louis, Missouri area The 1871 St. Louis tornado was an F3 tornado that touched down in St. Louis, Missouri on Wednesday, March 8, 1871, at 3:00 pm. It traveled east-northeast at 70 mph km/h 0, cutting a swath up to 250 yd m 0 wide and 5 mi km 0 long into East St. Louis, Illinois. The tornado was on the ground for 3 minutes.https://www.gendisasters.com/missouri/21408/east-st-louis-mo-tornado-mar-1871 East St. Louis, MO Tornado, Mar 1871 GenDisasters ... Genealogy in Tragedy, Disasters, Fires, Floods www.gendisasters.com en 2017-06-27 A total of 30 homes were destroyed and 30 severely damaged. Six railroad depots were destroyed with eight deaths in them. One death occurred on a bridge. Overall, 9 people were killed, 60 injured, and $1,500,000 damage occurred. It is one of four tornadoes (1896, 1927, 1959) that have ripped through the central business district of St. Louis. Missouri Climate Center http://climate.missouri.edu/news/arc/apr2011.php climate.missouri.edu 2016-02-16 See also List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks St. Louis tornado history References 1871-03-08 1871-03-08 Category:Meteorological events in 1871 1871-03-08 1871-03-08 Category:19th century in St. Louis Category:1871 natural disasters in the United States Category:March 1871 in the United States