The Tri-State Tornado
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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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1:
»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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4:
»Tornado forms.»Golf ball sized hail forms.
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