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| [https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/mwre/53/4/1520-0493_1925_53_141_ttom_2_0_co_2.xml "The Tornadoes of March 18, 1925"], ''[[Monthly Weather Review]]'', Volume 53, Issue 4.
| [https://www.weather.gov/pah/1925Tornado "1925 Tornado"] by the [[National Weather Service]] Paducah, Kentucky.
| [https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/news/day-1925-the-us-suffered-its-worst-tornado-history "On This Day in 1925, the U.S. Suffered Its Worst Tornado in History"] by the [[National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service]].
| [https://vlab.noaa.gov/web/nws-heritage/-/the-tri-state-tornado-of-1925 "The Tri-State Tornado of 1925"] by the [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] Virtual Lab.
| [https://inside.nssl.noaa.gov/nsslnews/2013/05/scientists-re-visit-the-tri-state-tornado/ "Scientists re-visit the Tri-State Tornado"] by the [[National Severe Storms Laboratory]].
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==Awful weather writing==

Let's stick to the first paragraph. Quote-

"This one tornado alone inflicted 695 fatalities, more than twice as many as the second deadliest, the Great Natchez, Mississippi Tornado of May 7, 1840. The 151 to 235 mi (243 to 378 km) track left by the tornado was the longest ever recorded in the world, as it crossed from southeastern Missouri, through southern Illinois, then into southwestern Indiana."

GAH!

Suggested edit

"The tornado killed 695 people, twice as many as the second deadliest in US history. The track length, estimated at up to 235 miles, is the longest ever recorded worldwide. The tornado followed a path from SE Missouri across S Illinois and into SW Indiana."

Comment - tornadoes are no persons. They do not "inflict fatalities". They kill people. The word inflict implies a will. You could say God inflicted the casualties, but you probably would not want to. You get the point. There is no need to list every last detail in a summary. The interested reader can discover for himself the 2nd deadliest event if he wishes. Twice means 2x or more. It does not mean 2x on the button. Things are not recorded in the world. They are recorded in history. Tornadoes to not cross - they produce tracks. 

As you see, the hyperbolic, overly specific, and extremely purple nature of the prose accumulates usage and readability errors RAPIDLY, and it quickly becomes extremely tiresome to read these weather articles. It's not just this one article or set of authors - it is a general trend at Wiki that the articles about weather events are AWFULLY WRITTEN.

There is no point in a single person trying to straighten out such a mess. There needs to be an editorial board dedicated to factual and clearly stated information about weather events, stripped of hyperbolic language and high-school level usage whoppers.

[[User:Antimatter33|Antimatter33]] ([[User talk:Antimatter33|talk]]) 22:47, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

==picture of the tornado?==
Years ago, about 10 years ago, I found a old picture of the tornado itself! Yes, a picture was snapped of the tri-state tornado as it was crossing the Wabash river Indiana, but I havent been able to find the picture ever since (should of downloaded it). Does anyone know of it? It would be the only photo taken.  <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Maximus 100|Maximus 100]] ([[User talk:Maximus 100|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Maximus 100|contribs]]) 04:04, 3 December 2009 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

I believe I found a picture of it from a web-site with a tornado history page and a image claiming to be it, considering the age (and time shown of the cars) it seems to be fairly legit especially with the site. Here is the website for reference, since I also don't know how to add a picture yet you may do the honors since you apparently found the picture first. ;)

http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/01927/tornadohistory.htm
[[User:Dobat]] 9 December, 2009.  <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/72.153.202.174|72.153.202.174]] ([[User talk:72.153.202.174|talk]]) 13:49, 9 December 2009 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

I believe that picture of the tornado is actually the Xenia, Ohio tornado taken during the Super Outbreak in April of 1974.--[[User:LK Thurisaz|LK Thurisaz]] ([[User talk:LK Thurisaz|talk]]) 14:34, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

LK Thurisaz, you are correct; that is the 1974 Xenia, Ohio tornado.  That particular photo received wide distribution in the local and national press at the time of the '74 Super Outbreak. [[Special:Contributions/72.0.15.8|72.0.15.8]] ([[User talk:72.0.15.8|talk]]) 15:12, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

That picture is definitely not the Tri-State Tornado of 1925.  The vehicles in the foreground are obviously not that old.  God bless.  <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/68.153.115.152|68.153.115.152]] ([[User talk:68.153.115.152|talk]]) 20:05, 29 December 2011 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

=="Maximum" F5==
That an F5 is the maximum is simply not true. From [[Fujita scale]]:

The gap between F0 and F1 corresponds to the eleventh and twelveth levels of the Beaufort scale, "violent storm" and "hurricane" respectively. Theoretically, the wind speeds for F11 and F12 correspond to Mach number 0.9 and 1.0 respectively

12 is the highest theorectical limit. I know we'll never get there, but F6 is not entirely out of the question. The infographic on that page even has it up. maximum implies the end. The highest it could be. Thats simply false. Saying that it reached F5, the highest level a tornado has thusfar been observed at, or something similer with less cumbersome writing would be fine. But the way it is worded now implies that the Fujita scale ends at F5. It does not. -[[User:AKMask|AKMask]] 04:52, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

[[Image:Fujita scale technical.svg|thumb]]
: It is true. Google any Fujita scale article from the [http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/f-scale.html SPC], [http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/satellite/satelliteseye/educational/fujita.html NCDC], NOAA, [http://www.tornadoproject.com/fscale/fscale.htm Tornado Project], a [http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/oakfield/Fscale.htm university meteorology department], or other reputable sources (such as the [http://amsglossary.allenpress.com/glossary/search?id=fujita-scale1 Glossary of Meteorology]):
:"F1 on the Fujita scale is equal to B12 (73 mph) on the Beaufort 
scale, which is the minimum windspeed required to upgrade a tropical storm to a hurricane. F12 on the Fujita scale is equal to M1 (738 mph) on the Mach numbers. '''Though the Fujita scale itself ranges up to F12, the strongest tornadoes max out in the F5 range''' (261 to 318 mph)."

: Fujita connected Beaufort 12 (miniumum hurricane speed of 74 mph which is just under B12, more correctly) with F1 to Mach 1 using a formula: V = 6.30(F+2)<sup>1.5</sup> m/s -->. It's just an open ended scale derived from the formula, similar to the Beaufort scale, his theoretical limit was not that high; he specifically designated F0-F5 as the actual damage and wind speed range.  All tornadoes are rated this, none higher, it's impossible in the way the scale is defined. As for the Fujita scale article (which is being rewritten), '''check out the source linked for the part you quoted''', as well as what else the article says: 

: "(F6 is not in use)"

: "Relative frequency 	-"

: Oh and if you're so concerned about changes, the appropriate, and cordial, action is to discuss it on a talk page first, not change the article (again). [[User:Evolauxia|Evolauxia]] 16:12, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

::Yes it is not in use, but that doesn't mean it is non-existant. Im simply arguing that the wording, F5 being the max, is confusing in that it is wrong. It's not the maximum in the scale. It's the highest of any storm observed, but not the scales maximum. -[[User:AKMask|AKMask]] 01:14, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

[[Image:Thunderstorm wind distribution.PNG|thumb]]
::: In actual ratings and the usable scale, as Fujita himself specifically designed it, and maintained throughout the years (through minor updates), as well as how it is utilised by users of the scale, F5 is the maximum. I made it clear. There is no need for the additional, it's impossible for damage to be above F5, and the wind speed ranges (specific values of which were just guesses) were designed to cover the maximum that would occur. There are various confusing and imperfect things about the scale, but the intent and actual use is irrefutable. It's not merely that above F5 hasn't occurred but that it won't because the way it's designed F5 is the maximum that can occur and the maximum that anything is ever rated. 

::: To introduce elsewise is confusing and pseudoscientific. In the context of the development of the scale it is appropriate (hence my not refusing its mention in the F-scale article itself, and the rewrite of that will better explicate things), but not for actual tornadoes. [[User:Evolauxia|Evolauxia]] 19:14, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

:::: I compromised from "maximum" to "maximum possible" to cover that Fujita had further subdivisions extrapolated from his formula, but these were never intended to be used and specifically were (and are) stated to not occur. F0-F5 is very clearly defined as the rating system, designed to encompass the wind speeds that actually occur, and F5 is the maximum possible damage that can occur. [[User:Evolauxia|Evolauxia]] 06:08, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

::::: It still leaves, at least me, with the impression that thats where it stops... the wording I have in there shows that this is the higest rating ever recieved. What, exactly, is wrong with it? -[[User:AKMask|AKMask]] 23:00, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

:::::: But the scale does stop there, the extension was just an academic exercise, never meant for use or "public release". To infer that there can be anything greater (as well as the specific wind speed ranges) is, nevertheless, one of the problems with the scale and why it is being upgraded. As for the wording now, it's cumbersome, unnecessary, and misleading because there are many other F5s and there can be nothing greater but it infers that there can be. The change to "maximum possible" mitigated the perceived problem that the scale does not end at F5 whilst succinctly saying that it was rated the maximum possible, which it was and is. Minimizing this problem as much as possible is the reason I (and tornado and damage experts) are so stalwart, I don't like being so unyielding on such a small thing as a few words, but it's necessary. We're both concerned about accuracy and clarity, but from differing perspectives; I've tried to explain decently well and with sources. [[User:Evolauxia|Evolauxia]] 08:24, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

:The very fact that the scale does go higher eliminates the possiblity that F5 is as high as it goes. The scale *IS* cumbersome, I completely agree. The Saffir-Simpson scale only goes to Category 5, defined as a windspeed/damage profile and all speeds higher then that, but unfortunately, the Fujita scale does not do this. Instead, it continues up. I'm not implying that this wasnt an extremely intense, probly the most intense tornado ever. But to imply that the Fujita scale stops at 5 is demonstratably false. There is no possibility of the statement that F5 is the maximum is truthful. Our own article lists higher force ratings in its info-graphic, going to F6. You can say what you want about them being academic, and I agree with you. But to deny they exist is easily shown to be false. False information does not belong in an article. -[[User:AKMask|AKMask]] 17:11, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

:: There is no way to ascertain what was the strongest tornado, this isn't about this tornado as the strongest or one of the strongest, no such claims are made, it's about the Fujita scale and this tornadoes rating, which I've explicitly demonstrated the maximum possible rating is F5. Again, the wording maximum possible eliminates ambiguity and most accurately (and succinctly) guages the event, it denies nothing and states nothing false, quite the contrary. [[User:Evolauxia|Evolauxia]] 02:54, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

From what I researched, I'm pretty sure that, although the theoretical F1 to F12 scale corresponds to wind speeds, the operational F1 to F5 scale (or the new one, at least) is based on ''damages'' at those wind speeds, such that no tornado can be assigned anything higher than F5 damage.  I'm not so sure about the "old" operational scale though. --[[User:AySz88|AySz88]][[User talk:AySz88|<span style="color:#FF9966;">^</span>]][[Special:Contributions/AySz88|<span style="color:#FF6633;">-</span>]][[User talk:AySz88|<span style="color:#FF3300;">^</span>]] 03:24, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

:I'd have to agree with '''AySz88'''. To my knowledge, the Fujita scale has always (operationally) been a damage scale, which makes arguing about the theoretical "speed limit" of these tornadoes merely academic. You can see from these two links from the National Weather Service [http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/f-scale.html], [http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/ef-scale.html], the odds that they would designate a tornado as "F6" is basically zero, as there's absolutely no operational precedent for anything higher than an F5, where "incredible phenomena will occur." To get back to the heart of the argument, I'm not sure what the wording should be, but in my mind the odds that they would designate a tornado anything higher than an F5 are about the same odds that they would consider the [[Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale|Saffir-Simpson scale]] inadequate and designate a storm as a "[[hypercane]]." [[User:EWS23/Esperanza|<span style="color:green;">'''E'''</span>]][[User:EWS23|WS23]] | [[User talk:EWS23|(Leave me a message!)]] 04:48, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/#f-scale1
"''So if the original F-scale winds are just guesses, why are they so specific? Excellent question. Those winds were arbitrarily attached to the damage scale based on 12-step mathematical interpolation between the hurricane criteria of the Beaufort wind scale, and the threshold for Mach 1 (738 mph). Though the F-scale actually peaks at F12 (Mach 1), only F1 through F5 are used in practice, with F0 attached for tornadoes of winds weaker than hurricane force. Again, F-scale wind-to-damage relationships are untested, unknown and purely hypothetical. They have never been proven and may not represent real tornadoes. F-scale winds should not be taken literally.''"

:I doubt you intended it, but that quote advocates that the entire scale is theorecticle, and should not be used. If you seriously agree with that, just remove any reference to the speed. I prefer to stick to the truth. -[[User:AKMask|AKMask]] 05:13, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

::Yes, we're getting somewhere. It's just a paraphrase of what I've already said and what was available in the stuff I cited; it is not a wind speed scale, it's a damage scale. There can be no greater damage than F5, thus that is the maximum possible rating (and the scale is clearly defined as such). [[User:Evolauxia|Evolauxia]] 08:04, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

:::No, the new scale that comes of use in 2007 is defined as that. The older fujita scale is, as already shown, a 0-12 affair. We could, as somewhat poked at by me, just list it as F5 in the article, with a link back to Fujita scale. It would alleviate this whole mess. -[[User:AKMask|AKMask]] 20:52, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

You haven't considered or challenged what I've said or cited which contradicts your concerns and clearly shows how the '''original''' F-scale actually works. Please address that, not ignoring it and maintaining the same argument --where that argument is addressed.

: ''The remarks of C. R. Allen, past president of the Geological Society of America, are pertinent when one attempts to predict upper bounds of natural phenomena. Allen (1974) emphasizes that no amount of sophisticated statistics or extreme value theory can throw much light on the nature and frequency of large events [...] All of the aforementioned tornado risk models are based on the F-scale intensity ratings [F0-F5] (Fujita, 1971).''
: Abbey, Robert F. Jr., and T. Theodore Fujita (October 1975). "Use of tornado path lengths and gradations of damage to assess tornado intensity probabilities". Preprints, ''9th Conference on Severe Local Storms'', Norman, Oklahoma. American Meteorological Society, Boston, p. 286-293. (Satellite Mesometeorology and Research Project Paper 138)
[[User:Evolauxia|Evolauxia]] 07:25, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

==F5 - ''in reality''==
Fujita created his scale to better document tornado activity.  From his words, the scale is an "estimation" of winds speeds from engineering damage data.  Fujita extended the scale out to F12 for scientific and data collection purposes.  As everyone agrees above, F12 gives us mach 1 speeds. — [[User:Hard Raspy Sci|Hard Raspy Sci]] 19:33, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

: The original F-scale wind speeds were just guesses fitted to a graduation of 12 parts following the end of the 12 part Beaufort scale to Mach 1. There was no hard engineering analysis initially, and '''the scale of use was clearly defined from F0-F5, which covered the maximum possible damage as well as the maximum expected wind speeds in any tornado'''. 

There was engineering analysis done throughout the 1970s culminating in detailed reports as well as recommended wind speed scales for specific damage such as Dames and Moore (Abbey, 1976) and Twiddle (1978), which are quite similar to Enhanced Fujita Scale (McDonald, 2004), incidentally.

Fajita, T.T. (1971). "Proposed characterisation of tornadoes and hurricanes by area and intensity". SMRP Research Paper 91, University of Chicago.

[[Charles A. Doswell III|Doswell, Charles A. III]] (2003). ''[http://meted.ucar.edu/resource/wcm/ftp/FinalNWSF-scaleAssessmentGuide.pdf A Guide to F-Scale Damage Assessment]''. [[NOAA]] / [[NWS]].

[[User:Evolauxia|Evolauxia]] 08:48, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

===What his scale has given us===
In its simplest usage, it gives us a direct way to document wind damage from tornadoes.

It has also given us a data form of occurences of tornadoes, such that we can say that a probability of occurences exists.  Meaning that we get a probability curve directly related to the strength of tornadoes to the number of occurences.  ''Several websites depict this fact.''

The largest number of ''"witnessed"'' tornadoes occur in the F1 to F2 range.  This drops of significantly as we go through the F3 and F4 range.  So much so, that F5 is extremely rare. — [[User:Hard Raspy Sci|Hard Raspy Sci]] 19:09, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

: The damage itself is directly observed, but it's an indirect inference of intensity and wind speed, ergo one cannot make comparisons between events or do risk management/climatology or valid statistics assuming they are DIRECTLY attained.  An important caveat, but otherwise the jist is correct, that rough intensity distributions (cognizant of the shortcomings) can be inferred and modeled. [[User:Evolauxia|Evolauxia]] 08:48, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

===Probability Speaking===
The term "witnessed" is also important, such that ruling out 318mph or higher is not accepted.  But it is accepted that it becomes highly improbable, not impossible (mathematically, statistically).

Impossibility would have to derive from some documentable evidence. — [[User:Hard Raspy Sci|Hard Raspy Sci]] 19:09, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

: The problem is the scale of use is designated as F0-F5.  That covers both maximum possible damage as well as maximum expected wind speeds.  We can't know the maximum of any natural phenomena with certainity, and we sure don't have observations of many tornadoes.  We have no observations of the complete structure (including wind speeds) of any tornado at any moment in time, much less the entire life cycle of even a single tornado.  What we have to go on, both in the original and the Enhanced Fujita Scale is a clearly defined scale.  Yes, there are mathematical models but they're not rigorously based on hard data and aren't "fact", they're numerical guesses; they're academic exercises just as the original wind speed formula was.  For the topic at hand, it thus is irrelevant, the scale is defined F0-F5 and was designed to cover the maximum possible wind speeds in tornadoes but those wind speeds were guesses.  You are good to point out the need for documentable evidence as well as the importance of our reliance on what is observed.  [[User:Evolauxia|Evolauxia]] 08:48, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

:: '''But!''' do not forget that windspeeds exceeding 230 mph (top of EF scale) have been <u>measured</u>, which still gives the old scale qualification, and disqualifies the new scale due to another factor.  The question that disqualifies the new EF scale is this: ''Have you ever seen F5 damage on an interstate highway overpass?''
::The question is intended to use either scale's method of quantifying damage into the F-scale (or EF-scale) - [[User:Hard Raspy Sci|Hard Raspy Sci]] 04:20, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

===The new ''EF'' scale===
It should be noted that the new scale <u>''reduces''</u> the windspeeds for F-levels above F3.  The main reason this was proposed was due to the overestimation of wind damage to buildings <u>and</u> the interest in maintaining historical record keeping.

The truth of the matter is that F5 is the highest "sensible" damage estimation, anything above you need direct measurement access.  So operationally speaking and because of physical evidence, ''old'' F5 became the top rating. — [[User:Hard Raspy Sci|Hard Raspy Sci]] 19:33, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

: It "reduces" the wind speed because that is what incurs the described damage, the old scale correlated wind speeds were incorrect.  Correct, it operationally became a purely damage scale; but even from the initial paper, the scale was designed to cover the maximum expected wind speeds (and possible damage) and F0-F5 were specifically defined for actual use.
:The new scale just adjusts wind speeds for damage, eliminating confusion of the original F-scale formula and F0-F12 graduations derived therefrom, as well as adds DIs/DODs.  The wind speeds will continue to be adjusted, though in-situ or remote measurements may be used on rare occasions that they're available.  [[User:Evolauxia|Evolauxia]] 08:48, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

====Winds for each F-level from old F-scale to enhanced-F====
*(E)F0 — raised
*(E)F1 — lower bound raised, upper about the same
*(E)F2 — lower about the same, upper bound is lowered
*(E)F3 — all lowered, upper bound splits old F3 in half
*(E)F4 — upper half of old F3
*(E)F5 — lower half of old F4
- to extend -
*(E)F6 - ~230 to ~270
*(E)F7 - ~270 to ~310

''But'', after Feb. 2007, the new EF scale will make the 1999 Brideport-Moore-Oklahoma City tornado an (E)F7 tornado...chew on that one... — [[User:Hard Raspy Sci|Hard Raspy Sci]] 19:09, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

: The continued emphasis on wind speeds is potentially disconcerting, it's still a damage scale.  The wind speeds are just correlations to damage, and are still guesses, albeit very good guesses from top damage analysis and meteorological experts with tremendous experience and knowledge, obtained via a process of "[[expert elicitation]]" but still not rigorously tested physically or even numerically.  
: Moore would not be EF7 because it's a damage scale (and '''defined''' as EF0-EF5) with an open-ended maximum wind speed range.  Even if it were not a damage scale, again, there is no way to discern what would be the top possible.  The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale is open for this reason, arbitrary cutoffs aren't scientificly valid.  
: Your extension of wind speeds is not based in science or on how the EF scale works; I assume you're just showing the difference in wind speeds but you have no basis for those thresholds, and your extension should not be misconstrued.
: There was a formula computed to cleanly connect the F-scale and EF-scale to maintain the tornado database:
:: y = 0.6246x + 36.393; R² = 0.9118
:: where x is 3-second gust speeds adjusted from original F-scale fastest 1/4 mile speeds, and y is the derived EF scale 3 second gust speeds.
: [[User:Evolauxia|Evolauxia]] 08:48, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

:: Umm. Moore was radard at 319 MPH. Thats more than an EF7, so I dont like the EF scale at all. Also, the Xenia '74 tornado was almost rated an F-6 by Fujita himself. Since he wasnt sure, he defaulted to rating it an F-5. And the tri state tornado was one tornado. 

[[User:Maximus 100|Maximus 100]] ([[User talk:Maximus 100|talk]]) 04:00, 3 December 2009 (UTC)Maximus_100[[User:Maximus 100|Maximus 100]] ([[User talk:Maximus 100|talk]]) 04:00, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

::Mostly, I do agree with what you say, but I disagree with the old scale from an operational standpoint and I disagree with the new scale from a scientific viewpoint. But my extension above is scientifically based, ...I really hate open-ended bins... ;)  
::I also disagree with EF scale, because EF scale is not scientific, its political.  It also makes the housing industry ''look good''.  Review the scale again, and think about what I just said.  - [[User:Hard Raspy Sci|Hard Raspy Sci]] 03:59, 9 March 2006 (UTC)



:::The new EF-scale isn't political, it's scientific.  You don't need a 300 mph wind to blow a house apart and scatter the debris.  Also, the often-quoted 300+ mph wind recorded in the 1999 Moore, OK tornado doesn't really count.  That wind was measured several hundred feet above ground level where the wind is much stronger.  We don't know what the actual wind speeds are at, for example, the roof level of houses in a strong tornado, or any tornado, really, which is why the EF-scale wind ranges are educated guesses and also why it is open-ended at the top. --anon 4:13, 17 March 2006 (UTC) (or mar 16 because of the international dateline.  I am not using auto-timestamp because it is stupid) <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:172.152.8.136|172.152.8.136]] ([[User talk:172.152.8.136|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/172.152.8.136|contribs]]) </span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->

::::The EF5 rating is defined as "Winds > 200 mph".  EF5 is the maximum rating that exists.  Thus the arguement is laid to rest. -[[User:Runningonbrains|Runningonbrains]] 18:55, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

::::'''Right!!''' That's exactly my point. ''You don't need 300mph winds to knock down a house,'' thus the jab at the housing industry is appropriate!    OK?    And please have the guts to sign something, and don't re-iterate common knowledge to drive a ''slippery slope'' or a ''red-herring''.  The new scale benefits the housing industry. Why? Ok, I'll spell it out.  It lowers the apparent maximum, making their product look like it can handle '''''higher''''' wind loads before failure.  Failure = damage + deaths.  The wind speeds haven't changed, the scale has been "watered down". Also, there has <u>not</u> been '''''any''''' scientific correlation that the old scale is wrong.  So, yes, political.  -- [[User:Hard Raspy Sci|Hard Raspy Sci]] 15:00, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
:::::The new EF scale was created for several (good!) reasons: first and foremost, it gives damage surveyors vastly more damage quantifiers from which to estimate a rating; the old system could only be efficiently implemented by observing damage to "well-built" houses, trailers, and barns. Thus damage to such structures as schools, churches, shopping centers, etc. could not be used to classify damage unless a detailed engineering survey was done. If anything, tornado damage ratings will become MORE quantitative in the future, and this is a good thing for meteorologists and climatologists, because even with minimal experience with site surveys, those responsible for surveying damage can come to their conclusions with much less subjective judgement. 

:::::Secondly, as stated earlier, several engineers have come to the conclusion that winds in Fujita's original scale estimates are not needed to do the damage to which they were originally assigned. This DOES NOT (and I can't stress this enough) mean that meteorologists all of a sudden consider 200 or so mph winds to be anywhere near the upper limit of tornado wind speeds. Of course, much higher winds have been indirectly (through Doppler radar, as well as photogrammetry in the 1970s) observed several times. Keep in mind that the Fujita scale, strictly speaking, rates DAMAGE, not tornadoes. It's more proper to say, "the tornado caused F5 damage" rather than, "the tornado was an F5". This is a very important distinction. By lowering the bounds for upper-level ratings, the EF scale establishes what engineering science has come to accept: you don't need 300 mph winds to do F5 damage. That's not the same as, "the F5 tornado couldn't possibly have had 300 mph winds". What the new scale basically says is that once you reach a certain wind speed, you can't do any worse damage to regular structures. You can't distinguish between damage done by 200 mph winds as opposed to that done by 300 mph winds (buildings like reactor cores at nuclear facilities are engineered to withstand winds in the old F5 range, but they are rarely struck by such winds and are of little use as a damage rating tool). 

:::::Also, I don't quite follow your logic that lowering the bounds for wind speeds that can do extreme damage somehow makes contractors "look good" - if anything, it makes them look WORSE, because it establishes that houses apparently CANNOT withstand as high winds as the old Fujita scale supposed. Some engineers have opined that certain homes can show F4-F5 damage after being exposed to winds as low as 160 mph - hardly the wind speeds that you would associate with monster events like the Moore tornado. So I really don't see an agenda at work here. I've read much literature on the revising of the Fujita scale, by prominent severe weather experts and engineers, and they pretty well agree that the old scale gave too MUCH credit to an average home's ability to withstand high winds. How is that catering to the construction lobby? [[User:CapeFearWX|CapeFearWX]] 05:24, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

In a nutshell: F and EF use damage to extrapolate wind speed. You look for certain damage indicators and judge the rating accordingly. When you're surveying an area where the asphalt has been sucked off the roadbed, the cars chopped into confetti with the bare chassis wadded up into a ball, and strong, recently built frame houses obliterated leaving a smooth slab and no piece of recognizable debris, the concept of EF6 seems a teensy smidge unnecessary. I mean, what would it have to do, open up a rift in the [[space time continuum]] and cast a town into [[List_of_Doctor_Who_planets#Others|The Void]]? EF5 is the limit for a reason. [[User:69.19.14.30|69.19.14.30]] 06:59, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
:It's a numbers-fap thing. There's a certain vocal minority in tornado studies who simply cannot comprehend the idea that the F and EF scale are correlated with ''observed damage'', not ''measured windspeed''. If you clocked a tornado at Mach 1 in an empty field, it's still an EF0 unless it produces observable damage that supports a higher rating. The real problem, of course, is that that these same people have percolated their ideas down into the population at large and now the NWS is under political pressure every time they have to assign an EF rating to a storm which has killed a bunch of people; the Joplin fiasco is a great example (NWS surveys and declares an EF4, people shriek in indignation that the worst thing in their lives is not the worst thing on the scale, politicians get in on the act and demand they redo the survey, NWS is a government agency and dutifully follows their orders, and magically an EF4 becomes a max-scale EF5). [[User:Vintovka Dragunova|Vintovka Dragunova]] ([[User talk:Vintovka Dragunova|talk]]) 04:55, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

== map of trail? ==
[[Image:Tri-State Tornado trackmap cropped.png|thumb|200px|Cropped version with state level details]]
Would it be possible to include a map of the trail of the tornado? - [[User:SimonLyall|SimonLyall]] 08:12, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

:There is one from the NWS Paducah site in the Wikimedia Commons link.  It's not easily readable without enlargment, but will have to do for now, it's more a less a version of the same original work and I've never found anything better.  It also doesn't go well in the article at the moment, but will when more text is added.  I prefer to keep the newspaper headline in the infobox. 

:FWIW, a detailed reassessment with comprehensive surveys and interviews is recently ongoing.  Some refinement of the track is quite possible.  Can't say more until it's published. [[User:Evolauxia|Evolauxia]] 23:41, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

::Maybe this version would provide a decent overview of the storms 3-state track. --[[User:Dual Freq|Dual Freq]] 00:24, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

:::That could do for now.  I'll try and make a similar map of the outbreak paths eventually. [[User:Evolauxia|Evolauxia]] 01:10, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

== Expand ==
This one of if not the most important single tornado in history.  The article should be expanded to include more information about the aftermath, as well as its historical scope.  Actually, pretty much any non-trivial info that can be added should be added.  Also, yes, a map of the track would be perfect. -[[User:Runningonbrains|Runningonbrains]] 19:56, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

: If others don't get to it first, I intend to expand it significantly when I find time. I've provided quite a lot of source material online, as well as other stuff which can be found in libraries or otherwise obtained. [[User:Evolauxia|Evolauxia]] 10:12, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

: The writing on Wikipedia about weather is so atrocious (essentially word tornadoes - laughable hyperbole, terrible usage errors, grammar mistakes, spelling mistakes, chaotic presentation) that I would hesitate to encourage more of it. [[User:Antimatter33|Antimatter33]] ([[User talk:Antimatter33|talk]]) 22:33, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

== Info on other tornadoes ==
There is information on the main tornado online with which to expand the article, but the other tornadoes will be hard to find.  Here is info on the other tornadoes, for the event table.  I'll provide the data, someone please format it into the tables.

times local; only curt note of most significant damage listed for now due to copyright issue
# F2; Montgomery County, Kansas; 0510; unknown path length/width; 0k, 0inj; homes and gas station damage at and around Dearing, Kansas
# F5; Reynolds-Iron-Madison-Bollinger-Cape Girardeau-Perry, Missouri - Jackson-Williamson-Franklin-Hamilton-White, Illinois - Posey-Gibson-Pike, Indiana; 1301; 219 mi (1200 yd ave width); ≥695k, 2027inj; moved ENE near Ellington, Missouri to about 10 mi NE Princeton, Indiana
# F2; Colbert County, Alabama; 1645; 12 mi (60 yd ave width); 1k, 12inj; moved NE at Littleville, Alabama where damage and casualties at gas station, homes, and store occurred
# F4; Sumner, Tennessee - Allen-Barren-Monroe-Metcalfe, Kentucky; 1700; 60 mi psbl tornado family (400 yd ave width); 39k, 95inj; moved ENE from near Buck Lodge, Tennessee (8 mi N Gallatin, Tennessee) to Beaumont, Kentucky, homes leveled in many communities
# F4; Harrison County, Indiana - Jefferson County, Kentucky; 1715; 18 mi (1200 yd ave width); 4k, 60inj; up to mile wide, moved ENE from Muckport, swept away entire farms near Laconia and Elizabeth, Indiana before ending just south of Louisville, Kentucky
# F3; Williamson-Rutherford, Tennessee; 1745; 20 mi (200 yd ave width); 1k, 9inj; major damage to homes in Kirkland, Tennessee incurring all casualties
# F3; Jefferson-Oldham, Kentucky; 1800; 10 mi (unknown width); ≥3k, 40inj; moved NE from east edge of Louisville, Kentucky to near Pewee Valley, Kentucky; at least dozen homes destroyed
# F3; Bedford-Rutherford, Tennessee; 1810; 12 mi (300 yd ave width); 2k, 15inj; moved ENE from near Unionville, Tennessee to 2 mi NE Fosterville, Tennessee, at least 10 homes destroyed
# F3; Marion-Washington-Mercer-Jessamine-Fayette-Bourbon, Kentucky; 1830; 60 mi tornado family (300 yd ave width); 2k, 40inj; moved ENE from western Marion County, Kentucky, passing near Springfield, Kentucky, ending past Lexington, Kentucky
:'''Source:''' Grazulis, Thomas P. (1993). ''Significant Tornadoes''.
[[User:Evolauxia|Evolauxia]] 01:08, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

:Good find! That is really hard to find for such old outbreaks! (Of course, there were probably more F0 and F1 tornadoes that went unreported) [[User:CrazyC83|CrazyC83]] 01:01, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

::I added the F-scale breakdown, but if someone adds a summary table of the actual tornadoes, that would be great.  And yes, there were undoubtedly more tornadoes, both weak and strong, this event had several large, long-track, intense tornadoes (at least 3 violent!).  I don't know how many, but the number of other tornadoes is very likely not insignificant.  Additionally, it's likely the path length of the  Tri-State will be extended. [[User:Evolauxia|Evolauxia]] 10:15, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

== Important information missing? ==
I've heard from various professors and scientists about the "Tri-State" tornado, and I understand that there are competing theories about what actually happened.  Modern research seems to have suggested that episodes like this are actually a family of tornadoes borne out of a cyclical supercell event, but there are weaknesses in applying that theory to this case... Also, detailed maps of the path are broken where the tornado was not tracked.  The national weather service mentions that scientists are uncertain as to what actually happened:

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/1925/wi_body.php

Anyway, the point is that I think we could add a section devoted to theories about this phenomenon.  Does anyone have any information about this?  Alternative theories?  I'd like to hear about that.  In any case, it would be good to have a more detailed map of the damage but I've only seen that in textbooks that I no longer own.

[[User:RobShepard|RobShepard]] 01:35, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

::There has been little evidence of breaks in the path, actually none save some scant, uncompelling stuff in a couple areas of the path. The problem has been that it doesn't match with our past and current understanding of supercell morphology/dynamics and tornadogenesis as well as lack of any other tornadoes approaching that length or duration.  This has changed some as recent tornadoes have occurred with very long tracks, as well as very long-lived supercells (which doesn't connect directly, we've known about long-track tornado families, but is evidenciary of our changing understanding of supercells/severe convective storms and tornadoes).  There has also been very thorough new research on the path of the tornado, including a detailed resurvey as well as significant attempts to locate survivors and other additional information.  As of this writing, no evidence of a break in the path had been found, and the path length may actually be extended! [[User:Evolauxia|Evolauxia]] 10:23, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

*There are many eyewitness reports of which I have heard and read that the Tri-State Tornado from a distance had the appearance of a giant, roiling dust storm.  It was not until the storm was nearly engulfing them that they realized it was actually a tornado.  Even if it had been a dust storm, it would have been exceedingly unusual for that area of the US (I lived for many years in one of the towns that was in the Tornado's path).  [[User:Edeans|Edeans]] 23:00, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

== Article's name ==
To comply with [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (events)]], I changed the article name (tornado is now lower case). --[[User:Rosiestep|Rosiestep]] ([[User talk:Rosiestep|talk]]) 22:48, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
:While this is applicable in most cases, this tornado is known by the proper name "Tri-State Tornado".  I have reverted the move. -<b>[[User:Runningonbrains|<span style="color:black;">Running</span>]][[WP:METEO|<span style="color:blue;">On</span>]][[User talk: Runningonbrains|<span style="color:green;">Brains</span>]]</b> 19:27, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
::Only after making today's name change (in good faith and in accordance with [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Severe weather/Tornado]]'s naming convention) did I notice the above comment from Runningonbrains.  I also fixed double redirects. I'll leave this alone for now vs. doing a revert myself.  I left a note on Runningonbrains talk page to give him an opportunity to comment as there wasn't any intent to create an edit war. --[[User:Rosiestep|Rosiestep]] ([[User talk:Rosiestep|talk]]) 02:32, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
:::It's all good. I think this article is a clear example of when NOT to use the DATELOCATIONTYPE format for storm naming. I thought the naming convention stated that, when an official/accepted name for an event/storm already, that name should take precedence, but apparently it doesn't. I propose that it should, especially when no date disambiguation is needed. I have posted on [[WT:SEVERE]] to gather opinions. I'll revert/maintain the current title depending on consensus there. Thanks!-<b>[[User:Runningonbrains|<span style="color:black;">Running</span>]][[WP:METEO|<span style="color:blue;">On</span>]][[User talk: Runningonbrains|<span style="color:green;">Brains</span>]]</b> 03:34, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
::::PS Here are some links which name the event simply "Tri-State Tornado", just in case you were wondering: [http://celebrating200years.noaa.gov/magazine/tornado_forecasting/figure2.html NOAA], [http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/worst_case_scenarios/4219866.html Popular Mechanics], [http://www.nationalgeographic.com/forcesofnature/forces/t_2.html National Geographic], [http://books.google.com/books?id=zXwhIUY9qlYC&dq=Tri-State+Tornado+NOAA&printsec=frontcover&source=in&hl=en&ei=eQ2JSbTNF5jeM7OqzdsH&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=11&ct=result Book written on the topic], [http://www.tristatetornado.org/ Website dedicated to storm's history]. -<b>[[User:Runningonbrains|<span style="color:black;">Running</span>]][[WP:METEO|<span style="color:blue;">On</span>]][[User talk: Runningonbrains|<span style="color:green;">Brains</span>]]</b> 03:40, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
::::: I agree with [[User:Runningonbrains|Runningonbrains]] that standard naming don't always apply and that in the case of recognized names that Wikipedia should retain the respective standard name.  There are complications, even for that, of course, such as the multiple Palm Sunday outbreaks in which a case a year is appropriate.  The St. Louis - East St. Louis Tornado is another example where there are multiple tornadoes striking those cities, but the 1896 event is usually the one people are thinking of (and for which books are written).  There's also the matter of capitalization for events that are [[Noun#Proper nouns and common nouns|proper noun]].
::::: And thanks [[User:Rosiestep|Rosiestep]] for all your work over the months keeping articles up-to-date with policy.  That work is laborious and these complications make it that much more so.  [[User:Evolauxia|Evolauxia]] ([[User talk:Evolauxia|talk]]) 03:46, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

== Death toll numbers don't add up in section on  Illinois ==
I could be reading the section wrong but the article states that 695 people lost their lives in total in the entire path of the tornado. When you come to the section on Illinois you read that 34 were lives were lost in Gorham, that 541 lives were lost in the towns of Johnston City, Murphysboro, De Soto, Hurst-Bush, West FrankfortZeigler, Eighteen, and Crossville. Next 22 lives are lost in Parrish bringing the number to 597. Finally, this may be splitting hairs but the article states that 234 were killed in Murphysboro. I know that this 234 is included in the 597 but the phrase is a bit ambiguous leading the reader to think that the number should be more like 831.[[User:Mortsey|Mortsey]] ([[User talk:Mortsey|talk]]) 21:38, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

== Meteorological details ==
*[http://www.ejssm.org/ojs/index.php/ejssm/article/viewFile/114/88 March 2013 Reanalysis of Meteorological Events associated with the 1925 Tri-State tornado (and overall outbreak)]
*[http://www.ejssm.org/ojs/index.php/ejssm/article/viewFile/109/89 The 1925 Tri-State Tornado Damage Path and Associated Storm System]

[[User:Cyclonebiskit|Cyclonebiskit]] ([[User talk:Cyclonebiskit|talk]]) 08:28, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

== Obsolete references ==
I'm paring down the references but wanted to paste the obsolete historical refs here rather than simply delete them.

* {{cite conference |first = Donald W. |last = Burgess |authorlink = |title = The Tri-State Tornado of 18 March 1925, Part I: Re-examination of the damage path |booktitle = 23rd Conf. Severe Local Storms |pages = |publisher = American Meteorological Society |date = 2006-11-10 |location = St. Louis, MO |url = http://ams.confex.com/ams/23SLS/techprogram/paper_115466.htm |doi = }}
* {{cite conference |first = Robert A. |last = Maddox |authorlink = Robert A. Maddox |coauthors = M.S. Gilmore, C. Crisp, J.A. Hart, C.A. Doswell, D.W. Burgess |title = The Tri-State Tornado of 18 March 1925. Part II: Re-examination of the weather conditions supporting the parent storm |booktitle = 23rd Conf. Severe Local Storms |publisher = American Meteorological Society |date = 2006-11-10 |location = St. Louis, MO |url = http://ams.confex.com/ams/23SLS/techprogram/paper_115418.htm |doi = }}
* {{cite journal |last = Fujita |first = T.L. |authorlink = Ted Fujita |title = U. S. Tornadoes, Part 1 |journal = SMRP Paper 218 
|publisher = University of Chicago |location = Chicago |date = 1987 |url = |doi = }}
* {{cite journal |last = Brodt |first = Jan |title = The Tri-State Tornado: March 18, 1925 |journal = Weatherwise |volume = 39 |issue = 2 |pages = 91-4 |date = 1986 |url = |doi = 10.1080/00431672.1986.9930169 }}
* {{cite conference |first = Jaime J. |last = Tecson |coauthors = T.T. Fujita, R.F. Abbey Jr. |title = Climatological Mapping of US Tornadoes During 1916–1980 |booktitle = 12th Conf Severe Local Storms |pages = 38-41 |publisher = American Meteorological Society 
|date = 1982 |location = San Antonio, TX |url = |doi =  }}
* {{cite book |last = Wilson |first = John W. |coauthors = Stanley A. Changnon, Jr. |title = Illinois Tornadoes (Circular 103) |publisher = [[Illinois State Water Survey]] |year = 1971 |location = Urbana-Champaign, IL |pages = |url = http://www.sws.uiuc.edu/pubs/pubdetail.asp?CallNumber=ISWS+C%2D103 }}
* {{cite journal |last = Changnon |first = S.A. |authorlink = |coauthors = R.G. Semonin |title = A great tornado disaster |journal = [[Weatherwise]] |volume = 19 |issue = 2 |pages = 56–65 |year = 1966 |doi =10.1080/00431672.1966.9930508 }}
* {{cite journal |last = Root |first = Clarence J. |title = Some Outstanding Tornadoes |journal = Mon. Wea. Rev. |volume = 54 |issue = 2 |pages = 58–60 |date=February 1926 |doi =10.1175/1520-0493(1926)54<58:SOT>2.0.CO;2 }}
* {{cite journal |last = Young |first = H. |coauthors= M. Lowenberg, F. Randall, J. Shaub, and F. Vent |title = Report on Effects of Tornado of March 18, 1925 |journal = Journal of the Western Society of Engineers |volume = 30 |issue = |pages = 373-96 |date = 1925 |url = |doi = }}
* {{cite journal |last = Root |first = C.J. |coauthors = W.E. Barron |title = The Tri-State Tornado of March 18, 1925 |journal = Climatological Data, Illinois Section |volume = |issue = |pages = 12a–12d |publisher = U.S. Weather Bureau |location = |year = 1925 |url = }}
* {{cite journal |last = Henry |first = Alfred J. |title = The Tornadoes of March 18, 1925 |journal = Mon. Wea. Rev. |volume = 53 |issue = 4 |pages = 141–5 |date=April 1925 |doi =10.1175/1520-0493(1925)53<141:TTOM>2.0.CO;2 }}
* {{cite journal |last = |first = |title = Severe Local Hail and Wind Storms, March, 1925 |journal = Mon. Wea. Rev. |volume = 53 |issue = 3 |pages = 130 |publisher = U.S. Weather Bureau |date=March 1925 |doi = 10.1175/1520-0493(1925)53<130:SLHAWS>2.0.CO;2 }}

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== Is this article about a tornado, or a tornado outbreak? ==

I note [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tri-State_Tornado&diff=811982147&oldid=811720656 this edit] by [[User:Evolauxia|Evolauxia]] with edit summary "there's a format to tornado event articles. this was a major outreak of which the namesake "tornado" was one family".

Firstly, it is marked as minor, which you shouldn't do to a revert unless you are pretty sure the original edit was in bad faith.

On the substance of the change... Most of the articles about tornadoes are about tornado outbreaks, but the title of this article suggests it is about a specific tornado.  From the comment, I am guessing Evolauxia wants this article to be about the outbreak as a whole.  If so, we should move the article to something like [[Tri-State tornado outbreak]].

However, I would prefer to keep the existing title - the tri-state tornado was much bigger than the other tornadoes of the outbreak - 695 of the 747 deaths -  so it makes sense to have that as the main subject and mention the wider outbreak lower down the article.

This wouldn't be the only article where the title is a single tornado.  e.g. [[1924 Lorain–Sandusky tornado]], which was the year before, and [[New Orleans tornado of 2017]].

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== Article's Name (2021) ==

I feel like "Tornado outbreak of March 18, 1925" isn't a very recognizable title for such a well-known event. Shouldn't the name be changed to be a more widespread title, such as "Tri-State Tornado Outbreak"? The title, "Tornado outbreak of March 18, 1925" is bland and not much more recognizable than "Tornado Outbreak of March 17, 2021", so it should be changed to be a bit more recognizable. This is what was done with the [[Andover tornado outbreak]] to make it a more recognizable title. [[User:Chrispanda|Chrispanda]] ([[User talk:Chrispanda|talk]]) 17:17, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

== Article Update (12/2021) ==

Unfortunately, the events of the December 10, 2021 outbreak has broken the record set by this tornado/outbreak.  National Weather Service has confirmed the track for the Quad-state tornado being around 240miles long, making the Tri-State tornado now the second longest tornado track recorded.  <ref>https://www.fourstateshomepage.com/news/joplin-news-first/quad-state-tornado-paths-mapped-by-national-weather-service-offices-ar-mo-ky-il/</ref>  [[User:SIMplMn9|SIMplMn9]] ([[User talk:SIMplMn9|talk]]) 17:43, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

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== The number of deaths in Griffin Is..? ==
Why is it written in our photo card that 44 died in Griffin, but in article 46? i not know -- [[Special:Contributions/212.164.204.112|212.164.204.112]] ([[User talk:212.164.204.112|talk]]) 17:35, 29 December 2021 (UTC)

== Semi-protected edit request on 22 January 2022 ==

{{edit semi-protected|Tri-State tornado outbreak|answered=yes}}
Can the Infobox mention the tornado outbreak caused 751 deaths? I got that by adding up the total deaths which is allowed per [[WP:CALC]]. [[Special:Contributions/69.118.232.58|69.118.232.58]] ([[User talk:69.118.232.58|talk]]) 16:52, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
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== Found this image of the Tri State Tornado ==
[[File:Tri State Tornado F5.png|thumb|The image that I had found from the blog site.]]
This was taken when the Tornado was nearing at its peak width around the Hamilton and White counties. I had found this in the blog site you can find on this link.

Link to the source of the Image
https://fox41blogs.typepad.com/wdrb_weather/2015/03/the-great-tri-state-tornado.html

Don't know if this is real or not? But if that is the case then it is one of the rarest image of the Tornado itself. But what do you think? - [[User:CrusaderToonamiUK|CrusaderToonamiUK]] ([[User talk:CrusaderToonamiUK|talk]]) 17:11, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

===Update===
This image was faked therefore I had revert it by removing the image in the page itself. Sorry for anyone who thinks this is real.[[User:CrusaderToonamiUK|CrusaderToonamiUK]] ([[User talk:CrusaderToonamiUK|talk]]) 16:40, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
:Where did you see that the image was faked? I’m actually curious because on the website you linked, [[WDRB]] Meteorologist Jeremy Kappell actually stated it was a photograph of the tornado. '''The [[User:WeatherWriter|Weather Event Writer]]''' ([[User talk:WeatherWriter|Talk Page)]] 16:59, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
::It really the 1979 Wichita Falls, Texas tornado that was photoshopped to the extreme.
::https://twitter.com/300mphef5/status/1462557510032838660?lang=ar-x-fm [[User:CrusaderToonamiUK|CrusaderToonamiUK]] ([[User talk:CrusaderToonamiUK|talk]]) 17:16, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
:{{ping|CrusaderToonamiUK}} <small>(Courtesy ping)</small> '''The [[User:WeatherWriter|Weather Event Writer]]''' ([[User talk:WeatherWriter|Talk Page)]] 17:14, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
::Repinging {{ping|WeatherWriter}}; the photo isn't of the tornado (lmao). [[User:EF5|<span style="color:#A188FC;">'''E'''</span>]]<sub>[[User talk:EF5|<span style="color:#A188FC;">'''F'''</span>]]</sub><sup>[[User:EF5/Creations|<span style="color:#A188FC;">'''5'''</span>]]</sup> 20:08, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

== Sheriff's death ==

The article says ''Also killed at De Soto was Jackson County Deputy Sheriff George Boland. While on patrol when the storm struck, the tornado lifted him from the ground and he disappeared into the funnel. His body was never found''.

However, the [[ODMP]] website, which records all killed police officers in the United States, does '''not''' mention Deputy Sheriff George Boland as having died in a tri state tornado.

Here is a link to the ODMP in 1925, and there are no deaths of police officers on March 18, that is, on the day when there was a tornado. —https://www.odmp.org/search/year?year=1925

What should we do with this line in the article? [[Special:Contributions/2.63.201.157|2.63.201.157]] ([[User talk:2.63.201.157|talk]]) 15:04, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

:I know this is a rather late reply but although this isn't on that website it did occur according to a period newspaper. I've re-added this as it seems to have been removed. [[User:Cutlass|<span style="color: maroon">Cutlass</span>]][[User talk:Cutlass|<sup><span style="color: blue">Ciera</span></sup>]]  17:01, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

== Requested move 18 December 2024 ==
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The result of the move request was: moved to '''1925 tri-state tornado outbreak'''. On inclusion/exclusion of the year, I find the arguments that this outbreak is the primary topic unconvincing, partly because the google searches below for "tri state tornado" include the 1947 tri-state outbreak in the first 10 hits and RECENTISM is more likely to favor the 1925 outbreak (because it is the centenary year), thus inflating its prominence. On lower/upper case, there is a narrow majority for lower case and I find the arguments to retain upper case have been opposed by counter-argument, supporting evidence and reference to the manual of style. I note that a related requested move is open at [[Talk:2021 Tri-State tornado#Requested move 16 February 2025]] and close this one with no prejudice against a new requested move if that discussion closes with a competing rationale.  [[User:DrKay|DrKay]] ([[User talk:DrKay|talk]]) 15:23, 20 February 2025 (UTC)
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[[:Tri-State tornado outbreak]] → {{no redirect|1925 Tri-State tornado outbreak}} – One of several "Tri-State tornado outbreaks". Here's a list:

* [[1974 Super Outbreak]] ([[1974 Cincinnati tornado]])
* [[1944 Appalachians tornado outbreak]]
* 1883 Stuebenville F2 tornado
* [[May 2003 tornado outbreak sequence]] (Miller City F2)
* And most famous of all, the [[December 2021 Midwest derecho and tornado outbreak]] that spawned the [[2021 Tri-State tornado]].

This clearly isn't '''the''' primary topic. [[User:EF5|<span style="color:#A188FC;">'''E'''</span>]]<sub>[[User talk:EF5|<span style="color:#A188FC;">'''F'''</span>]]</sub><sup>[[User:EF5/Creations|<span style="color:#A188FC;">'''5'''</span>]]</sup> 19:40, 18 December 2024 (UTC)<small>—&nbsp;'''''Relisting.'''''&nbsp;[[User:Estar8806|estar8806]] ([[User talk:Estar8806|talk]]) [[Special:Contributions/Estar8806 |★]] 05:41, 9 February 2025 (UTC)</small>

*Shouldn't that be "'''1925 tri-state ...'''" (lowercase) per [[MOS:LOWERCASE]] and [[MOS:HYPHENCAPS]]? See [[Tri-state area]]. —⁠ ⁠[[User:BarrelProof|BarrelProof]] ([[User talk:BarrelProof|talk]]) 23:34, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
::'''Support with lowercase''' as "1925 tri-state tornado outbreak" or "Tri-state tornado outbreak of 1925" or "1925 tornado outbreak", noting comments by Cinderella. —⁠ ⁠[[User:BarrelProof|BarrelProof]] ([[User talk:BarrelProof|talk]]) 18:19, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
*Tri-State is the preferred casing per the External links and the n-grams. The deadliest tornado in U.S. history. [[User:Randy Kryn|Randy Kryn]] ([[User talk:Randy Kryn|talk]]) 00:18, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
::That is likely to be picking up terms in titles and making Ngram measurements based on small numbers. See [https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=the+tri-state+tornado&year_start=1990&year_end=2022&corpus=en&smoothing=3&case_insensitive=true this Ngram]. We're unlikely to capitalize "The" on Wikipedia, and it seems clear that it is getting that from titles. Using deadliness as justification for capitalization is what is known as [[MOS:SIGCAPS|SIGCAPS]], which is not Wikipedia practice. —⁠ ⁠[[User:BarrelProof|BarrelProof]] ([[User talk:BarrelProof|talk]]) 00:39, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
*'''<s>Support</s> (Now neutral on the nomination per discussion below) but uppercase 'Tornado', and Strong Oppose the attempt to lowercase 'Tri-State'''', lots wrong here. [https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=tri-state+tornado&year_start=1800&year_end=2022&case_insensitive=true&corpus=en&smoothing=3 First, the n-grams, overwhelmingly uppercase Tri-State Tornado]. Second, the [https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=the+Tri-State+tornado&year_start=1800&year_end=2022&case_insensitive=true&corpus=en&smoothing=3 n-grams with 'the' included, lowercase doesn't even register]. Third, the page this RM should be looking at for guidance is [[1925 Tri-State tornado]], "Tri-State " uppercased per all criteria. I'm surprised that the casing is even being questioned. [[User:Randy Kryn|Randy Kryn]] ([[User talk:Randy Kryn|talk]]) 02:09, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
* '''Support with lowercase''': [[1925 tri-state tornado outbreak]].  All of those capped hits that Randy see are from 21st-century books, many of which include "wikipedia" in them.  See [https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=77c2321d50c5a701&sxsrf=ADLYWIKU8beIkdEDatx7m7aIGf3KgquG0g:1734581976082&q=%22tri-state+tornado%22+%221925%22+%22wikipedia%22&udm=36&source=lnms&fbs=AEQNm0Aa4sjWe7Rqy32pFwRj0UkWd8nbOJfsBGGB5IQQO6L3JzWreY9LW7LdGrLDAFqYDH2bHZiU5SwFHpsjQQXz5AGYj8Y3nkHx2tzq8pk4Php3ljomcBWA7sE7Nozxu09lvvNmR7ptr2AfhcNjHX8Qzdmjj4b2t8SPjd7CHpI2awuyQvWm_t6gGXY9JD3-nZbFsZvaAIEekP1E90aZCCrNQ0TlEpm-ig&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwipm5K0_bKKAxWoJjQIHQz-M5QQ0pQJegQIUxAB&biw=1303&bih=637&dpr=1.1 this book search].  Furthermore, if there's a relevant proper name here, it's "Great Tri-State Tornado of 1925" or something like that.  [[User:Dicklyon|Dicklyon]] ([[User talk:Dicklyon|talk]]) 04:25, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
*:The century that the books were published is irrelevant to this discussion, 'Tri-State Tornado' is overwhelmingly [https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=tri-state+tornado&year_start=1999&year_end=2002&corpus=en&smoothing=3&case_insensitive=true uppercased in common usage before Wikipedia's arrival]. Attempting to lowercase 'Tri-State' here is once again a waste of editor's time, especially during the Christmas season. I've asked the nominator to consider uppercasing 'Tornado' both here and at the stand-alone 1925 page, per accuracy of the common name. [[User:Randy Kryn|Randy Kryn]] ([[User talk:Randy Kryn|talk]]) 11:52, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
*::If we grant you that "Tri-State Tornado" is the proper name of that tornado, and note that the article mentions it that way, in "The outbreak included the Tri-State Tornado...", that still doesn't mean that the outbreak needs to also have such capitalization.  You find any sources doing that? [[User:Dicklyon|Dicklyon]] ([[User talk:Dicklyon|talk]]) 07:00, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
*::Also note that "Tri-state" here does not refer to any recognized region known as a "Tri-State Region" (which are often capped as region names for whatever reason).  Rather, it's just descriptive of the fact that the tornado path touched 3 states; 2 of those states don't touch each other, as they would in a "Tri-State Region".  [[User:Dicklyon|Dicklyon]] ([[User talk:Dicklyon|talk]]) 04:27, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
*::Also note that the lowercase form is [https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Tri-State+tornado+outbreak%22&sca_esv=396d2339e225b75b&udm=36&sxsrf=ADLYWIJi8TZLfL8O7zuEDmFhiazPu-KNLw:1734755307227&tbas=0&source=lnt&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiR6--Og7iKAxWRweYEHb_BBLQQpwV6BAgCECg&biw=1303&bih=637&dpr=1.1 common enough in books].  If you exclude recent wiki-influenced books, even more so. [[User:Dicklyon|Dicklyon]] ([[User talk:Dicklyon|talk]]) 04:30, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
*'''Support'''—"1925 tri-state tornado outbreak", for consistency and sanity. [[User:Tony1|<b style="color:darkgreen">Tony</b>]] [[User talk:Tony1|<span style="color:darkgreen">(talk)</span>]] 04:46, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
*'''Support''' but '''lowercase''' with '''reservation''' Given that there are multiple outbreaks in tri-state areas and the absence of an evidence-based argument that this is the [[WP:PRIMARYTOPIC]], I am inclined to the view it is not. The proposed title is a descriptive name and not inherently a ''true'' proper name that should be capitalised. Per [[MOS:HYPHENCAPS]], we don't cap after the hyphen unless this an accepted as a word normally capped like ''Roman''. ''State'' is not such a word. This is our house style. The term ''tri-state'' is a descriptive term for the confluence of three states, of which there are many in the US. It is made specific through context, where the three states are identified. In general, is not consistently capitalised (see [https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=the+Tri-State&year_start=1950&year_end=2022&case_insensitive=true&corpus=en&smoothing=0 here]). The ''corpus'' for ngrams is a sub-set of google books. Searching google books for the more specific name phrase proposed (''Tri-State tornado outbreak'' in 1925 - see [https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Tri-State+tornado+outbreak%22+1925&sca_esv=8b1efc629c324478&udm=36&biw=2172&bih=1077&ei=t8trZ5vJKdfhseMP9s6e4Qs&ved=0ahUKEwjbgO6pycKKAxXXcGwGHXanJ7w4ChDh1QMIEA&uact=5&oq=%22Tri-State+tornado+outbreak%22+1925&gs_lp=EhBnd3Mtd2l6LW1vZGVsZXNzIiEiVHJpLVN0YXRlIHRvcm5hZG8gb3V0YnJlYWsiIDE5MjUyBhAAGBYYHjILEAAYgAQYhgMYigUyCxAAGIAEGIYDGIoFMgsQABiABBiGAxiKBTILEAAYgAQYhgMYigUyCxAAGIAEGIYDGIoFMggQABiABBiiBDIIEAAYgAQYogRIz2NQ7AVYx1lwBHgAkAEBmAGaEaABkEWqAQk2LTUuMi4wLjG4AQPIAQD4AQGYAgugAro0wgIJEAAYsAMYBxgewgIHEAAYsAMYHsICDhAAGIAEGLADGIYDGIoFwgIFEAAY7wXCAgUQIRigAZgDAIgGAZAGCpIHCTQuNS0yLjQuMaAHiy4&sclient=gws-wiz-modeless here]), there are only 10 actual hits for the specific phrase identifiable in the snippets. A small sample such as this renders ngrams subject to [[sampling error]]s. Looking at the greater sample of google books we see that the term is not consistently capped in sources and should not be capped in this article per [[WP:NCCAPS]] and [[MOS:CAPS]]. My reservation is that the key search term is ''tri-state tornado outbreak''. Prefixing the year makes this harder to find in the Wiki quick search because the year must be entered first and accurately known by the reader. If there were a template or similar to also give search results for ''tri-state tornado outbreak 1925'', this would resolve reservation. [[User:Cinderella157|Cinderella157]] ([[User talk:Cinderella157|talk]]) 09:41, 25 December 2024 (UTC)
:::'''Addendum''' To be clear on the advice at [[MOS:HYPHENCAPS]], The lead at [[MOS:CAPS]] states: {{tq|There are exceptions for specific cases discussed below}} of which [[MOS:HYPHENCAPS]] is one such case. The guidance explicitly states that we follow such guidance regardless of the general advice given in the lead therein - ie our house style prevails. There is a clear link explicitly established between [[WP:LOWERCASE]] at [[WP:AT]], [[WP:NCCAPS]] and [[MOS:CAP]]. [[User:Cinderella157|Cinderella157]] ([[User talk:Cinderella157|talk]]) 03:45, 12 February 2025 (UTC)

*'''Oppose''' Most mentions of the term "Tri-State tornado outbreak" refer to this. The December 2021 outbreak is simply referred to as the December 2021 outbreak. The other outbreaks are referred as the same as in their own current article titles are usually the most common title itself. I don't see people using the term "1977 Tri-State tornado outbreak" either. Also, the attempts to lowercase the title are useless as the term "Tri-State" with capitalizations is the most common term either way. [[User:Cutlass|<span style="color: maroon">Cutlass</span>]][[User talk:Cutlass|<sup><span style="color: blue">Ciera</span></sup>]]  17:20, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

*'''Oppose''' – Filtering search results on google to only show mentions of the "''Tri-State tornado outbreak''" reveals that the [[WP:PRIMARYTOPIC|primary topic]] is the 1925 tornado outbreak. Recent results include those from [https://www.yahoo.com/news/99-years-later-remembering-tri-114946570.html KTVI], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Lw2Qkjd1NE FOX 2 St. Louis] , and [https://www.ozarksfirst.com/news/99-years-later-remembering-the-tri-state-tornado-outbreak-nearly-700-died/ KOLR]. See the [https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Tri-state+tornado+oubtreak%22 search result]. Doing the same on [[Newspapers.com]] also reveals that the primary topic is of the 1925 tornado outbreak. Results include those from [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/788040026/ Belleville News-Democrat], [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/842665370/ Athol Daily News], [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/709573484/ Newsday], [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/709557806/ Okmulgee Daily Times], [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/472750454/ The Daily Herald], and more. See the [https://www.newspapers.com/search/results/?feature-rs=true&keyword=%22Tri-state+tornado+outbreak%22 search result]. [[User:Aviationwikiflight|Aviationwikiflight]] ([[User talk:Aviationwikiflight|talk]]) 14:45, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
** '''Strong oppose''' The 1925 tornado killed 700 people, all others 'tri state outbreaks' probably killed less than 100. It is the deadliest American tornado and 2nd deadliest in the world. There is no reason to change anything until a hypothetical tornado outbreak in the 21st century—called tri state—takes the lives of hundreds or thousands of people and becomes the primary topic. [[Special:Contributions/2.63.200.247|2.63.200.247]] ([[User talk:2.63.200.247|talk]]) 14:56, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
*** Also, if 2021 tornado didn't occur, I'm sure this discussion likely didn't happen and probably someone think the 2021 tri state tornado is the primary topic. But this is clearly  [[WP:RECENTISM]] or whatever it called. [[Special:Contributions/2.63.200.247|2.63.200.247]] ([[User talk:2.63.200.247|talk]]) 15:02, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
::::{{ping|2.63.200.247}} Yes, because the 2021 Tri-State tornado killed nine and is also notable in its own right. [[User:EF5|<span style="color:#A188FC;">'''E'''</span>]]<sub>[[User talk:EF5|<span style="color:#A188FC;">'''F'''</span>]]</sub><sup>[[User:EF5/Creations|<span style="color:#A188FC;">'''5'''</span>]]</sup> 13:48, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
::::: With all due respect, 9 deaths compared to 700+ are not the same thing. Also note the damage caused by the 1925 tornado, compared to the damage caused by the tornado in 2021. I absolutely agree that the 2021 tri state tornado deserve a separate article, but in 10-20 years, 2021 tornado will never be the primary topic for 90 percent of people. [[Special:Contributions/2.63.200.247|2.63.200.247]] ([[User talk:2.63.200.247|talk]]) 09:04, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
*'''Support''': the article should use the year ''regardless'' of whether it's the primary topic, consistent with the guidance at [[WP:NCE]] (I'm not convinced [[WP:NOYEAR|the exception]] applies). No opinion on capitalization. [[User:Extraordinary Writ|Extraordinary Writ]] ([[User talk:Extraordinary Writ|talk]]) 10:06, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
*'''Oppose''': this is the primary topic, it is [[wp:recentism|recentism]] to suggest otherwise. [[Special:Contributions/Chicdat|🐔]]&nbsp;[[User:Chicdat|Chicdat]]&nbsp;&nbsp;''<sup style="font-family:Times New Roman">[[User talk:Chicdat|Bawk to me!]]</sup>'' 12:01, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
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