1967 St. Louis tornado outbreak

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Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox weather eventTemplate:Infobox weather event/Tornado outbreak Template:Infobox weather event/Effects Template:Infobox weather event/Footer A wintertime tornado outbreak affected the Midwestern United States on January 24, 1967. Of the 30 confirmed tornadoes, 13 occurred in Iowa, nine in Missouri, seven in Illinois, and one in Wisconsin. The outbreak produced, at the time, the northernmost tornado to hit the United States in winter, in Wisconsin, until January 7, 2008. The tornadoes formed ahead of a deep storm system Template:Citation needed span. The deadliest and most damaging tornado of the outbreak struck Greater St. Louis at F4 intensity, killing three people and injuring 216.Template:Refn

Background

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Upper-air analysis at 00:00 UTC on January 25, 1967

On Tuesday, January 24, 1967, a negatively tilted trough bisected the Midwestern United States. As a cold front traversed the Upper Midwest, a line of intermittent, tornado-producing supercells developed.[1]

Impact

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Confirmed tornadoes

Confirmed tornadoes by Fujita rating
FU F0 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 Total
0 3 4 15 6 2 0 30*

Prior to 1990, there is a likely undercount of tornadoes, particularly E/F0–1, with reports of weaker tornadoes becoming more common as population increased. A sharp increase in the annual average E/F0–1 count by approximately 200 tornadoes was noted upon the implementation of NEXRAD Doppler weather radar in 1990–1991.Template:SfnTemplate:Refn 1974 marked the first year where significant tornado (E/F2+) counts became homogenous with contemporary values, attributed to the consistent implementation of Fujita scale assessments.Template:SfnTemplate:Refn Numerous discrepancies on the details of tornadoes in this outbreak exist between sources. The total count of tornadoes and ratings differs from various agencies accordingly. The list below documents information from the most contemporary official sources alongside assessments from tornado historian Thomas P. Grazulis.

Color/symbol key
Color / symbol Description
† Data from Grazulis 1990/1993/2001b
Data from a local National Weather Service office
※ Data from the 1967 Storm Data publication
‡ Data from the NCEI database
♯ Maximum width of tornado
± Tornado was rated below F2 intensity by Grazulis but a specific rating is unavailable.
  • Along with the 30 confirmed tornadoes listed, tornado researcher Thomas P. Grazulis listed two additional F2 tornadoes that may have touched down.
    • The first occurred west of Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa, at 22:30 UTC, unroofing and tearing apart a house. It was officially listed as a severe thunderstorm wind in Storm Data.[2]
    • The other occurred on the southern outskirts of Illinois City, Rock Island County, Illinois, at an unknown time, damaging homes before ripping the roof off a farmhouse. It was officially listed as part of a complex of severe thunderstorm winds in Storm Data.[3]
List of confirmed tornadoes in the tornado outbreak of January 24, 1967
F# Location County / Parish State Start Coord.Template:Refn Time (UTC)Template:Refn Path length WidthTemplate:Refn Damage
F2 N of De Kalb to SSE of Lake Station Buchanan MO Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 17:50–? Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert".
This strong tornado affected 12 or more farmsteads. It destroyed a concrete barn, along with assorted outbuildings and other barns. Homes lost their roofs, along with some walls. Losses totaled $250,000.Template:Sfn[4]Template:Sfn
F2 E of Haynesville to S of Barnesville Clinton MO Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 18:35–? Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert".
This strong but relatively brief tornado developed Script error: No such module "convert". west of the junction of Missouri Supplemental Route PP and U.S. Route 69. As it headed northeast, it struck five farmsteads, extensively damaging outbuildings on a few of them. Losses totaled $25,000. Tornado researcher Thomas P. Grazulis did not list the tornado as an F2 or stronger.Template:Sfn[5]Template:Sfn
F3 SSE of Lake City to Northwestern Buckner to NE of Albany Jackson, Ray MO Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 18:40–19:00 Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert".
2 deaths – This intense tornado first developed over the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant, Script error: No such module "convert". from Buckner. Tracking northeastward, it first produced a narrow, spasmodic swath of structural damage, skirting Buckner and passing east of Sibley. As it neared Orrick, the tornado widened and intensified, striking Orrick High School while at maximum intensity. Part of a roof at the school collapsed, killing two students underneath. Two homes were destroyed and another lost its second story. Barns and outbuildings were leveled along the path. 18 people were injured and losses totaled $5 million.Template:Sfn[6][7]Template:Sfn
F0 SE of Polo Caldwell MO Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 18:50–? Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert".
Losses totaled $25,000.[8]Template:Sfn
F0 E of Sturges Livingston MO Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 20:00–? Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert".
Losses totaled $30.[9]Template:Sfn
F1 W of Green City to N of Pennville Sullivan MO Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 20:20–? Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert".
This tornado wrecked a number of outbuildings and a barn. Losses totaled $25,000. Grazulis listed the tornado as an F2.Template:Sfn[10]Template:Sfn
F1 Glendale to NW of Livonia Putnam MO Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 20:45–? Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert".
Moving generally northeastward, this tornado developed near the junction of Missouri Route 149 and U.S. Route 136. Losses totaled $2,500.[11]Template:Sfn
F4 ESE of Queen City, MO to ESE of Pulaski, IA Schuyler (MO), Scotland (MO), Davis (IA) MO, IA Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 20:45–? Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert".
This violent tornado damaged or destroyed numerous outbuildings and barns on 24 farmsteads. Five of the farmsteads were destroyed, two of which had every structure leveled, including the farmhouse. A total of approximately 20 other farms were damaged as well. Two people were injured and losses totaled $2,525,000. Most of the path and the F4-level damage were in Missouri. Only a Script error: No such module "convert". segment continued into Iowa, with F1-level damage.Template:Sfn[12][13]Template:Sfn
F3 S of Douds to E of Fairfield Van Buren, Jefferson IA Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 21:15–? Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert".
This intense tornado produced sporadic damage. It badly damaged several homes, some of which lost roofs and walls. Barns and outbuildings were destroyed as well. Losses totaled $250,000. Grazulis listed the tornado as an F2. The NCEI only lists a single coordinate, north of Douds.Template:Sfn[14]Template:Sfn
F1 Western Washington Washington IA Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 21:45–? Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert".
Losses totaled $2,500.[15]Template:Sfn
F0 N of Winfield Henry IA Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 21:50–? Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert".
Losses totaled $250,000.[16]Template:Sfn
F2 SW of Columbus City Louisa IA Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 22:00–? Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert".
Losses totaled $30. Grazulis did not list the tornado as an F2 or stronger. The NCEI lists the path as occurring north of Fredonia and extending into Muscatine County.Template:Sfn[17]Template:Sfn
F3 N of Fort Madison to S of Wever (1st tornado) Lee IA Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 22:15–? Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert".
1 death – This intense tornado destroyed a pair of homes, one of which only had a single wall left standing. Six people were injured and losses totaled $250,000.Template:Sfn[18]Template:Sfn
F2 S of Wever (2nd tornado) to N of Skunk River Lee IA Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 22:20–? Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert".
This strong tornado crossed the Skunk River near Wever. Homes had their roofs torn off and barns were wrecked. Trailers were destroyed as well, injuring four people. Losses totaled $250,000.Template:Sfn[19]Template:Sfn
F2 ENE of Cairo Louisa IA Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 22:20–? Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert".
This strong tornado tore loose a wall from a house and tossed an automobile against the home. A nearby barn was destroyed as well. One person was injured and losses totaled $25,000.Template:Sfn[20]Template:Sfn
F2 ESE of Gladstone to W of Reeds Henderson IL Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 22:40–22:50 Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert".
This tornado, while mostly affecting treetops, unroofed or otherwise damaged many outbuildings and barns. At least one barn was flattened, six utility poles splintered, and a farm shorn of all its outbuildings. Losses totaled $25,000. The tornado passed north of Biggsville.Template:Sfn[21]Template:Sfn
F2 S of Wheatland Clinton IA Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 22:45–? Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert".
Losses totaled $25,000. Grazulis did not list the tornado as an F2 or stronger.Template:Sfn[22]Template:Sfn
F2 NNE of Dixon Clinton IA Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 22:50–? Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert".
Losses totaled $25,000. Grazulis did not list the tornado as an F2 or stronger. Storm Data indicates that the tornado occurred near Calamus.Template:Sfn[23]Template:Sfn
F2 Southern Eldridge Scott IA Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 23:11–? Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert".
This strong tornado touched down just west of Mount Joy. It hurled an automobile and a truck from a roadway. Homes sustained breakage of their windows and barns were wrecked. Losses totaled $250,000.Template:Sfn[24]Template:Sfn
F2 NW of Elvira Clinton IA Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 23:15–? Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert".
Losses totaled $25,000. Grazulis did not list the tornado as an F2 or stronger.Template:Sfn[25]Template:Sfn
F2 NE of Tenmile Clinton IA Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 23:15–? Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert".
Several barns, a warehouse, and a Granger Hall were destroyed. Homes nearby had their roofs torn off. Losses totaled $250,000. The tornado may have developed near Bryant. Storm Data listed a Script error: No such module "convert". path.Template:Sfn[26]Template:Sfn
F3 E of Burke to NE of Mount Carroll Carroll IL Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 23:30–? Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert".
This intense tornado destroyed three homes on the northwestern side of Mount Carroll, one of which it impacted at borderline-F4 intensity. Roofing, outbuildings, and barns incurred extensive damage as well. 12 people were injured and losses totaled $250,000. Grazulis listed the time of occurrence as 22:40 UTC.Template:Sfn[27]Template:Sfn
F1 WSW of Saidora to NNE of White City Mason IL Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 23:30–? Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert".
This tornado paralleled the following event, just Script error: No such module "convert". away. Outbuildings, a hangar, and trees were destroyed or extensively damaged. An airplane was damaged as well. One person was injured. Losses were unknown. Storm Data attributed the sole injury to the next event.Template:Sfn[28]Template:Sfn
F3 S of Snicarte to SE of Bluff City Mason IL Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 23:30–? Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert".
1 death – This intense tornado destroyed rural homes and outbuildings. Three people were injured and losses totaled $25,000. The body of the dead was tossed Script error: No such module "convert".. Storm Data stated that the path was only Script error: No such module "convert". long.Template:Sfn[29]Template:Sfn
F3 S of Brodhead to SE of Milton Green, Rock WI Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 00:10–00:40 Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert".
This intense but intermittent tornado wrecked a number of barns. A country club was stripped of its roof and a pair of walls as well. Losses totaled $250,000. Grazulis listed the tornado as an F2. At the time the tornado was the northernmost wintertime tornado on record in the contiguous United States.Template:Sfn[30]Template:Sfn
F2 ENE of Cooper to WSW of Cruger Tazewell, Woodford IL Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 00:30–? Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert".
This strong tornado snapped and felled trees. Roofing and outbuildings were damaged as well. Losses totaled $2,500. Grazulis did not list the tornado as an F2 or stronger.Template:Sfn[31]Template:Sfn
F2 S of Virden Macoupin IL Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 00:50–? Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert".
This tornado flipped a home upside down and shifted another. In all about 100 homes were damaged to varying degrees. Most of the damage was to roofing or from fallen trees. Several trailers were damaged as well, and a few grain bins were moved Script error: No such module "convert".. Losses totaled $250,000. Grazulis did not list the tornado as an F2 or stronger.Template:Sfn[32]Template:Sfn
F2 NW of Metamora Woodford IL 00:50– Script error: No such module "convert".
F4 NE of Chesterfield to NE of Spanish Lake St. Louis MO 00:55– Script error: No such module "convert".
3 deaths – See section on this tornado
F2 Champaign–Urbana Champaign IL 02:40– Script error: No such module "convert".
A trailer was destroyed and scattered, two others were overturned, and two more were damaged. One house had its roof torn off.

Northern Chesterfield–Maryland Heights–St. Ann–Lambert Field–Spanish Lake, Missouri

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The tornado initially touched down around 6:55 p.m. in western St. Louis County at Olive Street Road near the Howard Bend Pumping Station where damage was reported to the Chesterfield Manor Nursing Home. The tornado moved northeast at 40 mph striking the small community of Lake, the luxury homes at River Bend Estates and Old Farm Estates valued between $25,000 and $33,000 (1967 dollars), Creve Coeur Meadows and Glenwood Subdivisions, and the heavily populated communities of Maryland Heights, Bridgeton, St. Ann, Edmundson, Woodson Terrace, Berkeley, Ferguson, Dellwood, the Hathaway Manor Subdivision, and Spanish Lake. The tornado apparently dissipated or weakened as it crossed the Mississippi River, as there is no record of significant damage in Illinois.

The damage path ranged from 50 to 200 yards wide and the tornado was on the ground for approximately 35 minutes. Remarkably only 3 fatalities were reported while 216 people suffered injuries. Damage included 168 homes destroyed, 258 with major damage, and 1485 with minor damage. At least 600 businesses were damaged or destroyed. The total damage was estimated to be around 15 million dollars (approximately 125 million dollars in 2022).

The tornado was given a F4 rating on the Fujita Tornado Ranking Scale. The F4 occurrence was likely small in aerial coverage with the majority of the severe damage being classified as either F2 or F3.

Non-tornadic effects

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Aftermath and recovery

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See also

Notes

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