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Hello everyone, thank you so much for being here. Today’s video is a little heavier than usual, but I hope you get something out of it. I want to say thank you to the new channel members , and to everyone for your continued support and encouragement.
If you are interested in any of the written accounts or historical documents pertaining to the Tri-State tornado, I have listed some links that I encourage you to look through:
Pictures/ Written Accounts: [https://www.ancestry.com/historicalinsights/tri-state-tornado-1925](https://www.ancestry.com/historicalinsights/tri-state-tornado-1925)
2013 Meteorological Reanalysis of Tri-State Tornado: [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268801946_Meteorological_Analyses_of_the_Tri-State_Tornado_Event_of_March_1925]
Other tornadoes from the entire outbreak:[https://tornadoarchive.com/home/tornado-archive-data-explorer/#interval=1925-03-18T12:00Z;1925-03-19T12:00Z&map=-92.0521;38.9903;4.29&env_type=td2m&domain=North America&filters=partition|PartitionFilter|f_scale|(E)FU,(E]
Other Tornadoes from outbreak: [https://www.weather.gov/ohx/19250318]
April 1925 Weather Review Publication Discussing Tornado: [https://archive.org/details/sim_monthly-weather-review_1925-04_53_4/page/n1/mode/2up]
NWS List of Publications on Tri-State Tornado: [https://www.weather.gov/pah/1925Tornado_lr]
Storm Stalker Blog on Tri-State Tornado (an excellent writer and storyteller, check out all of their posts!): [https://stormstalker.wordpress.com/2013/06/10/tri-state-tornado/]
Wallace Akin Book and Survival Story: [https://www.amazon.com/Forgotten-Storm-Great-Tri-State-Tornado/dp/1592283128]
Most comprehensive list I’ve found of victim obituaries: [https://www.findagrave.com/virtual-cemetery/216293?page=1#sr-68739305](https://www.findagrave.com/virtual-cemetery/216293?page=1#sr-68739305)
Timestamps:
00:00 – 01:53 Introduction
01:54 – 03:47 Tri-State Intro
03:48 – 05:58 1925 Historical Context
05:59 – 09:50 Meteorology
09:51 – 11:03 Touchdown / Annapolis
11:04 – 14:31 Missouri damage
14:32 – 17:13 Into Illinois / Gorham
17:14 – 22:43 Murphysboro
22:44 – 24:34 De Soto
24:35 – 25:45 Rural Illinois
25:46 – 27:23 Griffin Indiana
27:28 – 27:57 Princeton IN and Tornado End
27:58 – 31:36 Aftermath
31:37 – 33:38 Injury and Fatalities
33:39 – 35:36 Survey
35:37 – 40:13 Recovery Process
40:14 – 44:05 Lasting Implications and End
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Carly thank you so much for the information you bring us. It so nice to have a place to learn about the history. Your hard work is so appreciated. Keep your head up brighter day are to come. Every storm runs out of rain😉
good job.
You did this tragic event justice Carly especially considering a mini series could be done on the Tri State tornado. I was raised in this area (still live here) in southern Illinois just a few miles north of West Frankfort actually and growing up back in the early 70s there were plenty of people around, some relation even, that told grizzly and frightening details of living through that tornado. My Great great Aunt who lived to be a hundred and two (I absolutely remember her, Aunt Bertha) lost her infant son in the tornado where they lived in West Frankfort. I actually rented a farm house back in the mid 90s not far from Parrish ( a wide spot in the road) close to another very small town called Akin and the old landlord told me this was his Father's place and the house I was renting was actually built by the Army Corps of Engineers because the original home was blown away by the Tri State tornado. He also showed me a place across the gravel road, a spot out in a field not far from the one I rented, where his grandparents' place was and it too was flattened actually killing his Grandpa. They did not rebuild that place. Around S. Illinois you will see a lot of older homes that are identical just like the farm house we lived in and these are the houses that the ACE built after the tornado. All those who lived through that tornado are long gone but sadly I know many stories of that horrific event that I was told first hand by those who lived it. I could spend a lot of time retelling those stories but im the end the tragic event was very real and it affected so many people in unimaginable ways which is hard to grasp in an article or video content about something that occured almost a century ago. My hats off to you young lady for your report and the way in which you always stay true, accurate, detailed, but most importantly respectful of the humanity involved in every report you present! Thank You!!
Years ago I read a book about this called the forgotten storm, the tri-state tornado. Excellent read.
In a video from the 1990s, tornado historian Tom Grazulis speculated whether or not the Tri-State Tornado was in fact, several tornadoes cycling along the Missouri-Illinois-Indiana path. He also noted eye witnesses of the appearance of the tornado— many recalled that it did not appear as a classic funnel, but looked like a "horizontal rolling ball of black clouds." This apparently confused many weather savvy farmers, who would have taken cover sooner.
The Movie Target Tornando is why starting at a very young age I was introduced to this Tornado! It has fascinated me ever since! I was hoping that you were eventually going to cover what is a Major meteorological anomaly. Also, the weather channel had this as the 7th worst storm for their top ten storms of the century program for the storms before 2000. Thank you for the amazing meteorological content!
So glad you are back!! Love the new room!! ❤❤❤
The western Kentucky f4 tornado of 2021 tracked 165 miles and wiped out entire towns. I live in Dawson Springs and it cut our town in half and destroyed so many homes. My home is brick and the edge hit us and tore our roof off and shattered windows. My family was piled into the bathtub. I'll never forget those sounds. Seemed like hell had been unleashed. Scary stuff. From the 10th of December 2021 to the 11th, 18 tornados were reported in just Kentucky.
I first learned about this as a kid almost 20 years ago. I learned that because of its shaped, it fooled even farmers who would usually know to take cover.
Today is its 98th anniversary. It the same tornado hit the same areas today it would likely be rated EF3 or EF4.
The tri state tornado holds some records but also formerly held records that have be succeeded by later tornadoes. The tri state tornado is still in top five or top ten of the records it held as this tornado was a unique and historic tornado. Rest on peace to all the people who died from this tornado and rest in peace to the survivors that subsequently have passed on.
My God this tornado was nothing but a mass killer of human life. I've heard about this tornado in the past , but not as direct in detail as now
Lots of people talk about modern tornadoes that are equivalent to this monster, but I try to think of it like people in 1925 thought of it. Most people knew about tornadoes; precious few had ever seen one and fewer still knew anything about them. Not even photos were commonly available then. It was all word of mouth, myths, legends, and old wives' tales. Combine that with the taboo…
Then along comes something nobody there had ever seen or experienced: A rain-wrapped wedge tornado, moving at an unthinkably fast speed, an esitmated 65 mph+ at its peak. Most people literally did not know what hit them. Those that managed to see it didn't see much more than a rain shaft, and had no idea that it hid a sledgehammer spinning at 200+ mph until it was shredding houses, businesses, and whole towns around them.
To me, the closest modern equivalent was not Mayfield or Hackleburg, but Joplin. This was an EF5 tornado that blew up out of nowhere, rushed into an ill-warned and ill-prepared major population center, and killed 160+ people. In 2011, when these violent tornadoes were far better known. Those poor people in 1925 didn't have a prayer.
( Apropo of nothing, that's an adorable "diet" orange kitty you have. Hopefully he has more than the one brain cell all the other orange cats of the world share. 🤣)
Good job with this video. Thanks for the interesting information.
This was before so called man causing climate change. You can stop Hurricanes and Tornadoes like they claim going green will lessen the power of storms. Goodness gracious. I loved to watch all your video's including my home town Huntsville Al Harvest where 1974, 1995 and 2011 all took the same path. I wont drive through Harvest only if the sun is out no clouds.
I know why the Tri State Tornado appeared like a “giant cloud (or fog)” on the ground. Here’s a survivor's account of the tornado, published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 20, 1925:
“All morning, before the tornado, it had rained. The day was dark and gloomy. The air was heavy. There was no wind. Then the drizzle increased. The heavens seemed to open, pouring down a flood. The day grew black. Then the air was filled with 10,000 things. Boards, poles, cans, garments, stoves, whole sides of the little frame houses, in some cases the houses themselves, were picked up and smashed to earth. And living beings, too.”
In other words, the Tri State Tornado was heavily rain wrapped. And yes, it was visible it was visible. But supercell storms can transition from low to high precipitation supercells. Also, after seeing enough videos & photos of HP supercells, I learned that the heaviest rain shafts can look like giant clouds on ground level.
Carly
I live in Southeast Missouri about 40 minutes from its touchdown location.
I've only found that it touched down near Ellington Mo in Reynolds Co.
I'd like to try and find the "exact" spot to see if a marker exists. If not I'd like to make a marker for its touchdown site.
Something is better than nothing and all I'm finding is landmarks from its destruction in towns.
Haven't found anything concerning its origin.
Anybody who may know of its touchdown site other than near Ellington Mo it would be greatly appreciated.
The tornado damage looks like something that you would see in WWII city wide damage in Europe. Or even what Japan during WWII.
I went to grade school in the remains of the most deaths in a childrens school.
My friends and i dug into what they bulldozed into ditches back then. At the time it was 50 years after the tornado.
The Tri State tornado killed 39 children who attended DeSoto Grade School March 18, 1925.
My mom was from Murphysboro. My Grandmother survived this tornado. Whike she was at school.
Btw….The Tri State tornado was not the only F5 to hit Murphysboro.
Wow!!! You do such a wonderful job with the videos the "weather nerd" that I am I really dont know how I havent come across any of your content until now! It has been an absolute gift to find your videos! Fantastic presentation and you have done unbelievable work in researching these topics. Carly I've always wanted to try to find away to help folks during storms and have long wondered why we cant have devices like smoke detectors/weather radio (tornado n floor alerts) combos ? Something that could be very affordable so that folks that are most vulnerable could get warnings maybe even make them part of building requirments. Thanks so much for your hard work !
Missouri, more like misery.
Sorry to everyone living in Missouri. I don't know what it's like living there, don't take offense
Most of the deaths were women and children, most farm owners killed 37 a record, most killed in a school Desoto a record as well
As always well done Carly Anna
Carly your videos are always outstanding and you are a beautiful soul.