Tornado outbreak sequence of May 1896
May 27 event

Tornado outbreak sequence of May 1896

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List of confirmed tornadoes - May 27, 1896

F#	Location	County	Time (UTC)	Path length	Damage

Missouri

F2	E of Bellflower	Montgomery, Lincoln	unknown	7 miles (11 km)	1 death — A church and a barn were destroyed. A woman was killed and her infant son was injured.

F2	N of Sturgeon to N of Centralia	Audrain	1935	8 miles (13 km)	Barns leveled destroyed and four farm homes were "nearly destroyed".

F3	S of Higbee to S of Renick	Randolph	2030	6 miles (9.7 km)	Three homes were destroyed and five others were damaged. Many barns were destroyed as well. Six people were injured.

F3	N of Mexico to W of Vandalia	Audrain	2115	17 miles (27 km)	6-7 deaths — Three students were killed at the Dye school, and one student (possibly two) was killed at the Bean Creek School.

F4	SE of Chamois	Osage	0015	5 miles (8.0 km)	2 deaths — Two farms were destroyed, at one of which every building was completely swept away. Three people were injured.

F4	St. Louis/East St. Louis, IL	St.Louis, Madison (IL)	0030	12 miles (19 km)	255 deaths — See article on this tornado — Third-deadliest tornado in US history, caused near-F5 damage in East St. Louis.

Illinois

F4	E of New Minden to Irvington	Washington, Jefferson	0020	23 miles (37 km)	14 deaths — Entire farms were leveled near New Minden, south of Hoyleton, near Richview, and in Boyd and Irvington. 50 others were injured.

F4	E of Imbs to NE of Germantown	St. Clair, Clinton	0045	30 miles (48 km)	24 deaths — The path of this tornado family may have begun in Dupo. Many homes were leveled along the path, especially in and around New Baden, where 13 people died.

F3	NW of Nashville to NE of Mt. Vernon	Washington, Jefferson	0230	28 miles (45 km)	3 deaths — Many farms were devastated along the path. Damage northeast of Mt. Vernon may have been downburst-related.

Oklahoma

F3	E of Hennessey to NE of Marshall	Kingfisher, Logan, Garfield	0000	10 miles (16 km)	A house was blown apart and scattered. One person was injured.

Sources: Grazulis (1993)

Sentence(s)

Tornado killed 255 people.

final_sentence: Tornado killed 255 people.