List of tornado - related deaths at schools - wikipedia List of tornado - related deaths at schools These are all known tornadoes resulting in student deaths at primary and secondary schools in the United States from 1865 to 2015. For the deadliest tornado incidents, only fires / explosions and bombings have killed more students. Contents 1 List 2 Discussion 3 See also 4 References 5 External links List Date Location ( school ) Local time ( touchdown ) Fatalities ( school ) English Wikipedia article June 28, 1865 Viroqua, Wisconsin 4 : 00 p.m. 9 May 23, 1878 Mineral Point, Wisconsin 3 : 00 p.m. June 9, 1878 Augusta, Georgia 3 : 00 p.m. February 19, 1884 Goshen, Alabama 2 : 30 p.m. Enigma Tornado Outbreak May 11, 1886 Kansas City, Missouri ? ? 15 May 2, 1887 Wauseon, Ohio 12 : 35 p.m. June 14, 1888 Lexington, Oregon ? ? May 17, 1889 Forestburg, Texas 4 : 00 p.m. June 20, 1890 Paw Paw, Illinois 2 : 30 p.m. 7 September 7, 1893 Lockport, Louisiana 9 : 30 a.m. May 3, 1895 Ireton - Hull, Iowa 2 : 30 p.m. 7 Hull, Iowa, Tornado Outbreak of 1895 May 27, 1896 Mexico - Bean, Missouri 3 : 15 p.m. St. Louis - East St. Louis Tornado / May 1896 tornado outbreak sequence March 22, 1897 Arlington, Georgia 8 : 30 a.m. 8 January 3, 1906 Josie - Banks, Alabama 11 : 30 a.m. March 13, 1913 Lawrenceburg, Tennessee 1 : 45 p.m. Southeast Tornado Outbreak of March 1913 January 4, 1917 Vireton, Oklahoma 11 : 00 a.m. 16 February 23, 1917 Hollins, Alabama 3 : 30 p.m. Southeast Tornado Outbreak of February 1917 March 23, 1917 New Albany, Indiana 3 : 08 p.m. 5 Mid-Mississippi Valley Tornado Outbreak of March 1917 January 11, 1918 Dothan - Cowarts, Alabama 1 : 40 p.m. 8 November 4, 1922 Holyoke, Colorado 9 : 30 a.m. Great Plains Tornado Outbreak of November 1922 April 27, 1923 Johnson City, Kansas 12 : 15 p.m. April 30, 1924 Horrell Hill, South Carolina 11 : 00 a.m. 7 Southeast Outbreak of April 1924 March 18, 1925 Missouri - Illinois - Indiana ( nine schools ) 1 : 01 p.m. 69 Tri-State Tornado November 9, 1926 La Plata, Maryland 2 : 35 p.m. 14 La Plata, Maryland, Tornado of November 1926 April 19, 1927 Carrollton, Illinois 11 : 45 a.m. Southern Plains - Midwest Tornado Outbreak of April 1927 May 9, 1927 Poplar Bluff, Missouri 2 : 35 p.m. 1927 St. Louis Tornado Outbreak September 29, 1927 St. Louis, Missouri 12 : 50 p.m. 1927 St. Louis -- East St. Louis tornado December 7, 1927 Tunnel Springs, Alabama 11 : 30 a.m. January 24, 1928 Smithville, Tennessee 2 : 00 p.m. September 13, 1928 Pender, Nebraska 3 : 40 p.m. Upper Plains - Midwest Tornado Outbreak of September 1928 January 18, 1929 Maunie, Illinois 11 : 20 a.m. Middle - Mississippi Valley Tornado Outbreak of January 1929 March 22, 1929 Merrellton, Alabama 11 : 00 a.m. 5 April 24, 1929 Slocum, Texas 12 : 20 p.m. Plains, Midwest, and Southeast Tornado Outbreak of April 1929 May 2, 1929 Rye Cove, Virginia 12 : 25 p.m. 13 1929 Rye Cove, Virginia tornado outbreak November 19, 1930 Bethany, Oklahoma 9 : 30 a.m. 6 Oklahoma - Kansas Tornado Outbreak of November 1930 January 5, 1931 Norlina, North Carolina 4 : 45 p.m. February 14, 1936 McRae - Helena, Georgia 4 : 30 p.m. April 26, 1938 Oshkosh, Nebraska 2 : 15 p.m. Oshkosh, Nebraska, Tornado Outbreak February 6, 1942 Jasper County, Georgia 1 : 30 p.m. Southeast Tornado Outbreak of February 1942 March 16, 1942 O'Tuckalofa, Mississippi 3 : 00 p.m. March 1942 tornado outbreak April 27, 1942 Ortonville, Minnesota 3 : 05 p.m. Pryor, Oklahoma, Tornado Outbreak January 26, 1944 Granite, Oklahoma 8 : 30 p.m. January 1944 Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak March 6, 1944 Horton, Alabama 3 : 00 p.m. April 12, 1945 Muskogee, Oklahoma 4 : 50 p.m. Southern Plains - Midwest Tornado Outbreak of April 1945 December 31, 1947 Village, Arkansas 7 : 35 p.m. New Year 's Eve Tornado Outbreak of 1947 February 1, 1955 Commerce Landing, Mississippi 2 : 20 p.m. 23 Commerce Landing, Mississippi, Tornado Outbreak January 24, 1967 Orrick, Missouri 12 : 40 p.m. 1967 St. Louis tornado outbreak April 21, 1967 Belvidere, Illinois 3 : 50 p.m. 13 Belvidere - Oak Lawn tornado outbreak May 4, 1978 Clearwater, Florida 10 : 47 a.m. Sarasota, Florida, Tornadoes April 8, 1993 Grand Isle, Louisiana 1 : 20 p.m. March 1, 2007 Enterprise, Alabama 1 : 10 p.m. 8 February -- March 2007 Tornado Outbreak May 20, 2013 Moore, Oklahoma 2 : 45 p.m. 7 2013 Moore tornado November 16, 1989 ; Newburgh, New York ; 12 : 05 p.m. ; 9 ; Although officially listed as a tornado, it was all but certain a downburst, see November 1989 Tornado Outbreak August 28, 1990 ; Plainfield, Illinois ; 2 : 30 p.m. ; 5 ; Five staff and faculty at two schools killed the day before classes were to begin, see 1990 Plainfield tornado Discussion Ruins of the Longfellow School where 17 children were killed during the Great Tri-State Tornado on March 18, 1925. The storm hit the school at about 2 : 30 p.m. From 1884 to 2007, there were 46 tornadoes with school fatalities in the United States. These tornadoes killed 286 ( not including the 9 from the probable downburst in New York state ). Tornado warnings began being issued in 1950 ( and tornado watches in late 1952 ) ; and there is a very sharp decrease in number of killer tornado events at schools after this time, as well as a large decrease in death tolls from tornadoes overall. There were 40 tornadoes with deaths at schools ( 234 deaths ) before 1953 and 6 events ( 52 deaths ) after that year ( not including the probable downburst in New York ). Two high fatality events after 1953 occurred in Mississippi ( 23 in 1955 ) and Illinois ( 13 in 1967 ) ; accounting for 82 % of 1952 - 2006 deaths, both from violent class tornadoes. More tornadoes with deaths in schools have occurred in the Southeastern United States -- 23 events or over half the national total -- than any other region. Four of the top ten death toll events occurred in the Southeast. Relatively few school fatality tornado events have occurred in the area with the highest frequency of strong tornadoes, the Great Plains ( Tornado Alley ) ; only a single event occurred after warnings began being issued. This is probably chiefly due to three reasons : the low population density, greater tornado awareness ( and better visibility affording more warning ), and the time of year and of day that most tornadoes strike the Great Plains. An artist 's conception of the April 21, 1967, school tornado disaster. The state with the most tornado deaths throughout history is Illinois, with 90. The largest school death toll from a tornado was 69 during the Tri-State Tornado, which also struck Illinois and significantly raised that state 's death toll. The greatest death toll at a single school also occurred during the Tri-State tornado, when it killed 33 at a school in De Soto, also in Illinois. This tornado also injured hundreds more at schools, and killed many students returning home from schools. Additionally, three of the top ten events by death toll, and four if separate schools of the same tornado are counted ( 33 in De Soto and 25 in Murphysboro again from the Tri-State Tornado ), have occurred in Illinois. The state with the highest number of tornadoes with deaths at schools is Alabama at 8 events. Illinois is second with 6 tornadoes. Missouri and Oklahoma are tied for third with 5 tornadoes. Fifth is Georgia with 3 tornadoes. Sixth are Texas, Tennessee, Indiana, Nebraska, Mississippi, and Arkansas, each with 2 events. One school fatality tornado event has occurred in Ohio, Louisiana, Iowa, Colorado, Kansas, South Carolina, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Minnesota, and Florida ( the probable downburst in New York is not included ). See also List of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks List of tornadoes causing 100 or more deaths Tornado preparedness & Tornado myths # Safety Tornado Safety in Schools References ^ Jump up to : Grazulis, Thomas P. ( 1993 ). Significant Tornadoes 1680 - 1991 : A Chronology and Analysis of Events. St. Johnsbury, VT : The Tornado Project of Environmental Films. pp. 139 -- 40. ISBN 1 - 879362 - 03 - 1. ^ Jump up to : Grazulis, Thomas P. ( 1997 ). Significant Tornadoes Update, 1992 - 1995. St. Johnsbury, VT : The Tornado Project of Environmental Films. p. 1409. ISBN 1 - 879362 - 04 - X. Jump up ^ http://www.dnr.mo.gov/shpo/nps-nr/64501157.pdf National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form page = E-27 Jump up ^ Tornado Outbreak of March 1 - 2, 2007 ( NWS ) Jump up ^ `` Preliminary Reconnaissance of the May 20, 2013, Newcastle - Moore Tornado in Oklahoma ''. National Institute of Standards and Technology. Dec 2013. Jump up ^ Galway, Joseph G. ( 1975 ). `` Relationship of Tornado Deaths to Severe Weather Watch Areas ''. Mon. Wea. Rev. 103 ( 8 ) : 737 -- 41. Bibcode : 1975MWRv... 103... 737G. doi : 10.1175 / 1520 - 0493 ( 1975 ) 103 < 0737 : ROTDTS > 2.0.CO ; 2. Jump up ^ Doswell, Charles A, III ; A.R. Moller ; H.E. Brooks ( 1999 ). `` Storm Spotting and Public Awareness since the First Tornado Forecasts of 1948 ''. Weather Forecast. 14 ( 4 ) : 544 -- 57. Bibcode : 1999WtFor... 14... 544D. doi : 10.1175 / 1520 - 0434 ( 1999 ) 014 < 0544 : SSAPAS > 2.0.CO ; 2. Jump up ^ Ashley, Walker S. ( 2007 ). `` Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Tornado Fatalities in the United States : 1880 -- 2005 ''. Weather Forecast. 22 ( 6 ) : 1214 -- 28. Bibcode : 2007WtFor... 22.1214 A. doi : 10.1175 / 2007WAF2007004. 1. Jump up ^ Kenny, Tim ( 2000 ). `` Tornado Deaths by Census Region, 1680 - 1999 ''. Stormtrack. 24 ( 1 ) : 10. External links Tornado Preparedness Tips for School Administrators ( NOAA / SPC ) The Ten Worst Tornado Related Disasters in Schools ( Tornado Project ) Troutman, Timothy W. ; H.M. Allen ; J.M. Coyne ; D. Nadler ( 2008 - 01 - 20 ). `` Updated Tornado Safety Preparedness for Schools ''. 17th Symposium on Education. New Orleans, LA : American Meteorological Society. Harris, Harold W. ; Mehta, Kishor C. ; McDonald, James R. ( 1993 ). `` Design for Occupant Protection in Schools ''. In Church, Christopher C. ; Burgess, D.W. ; Doswell III, C.A. ; Davies - Jones, R. The Tornado : Its Structure, Dynamics, Prediction, and Hazards. Geophysical Monograph. 79. Washington, DC : American Geophysical Union. pp. 545 -- 53. Bibcode : 1993GMS... 79... 545H. doi : 10.1029 / GM079p0545. ISBN 978 - 0875900384. SPC Outlooks and the Traditional School Year ( Patrick Marsh, SPC ) U.S. Tornado Deaths by Physical Location ( NOAA / SPC ) NWS Storm Ready and Weather - Ready Nation programs NWS 's Owlie Skywarn NWS Weather Preparedness Events Calendar ( by state ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_tornado-related_deaths_at_schools&oldid=856684346 '' Categories : Tornado - related lists Disasters in schools Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 26 August 2018, at 23 : 02 ( UTC ). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: where did the worst recorded tornado related disaster in a school occur
Answer: Missouri - Illinois - Indiana (nine schools)