Outbreaks* of Four or More Significant (F2-F5)Tornadoes
 in the NWS St. Louis County Warning Area

Date Time (CST) F-Scale Killed Injured Counties Affected
4/18/1883 500 pm F2 n/a n/a Gasconade
600 pm F3 1 8 Osage, Gasconade, Montgomery MO, Warren
620 pm F4 8 50 Greene
630 pm F3 0 5 Gasconade, Warren
700 pm F3 1 6 Warren, St. Charles
800 pm F3 1 3 Madison IL
815 pm F2 2 15 Jersey
830 pm F3 5 30 Madison IL, Macoupin
845 pm F4 5 30 Macoupin
930 pm F3 2 10 Madison, Macoupin, Montgomery
1030 pm F3 0 1 Montgomery
3/27/1890 300 pm F2 0 0 Ste Genevieve, Randolph
300 pm F2 0 2 Ste Genevieve
300 pm F2 3 25 Randolph
315 pm F2 1 7 St. Clair
515 pm F3 2 50 Randolph, Washington IL
5/27/1896 n/a F2 1 1 Montgomery MO, Lincoln
145 pm F2 0 0 Audrain
315 pm F3 6 50 Audrain
615 pm F4 2 3 Osage
620 pm F4 14 50 Washington IL
630 pm F4 255 1000 St. Louis City, Madison IL
645 pm F4 24 125 St Clair, Clinton
830 pm F2 3 n/a Washington IL
5/30/1917 100 pm F4 10 100 Crawford, Washington, St. Francois, Jefferson
400 pm F2 0 0 Madison MO, St. Francois
400 pm F3 7 25 Reynolds, Iron, St. Francois
430 pm F2 3 5 Madison MO
500 pm F2 0 0 Ste Genevieve, Randolph
600 pm F3 1 4

Ste Genevieve, Randolph

n/a F2 0 1 Franklin
3/15/1938 1150 am F2 1 18 Crawford, Washington MO, Jefferson, Monroe IL
320 pm F2 0 0 Randolph, Monroe IL
450 pm F4 10 12 St Clair
550 pm F3 0 12 Randolph, St Clair, Washington IL
3/30/1938 1136 am F2 1 18 Boone, Callaway, Audrain
115 pm F2 0 6 Shelby, Marion MO
300 pm F2 0 8 Callaway
300 pm F3 13 73 Adams, Brown
400 pm F2 0 0 Adams
553 pm F3 0 13 St. Charles, Madison IL, Macoupin, Montgomery IL
645 pm F3 0 3 Madison IL
800 pm F2 0 0 Randolph
3/19/1948 530 am F2 0 0 St. Charles
615 am F4 4 38 Washington MO, St. Francois
630 am F4 33 449 Madison IL, Macoupin
645 am F2 0 0 Monroe IL, St. Clair
650 am F2 0 n/a Franklin
700 am F2 0 18 Franklin
800 am F4 0 2 Montgomery IL
5/21/1949 400 pm F2 0 0 Franklin
430 pm F2 0 2 St. Louis
430 pm F2 0 0 St. Louis, St Charles, Madison IL
450 pm F4 5 55 Ralls, Marion MO, Pike IL
12/18/1957 150 pm F2 0 1 St Francois
240 pm F3 0 0 Randolph
315 pm F3 0 0 Randolph
320 pm F2 0 1 Madison IL
415 pm F3 0 0 Randolph
6/12/1970 400 pm F2 0 0 Shelby
430 pm F2 0 0 Lewis
440 pm F3 0 0 Audrain
540 pm F2 0 0 Pike MO
5/1/1983 230 pm F3 0 3 Osage
330 pm F2 0 3 Warren
430 pm F3 0 15 Greene
515 pm F2 0 1 Jersey
515 pm F2 0 3 St Charles
523 pm F2 0 1 Jersey
720 pm F3 0 0 St Louis City
723 pm F3 0 3 Madison IL
810 pm F2 0 20 St Clair
11/15/1988 825 pm F3 0 10 St Charles
930 pm F2 0 0 Greene
1012 pm F2 0 0 St Clair
1028 pm F3 0 0 St Clair, Madison IL
4/8/1999 435 pm F2 0 0 Knox
455 pm F2 0 5 Boone
505 pm F2 0 0 Boone
505 pm F2 0 2 Lewis
634 pm F2 0 0 Pike MO, Pike IL
5/10/2003 433 pm F2 0 0 Knox
508 pm F2 0 10 Lewis, Adams
530 pm F3 0 0 Monroe MO, Marion MO, Ralls
620 pm F2 0 0 Adams, Brown

*  An outbreak is defined as an event that has no consecutive tornadoes more than 6 hours apart.


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