Ste Genevieve County, MO
| Date | Time (CST) | F-Scale | Length (Miles) | Maximum Width (Yards) | Killed | Injured | Property Damage | Source* |
| 6/4/1814 | 1215 am | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0 | 14 | n/a | G |
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A tornado moved E near Kaskaskia into Randolph County, IL. Homes were destroyed or unroofed at the edge of town. |
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| 2/19/1888 | 325 pm | F3 | 20 | 400 | 0 | 0 | n/a | G |
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A tornado touched down N of St. Marys and crossed the Mississippi River in Randolph County, IL near Kaskaskia. Barns were destroyed near St. Marys. Two people were hurt in destroyed houses at Kaskaskia. |
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| 3/27/1890 | 300 pm | F2 | 7 | 100 | 0 | 0 | n/a | G |
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Formed 1 mile S of Ste. Genevieve and moved over the head of Turkey Island on the Mississippi River into Randolph County, IL. A church was hit early in the path, but no injuries were reported. |
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| 3/27/1890 | 300 pm | F2 | 5 | 100 | 0 | 2 | n/a | G |
| Moved NE at Bloomsdale, destroying 4 homes. | ||||||||
| 5/30/1917 | 500 pm | F2 | 10 | n/a | 0 | 0 | n/a | G |
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Moved NE from Lawrenceton, passing 1 mile N of Bloomsdale and crossing the Mississippi River SE of "Brickeys". Four homes, a parsonage, a church, and a blacksmith shop were destroyed in MO. Only minor damage was done in Randolph County, IL by both this and the next tornado. |
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| 5/30/1917 | 600 pm | F3 | 13 | 100 | 1 | 4 | n/a | G |
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Moved NE, passing down River Aux Vasse Creek, N of Ozora, destroying 4 homes in MO and killing a man as he hid in a corn crib. Several dozen head of livestock were killed. The funnel crossed the Mississippi RIver and struck near Fort Gage in Randolph County, IL. |
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| 3/18/1952 | 525 pm | F2 | 18 | 100 | 0 | 1 | n/a | G, SPC |
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Forned 1 mile S of Farmington in St Francois County to Weingarten. Two small homes were destroyed and 16 more were unroofed or damaged. Forty-five other homes were damaged or destroyed. |
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| 3/1/1972 | 550 pm | F1 | 1/10 | 33 | 0 | 0 | >5,000 | SPC |
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A tornado apparently touched down briefly damaging the middle section of a large barn on a farm near state highway 32, 4 miles W of Weingartern, about 1/2 mile E of Millers Switch. Both ends of the barn were apparently undamaged and the cattle and horses in the the barn were unharmed while the roof and upper part was torn out of the center of the barn. |
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| 4/11/1979 | 530 pm | F1 | 9 | 100 | 0 | 0 | >$5,000 | SPC |
| First evidence of tornado damage was on a farm N of Libertyville where a heavy gravity-flow grain bed was pulled off its mounting, a concrete block structure destroyed, and a tile block building partially demolished. The next damage was on a farm in Coffman. A large part of the front of the house was removed and strewn across the front yard. A large 2 X 4 was thrust through the bedroom wall and landed on the bed. The back of the house was bent out of shape, and a heavy freezer was thrown across the yard on its side. Four cartons of soda against the wall that was torn off were not disturbed, while the mattress on the bed of the opposite side of the room was ripped off and thrown into the front yard. Two large barns were also scattered over the field, and a propane gas tank was damaged. | ||||||||
| 11/9/1984 | 400 pm | F1 | 1/2 | 100 | 0 | 0 | >$500 | SPC |
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A tornado knocked over a building at Weingarten. |
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| 4/19/1996 | 600 pm | F0 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | $0 | SD |
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Sheriff department reported a tornado touched down briefly just outside Bloomsdale. Damage was limited to a couple of downed trees. |
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| 4/13/1998 | 426 pm | F1 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 0 | $60,000 | SD |
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A small tornado caused damage along County Route Y just west of Lawrenceton. The County Tavern business was destroyed and a mobile home lost half of its roof. Two people inside the tavern escaped injury by taking shelter in the bar's meat cooler. Trees and power lines were also downed in the area. |
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| 10/26/2004 | 445 pm | F0 | 0.5 | 50 | 0 | 0 | $0 | SD |
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The county sheriff reported a small tornado formed west of St. Mary's near Interstate 55. Damage was restricted to downed and damaged trees. Debris from the trees littered the highway causing it to be closed for a short time. |
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| *Sources |
G - Grazulis, T. P., 1993: Significant Tornadoes
1680-1991. A Chronology and Analysis of Events. Environmental
Films, Tornado Project, St. Johsnbury, VT. |
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