Violent (F4-F5)Tornadoes
 in the NWS St. Louis County Warning Area

Date Time (CST) F-Scale Killed Injured Counties Affected
3/10/1876 n/a F4 14 40

Monroe MO, Ralls, Marion MO, Adams
4/18/1880 530 pm F4 14 90

Moniteau, Cole, Callaway
4/24/1880 610 pm F4 1 10

Jersey, Greene, Macoupin
630 pm F4 0 12

Macoupin
4/18/1883
620 pm F4 8 50 Greene
845 pm F4 5 30 Macoupin
5/29/1891 315 pm F4 4 35 Boone, Audrain
4/11/1893 630 pm F4 12 40 Crawford
5/27/1896
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
6/6/1907 400 pm F4 5 20 Washington IL
4/19/1916 700 pm F4 2 5 Moniteau, Cole
5/26/1917 1210 pm F4* 101 638 Pike IL, Greene, Macoupin, Montgomery IL
5/30/1917 100 pm F4 10 100 Crawford, Washington, St. Francois, Jefferson
6/5/1917 830 pm F4 16 68 Boone, Audrain
3/18/1925 101 pm F5** 695 2027 Reynolds, Iron, Madison MO
4/19/1927 1145 am F4 11 63 Lincoln, Calhoun, Greene, Macoupin
5/8/1927 915 pm F4 6 30 Cole, Boone, Callaway, Audrain
3/15/1938
450 pm F4 10 12 St Clair
3/19/1948
615 am F4 4 38 Washington MO, St. Francois
630 am F4 33 449 Madison IL, Macoupin
800 am F4 0 2 Montgomery IL
5/21/1949 450 pm F4 5 55 St. Louis, St. Charles, Madison IL
2/24/1956
1145 pm F4 0 16 St. Louis, St. Clair
2/25/1956
1225 am F4 6 20 St. Clair, Clinton
2/10/1959 140 am F4 21 345 St. Louis City, Madison
1/24/1967 655 pm F4 3 216 St. Louis
4/21/1967 220 pm F4 0 2 Knox
12/21/1967 1245 am F4 3 52 Iron
6/22/1969 540 pm F4 2 22 Washington MO
6/22/1969 635 pm F4 4 14 St Francois
4/23/1975 515 pm F4 0 0 Shelby
4/3/1981 1050 pm F4 0 32 Madison IL

*  Nearly all of the deaths and damage occurred outside of the NWS STL CWA in Mattoon, IL.

**  This was the beginning of the Great Tri State Tornado.  While the maximum damage in the NWS STL CWA was only rated as F2, F5 damage and nearly all of the deaths occurred outside the CWA over southern Illinois.
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