For the Month of May...
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Day1...
1983: A tornado outbreak produced 9 separate tornadoes that caused F2 and F3 damage in Osage, Warren, St. Charles and St. Louis City counties in Missouri and Greene, Jersey, Madison, and St. Clair counties in Illinois. The outbreak was responsible for 49 injuries, and over 30 million dollars in damage.
1993: The Mississippi River, still in flood from April, remained above flood stage for much of the month, finally dipping below flood stage on the 24th. The river would later rise again and not crest until August. |
Day2...
2004: Lightning struck a large tree between two houses in Greenville (Bond county) causing the tree to literally explode. Branches from the tree went through the roof of a garage damaging a truck inside. Fencing between the homes and a swing set were also damaged. The damage amounted to about $25,000.
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Day3...
1976: The lowest temperature on record at St. Louis for the month of May (31 degrees) was recorded.
1958: Tornadoes touched down in Madison and Randolph counties in Illinois producing F1 and F2 damage.
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Day4...
1907: The lowest temperature on record at Columbia for the month of May (28 degrees) was recorded.
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Day5...
1961: In Boone and Osage counties, severe winds (57mph/50kts or greater) were produced by severe thunderstorms.
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Day6...
1971: In Moniteau county hail measuring up to 4.0 inches in diameter was produced by a severe thunderstorm.
2003: In Desoto (Jefferson County), wind gusts of up to 86mph (75kts) were reported in association with a severe thunderstorm. In Franklin county, hail measuring up to 2.75 inches in diameter was reported.
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Day7...
1973: Winds of up to 63mph (55kts) were measured in St. Louis. That same day three tornadoes touched down in the CWA causing over $30,000 in damage.
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Day8...
1927: A tornado causing F4 damage killed 6 people and injured 30 in Cole, Boone, Callaway, and Audrain counties.
1988: Severe winds (57mph/50kts) were reported throughout much of the CWA. In Callaway county, the highest wind gusts reached 76mph (66kts). Hail measuring up to 2.75 inches in diameter was also reported in St. Francois county.
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Day9...
1927: The 6th highest wind occurrence for St. Louis (75mph) was recorded.
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Day10...
1966: The lowest temperature on record at Quincy for the month of May (28 degrees) was recorded.
2003: A tornado outbreak produced 4 separate tornadoes that caused F2 and F3 damage in Knox, Lewis, Monroe, Marion and Ralls counties in Missouri and Adams and Brown counties in Illinois. The outbreak was responsible for only 2 injuries, but the property damage was estimated at 5.5 million dollars.
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Day11...
2004: Wind gusts of up to 64mph (55kts) were recorded in Farmington (St. Francois county).
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Day12...
1980: A tornado producing F2 damage affected parts of Moniteau, Boone, Cole, and Callaway counties. A separate tornado (also causing F2 damage) touched down in Montgomery county.
2002: Some of the worst flash flooding ever to affect Iron county caused about 5.5 million dollars in damage.
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Day13...
1967: A severe thunderstorm produced hail that measured up to 2.75 inches in diameter in St. Charles county.
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Day14...
1982: Severe thunderstorms produced a tornado causing F1 damage in Moniteau county as well as strong winds (greater than 57mph/50kts) in other parts of the CWA.
1961: A tornado rated as an F3 on the Fujita scale produced 2.5 million dollars in damage in Pike county in Illinois.
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Day15...
1963: A severe thunderstorm produced hail measuring up to 2 inches in diameter in Audrain county.
1990: Severe thunderstorms producing strong winds, and a few weak tornadoes as well as hail measuring up to 2.75 inches in diameter moved through the CWA.
1968: In St. Clair county in Illinois, a tornado causing F3 damage was responsible for 4 deaths and 60 injuries.
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Day16...
1995: Between the 16th and 17th, 6.55 inches of rain fall at St. Louis. This is the 5th greatest 24-hour total amount of precipitation for that location. 5.73 inches of rain fell at Columbia making it the 6th greatest 24-hour total amount of precipitation for that location. With such a large amount of rain, flash flooding was common throughout the CWA.
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Day17...
1995: Between the 16th and 17th, 6.55 inches of rain fall at St. Louis. This is the 5th greatest 24-hour total amount of precipitation for that location. 5.73 inches of rain fell at Columbia making it the 6th greatest 24-hour total amount of precipitation for that location.
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Day18...
1995: A tornado causing F2 damage touched down near Festus, Missouri causing almost $200,000 in damage.
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Day19...
1975: In St. Louis county, hail measuring up to 2.75 inches in diameter was produced by a severe thunderstorm. The same storm produced winds of up to 71mph (62kts).
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Day20...
1987: Winds of up to 70mph (61kts) were reported in Knox county associated with a severe thunderstorm.
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Day21...
1949: A tornado causing F4 damage killed 5 people and injured 55 in St. Louis and St. Charles counties in Missouri and Madison county in Illinois. This tornado was part of an outbreak that produced 4 different tornadoes and was responsible for 5 deaths and 57 injuries.
1957: In Clinton county in Illinois, wind gusts of up to 75mph (65kts) were reported.
1982: In St. Charles county, winds gusts of up to 73mph (63kts) were reported.
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Day22...
1998: Severe thunderstorms produced winds of up to 62mph (71kts) in parts of the CWA.
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Day23...
1878: What was probably a family of tornadoes causing F3 damage moved NE from 7 miles S of Quincy, passing 1 miles S of "Mound Station," now called Timewell. Homes were "carried away". One person died, as did 50 head of livestock. A total of 6 people were injured.
1966: Hail measuring up to 2 inches in diameter was reported in Adams county in Illinois.
1981: In Cole, Boone, and Osage counties, severe winds (57mph/50kts or greater) were reported in association with thunderstorm activity.
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Day24...
2004: Winds of up to 63mph (55kts) were recorded throughout much of the CWA associated with severe thunderstorms.
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Day25...
1989: In Jefferson county, hail measuring up to 3.5 inches in diameter was produced by a severe thunderstorm.
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Day26...
1917: A tornado causing F4 damage killed 101 people and injured 638 in Pike, Greene, Macoupin, Montgomery counties in Illinois. (Note: most of the deaths and damage occurred outside of the CWA in Mattoon, IL.)
1953: The highest temperature on record at St. Louis for the month of May (98 degrees) was recorded.
2004: In Franklin county, hail measuring up to 4.0 inches in diameter was produced by a severe thunderstorm near Washington.
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Day27...
1896: 4 separate tornadoes each causing F4 damage killed 295 and injured 1177 people in Osage and St. Louis City counties in Missouri and Washington, Madison, St. Clair, and Clinton counties in IL. These 4 tornadoes were part of an outbreak that produced 8 separate tornadoes and caused a total of 305 deaths and 1229 injuries. That same day, the 2nd highest wind occurrence for St. Louis (80mph) was recorded.
1982: Winds of up to 75mph (65kts) were reported in St. Charles county. In St. Louis county, the winds topped out at 59mph (51kts).
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Day28...
1967: A tornado rated as an F2 on the Fujita scale produced $25,000 in damage in Jefferson county.
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Day29...
1891: A tornado causing F4 damage killed 4 people and injured 35 in Boone and Audrain counties.
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Day30...
1917: A tornado causing F4 damage killed 10 and injured 100 in Crawford, Washington, St. Francois, and Jefferson counties. This tornado was part of an outbreak that produced 7 separate tornadoes and was responsible for 21 deaths and 140 injuries.
1934: The highest temperature on record at Quincy for the month of May (103 degrees) was recorded.
1974: Severe thunderstorms produced winds of 57mph/50kts or greater over much of the CWA. Hail measuring up to 2.75 inches in diameter was also reported in St. Charles county, and a tornado rated an F2 on the Fujita scale caused 2.5 million dollars in damage in Adams county in Illinois.
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Day31...
1934: The highest temperature on record at Columbia for the month of May (100 degrees) was recorded. |
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