User:ChessEric/Tornado outbreak of February 24–25, 1956
| Type | Tornado outbreak |
|---|---|
| Duration | February 24–25, 1956 |
| Tornadoes confirmed | 23 |
| Max. rating1 | F4 tornado |
| Duration of tornado outbreak2 | 2 days |
| Fatalities | 6 fatalities, 47 injuries[1] |
| Damage | $_ |
| Areas affected | Midwest |
Part of the tornado outbreaks of 1956 1Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita scale 2Time from first tornado to last tornado | |
Confirmed tornadoes[edit]
| FU | F0 | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 |
February 24 event[edit]
| F# | Location | County / Parish | State | Start coord. |
Time (UTC) | Path length | Max. width | Summary | Refs. |
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| F4 | E of Union, MO to Pacific, MO to Lebanon, IL to Breese, IL | MO, IL | 77.6 miles (124.9 km) | 6 deaths – See section on this tornado – A total of 36 people were injured. |
February 25 event[edit]
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Union–Pacific, Missouri/Lebanon–Breese, Illinois[edit]
| F4 tornado | |
|---|---|
| Max. rating1 | F4 tornado |
| Fatalities | 6 fatalities, 36 injuries |
| Damage | $_ |
| Areas affected | Greater St. Louis |
| 1Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita scale | |
See Also[edit]
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "February 24-25 Storm Summary". National Centers for Environmental Information. National Weather Service. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- ^ Brooks, Harold E. (April 2004). "On the Relationship of Tornado Path Length and Width to Intensity". Weather and Forecasting. 19 (2). Boston: American Meteorological Society: 310. doi:10.1175/1520-0434(2004)019<0310:OTROTP>2.0.CO;2. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) - ^ "Climatological Data National Summary Publication | IPS | National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)". www.ncdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 19 August 2020.