1967 St. Louis Tornado Outbreak

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1967 St. Louis Tornado Outbreak

Date of tornado outbreak:

January 24-27, 1967

Duration¹:

2 days (?)

Maximum rated tornado²:

F4 tornado

Tornadoes caused:

32 confirmed

Damages:

Unknown

Fatalities:

Areas affected:

Oklahoma, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin

¹Time from first tornado to last tornado
²Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita scale

The 1967 St. Louis Tornado Outbreak is the rare winter outbreak that occurred on January 24, 1967. Thirty-two tornadoes broke out from Oklahoma to Wisconsin. 14 tornadoes struck Iowa, 9 in Missouri, 8 in Illinois, and 1 in Wisconsin.

This outbreak broke a major record. The lone tornado reported in Wisconsin was the farthest north a tornado has ever occurred in January. This outbreak is also the farthest north a tornado outbreak has occurred in the winter.

The tornadoes broke ahead of a deep storm system. Several temperature records were broken in the Midwest on this day. One of the most notable tornadoes of the outbreak struck St. Louis County, Missouri where three people were killed and 216 were injured. The tornado was ranked at F4 on the Fujita scale.

Two more tornadoes were reported in Newton County and Jasper County in southwestern Missouri just after midnight on the 26th.

The next day thunderstorms produced sleet, freezing rain, and snow in St. Louis. Three days later, on January 27, a blizzard crippled Chicago dumping 23 inches of snow on the city.