WebThe Great Natchez Tornado hit Natchez, Mississippi on Thursday, May 7, 1840. This tornado was the second deadliest tornado in United States history; at least 317 people were killed and at least 109 were injured. Event description. This massive tornado formed approximately twenty ...

Web1840 was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1840th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 840th year of the 2nd millennium, the 40th year of the 19th century, and the 1st year of the 1840s decade. As of the start of 1840, the Gregorian …

WebDer Great Natchez Tornado zerstörte weite Teile der Stadt Natchez und viele Boote auf dem Mississippi. Die Opferbilanz beträgt mindestens 317 Menschen, könnte aber deutlich höher liegen, da möglicherweise Opfer unter den Sklaven in den Plantage der betroffenen Region nicht berücksichtigt wurden. 14. April 1886 72 Tornado in Sauk Rapids ...

WebJackson, officially the City of Jackson, is the capital of and the most populous city in the U.S. State of Mississippi. Jackson is the anchor for the Jackson, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area, the largest metropolitan area completely within the state. With a 2020 population estimated around 600,000, metropolitan Jackson is home to over one-fifth of …

WebThe 1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado (great cyclone) was a historic tornado that caused severe damage to downtown St. Louis, Missouri, East St. Louis, Illinois, and surrounding areas on Wednesday, May 27, 1896 about 5:00 pm.One of the deadliest and most destructive tornadoes in U.S. history, this tornado was the most notable of a major …

WebThe 1955 Great Plains tornado outbreak was a deadly tornado outbreak that struck the southern and central U.S Great Plains States on May 25–26, 1955. It produced at least 46 tornadoes across seven states including two F5 tornadoes in Blackwell, Oklahoma, and Udall, Kansas that caused most of the casualties. The outbreak killed 102 from three …

WebA deadly late-season tornado outbreak, the deadliest on record in December, produced catastrophic damage and numerous fatalities across portions of the Southern United States and Ohio Valley from the evening of December 10 to the early morning of December 11, 2021. The event developed as a trough progressed eastward across the United States, …

WebVicksburg is a historic city in Warren County, Mississippi, United States.It is the county seat, and the population at the 2010 census was 23,856. Located on a high bluff on the east bank of the Mississippi River across from Louisiana, Vicksburg was built by French colonists in 1719, and the outpost withstood an attack from the native Natchez people.

WebTornado disasters to affect the southern USA include the Great Natchez Tornado of May 1840 – second deadliest on record in the US, behind only the Tri-State Tornado. Other outbreaks included the Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak of April 1936, the 1908 Southeast tornado outbreak of April 1908 and the Candlestick Park Tornado of 1966.

WebSt. Louis tornado outbreak of February 1959: Great Plains, Midwestern United States, Southeastern United States: 21 deaths from a single tornado in St. Louis, Missouri, and one death from flooding 1959 Tropical cyclone, tornado outbreak: 22 Hurricane Gracie: Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia: Including 12 deaths from a tornado outbreak in ...