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  Great Natchez Tornado - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Great Natchez Tornado was a tornado that hit Natchez, Mississippi on May 7, 1840.
The final death toll was 48 on land and 269 on the river, mostly from the sinking of flatboats.
The Fujita scale rating of this tornado is unknown since pre-1870 tornadoes were not given a Fujita scale rating.
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 Great Natchez Tornado -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Great Natchez Tornado was a (A localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground) tornado that hit (additional info and facts about Natchez, Mississippi) Natchez, Mississippi on May 7, 1840.
The tornado formed southwest of Natchez and moved northeast along the (A major North American river and the chief river of the United States; rises in northern Minnesota and flows southward into the Gulf of Mexico) Mississippi River.
The death toll is slightly disputed because of the land death toll of 48.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/G/Gr/Great_Natchez_Tornado.htm   (248 words)

  
 Tri-State Tornado - Wikpedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Tri-State Tornado of March 18, 1925, crossed from southeastern Missouri, through Illinois, and into southwestern Indiana, and was the deadliest tornado in U.S. history.
The tornado sped to the northeast, killing two and causing $500,000 of damage to Annapolis and the mining town of Leadanna.
The tornado crossed the Mississippi River and into southern Illinois, hitting the town of Gorham, Illinois, at 2:30 p.m., killing 34.
www.bostoncoop.net /~tpryor/wiki/index.php?title=Tri-State_Tornado   (340 words)

  
 Great Natchez Tornado - TheBestLinks.com - June 3, Mississippi, Mississippi River, May 7, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Great Natchez Tornado - TheBestLinks.com - June 3, Mississippi, Mississippi River, May 7,...
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It is, as of January 2004, the second deadliest single tornado in United States history, killing 317 people (the only tornado to have killed more people was the Tri-State Tornado).
www.thebestlinks.com /Great_Natchez_Tornado.html   (288 words)

  
 Historical Tornado Events
It is remembered for one tornado which traveled 219 miles from Ellington, Missouri across the southern tip of Illinois to Princeton, Indiana, killing 695.
The worst tornado of the event was an F5 tornado that razed the town of Glazier, Texas.
May 5, 2003 More than a dozen tornadoes rip though Kansas, Missouri and Tennessee flattening several towns and leaving 41 dead Some of the hardest hit by F4 tornadoes were Pierce City, MO, Stockton, MO and Jackson, TN.
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 Historical Tornadoes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The tornado damage path was a miles wide in the city.
This tornado is not historic because of the damage it caused, but because it is one of the most photographed and studied in history.
This tornado is significant in that subsequent studies of the event began a new era in the understanding and analysis of tornado damage, deaths, wind speeds, and multiple vortices.
www.geocities.com /CapeCanaveral/Lab/2430/histtor.html   (1590 words)

  
 Tornado records - Wikpedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Biggest outbreak of tornadoes: The Super Outbreak, in which 148 tornadoes affected 13 states and one Canadian province on April 3 and 4, 1974.
Biggest outbreak in the fall: 143 tornadoes broke out in 41 hours of continuous tornado activity from November 21 to 23, 1992.
Slowest years for tornado outbreaks: Probably the 10 most insignificant years of the last 50 for tornado outbreaks were 1994, 1988, 1986, 1983, 1978, 1977, 1976, 1972, 1969, and 1954.
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 The Weather Doctor Almanac 2005
In fact, Natchez, settled by the French in 1716, was two years older than New Orleans and the oldest European settlement on the river.
The Natchez theater formed "a pile of shapeless ruins, beyond recovery." The Planter's Hotel and the Steam-boat Hotel were now ruins, while the City Hotel and the Mansion House sustained great damage; both unroofed and the upper stories stove in.
The Great Tri-State Tornado on March 18, 1925 would claim 695 lives, though some believe that the fact the death and destruction were spread over three and a half hours indicates this was not one super tornado but a close-packed swarm.
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 Encyclopedia: Great Natchez Tornado
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 1840 - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
May 6 - The Penny Black, world's first postage stamp becomes valid for the pre-payment of postage.
May 7 - The Great Natchez Tornado: A massive tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi during the early afternoon hours.
July 4 - The Cunard Line's 700-ton wooden paddlewheel steamer RMS Britannia departs from Liverpool bound for Halifax, Nova Scotia on the first transatlantic passenger cruise.
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 Natchez   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
the only tornadoes in the United States to have killed more people than it injured: only 109 were injured.
Arnold Feldman, M.D. of the Pain Treatment Centers of Baton Rouge and Natchez is now performing this procedure on a limited release basis.
The Methodists were soon joined in Natchez by other Protestant religions, including the Baptists and Presbyterians.
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 ipedia.com: List of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
These are some famous tornadoes and tornado outbreaks that have occurred in the United States over the past few centuries.
Great Natchez Tornado Tri-State Tornado Nashville Tornado of 1933 Tupelo-Gain...
Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak II (March 27, 1994)
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 Spyderco Tri Angle Sharpmaker   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Great Natchez Tornado The Great Natchez Tornado was a tornado that hit Natchez, Mississippi on May 7, 1840.
It is also one of the only tornadoes in the United States to have killed more people than it injured: only
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