Missouri is partly within a region commonly called Tornado Alley, a region of the United States that has the highest amount of tornado activity in the world. The region is the site of frequent collisions of warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico, cool air from Canada, and dry air from the Rockies. These collisions result in very strong thunderstorms, with the moist air acting as their "fuel." Additionally, the region often has a layer of stable air called a cap that suppresses storms. This behaves like the lid on a pressure cooker, allowing the atmosphere below it to become increasingly unstable until storms develop explosively. Finally, the region often sees strong vertical wind shear, or a variation of wind speed and direction with altitude. This tilts them in such a way that the updraft and downdraft portions becomes separated and don't interfere with one another, letting the already strong storm further strengthen and last longer. The wind shear also sets the storms rotating, turning them into supercells, the most powerful thunderstorms on earth. It is the rotation within these supercells that can develop into a tornado.
Other parts of the world do see such conditions and thunderstorms at least occasionally, but not with the same frequency as in Tornado Alley.
Tornadoes can hit almost anywhere. St Louis is just a little bit east of Tornado Alley, the most tornado prone region in the world, and contrary to popular belief, there is nothing that protects major cities from tornadoes.
Yes. Tornadoes happen every year. The most notable tornado of that year struck St. Louis, Missouri and East St. Louis, Illinois on May 27, killing at least 255 people, making it the third deadliest tornado in US history.
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Yes. It is one of the most tornado-prone cities in the country. St. Louis, Missouri has been hit by tornadoes on numerous occasions. Three of them were major killers. The worst of these was an F4 that struck on May 27, 1896. In all, the tornado killed at least 255 people in parts of St Louis and East St. Louis. It is ranked as the third deadliest tornado in U.S. history. Another tornado on September 29, 1927 killed 79 people in the same cities. A third tornado struck on February 10, 1959 yet another tornado in St. Louis killed 21 people. Other significant (F2 or stronger) tornadoes have struck St Louis in 1871, 1890, 1904, 1983, 2011, and 2013.
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No, St Louis is in Missouri. St Louis Park is in Minnesota.
The confluence is just a few miles north of St. Louis, Missouri.
That depends on which tornado you are referring to. St Louis has been hit by many tornadoes. The St. Louis tornado of 1896 had a cost of about $20 million at the time, which is equivalent to a bout $570 million in modern amounts. The St. Louis tornado of 1927 cost about $22 million at the time, equivalent to about $300 million today. The St. Louis tornado of 2011 had a cost of about $30 million.
It is an urban zip code in St Louis, Missouri with low household income and low property values.
The city of St. Louis is located on both theMississippi and Missouri Rivers.