Locations
Three cities the tornado hit in Missouri
What are Annapolis, Biehle, and Frohna?
The amount of people who died in Missouri
What is 11 people?
Date of this event
When is March 18, 1925
Length of the tornados path
What is 219 miles?
Three cities in Illinois that were affected
The amount of people who died in Murphysboro, Illinois
What is 234 people?
The average speed of wind
What is 62 mph?
Time and place tornado started
When is 1pm, in Ellington, MI?
Three cities in Indiana affected by the tornado
What are Griffin, Owensville, and Princeton?
The amount of people who died in Indiana
What is 71 people?
The total economic toll
What is $16.5 million ($1.4 billion in today's dollars)?
Time and place tornado ended
When is 4:30pm, Petersburg, IN?
Amount of towns hit in all three states
What is 85 towns?
Amount of people who died in other cities in Illinois
What is 379 deaths?
Aftermath of tornados
What is thousands left homeless and without food, looting, theft, and fires?
Unique aspects of event
What is tornado caught town residents by surprise, tornado forecasting was not in practice, and the word tornado had been banned from weather forecasts since the late 19th century?
The tornado started here, and then ended in this separate location
What is Ellington, MI (start), and Petersburg, IN (end)?
The total death toll
What is 695 deaths?
Title this tornado has received
What is "one of the largest and fastest tornadoes in U.S. history"?
The EF (enhanced fujita) scale rating
What is EF 5?