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FUJITA TORNADO INTENSITY SCALE F0: Gale tornado (40-72 mph); light damage. F1: Moderate tornado (73-112 mph); moderate damage. F2: Significant tornado (113- 157 mph); considerable damage. F3: Severe tornado (158-206 mph); Severe damage. F4: Devastating tornado (207- 260 mph); Devastating damage. F5: Incredible tornado (261- 318 mph); Incredible damage.
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DEADLIEST TORNADOES The Tri-State Tornado Outbreak of March 18, 1925 killed 689 people in Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. Murphrysboro, Ill., had 234 of those deaths, and West Frankfort, Ill., had 127. Other deadly tornadoes include the May 6, 1840 tornado which killed 317 people in Natchez, Mississippi; the May 27, 1896, tornado which killed 255 in St. Louis, Missouri. Tornadoes on successive days in 1936 killed 216 people in Tupelo, Mississippi, on April 5; and 203 people in Gainesville, Georgia, on April 6.
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TORNADO ALLEY AREAS WHERE TORNADOES OCCUR MOST
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