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way 83 near Fort Pierre to U.S. Highway 14 near Midland was closed to all except local traffic on the 27th. Twenty five to 35 volunteers were filling sandbags all day on the 27th around two homes along the river. Most of the damage was associated with flooding of agricultural land and some county roads. One resident along the river said the river was the highest it has been in 32 years.
1896: A massive F4 tornado struck Saint Louis, MO killing 306 persons and causing $13 million damage. The tornado path was short, but cut across a densely populated area.
1917: Major tornado outbreaks occurred every day from May 25 through 28 and again May 30 through June 1, 1917. On May 27 the storms were concentrated in a 7-state region from Illinois to Alabama. The worst of the day was an F4 that was continually on the ground for 50 miles and killed 67 people from Lake County, TN to Graves County, KY. Tiny Bondurant, KY, in Fulton County, was hardest hit with 21 lives lost.
1941: An F2 tornado formed over the Great Salt Lake and skipped for 10 miles to the northeast, destroying barns near Woods Cross, UT.
1973: Large tornadoes occurred every day from the 22nd to the 28th. On the 27th an F4 stayed on the ground for 65 miles and killed seven people as it chewed through five Alabama counties.
1997: A 3/4 mile wide F5 tornado demolished much of Jarrell, TX. The tornado ripped asphalt up from roadways. Cattle were thrown a quarter mile away. 27 deaths occurred in the Double Creek subdivision, where the tornado was so strong there were no large pieces of debris -- everything was pulverized. The tornado also moved very slowly, and towards the SSW.
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