St. Louis County R.A.C.E.S. and SKYWARN

"Taking the County by storm."

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The Tri-State Tornado, 25 March 1925
Map showing weather situation and storm track of Tri-State Tornado. Black line is tornado track. The

Tri-State Tornado was the longest-lived and had the longest path of any recorded tornado. It traveled

over 300 miles from SE Missouri to Indiana and killed over 600.
In: "Monthly Weather Review," April 1925, p. 141.

Image ID: wea00237, NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) Collection
Location: Missouri, Illinois, Indiana
Photo Date: 1925 March 18

Waterspout observed by crew of USS PITTSBURGH off mouth of Yangtze River.
 In: "Flug Und Wolken", Manfred Curry, Verlag F. Bruckmann, Munchen, 1932. P. 65.

Image ID: wea00317, NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) Collection
Photo Date: 1930 Circa
Photographer: C. A. Stahl
Credit: U. S. Navy

A giant waterspout in the mature stage.
During peak intensity this waterspout had a diameter of approximately 30 meters. A full discussion of

this waterspout is in "Life Cycle of Florida Keys' Waterspouts" by Joseph H. Golden,

NOAA Technical Memorandum ERL NSSL-70, 1974. Library Call Number QC807.5.U6 N7 no.70.

Image ID: wea00341, NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) Collection
Location: Florida Keys, Florida
Photo Date: 1969 September 10
Photographer: Archival Photograph by Mr. Steve Nicklas, NOS, NGS

Lightning striking the Eiffel Tower, June 3, 1902, at 9:20 P.M.
This is one of the earliest photographs of lightning in an urban setting
In:"Thunder and Lightning", Camille Flammarion, translated by Walter Mostyn Published in 1906

Image ID: wea00602, NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) Collection

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