Ste Genevieve County

Ste Genevieve County, MO

Data available through 1/1/2013

Date

Time (CST)

F/EF-Scale

Length (Miles)

Maximum Width (Yards)

Killed

Injured

Property Damage

Source*

6/4/1814

12:15 AM

n/a

n/a

n/a

0

14

n/a

G

A tornado moved E near Kaskaskia into Randolph County, IL.  Homes were destroyed or unroofed at the edge of town.

2/19/1888

3:25 PM

F3

20

400

0

0

n/a

G

A tornado touched down N of St. Marys and crossed the Mississippi River in Randolph County, IL near Kaskaskia.  Barns were destroyed near St. Marys.  Two people were hurt in destroyed houses at Kaskaskia.

3/27/1890

3:00 PM

F2

7

100

0

0

n/a

G

Formed 1 mile S of Ste. Genevieve and moved over the head of Turkey Island on the Mississippi River into Randolph County, IL.  A church was hit early in the path, but no injuries were reported.

3/27/1890

3:00 PM

F2

5

100

0

2

n/a

G

Moved NE at Bloomsdale, destroying 4  homes.

5/30/1917

5:00 PM

F2

10

n/a

0

0

n/a

G

Moved NE from Lawrenceton, passing 1 mile N of Bloomsdale and crossing the Mississippi River SE of "Brickeys".  Four homes, a parsonage, a church, and a blacksmith shop were destroyed in MO.  Only minor damage was done in Randolph County, IL by both this and the next tornado.

5/30/1917

6:00 PM

F3

13

100

1

4

n/a

G

Moved NE, passing down River Aux Vasse Creek, N of Ozora, destroying 4 homes in MO and killing a man as he hid in a corn crib.  Several dozen head of livestock were killed.  The funnel crossed the Mississippi RIver and struck near Fort Gage in Randolph County, IL.

3/18/1952

5:25 PM

F2

18

100

0

1

n/a

G, NCDC

Forned 1 mile S of Farmington in St Francois County to Weingarten.  Two small homes were destroyed and 16 more were unroofed or damaged.      Forty-five other homes were damaged  or destroyed.

3/1/1972

5:50 PM

F1

0.1

33

0

0

>5,000

NCDC

A tornado apparently touched down briefly damaging the middle section of a large barn on a farm near state highway 32, 4 miles W of Weingartern, about 1/2 mile E of Millers Switch.  Both ends of the barn were apparently undamaged and the cattle and horses in the the barn were unharmed while the roof and upper part was torn out of the center of the barn.

4/11/1979

5:30 PM

F1

9

100

0

0

>$5,000

NCDC

First evidence of tornado damage was on a farm N of Libertyville where a heavy gravity-flow grain bed was pulled off its mounting, a concrete block structure destroyed, and a tile block building partially demolished.  The next damage was on a farm in Coffman.  A large part of the front of the house was removed and strewn across the front yard.  A large 2 X 4 was thrust through the bedroom wall and landed on the bed.  The back of the house was bent out of shape, and a heavy freezer was thrown across the yard on its side.  Four cartons of soda against the wall that was torn off were not disturbed, while the mattress on the bed of the opposite side of the room was ripped off and thrown into the front yard.  Two large barns were also scattered over the field, and a propane gas tank was damaged.

11/9/1984

4:00 PM

F1

0.5

100

0

0

>$500

NCDC

A tornado knocked over a building at Weingarten.

4/19/1996

6:00 PM

F0

0

50

0

0

$0

NCDC

Sheriff department reported a tornado touched down briefly just outside Bloomsdale. Damage was limited to a couple of downed trees.

4/13/1998

4:26 PM

F1

0

75

0

0

$60,000

NCDC

A small tornado caused damage along County Route Y just west of Lawrenceton. The County Tavern business was destroyed and a mobile home lost half of its roof. Two people inside the tavern escaped injury by taking shelter in the bar's meat cooler. Trees and power lines were also downed in the area.

10/26/2004

4:45 PM

F0

0.5

50

0

0

$0

NCDC

The county sheriff reported a small tornado formed west of St. Mary's near Interstate 55.  Damage was restricted to downed and damaged trees.  Debris from the trees littered the highway causing it to be closed for a short time.

3/11/2006

9:09 PM

F1

2

75

0

0

n/a

NCDC

The tornado that started in Madison County near Mine La Motte and crossed southern St. Francois County then crossed into Ste. Genevieve County near Route T west southwest of Womack. The tornado continued east northeast for about 2 miles uprooting trees along the path.

3/11/2006

9:20 PM

F2

4

400

2

0

n/a

NCDC

The fourth tornado from the Southeast Missouri supercell formed in extreme southwest Ste. Genevieve County and went on to be the longest and strongest of the four tornadoes. The tornado formed about 9:20 pm CST just east of Route WW and one mile north of Holmes Road. On Kramer Road, just off Route N, the tornado produced F2 damage that was at least 400 yards wide. A double wide mobile home was rolled about 150 yards and completely destroyed. Two occupants suffered serious injuries. Two other mobile homes in the area were also destroyed, along with two barns, a machine shed and a detached garage. The tornado continued northeast and tracked into northern Perry County.

4/2/2006

4:05 PM

F0

2

40

0

0

n/a

NCDC

The same thunderstorm line that caused the Park Hills tornado spawned a second tornado along Highway 32, about 2 miles southwest of Weingarten in Ste. Genevieve County. This tornado initially formed at approximately 505 pm CST and moved east along and south of Highway 32. Three farms sustained minor home and machine shed damage while several trees were snapped or uprooted. The total length of the damage track was two miles with a damage width of 40 yards. The damage intensity was rated F0. 

*Sources

G - Grazulis, T. P., 1993: Significant Tornadoes 1680-1991.  A Chronology and Analysis of Events. Environmental Films, Tornado Project, St. Johnsbury, VT.

NCDC - National Climatic Data Center U.S. Local Storms Events Data (www.ncdc.noaa.gov)