TRI-STATE

On March 18, 1925 a tornado touched down , in the town of Ellington, Missouri.

With cold air coming from the North and warm air from the South , the air meets at Missouri and creates a thunderstorm.
On certain storms can produce tornados , but scientists haven't figured out why some do and others don't.

On the way the tornado covered 219 miles of destruction. The storm lasted three hours and crossed three states in the short amount of time.

IMPACTS

• 695 deaths
• 2027 injuries
• On one single EF5 tornado

From one tornado crossing three states,(Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana) that's how it go its name " The Great Trip-State tornado"

JOPLIN , MISSOURI BEFORE TRI-STATE TORNADO

JOPLIN , ONE OF THE CITIES HIT BY A RECORD HOLDER TORNADO