The deadliest tornado in US history tracked within 50 miles of Evansville back on March 18, 1925!

Kids were still in school that day when the tornado first formed.

Nobody in the path realized what was coming........UNTIL THEY ACTUALLY SAW IT!

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Wonderful description of this event:

Tri-State tornado outbreak

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri-State_tornado_outbreak

I was chief meteorologist at WEHT from 1982-93 and did a special story, covering this tornado in 1990(65 year anniversary).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w7_CLn8QSs

I interviewed a number of people in Griffin IN, who were in their 70's/80's then that had witnessed the event. Never forget what one lady said:

Paraphrased: "After the tornado hit, there were hundreds of  people running all over the place aimlessly and in shock. We thought several were black(colored-her term) people but they weren't. They were just covered in mud from the Wabash River"

The Wabash River is a couple of miles to the west of Griffin!

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Tri-State Tornado: 96 years since the deadliest tornado in U.S. history

https://www.wsiltv.com/news/news-3-this-morning/tri-state-tornado-96-years-since-the-deadliest-tornado-in-u-s-history/article_06c1ce0f-72f5-508b-a136-e9acb8d34af1.html