A rare January Midwest tornado outbreak produced a violent F4 that raked across St. Louis, Missouri, nearly 60 years ago only to be followed by snowflakes a few days later.
On Jan. 24, 1967, 32 tornadoes struck the Midwest, from Oklahoma to Wisconsin. In addition, funnel clouds were reported in the southwest part of Chicago.
T​he St. Louis F4 first struck western St. Louis, County, at 6:55 p.m. CST. From there, it carved a damage path 50 to 200 yards wide over the course of 35 minutes through northern sections of the St. Louis metro area before dissipating or weakening around the Mississippi River, according to the National Weather Service (NWS)…