Tornadoes

Some things should be against the rules in nature. I'll give you an example that happened 10 years ago. Remember when Missouri got hammered by a rare snow storm in May of 2013? That should be illegal.

The Hannibal and Quincy area has been fortunate to not experience the kind of tornado like the one that destroyed much of Joplin in 2011. However, there is a deep history of devasting twisters that have caused incredible amounts of damage in the tri-state area. Here are the 9 most destructive tornadoes over the past 150 years.

If you live in Illinois or Missouri long enough, you will see a tornado eventually. That being said I highly doubt you've seen a twister that seemed to give birth to a rainbow like one did in Illinois this week.

What's your worst nightmare when flying (other than crashing)? I've boarded many a plane in my life and the one scenario I've always dreaded is potentially flying through a tornado. There's a video that appears to show that nightmare in action as a plane flies through a twister in St. Louis.

Talk about a near miss. A new video share from Joliet, Illinois appears to show a tornado barely miss a home, but still cause big damage.

It has been a stormy past couple of days in the Midwest with numerous wind events and even some tornadoes being reported. That continued Monday morning when video of a twister was shared as it churned through a field near Champaign, Illinois.

It was one of the strongest twisters in Adams County, Illinois history and it happened in an era where there were no tornado sirens or early warning systems. It was a terrifying EF-3 tornado that touched down in May of 1878. By the time it dissipated, 1 person was dead and 50 cows were also killed.

Winter has been both mild and slightly weird so far. Wednesday will be another great example of that as both Missouri and Illinois could see some very strong storms and maybe even a twister or two as a system makes its way through the Midwest.

64 years ago, a devastating EF-4 twister tore through the heart of St. Louis taking 21 lives.

It's hard to believe that we're not that far away from Spring at this point. If some weather forecasters are right, both Missouri and Illinois can expect that season to include more frost than normal and is likely to be more stormy, too.