Tornado Victim Memorials
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These are some of the memorial sites that have been built to honor the victims of these terrible storms, preserving their history, allowing people to heal and rebuild.
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memorials are listed from earliest to most recent tornado year
Snyder, Oklahoma mass grave & memorial
snyder, Oklahoma. May 10th, 1905 -F5
97+ fatalities, 58+ injured.
Waco memorial and tornado walk
jarrell, texas. May 11th, 1953 -F5
114 fatalities, 597injured.
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1953 Tornado Memorial
Vicksburg, Mississippi. December 5th 1953. F5
38 fatalities, 280 injured.
Ruskin Heights Tornado Memorial
Ruskin Heights, Missouri. May 20th, 1957 -F5
44 dead, 531 injured
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Topeka, Kansas.
Topeka, Kansas. June 8th, 1966
17 dead, 550 injured.
Lubbock Tornado Memorial
Lubbock, Texas. May 11th, 1970 -F5
26 dead, 500+ injured
various plaque memorials of Xenia
Xenia, Ohio. April 3d, 1974 -F5
34 dead, 1150 injured
Marion, Illinois Memorial
Marion, Illinois. May 29, 1982 -F5
10 dead, 188 injured
Jarrell Memorial to tornado victims
jarrell, texas. 1989-F3 & 1997-F5
28 fatalities, 40 injured.
Plainfield Tornado Memorial
August 28th 1990 -F5
20 dead, 353 Injured
Unity Park Memorial
Jackson, TN January 17th, 1999. F4
6 fatalities, 107 injured
1999 Bridge Creek-Moore Tornado
Del City-Awacs Park and Tornado Memorial
May 3d, 1999 -F5
36 dead, 583 injured
To be Updated
Burnett County Tornado Memorial
Bashaw, Daniels, Dewey, La Follette, Siren, Wood River and Village of Siren--Wisconsin
June 18th, 2001 -F3
3 dead, 14 injured
La Plata, Maryland 1926/2002 Memorial
November 9th, 1926--F4
17 Dead (13 students)
April 28th, 2002 -F4 (debated preliminary 5)
3 direct (2 indirect)= 5 dead, 122 injured
Enterprise MEmorial
Enterprise, ALabama. March 1st 2007 -EF4
9 dead-50 injured (8 high school students)
Lone Grove Memorial
Lone Grove, Oklahoma. February 10th, 2009 -F4
8 fatalities, unknown number of injured.
2011 super outbreak
​Christ Lutheran Church Tornado Memorial Patio
Cullman, Alabama, April 27, 2011 -EF4
6 fatalities, 48 injured.
Hackleburg-Phil Campbell
Hackleburg-Phil Campbell, Alabama
April 27, 2011 -EF5
72 fatalities, 145 injured.
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Smithville, MS & Shottsville, AL
April 27, 2011 -EF5
23 dead, 137 injured
Surviving statues also at the memorial...
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Athens- Limestone County Memorial
7 tornadoes touched down in one day.
April 27, 2011- 4 dead, 45 injured
made with bricks from destroyed homes...
JOPLIN: MULTIPLE MEMORIALS
Joplin, Missouri.
May 26th, 2011 -EF5
167 dead (both direct and indirect), 1150+ injured.
A Tribute to the Volunteers: The Miracle of Human Spirit
BUTTERFLY GARDEN AND OVERLOOK, CUNNINGHAM PARK, JOPLIN, MISSOURI
OTHER joplin MEMORIALS:
PROCLAMATION OF RESTORATION FOUNTAIN: Location. 37° 3.77′ N, 94° 31.817′ W. Jasper County. Marker is on 26th Street/Gabby Street Boulevard east of Maiden Lane, on the left when traveling east. Marker is at or near Cunningham Park, Joplin MO.
Compassion Sculpture made of salvaged parts from the Joplin tornado destuction located at Mercy Park.
“The Butterfly Effect: Dreams Take Flight,” by artist Dave Loewenstein. http://www.missourilife.com/blogs/mo/the-butterfly-people-of-joplin/
The Joplin Memorial Run sculpture bears the names of the 161 dead from the EF5 twister. It is located at the Harry M. Cornell Arts & Entertainment Complex at Joplin Avenue and Seventh Street (aka Route 66).
s\Sculptor, Jorge Leyva, designed the memorial.
2021 Western Kentucky tornadoes
Dawson Springs Memorial
Dawson Springs, Kentucky. December 10th, 2021 -F4
57 fatalities, 519 injured.
temporary memorial
Mayfield, Kentucky. December 10th, 2021 -F4
57 fatalities, 519 injured.