A total of 25 tornadoes touched down on December 18, 1957 across Illinois and Missouri, one of which was an F5. This tornado, according to SPC’s tornado database, was on the ground for 5.4 miles in Perry County, IL. Sunfield community was wiped out at the intersection of US-51 and Hwy-154 (Grazulis). Several local and national newspapers were reporting over 100 deaths associated with the tornadoes during this outbreak. However, the tornado they were reporting about was an F4 that struck Murphysboro (and De Soto), Jackson County, IL. This tornado followed a section of the Tri-state Tornado of March 18, 1925 very closely (Grazulis).
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