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1927 Tornado
At 3:17 pm on Monday, May 9, 1927, a devastating tornado struck Poplar Bluff, Missouri, the Butler County seat. Much of the downtown area including the county courthouse was destroyed and as many as 98 people were killed, making it one of the deadliest tornadoes on record.
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