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The 1990 Plainfield tornado was a devastating tornado that occurred on the afternoon of Tuesday, August 28, 1990. The violent tornado killed 29 people and injured 353. [1] It is the only F5/EF5 rated tornado ever officially recorded in August in the United States (the 1883 Rochester, Minnesota cyclone is unofficially considered an F5), and the only F5 tornado to strike the Chicago area.
1990 saw some unusual and powerful tornadoes and tornado outbreaks. On March 13 not one, but two F5 tornadoes struck Kansas, both coming from the same supercell.This was the only day since the 1974 Super Outbreak to have more than one F5 on the same day until the 2011 Super Outbreak, when four EF5 tornadoes touched down on April 27.
[106] [107] This is the first tornado since 1959 to cross Illinois state lines. Another F2 tornado followed a similar path, damaging up to 20 homes before crossing into Illinois. [106] [107] An F4 tornado tore 12.5 miles through the Newton area, destroying 9 buildings and causing minor damage to several others. [106]
List of confirmed tornadoes - Monday, January 29, 1990 F# Location County State Time (UTC) Path length Max. width Summary Refs F2 NNE of Blythe to NW of Hephzibah: Richmond: GA: 2043 0.90 miles (1.45 km) 100 yards (91 m) Three mobile homes were completely destroyed with debris scattered for hundreds of yards, while a two-story brick house was ...
1880 West Prairie–Christian County tornado: April 24, 1880: West Prairie – Christian County, Illinois: 1: 6 fatalities: Many "well built" homes were leveled and farms vanished. Its victims (both people and cattle) were reportedly carried up to half a mile. This is the earliest estimated F5 that can be verified in the U.S. according to Grazulis.
A year after a deadly tornado ripped through Belvidere and caved in the Apollo Theatre's roof, there are nearly a dozen unresolved lawsuits. Deadly Illinois tornado left behind scars, trauma and ...
The suspected tornado was spotted at 7:43 p.m. Thursday traveling southeast from Mercer County, striking many properties and homes in southeastern Auglaize County and into Shelby/Logan County ...
1975 Canton, Illinois, tornado; 1982 Marion tornado outbreak; 1990 Plainfield tornado; June 1990 Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak; Tornado outbreak sequence of May 6–27, 1995; List of tornadoes in the May 1995 tornado outbreak sequence; Tornado outbreak sequence of April 1996; Tornado outbreak of April 15–16, 1998; List of tornadoes in ...