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Illinois has had large tornado outbreaks in the past, including the tornado outbreak sequence of December 18–20, 1957 and the 1967 Oak Lawn tornado outbreak. Illinois is vulnerable to tornadoes with an average of 35 occurring annually, which puts much of the state at around 5 tornadoes per 10,000 square miles (30,000 km 2) annually. [1]
The deadliest tornado outbreak sequence in American history. Killer tornadoes touched down from Texas to Pennsylvania. Produced at least three F5 tornadoes and several F4s, including an F4 that killed at least 255 people and injured 1,236 in the St. Louis area. In Sherman Texas on May 15, one of the most intense tornadoes of the 19th century ...
Total tornadoes Deaths Injuries References Tornado outbreak sequence of April 28 – May 2, 1953: 79 7 3 5 0 24 36 361 Tornado outbreak of April 9–11, 2009: 79 12 9 1 0 85 5 112 [1] June 2010 Northern Plains tornado outbreak: 78 9 4 4 0 93 3 43 [1] Tornado outbreak of April 28–30, 1963: 77 16 7 1 0 37 13 72 Tornado outbreak of April 18–21 ...
The outbreak included the Tri-State Tornado, the deadliest disaster in Illinois, the deadliest tornado in U.S. history, and the second-deadliest registered in world history. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The 219-mile-long (352 km) track left by the tornado, as it crossed from southeastern Missouri, through southern Illinois, and then into southwestern ...
The deadliest tornado in modern U.S. history struck Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011. It was the deadliest tornado since SPC records began in 1950. Nearly 1,000 were injured. The EF5 tornado had ...
Tornado outbreak of April 2, 2006; Easter Week 2006 tornado outbreak sequence; Tornado outbreak of September 21–23, 2006; Tornado outbreak sequence of January 7–11, 2008; List of tornadoes in the outbreak of May 22–27, 2008; Tornado outbreak sequence of June 3–11, 2008; 2009 Super Derecho; Tornado outbreak of June 5–6, 2010
Experts say 2024’s tornado outbreaks set it apart, even in a year full of extreme weather. ... The single deadliest tornado in U.S. history was an EF-5 twister that killed 695 people in 1925 ...
In late February 1971, a deadly tornado outbreak and record-setting blizzard happened in different parts of the South at the same time. Here's the story.