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An F0 tornado touched down east of Plum Hill, [113] and an F1 tornado damaged several structures and destroyed a radio tower along an 18-mile track across Washington County. [113] A brief F0 tornado touched down in Jefferson County , causing no damage, [ 113 ] and an F1 tornado briefly touched down southwest of Patton , damaging 3 homes.
The 2013 Washington, Illinois tornado was an unusually powerful and violent tornado that caused catastrophic damage to the city of Washington and several farmsteads in rural central Illinois during the early afternoon of November 17, 2013. The tornado resulted in three fatalities and injured 125 people. This tornado was one of the two violent ...
Midwest United States. Power outages. 676,400. Part of the tornado outbreaks of 2013. On November 17, 2013, the deadliest and costliest November tornado outbreak in Illinois history took shape, becoming the fourth-largest for the state overall. [ 2 ] With more than 30 tornadoes in Indiana, it was that state's largest tornado outbreak for the ...
A widespread, deadly, and historic [ 5 ] tornado outbreak affected large portions of the Midwestern, Southern and Eastern United States on March 31 and April 1, 2023, the result of an extratropical cyclone that also produced blizzard conditions in the Upper Midwest. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) issued a rare high risk for severe weather in ...
234 miles (377 km) 613 deaths in Southern Illinois. 695 deaths overall Deadliest single tornado in US history. Most extreme tornado in recorded history. Holds the record longest path length (219 miles, 352 km), longest duration (about 3.5 hours), and fastest forward speed for a significant tornado (73 mph, 117 km/h).
According to the National Weather Service, the tornado crossed the Illinois River from Peoria County at 10:53 a.m. on Nov. 17. ... This 2013 aerial photograph shows the darkening sky over central ...
Part of the 1997 Central Texas tornado outbreak and tornadoes of 1997. On May 27, 1997, a violent multi-vortex tornado struck the community of Jarrell, Texas, killing 27 people and injuring a further 12. The tornado inflicted a total of $40.1 million (1997 USD) in damages to the area and was the subject of multiple well-known photographs ...
Tornado outbreak of May 26–31, 2013. A prolonged and widespread tornado outbreak affected a large portion of the United States in late-May 2013 and early-June 2013. The outbreak was the result of a slow-moving but powerful storm system that produced several strong tornadoes across the Great Plains states, especially in Kansas and Oklahoma.