Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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] Peak tornado activity occurs between February and May, but storms can and have produced tornadoes in the winter.
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.
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).
It's been a little more than ten years since a tornado ripped through the northwest section of Pekin. According to the National Weather Service, the tornado crossed the Illinois River from Peoria ...
There were 916 tornadoes confirmed in the United States in 2013. One of these tornadoes was the largest ever at 2.6 miles wide. A total of 120 fatalities were confirmed worldwide in 2013: 55 in the United States, 36 in Bangladesh, 24 in China, three in Turkey, and two in Brazil. Despite the high death toll along with several large outbreaks ...
A large and robust storm system, unofficially named Winter Storm Finn by The Weather Channel, brought widespread impacts to much of the contiguous United States early in January 2024. In the northern United States, heavy snow, hail, and gusty winds affected areas from the Great Plains to New England. In the southern United States, a widespread ...
Tri-State tornado outbreak. at least 751, likely far higher; 816 or more. On March 18, 1925, one of the deadliest tornado outbreaks in recorded history generated at least twelve significant tornadoes and spanned a large portion of the midwestern and southern United States. In all, at least 751 people were killed and more than 2,298 were injured ...
Tornado records. This article lists various tornado records. The most "extreme" tornado in recorded history was the Tri-State tornado, which spread through parts of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana on March 18, 1925. It is considered an F5 on the Fujita Scale, holds records for longest path length at 219 miles (352 km) and longest duration at ...