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The average wind speed during Tuesday afternoon's storm was 60-70 mph, powerful enough to uproot trees and cause the widespread damage seen in Bloomington today.
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.
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 (unofficially the 1883 Rochester, Minnesota cyclone is considered an F5), and the only F5 tornado to strike the Chicago area.
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Tornado severely damaged trees [7] and farms and flipped a truck on Illinois State Highway 76 (now an Illinois route). [4] F1: SE of Amboy: 2215 5.6 miles (9.0 km) Tornado destroyed barns [4] and blew down trees. Two distinct damage paths and funnel clouds observed, suggesting that a family of two tornadoes was involved. [7] F1: W of Kasbeer ...
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The SPC logged 64 hurricane-force, 75 mph (121 km/h) or greater wind reports, making December 15 the most prolific wind event in United States history at the time. The record was broken with 68 hurricane-force wind gusts on May 12, 2022. [6] [29] [30] First reports of damage filtered in from western and central Kansas.
(The Center Square) – Some Illinoisans are opposed to the use of farmland for the purpose of solar and wind projects. Patricia Malcolm said a recent state law enacted by Gov. J.B. Pritzker took ...