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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 ]
2010 New Year's Eve tornado outbreak; Tornado outbreak of April 14–16, 2011; Tornado outbreak sequence of April 19–24, 2011; 2011 St. Louis tornado; Tornado outbreak of June 18–22, 2011; 2012 Leap Day tornado outbreak; 2013 Washington, Illinois, tornado; Tornado outbreak of May 18–21, 2013; Tornado outbreak of November 17, 2013
Outbreak produced one of the worst hailstorms ever documented. Tornado outbreak of June 13, 2001: June 13, 2001: Central Plains: 36: 0: Outbreak of mostly weak tornadoes, though a few were strong. An F3 tornado caused major damage near Parkers Prairie, Minnesota, along with a large F2 near Brainerd. An F4 completely destroyed a farmstead near ...
Since its initial usage in May 1999, the National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States has used the tornado emergency bulletin — a high-end classification of tornado warning — sent through either the issuance of a warning or via a "severe weather statement" that provides updated information on an ongoing warning—that is issued when a violent tornado (confirmed by radar or ground ...
The third violent tornado to affect Illinois this day was also the deadliest tornado of the entire outbreak. The F4 tornado that swept through Palos Hills, Oak Lawn, Hometown, Evergreen Park, and skipped through Chicago's Southside, killed 33 people. The path of this tornado was 16 miles long, and at times 200 yards (180 m) wide.
When a tornado caused extensive damage in the greater ... the tornado crossed the Illinois River from Peoria County at 10:53 a.m. on Nov. 17. ... Meteorologist explains November 2013 tornado outbreak.
The tornado resulted in three fatalities and injured 125 people. This tornado was one of the two violent tornadoes in the tornado outbreak of November 17, 2013, and was the strongest, costliest, and longest-tracked tornado. It was tied for the deadliest tornado of the outbreak, tied with another intense tornado that went through Brookport ...
One person was critically injured and four others had minor injuries after a tornado ripped through Woodridge, a town about 30 miles southwest of Chicago. At least 5 people injured, dozen homes ...