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A wide swath of central Illinois, including Sangamon County, is under a severe thunderstorm watch until 7 p.m. Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service in Lincoln.. The NWS pegged ...
At least two tornadoes were reported in Illinois on Friday afternoon, one of which was spotted near Eureka, about 17 miles northeast of Peoria. The second was spotted in Pleasant Plains in ...
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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]
Tracking 46.36 mi (74.61 km) across four counties in Illinois, [151] the EF4 tornado that caused major damage in Washington, Illinois was the strongest tornado documented in the state for the month of November since reliable records began in 1950. [152] Up until that point, two other tornadoes in 1988 and 1991 were the strongest for that month ...
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 ...
Follow for live updates here: 6 dead as Nashville, Middle TN ravaged by high winds, possible tornadoes Hendersonville, Gallatin, Clarksville, Springfield, Cumberland Furnace and Madison, among ...
NEXRAD radar imagery of an EF2 tornado near Alta Vista, Kansas on March 13, 2024 (supercell with hook echo on left, velocity on right). The weather system responsible for the outbreak was evident multiple days prior, but the area that received the worst tornadoes was not expected to be the main threat.