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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 (the 1883 Rochester, Minnesota cyclone is unofficially considered an F5), and the only F5 tornado to strike the Chicago area.
Tornadoes ran rampant across the Midwest Thursday, March 14, 2024. See the damage left in the wake of severe storms in Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky. Tornado damage slammed the Midwest last night.
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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 ...
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]
Tornado outbreak of April 12, 1945; Tornado outbreak of March 26–27, 1950; Tornado outbreak sequence of June 25–27, 1951; Tornado outbreak of May 21–24, 1952; Tornado outbreak of March 12–15, 1953; 1955 Great Plains tornado outbreak; Tornado outbreak of November 15–16, 1955; Tornado outbreak sequence of December 18–20, 1957
Amid a tornado warning on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024, powerful winds knocked down trees and branches on Ramona Avenue in Grover Beach. Well, that was an interesting day at work!
At 1:50 p.m. CDT (18:50 UTC), the SPC issued a tornado watch for northern and central Illinois, far northwestern Indiana, far southern Wisconsin, and portions of Lake Michigan. A 60% chance of two or more tornadoes was assessed across the watch box, with a 40% chance of at least one strong tornado. [8]