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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.
1990 saw some unusual and powerful tornadoes and tornado outbreaks. On March 13 not one, but two F5 tornadoes struck Kansas, both coming from the same supercell.This was the only day since the 1974 Super Outbreak to have more than one F5 on the same day until the 2011 Super Outbreak, when four EF5 tornadoes touched down on April 27.
Wisconsin tornado outbreak of 2005: August 18, 2005: Wisconsin – Minnesota: 28: 1: Largest tornado outbreak in Wisconsin history. An F3 caused major damage in Stoughton and killed 1. An F2 also caused severe damage in Viola. Hurricane Katrina tornado outbreak: August 26–31, 2005: Southeastern – Eastern United States: 54: 1
1990 August 28: 29 350 F5 1990 Plainfield tornado: England—Cotton Plant—Hillemann, Arkansas: 1952 March 21: 29 180 F4 Grazulis reported 40 deaths and 274 injuries (Grazulis, p. 962) Tornado outbreak of March 21–22, 1952: Berryville, Arkansas: 1942 October 29: 29 100 F4 (Grazulis, p. 904)
The most memorable tornado of Timmer's career came a couple of days before the historic El Reno, Oklahoma, tornado in 2013. On May 28, 2013, an intense tornado formed near Bennington, Kansas.
August 26–28 – In Gainesville, Florida, police find five murdered college students, apparently killed by a serial killer. August 28 – The Plainfield Tornado (F5 on the Fujita scale) strikes the towns of Plainfield, Crest Hill, and Joliet, Illinois, killing 29 people (the strongest tornado to date to strike the Chicago Metropolitan Area).
1990 August 28 $165,000,000 $389,355,815: F5 1990 Plainfield tornado: Birmingham, Alabama: 1998 April 8 $202,830,000 $383,780,491: F5 Tornado outbreak of April 6–9, 1998: Oak Lawn—Evergreen Park—Chicago Illinois: 1967 April 21 $40,000,000 $369,361,677: F4 1967 Oak Lawn tornado outbreak [5] (Total damages may have been greater than this.)
May 10, 2024, could possibly go down in history as Tallahassee's worst tornado outbreak ever. Three different tornadoes, two of them EF-2 tornadoes, hit the area Friday.