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The tornado directly impacted Allendale's school, destroying the grade school portion, built in the 1960s. The high school portion, built in the late 1920s, withstood the storm with minimal damage, despite being condemned two years earlier due to lobbying by Mt. Carmel's District 348 in an attempt to usurp District 17.
A small tornado outbreak impacted parts of Illinois, Indiana, and Mississippi. An F4 tornado destroyed dozens of homes and businesses in Allendale, Illinois before moving into Indiana, injuring 55 people. An F2 tornado injured six people along an intermittent path in eastern Illinois, destroying six homes and damaging 46 in Mill Shoals.
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 ...
The 1989 Allendale, Illinois tornado was never considered to be possibly an F5. It was, at best, a low-end F4. I led the ground survey team and the University of Chicago group did an overflight. Both of us came up with F4, but in different places. I rated one structure near the school at the east end of town as possibly F4.
A tornado emergency was issued for Allendale, South Carolina, on Tuesday, April 5, as the National Weather Service (NWS) warned residents to take shelter during the “life-threatening ...
A tornado touched the ground briefly, causing no damage. Illinois: F1: Mitchell: Madison: 2135 1.5 miles (2.4 km) A tornado launched a camper 300 feet (100 yd) in the air and blew it 100 yards (300 ft) to the north of where it originally stood. The tornado also killed a dog that was chained to a post. Multiple funnels were seen with the tornado.
Hilary Duff is being a good friend to Mandy Moore, one of the many celebrities forced to leave home as scary wildfires rip through Los Angeles.. Musician Griffin Goldsmith, the brother and Dawes ...