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The tornado continued to produce generally EF1 damage to trees and outbuildings before exiting Ogle County, and it was briefly accompanied by an EF0 satellite tornado that damaged crops to its southeast. [14] After entering DeKalb County, the large tornado directly impacted the small community of Fairdale. Approximately 71 homes sustained some ...
By far the most significant tornado of the outbreak was a very high-end EF4 wedge tornado that struck the towns of Rochelle and Fairdale, Illinois, causing catastrophic damage. It was also the strongest tornado recorded in 2015, as well as the strongest to occur in Illinois since the F5 tornado that struck Plainfield in 1990.
The Rochelle-Fairdale tornado near Deer Creek. A two-day severe weather episode affected parts of the Great Plains and Midwestern United States. Several EF0 tornadoes occurred on April 8 in the south central part of Kansas, including some to the northwest of Wichita, Kansas, near the towns of Garden Plain and Andale.
FAIRDALE, Ill. (AP) - The two women killed by a devastating tornado system that barreled through northern Illinois shared a friendship, favors and, ultimately, a neighborhood that turned out to be ...
(WGN) FAIRDALE, Ill. - Most people are familiar with the devastating pictures captured of Fairdale when the EF4 tornado ripped through the town. One month later, it's more like a ghost town with ...
The name of the community (Fielding) and the name of the post office (Wallace) were both changed to Fairdale in late 1895 or early 1896. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] (The post office eventually closed in 1953.) [ 6 ] 2015 tornado
April 9, 2015 – A violent EF4 tornado moved through Ogle County, directly impacting the communities of Rochelle and Fairdale, killing 2 and injuring 22 others. It was the strongest tornado to occur in northern Illinois in 25 years. [157]
The 2015 Rochelle–Fairdale, Illinois tornado was a large EF4 wedge tornado that wreaked havoc in Rochelle and Fairdale, Illinois, on April 9, 2015, claiming 2 lives and causing $19 million in damage.