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An F0 tornado touched down east of Plum Hill, [113] and an F1 tornado damaged several structures and destroyed a radio tower along an 18-mile track across Washington County. [113] A brief F0 tornado touched down in Jefferson County , causing no damage, [ 113 ] and an F1 tornado briefly touched down southwest of Patton , damaging 3 homes.
Throughout the evening hours of April 9, 2015, an extremely violent and long-lived multiple-vortex tornadotore through the communities near Rochelleand in Fairdale, Illinois. Part of a larger severe weather event that impacted the Central United States, the tornado first touched down in Lee Countyat 6:39 p.m. CDT (23:39 UTC).
There is a long history of destructive tornadoes in the St. Louis metropolitan area. The third-deadliest, and the costliest in United States history, the 1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado, injured more than one thousand people and caused at least 255 fatalities in the City of St. Louis and in East St. Louis.
234 miles (377 km) 613 deaths in Southern Illinois. 695 deaths overall Deadliest single tornado in US history. Most extreme tornado in recorded history. Holds the record longest path length (219 miles, 352 km), longest duration (about 3.5 hours), and fastest forward speed for a significant tornado (73 mph, 117 km/h).
Midwest United States. Power outages. 676,400. Part of the tornado outbreaks of 2013. On November 17, 2013, the deadliest and costliest November tornado outbreak in Illinois history took shape, becoming the fourth-largest for the state overall. [ 2 ] With more than 30 tornadoes in Indiana, it was that state's largest tornado outbreak for the ...
The 2013 Washington, Illinois tornado was an unusually powerful and violent tornado that caused catastrophic damage to the city of Washington and several farmsteads in rural central Illinois during the early afternoon of November 17, 2013. The tornado resulted in three fatalities and injured 125 people. This tornado was one of the two violent ...
On April 22, 2011, a violent EF4 tornado, with winds of 170 mph (270 km/h), struck the St. Louis metropolitan area. [2] The tornado, which was the strongest to hit St. Louis County or City since January 1967, moved through many suburbs and neighborhoods, damaging and destroying many homes and businesses. The worst damage was in the Bridgeton ...
Tornado outbreak of May 1927. Tornado outbreak of September 29, 1927. Tornado outbreak of March 16–17, 1942. 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.