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Throughout the evening hours of April 9, 2015, an extremely violent and long-lived multiple-vortex tornado tore through the communities near Rochelle and in Fairdale, Illinois. Part of a larger severe weather event that impacted the Central United States, the tornado first touched down in Lee County at 6:39 p.m. CDT (23:39 UTC).
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. ... making it the deadliest North American tornado outbreak of 2015. ... In Illinois, an EF1 tornado destroyed ...
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 ...
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.
A satellite tornado to the EF4 Rochelle–Fairdale tornado heavily damaged a small zoo, killing four animals, and collapsed the walls of several outbuildings and small barns. Large softwood trees were snapped. [61] EF1 SE of Belvidere: Boone: IL
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