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[23] [24] [25] An F2 tornado damaged 13 farmsteads in Fulton County, [25] and another F2 tornado damaged 10 farmsteads in Knox and Peoria counties. [25] A destructive F5 tornado killed 7 people in or around Lacon, and losses from the tornado totaled $600,000 (1942 USD). This tornado is the most recent F5 or EF5 tornado to hit Central Illinois.
The most "extreme" tornado in recorded history was the Tri-State tornado, which spread through parts of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana on March 18, 1925. It is considered an F5 on the Fujita Scale , holds records for longest path length at 219 miles (352 km) and longest duration at about 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours.
Tornado outbreak sequence of June 10–16, 1970; List of tornadoes in the 1974 Super Outbreak; 1974 Super Outbreak; Tornado outbreak of April 1–2, 1974; 1975 Canton, Illinois, tornado; Marion, Illinois, tornado outbreak; 1990 Plainfield tornado; June 1990 Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak; Tornado outbreak sequence of May 6–27, 1995
Here are the top 10 deadliest tornadoes to strike in the United States, according to the Storm Prediction Center. ... Tornadoes are among the most powerful natural disasters and can wreak havoc on ...
Some of the most notorious twisters in U.S. history were wedge tornadoes, including the EF5 that leveled Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011, and the El Reno tornado, which was a jaw-dropping 2.6 ...
The Xenia, Ohio, F5 tornado of April 3, 1974.This was one of two tornadoes to receive a preliminary rating of F6, which was downgraded later to a rating of F5. [1]This is a list of tornadoes which have been officially or unofficially labeled as F5, EF5, IF5, T10-T11, the highest possible ratings on the various tornado intensity scales.
A powerful storm system is spinning up tornadoes, ... strong winds or tornadoes, but the most significant hail and tornado threat includes Iowa, northern Missouri and west-central Illinois.
This was one of the most intense December outbreaks in the Contiguous United States and the most intense Illinois tornado outbreak in any month. An F4 tornado struck Mt. Vernon, Illinois, an F5 tornado obliterated Sunfield, Illinois, and a long-tracked F4 struck several towns hit by the 1925 Tri-State tornado.