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List of tornadoes - May 26, 1917 F#: Location: County: Coord. Time (UTC) Path length: Comments/Damage: Missouri: FU: Near Louisiana: Pike: before 1800 unknown Brief tornado. Beginning of the Charleston–Mattoon, Illinois, tornado family. [4] Illinois: FU: Near Pleasant Hill: Pike ~1800 unknown Brief touchdown. [2] [5] Was part of the ...
1917 tornado damage in Mattoon. On May 26, 1917, the town was devastated by an F4 tornado which killed 101 people and injured approximately 638 people. The tornado was Illinois's third-deadliest tornado disaster. [8] In 1932, the Kuehne Manufacturing Co. began producing dinette sets at their new plant on the south side of Mattoon.
Tornado damage caused by a tornado that occured in the tornado outbreak sequence of May 25-June 1, 1917. Tornadoes in the U.S. state of Illinois are common, with 3,214 tornadoes occurring within state boundaries since 1950. These tornadoes have collectively resulted in 235 deaths.
Mattoon—Charleston, Illinois: 1917 May 26: 101 638 F4 Tornado outbreak sequence of May 25 – June 1, 1917, (Grazulis, p. 752) 15: Shinnston, West Virginia: 1944 June 23: 100 381 F4 Historians suggested a death toll as high as 153. [2] 1944 Appalachians tornado outbreak
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 ...
1917 May–June 1917 tornado outbreak sequence: ... At least 66 tornadoes, including the following: Mattoon ... Illinois: 30 1982 Tornado outbreak of April 2–3 ...
They represent 19 people who were injured and the family of the man who was killed when an EF-1 tornado packing winds of 100 mph struck the Apollo Theatre, 104 N. State St., causing the roof to ...
A funnel cloud was spotted along a highway in Flora, Illinois, on Thursday, May 6, amid severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings for Clay County.Footage shared by Raven Torres, who said it was ...