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The Oak Lawn, Illinois Tornado (Storm Track) Map of April 21, 1967, tornadoes; 40th Anniversary of Northern Illinois' Worst Tornado Disaster (NWS Chicago) Federal Disaster Declaration (Federal Emergency Management Agency) Personal Memories of the Oak Lawn Tornado; Oak Lawn tornado outbreak. Funnels of Destruction. WGN-TV news coverage.
A tree uprooted by a weak tornado in Chicago on July 14. The Storm Prediction Center outlined a slight (2/5) risk convective outlook at 13Z, outflow from previous mesoscale convective systems had manifested as outflow boundaries over Iowa and Illinois, which were expected to be conducive to the formation of serial mesoscale convective systems that evening. [21]
The 1990 Plainfield tornado was a devastating tornado that occurred on the afternoon of Tuesday, August 28, 1990. The violent tornado killed 29 people and injured 353. [1] It is the only F5/EF5 rated tornado ever officially recorded in August in the United States (unofficially the 1883 Rochester, Minnesota cyclone is considered an F5), and the only F5 tornado to strike the Chicago area.
The tornado caused an estimated $165 million (1990 USD) in damages, and is the only F5 or EF5 tornado on record to hit the Chicago metropolitan area. [105] June 2, 1990 – An F2 tornado tracked 8 miles through Shelby County, destroying 16 homes, damaging a further 60, and injuring 2 people.
As the powerful storms approached Chicago, tornado warnings were issued for the areas in and around the city, encompassing an area that over 2.5 million people call home. ... O'Hare International ...
Just before 6:30 p.m. CDT, the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Chicago confirmed a "large and extremely dangerous" tornado touched down in Summit, Illinois, and was moving toward Chicago.
Tornadoes affected six different states, with Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma receiving most of the tornadoes. A tornado struck downtown Sabetha, Kansas, and a series of tornadoes struck the North Oklahoma City area. (3 significant) Upper Great Lakes severe weather outbreak of August 23, 1998: August 23, 1998: Wisconsin, Michigan: 3: 1 fatality ...
The National Weather Service in Chicago issued 16 tornado warnings on Monday around the region, the most in a single day in 20 years. This included Cook and DuPage counties, where O'Hare and ...