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Tracking 46.36 mi (74.61 km) across four counties in Illinois, [151] the EF4 tornado that caused major damage in Washington, Illinois was the strongest tornado documented in the state for the month of November since reliable records began in 1950. [152] Up until that point, two other tornadoes in 1988 and 1991 were the strongest for that month ...
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.
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.
Survey crew found preliminary EF 1 tornado damage associated with the tornado. ... At least two tornadoes were reported in Illinois on Friday afternoon, one of which was spotted near Eureka, about ...
The tornado continued to produce generally EF1 damage to trees and outbuildings before exiting Ogle County, and it was briefly accompanied by an EF0 satellite tornado that damaged crops to its southeast. [14] After entering DeKalb County, the large tornado directly impacted the small community of Fairdale. Approximately 71 homes sustained some ...
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 ...
A National Weather Service team will survey damage Thursday in northeast Illinois, where fierce winds from suspected tornadoes ripped roofs from buildings, downed trees and sent residents ...
A tornado emergency was issued for Robinson as it approached the south side of town; three people would be killed in the area as the tornado moved past. Heavy damage was observed in Robinson, and the tornado left the town devastated. The tornado would then cross the Wabash River into Indiana, tracking towards Sullivan. The tornado would strike ...