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This derecho produced a tornado outbreak that spawned numerous tornadoes across its path, some of which hit the cities of Des Moines [13] and Davenport in Iowa, [14] and Aurora, Naperville, [15] and Joliet [16] in Illinois, with an extremely rare tornado causing minor damage in downtown Chicago. [17]
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.
A brief F1 tornado caused minimal damage in Mason City, [42] and an F3 tornado hit the crossroads of Illinois Routes 154–150, damaging six homes and causing $250,000 (1957 USD) in damages. [43] An F2 tornado moved for 4.5 miles across Jefferson County , deroofing multiple buildings and injuring two people. [ 44 ]
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 ...
Gas prices have spiked in and around Chicago after a tornado sidelined a major ExxonMobil oil refinery last week. A gallon of gas in Chicago is now selling for an average of $4.34 , according to AAA.
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 ...
The tornado entered LaSalle County, Illinois, from Putnam County, approximately 3 miles (5 km) northeast of the town of Standard, producing F0 intensity damage in a wooded area southwest of Peru. As the tornado continued northeast, F2 intensity damage was done to several homes in a subdivision near the intersection of East 250th and 2569th Roads.
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 ...