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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 tornadoes were part of a larger system that wreaked havoc from Arkansas to Iowa and Illinois and moved into Tennessee by the evening. Nearly 60 preliminary tornado reports were sent to the ...
Tornadoes ran rampant across the Midwest Thursday, March 14, 2024. See the damage left in the wake of severe storms in Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky. Tornado damage slammed the Midwest last night.
Weather officials confirm multiple tornadoes Wednesday in northeast Illinois, still surveying damage Deanese Williams-Harris, George Wiebe and Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune July 13, 2023 at 7:42 PM
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 was on the ground for approximately 55 minutes, traveling a total length of 40.81 miles (65.68 km), reaching a peak width of 1,700 yards (1,600 m) at times. Along with the two fatalities, 33 other people were injured and the tornado caused $25 million in damage. [33] [34] [37] [38] [39]
The weather service said EF-1 tornadoes struck two other areas of suburban Chicago in Illinois. EF-0 twisters were reported in Illinois and Indiana suburbs of Chicago.
Satellite image of the storm system responsible for the tornado outbreak that occurred on April 25–28, 2024. On April 20, 2024, the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center (SPC) first delineated a severe weather risk for April 25–26, highlighting a zone extending from the Central Great Plains northeastward to the Midwestern U.S.