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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]
234 miles (377 km) 613 deaths in Southern Illinois. 695 deaths overall Deadliest single tornado in US history. Most extreme tornado in recorded history. Holds the record longest path length (219 miles, 352 km), longest duration (about 3.5 hours), and fastest forward speed for a significant tornado (73 mph, 117 km/h).
Tri-State tornado outbreak. On March 18, 1925, one of the deadliest tornado outbreaks in recorded history generated at least 12 significant tornadoes and spanned a large portion of the midwestern and southern United States. In all, at least 751 men, women and children were killed and more than 2,298 were injured, [2] making the outbreak the ...
Power outages. 676,400. Part of the tornado outbreaks of 2013. On November 17, 2013, the deadliest and costliest November tornado outbreak in Illinois history took shape, becoming the fourth-largest for the state overall. [2] With more than 30 tornadoes in Indiana, it was that state's largest tornado outbreak for the month of November, and the ...
Tornado outbreak of May 1927. Tornado outbreak of September 29, 1927. Tornado outbreak of March 16–17, 1942. Tornado outbreak of April 12, 1945. Tornado outbreak of March 26–27, 1950. Tornado outbreak sequence of June 25–27, 1951. Tornado outbreak of May 21–24, 1952. Tornado outbreak of March 12–15, 1953.
There is a long history of destructive tornadoes in the St. Louis metropolitan area. The third-deadliest, and the costliest in United States history, the 1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado, injured more than one thousand people and caused at least 255 fatalities in the City of St. Louis and in East St. Louis.
The 1967 Oak Lawn tornado outbreak was a destructive tornado outbreak and severe weather event that occurred on April 21, 1967, across the central Midwest, in particular the towns of Belvidere and Oak Lawn, Illinois, United States. Locally known as 'Black Friday,' it was the largest tornado outbreak of 1967 and has been described by NWS Chicago ...
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.