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Illinois has had large tornado outbreaks in the past, including the tornado outbreak sequence of December 18–20, 1957 and the 1967 Oak Lawn tornado outbreak. Illinois is vulnerable to tornadoes with an average of 35 occurring annually, which puts much of the state at around 5 tornadoes per 10,000 square miles (30,000 km 2) annually. [1]
1 death– Tornado hit two subdivisions near Blue Springs and destroyed 19 out of 20 trailers in a trailer park, with the fatality occurring there. 100 people were injured. F0: Morris area Grundy: IL: 18:10 0.1 miles (160 m) 10 yards (9.1 m) F0: E of Carlock: McLean: IL: 19:07 0.1 miles (160 m) Unknown F1: SE of Lincoln: Logan, McLean: IL: 19: ...
The average high temperature for Morris in July is 84.5 °F (43 °C), while the average January low is 15.4 °F (-9.2 °C). Morris has not been struck by any major tornadoes in recent history, although they occur in Northern Illinois annually. Morris was the first town hit by the Super Outbreak of April 3–4, 1974. However, the damage within ...
Of the 59 such tornadoes since 1950 to achieve that rating, only the 1957 Sunfield, Illinois, tornado and a 1953 Vicksburg, Mississippi, tornado did so in December. But there were four other ...
At least two tornadoes were reported in Illinois on Friday afternoon, one of which was spotted near Eureka, about 17 miles northeast of Peoria. The second was spotted in Pleasant Plains in ...
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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 tornado touched down near Morris, Illinois, before entering Coal City, damaging and destroying a number of homes and businesses. According to the National Weather Service, winds reached 160 miles per hour as the tornado touched down, making it the most powerful tornado to hit the region since the Plainfield, IL tornado in August 1990. [7] [8]