There is no official beginning or end to tornado season anywhere, but for Illinois it can generally said to end in mid June. Tornadoes do occur outside of the normal season, just less frequently. One of the most notable examples came on August 28, 1990 when an F5 tornado hit Plainfield, a suburb of Chicago, killing 29 people.
No, Streator, Illinois was hit by a tornado, which is different from a cyclone.
Springfield, Illinois does get tornadoes as Illinois is in a tornado-prone region. Springfield cannot get hurricanes, nor can anywhere in Illinois, as hurricanes cannot maintain their strength over land.
Tornado season is generally considered to last April through June. However, tornadoes have been recorded on every day of the year.
The most violent tornado and only F5 tornado recorded in the month of August struck Plainfield, Illinois, southwest of Chicago, on August 28, 1990.
There is probably a tornado season, as that part of the world does get tornadoes. Uruguay does not, however, have a hurricane season. Only one storm in recorded history has ever reached hurricane intensity in the South Atlantic, and it hit Brazil.
There is no official beginning or end to tornado season anywhere, but for Illinois it can generally said to end in mid June. Tornadoes do occur outside of the normal season, just less frequently. One of the most notable examples came on August 28, 1990 when an F5 tornado hit Plainfield, a suburb of Chicago, killing 29 people.
There were no tornado-related deaths in Illinois in 2011.
Yes, tornadoes are fairly common in Illinois. In fact, Illinois was worst hit by the Tri-State tornado of 1925, the deadliest tornado in U.S. history.
The longest-tracked tornado in Illinois actually had such a long track that it could not be contained withing Illinois. The Tri-State tornado holds the record with a 219-mile-long damage path across portions of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana. This tornado killed at least 695 people, most of them in Illinois, making it the deadliest tornado in U.S. history.
No. Illinois is usually not considered part of Tornado Alley.
The 2013 Washington, Illinois tornado was rated as a high-end EF4.
Tornado season in Pennsylvania is usually in June.
Yes, tornadoes are not uncommon in that state. Illinois was actually the worst hit in the Tri-State tornado, the worst tornado in U.S. history.
The Tri-State tornado killed 606 people in Illinois.
The tornado season in Texas is between march and June.
The deadliest tornado in Illinois history was the Tri-State tornado of March 18, 1925. This F5 tornado tore a 219-mile-long damage path across portions of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing at least 695 people, making it by far the deadliest tornado in U.S. history. A least 606 people died in Illinois.
Inevitably, yes. Illinois has tornadoes every year.