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Throughout the evening hours of April 9, 2015, an extremely violent and long-lived multiple-vortex tornado tore through the communities near Rochelle and in Fairdale, Illinois. Part of a larger severe weather event that impacted the Central United States, the tornado first touched down in Lee County at 6:39 p.m. CDT (23:39 UTC).
Tornadic - 200 mph (320 km/h) near Rochelle, Illinois on April 9 Straight-line - 82 mph (132 km/h) at multiple locations. The tornado outbreak of April 8–9, 2015 was a relatively small but damaging outbreak of tornadoes that occurred in parts of the Great Plains and in the Midwestern United States. 27 tornadoes were confirmed during the two ...
List of confirmed tornadoes – Wednesday, May 7, 2014; EF# Location County / Parish State Start Coord. Time Path length Max width Damage Summary Refs EF0 SSE of Eden: Sweetwater: WY: 2108–2110 0.53 mi (0.85 km) 30 yd (27 m) $0
The January–March 2014 North American cold wave was an extreme weather event that extended through the late winter months of the 2013–2014 winter season, and was also part of an unusually cold winter affecting parts of Canada and parts of the north-central and northeastern United States. [5] The event occurred in early 2014 and was caused ...
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 one of the most notable to ever ...
Injuries. 193. At 7:06 p.m. on April 27 (0006 UTC on April 28), a weak tornado touched down in extreme western Pulaski County, Arkansas, roughly 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Paron, and tracked north-northeast. Within a minute, the tornado dramatically intensified and struck a small residential area at EF3 intensity.
In 2014, same-sex marriages accounted for approximately 17% of the total number of marriages performed in Cook County, though this number dropped to 7% in 2015. From June 2014 to April 18, 2016, Lake County issued a total of 382 same-sex marriage licenses, while Kane County issued 360 such licenses. Not all counties in Illinois record the ...
The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 to elect the 18 U.S. representatives from the state of Illinois, one from each of the state's 18 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including Governor of Illinois and ...