@severe_central: 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). It progressed through the counties of Ogle, DeKalb, and Boone before finally dissipating at 7:20 p.m. CDT. Along the tornado's 30.14-mile (48.51 km) path, numerous structures were heavily damaged or destroyed, especially in the small town of Fairdale where two fatalities and eleven injuries were recorded. A few well-constructed homes were swept completely away, indicative of peak winds near 200 mph (320 km/h), the upper bounds of an EF4 tornado. In the aftermath of the event, hundreds of citizens assisted in cleanup and recovery efforts. Economic losses from the tornado reached $19 million (equivalent to $25,000,000 in 2024). #tornado #tornadotok #thisisseverecentral #illinois #rochelle #annihilationsoundtrack #annihilation

Luke :

That's a pretty one. Not shredding homes.

ellie 🌸🐇🪶 :

I was in the town where this happened

user3755522610485 :

Destroyed my Rochelle home.

Poop :

I couldn’t explain why, but tornados have always felt like sentient to me in like a really ominous way, kinda like pelicans

MARitO🤠👍 :

we were hit by the tornado but I was little at the time so the only thing I knew about tornados was...that they are dangerous so we went to my neighbor's house and took cover there and we were hit by hail while walking to his door

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That was my third birthday

Kenzie :

I was living in DeKalb at this time😭

Sanchez-Moyano :

POV: you came outside your house and see this that is coming up to you...💀

✧ :

This tornado hosted an extremely violent and compact strong core with 180 mph+ winds and destroyed anything and everything in its path.

Laurenne :

Rochelle fairdalle Illinois tornado?

luff :

perfect music for this eerie tornado

W𝔥𝔬𝔩𝔢𝔠𝔞𝔨𝔢 :

Just by looking at the date I knew it was the Rochelle-Fairdale tornado

‼️Emi❤️ :

david_clayd1 :

wow

🌸Mars the Weather Fiend🌺 :

It’s beauty is haunting, as if it’s mocking you

Ilikehent@ingl :

Damn

RenS*mom23kids :

😳😳😳this is terrifying So very sorry for all who lost their loved ones and anything else in its path

э́то́ про́сто́ ра́й :

я везде где торнадо

gavin :

lol I live 10 mins away from here

21flys :

Scary

stormDavid🌪️🌩️ :

this tornado was 5 mile away from me

𒐫𒐫𒐫𒐫𒐫𒐫𒐫𒐫𒐫 :

supercells are technically "alive" (not biologically) if you think about it

♡♤ʚ~ Bee:D~ ɞ ᥫ᭡♤♡ :

wow tornado blanco

𝓥𝓸𝓲𝓭 :