2013 Washington, Illinois tornado

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In the late morning hours of Sunday, November 17, 2013, a powerful and devastating tornado tracked through central Illinois, United States, inflicting catastrophic damage to the city of Washington and several farmsteads in the rural areas past the city. The tornado resulted in three fatalities and injured 125 people. This tornado was one of the two violent tornadoes in the tornado outbreak of November 17, 2013, and was the strongest, costliest, and longest-tracked tornado. It was the deadliest tornado of the outbreak, tied with another intense tornado that went through Brookport, Illinois. The tornado was one of the nine violent tornadoes of the below-average yet destructive year of 2013. The intense supercell responsible for the tornado first produced at 10:59 a.m. CST 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east of North Pekin; The tornado crossed I-474, intensifying to EF2 strength. The tornado crossed I-74, strengthening to EF3 intensity; couple of homes suffered severe damage north of the interstate. The...

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