- Fairdale EF-4 tornado -- updated survey
- Winds approximately 180-200 mph
- Width of approximately 1/2 mile
- Two fatalities and 32 injuries
- Continuous damage path on the ground for more than 30 miles
- First EF-4 in the NWS Chicago area in 25 years
- Strongest tornado ever recorded in Ogle and DeKalb Counties (records date to 1950)
- A large sign from the destroyed Grubsteakers restaurant was found in a field 37 miles away
- Two confirmed satellite tornadoes occurred adjacent to and simultaneous with the main tornado
- "Swirling" evident in damage pattern and aerial photographs
- Amazing video here and here
- Before and after of the town of Fairdale: here and here
Tornado event of April 9, 2015
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