Draft:1976 Lemont tornado
Appearance
Meteorological history | |
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Formed | June 13, 1976 |
F4 tornado | |
on the Fujita scale | |
Overall effects | |
Fatalities | 2 |
Injuries | 23 |
Areas affected | Lemont, Argonne National Laboratory, and modern-day Downers Grove in Illinois |
Part of the Tornadoes of 1976 |
On the afternoon of June 13, 1976, a violent F4 tornado affected the Chicago suburban counties of Cook and DuPage in northeastern Illinois. , Lemont, Illinois.[1] It was the first "violent" (F4/EF4+) tornado in the suburbs of Chicago since the 1972 North Chicago tornado, and the last until the 1990 Plainfield tornado.[2]