Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F5 tornado, Kendall County, Illinois, August 28, 1990
RatingF5
Deaths29
Injuries350
Length16.4 mi
Width600 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (41.68, -88.35) to the end point (41.52, -88.10), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- August 28, 1990, 2:30 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F5
- States
- Illinois
- Counties
- Kendall County, Will County
- Path
- 16.4 miles long, up to 600 yards wide
- Casualties
- 29 deaths, 350 injuries
Other tornadoes on August 28, 1990
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 1990 | F2 | New York | 2.5 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 28, 1990 | F1 | Illinois | 3 mi | 103 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 28, 1990 | F1 | Michigan | 15 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 28, 1990 | F1 | New York | 2 mi | 57 yd | 0 | 3 |
| Aug 28, 1990 | F0 | New York | 4 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 28, 1990 | F0 | New York | 0.5 mi | 60 yd | 0 | 2 |
| Aug 28, 1990 | F0 | New York | 6 mi | 37 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 28, 1990 | F0 | New York | 0.3 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.