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  • Collection: Champaign County Weather

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The APS-15 radar located on top of the Illinois State Water Survey building at the University of Illinois – Willard Airport.

15_Tornado 2013_Path.jpg
November 17, 2013 tornado trail created by the National Weather Service in Lincoln, Illinois.

14_Tornado 2013_Gifford Aerial.jpg
Photograph by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency that shows the extent of the destruction in Gifford.

11_Tornado 1996_Ogden Aerial.jpg
An aerial view looking north shows extensive tornado damage in Ogden.

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“Cecil Hudson, near Myra Station, is one of the many area residents whose farms and homes were damaged by storms last weekend.” Courier, March 6, 1961.

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“Heavy damage occurred on the Ralph Newman farm, two miles south of Cissna Park, in the tornado Saturday afternoon" Courier, March 6, 1961

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April 19, 1996 tornado trail published in The News-Gazette, April 21, 1996

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"Danny Clay, left, United Sign and Awning Company, and Jim Berhoeven, Fisher Communications, Oakwood, both from Danville, installed a new tornado siren in Sidney Monday morning" The News-Gazette, March 30, 1998.

18_Radar_Tornado hook.jpg
As the storm passed a short distance north of the radar, an appendage became visible on the parent echo. Within a few moments, the echo appendage began to curl into a hook shape seen here.

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"Don Skaggs looks at the new display commemorating the first time a tornado was tracked by radar" The News-Gazette, August 30, 2001
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