Plainfield - The Unwarned F5 Tornado

August 28th 1990. The sky grows dark over the small town of Plainfield Illinois, while thousands of residents carry on with their daily activities, completely unaware that just to their northwest one of the worst tornadoes in US history is racing directly towards them. On August 28, 1990. A catastrophic F5 tornado would strike the town of Plainfield claiming the lives of 29 and hit without a Tornado Warning. In this video we will discuss the fascinating meteorology that caused this tornado, the people it impacted and the failures at the National Weather Service that allowed it to strike without warning. This is the true story of the 1990 Plainfield Tornado: The Unwarned F5. F Scale explanations: F0 Light Damage (40-72mph) F1 Moderate Damage (73-112mph) F2 Significant Damage (113-157mph) F3 Severe Damage (158-206mph) F4 Devastating Damage (207-260mph) F5 Incredible Damage (261-318mph) Twitter:   / celtonhenderson   Want to support what I do? This is the best place to do so: Patreon:   / celtonhenderson   Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_Pl... https://www.tornadotalk.com/plainfiel... https://www.flickr.com/photos/plainfi... https://www.weather.gov/lot/Plainfiel... https://www.weather.gov/media/publica...    • Eight Minutes in August: The F-5 Plainfiel...      • August 28, 1990 Plainfield tornado   https://tornadoarchive.com/ All non-licensed clips used for fair use commentary, criticism, and educational purposes. See Hosseinzadeh v. Klein, 276 F.Supp.3d 34 (S.D.N.Y. 2017); Equals Three, LLC v. Jukin Media, Inc., 139 F. Supp. 3d 1094 (C.D. Cal. 2015). Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. ALL RIGHTS BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS