Utica Tornado Memorial, Gone but not forgotten. Traditional Cache
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Utica Tornado Memorial, Gone but not forgotten.
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The cache is located at the memorial. DO NOT CLIMB the ROCKS, or walk onto mulched areas. The cache is not there. Please respect the rules and be nice to the area. Yes you are at the place where 8 people lost their lives.
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The April 20, 2004 tornado outbreak was a tornado outbreak affecting parts of the Upper Midwest on April 20, 2004. Thirty tornadoes formed in eastern Iowa, extending into northern and central Illinois and Indiana, but a tornado that touched down in Utica was the only one to incur fatalities.
Utica was hit by a tornado rated F3 on the Fujita scale. The winds caused the superstructure of the Milestone Tap, a barn converted into a tavern in downtown Utica, to collapse into its basement, causing the deaths of eight people. This tornado touched down around La Salle, Illinois (in LaSalle County) around 6:09 p.m. (Central Daylight Time), and approached Utica 1 minute later. Sirens all around town signaled people to take cover. The tornado left shortly thereafter. A long-track wedge tornado immediately preceded the Utica tornado.
One month after the tornado struck Utica, the village clerk's son was stillborn, likely due to the stresses incurred by the clerk during the rebuilding effort. In a memorial service one year after the tornado struck, he was recognized by the village as the ninth victim of the tornado.
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