Altona, IL Natural Disasters and Weather Extremes
The chance of earthquake damage in Altona is lower than Illinois average and is much lower than the national average. The risk of tornado damage in Altona is lower than Illinois average and is higher than the national average.
Earthquake Index, #1191
Altona, IL | 0.02 |
Illinois | 0.24 |
U.S. | 1.81 |
The earthquake index value is calculated based on historical earthquake events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the earthquake level in a region. A higher earthquake index value means a higher chance of an earthquake.
Volcano Index, #1
Altona, IL | 0.0000 |
Illinois | 0.0000 |
U.S. | 0.0023 |
The volcano index value is calculated based on the currently known volcanoes using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the possibility of a region being affected by a possible volcano eruption. A higher volcano index value means a higher chance of being affected.
Tornado Index, #1068
Altona, IL | 197.13 |
Illinois | 220.15 |
U.S. | 136.45 |
The tornado index value is calculated based on historical tornado events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the tornado level in a region. A higher tornado index value means a higher chance of tornado events.
Other Weather Extremes Events
A total of 3,964 other weather extremes events within 50 miles of Altona, IL were recorded from 1950 to 2010. The following is a break down of these events:
Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count |
Avalanche: | 0 | Blizzard: | 7 | Cold: | 53 | Dense Fog: | 48 | Drought: | 26 |
Dust Storm: | 0 | Flood: | 307 | Hail: | 1,005 | Heat: | 61 | Heavy Snow: | 45 |
High Surf: | 0 | Hurricane: | 0 | Ice Storm: | 36 | Landslide: | 1 | Strong Wind: | 49 |
Thunderstorm Winds: | 1,803 | Tropical Storm: | 0 | Wildfire: | 0 | Winter Storm: | 118 | Winter Weather: | 161 |
Other: | 244 |
Volcanos Nearby
No volcano is found in or near Altona, IL.
Historical Earthquake Events
No historical earthquake events that had recorded magnitudes of 3.5 or above found in or near Altona, IL.
No historical earthquake events found in or near Altona, IL.
Historical Tornado Events
A total of 74 historical tornado events that had recorded magnitude of 2 or above found in or near Altona, IL.
Distance (miles) | Date | Magnitude | Start Lat/Log | End Lat/Log | Length | Width | Fatalities | Injuries | Property Damage | Crop Damage | Affected County |
3.5 | 1975-03-23 | 2 | 41°04'N / 90°11'W | 1.00 Mile | 80 Yards | 0 | 2 | 25K | 0 | Knox | |
6.6 | 1976-03-04 | 2 | 41°02'N / 90°06'W | 0.10 Mile | 440 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Knox | |
7.0 | 1996-04-19 | 3 | 41°12'N / 90°07'W | 41°11'N / 90°02'W | 3.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 4 | 10.0M | 0 | Henry |
Brief Description: 10 Million in damage and 4 hospitalized as this tornado moved from Bishop Hill through Galva. At least 6 Million of damage was reported in the city limits of Galva where 150 homes were damaged, 26 received extensive damage, and 15 had to be destroyed. Extensive damage was also received to the city sewage treatment plant. A second, small and short lived tornado, did much less damage to the eastern part of town, most notably pushing over gravestones in a cemetery and downing trees. | |||||||||||
10.2 | 1959-09-26 | 2 | 41°11'N / 90°22'W | 41°18'N / 90°10'W | 12.90 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Henry |
11.2 | 1962-05-28 | 2 | 41°13'N / 90°20'W | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Henry | |||
15.4 | 1974-04-13 | 2 | 41°14'N / 90°25'W | 0.10 Mile | 17 Yards | 0 | 1 | 3K | 0 | Mercer | |
15.9 | 1974-04-13 | 2 | 41°12'N / 90°27'W | 0.10 Mile | 20 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Mercer | |
17.0 | 1974-06-14 | 3 | 41°18'N / 90°35'W | 40°56'N / 90°24'W | 26.90 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 1 | 0K | 0 | Mercer |
18.0 | 1961-05-14 | 3 | 40°54'N / 89°59'W | 41°07'N / 89°43'W | 20.20 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Peoria |
18.3 | 1974-04-21 | 2 | 41°22'N / 90°03'W | 2.00 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Henry | |
18.4 | 1965-04-23 | 2 | 41°21'N / 90°20'W | 0.20 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Henry | |
20.8 | 1962-05-28 | 2 | 41°25'N / 90°09'W | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Henry | |||
21.5 | 1961-05-14 | 3 | 40°43'N / 90°13'W | 40°54'N / 89°59'W | 17.30 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 8 | 2.5M | 0 | Knox |
21.8 | 1974-05-16 | 2 | 41°20'N / 90°33'W | 41°21'N / 90°22'W | 9.20 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Rock Island |
23.5 | 1974-06-14 | 3 | 40°56'N / 90°24'W | 40°43'N / 90°24'W | 14.90 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 1 | 0K | 0 | Knox |
23.7 | 1967-04-21 | 2 | 41°26'N / 90°24'W | 41°29'N / 89°55'W | 25.10 Miles | 300 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Henry |
23.9 | 2010-06-05 | 2 | 40°48'N / 90°05'W | 40°46'N / 89°59'W | 6.00 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 420K | 50K | Knox |
Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: A tornado touched down 4.5 miles west-northwest of Yates City in eastern Knox County then tracked southeastward to the Knox-Peoria County line. Large tree limbs were snapped and crops were scoured in numerous places along this path. A house had the roof torn off and much of the upper level of the structure severely damaged. The attached garage was also destroyed. In addition, a large garage was destroyed, and seven outbuildings were severely damaged. The tornado continued southeastward into Peoria County. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A stationary frontal boundary extending from southern Michigan across north-central Illinois served as the focus for severe thunderstorm development during the late afternoon and evening of June 5th. A vigorous upper-level disturbance tracking across the Upper Midwest added extra wind energy to the atmosphere, allowing supercell thunderstorms to develop along the front. Eight tornadoes were spawned by the storms, mainly along a Galesburg to Eureka line. An isolated tornado formed further south across eastern Logan and western DeWitt counties as well. No injuries were reported. | |||||||||||
24.1 | 1995-05-13 | 2 | 40°44'N / 90°23'W | 40°49'N / 90°09'W | 14.00 Miles | 880 Yards | 0 | 2 | 1.6M | 0 | Knox |
Brief Description: A tornado touched down 1 N of St. Augustine and traveled to the northeast. Twelve farm structures and 14 pieces of farm equipment were destroyed. Eighteen homes were either damaged or destroyed. Numerous trees were blown over and a 10 acre orchard with over 1200 trees was destroyed. The tornado also took off the roof of the Maquon Fire Department before it lifted and dissipated 1 NE of Maquon. Two people sustained minor injuries and damage was estimated around $1.6 million. | |||||||||||
24.9 | 2006-04-13 | 2 | 41°16'N / 90°37'W | 41°16'N / 90°35'W | 2.00 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 30K | 0 | Mercer |
Brief Description: Rated low F2 Tornado developed just east of 240th Street at 2107 CST and tracked generally east across the far northern part of Matherville and dissipated just west of U.S. 67 east of Matherville at 2111 CST. Two homes had roof damage done to them with the sheriff's office indicating one house was completely unroofed. | |||||||||||
25.5 | 1981-07-25 | 2 | 40°54'N / 89°46'W | 2.00 Miles | 20 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Peoria | |
25.7 | 1973-04-21 | 2 | 41°26'N / 90°25'W | 41°29'N / 90°18'W | 6.40 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Henry |
25.8 | 1959-09-26 | 2 | 40°54'N / 90°38'W | 40°57'N / 90°33'W | 4.90 Miles | 300 Yards | 1 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Warren |
25.9 | 1956-04-26 | 2 | 41°29'N / 90°22'W | 41°29'N / 90°09'W | 10.90 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Henry |
26.2 | 2010-06-05 | 2 | 40°46'N / 89°59'W | 40°46'N / 89°57'W | 2.00 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 85.0M | 0K | Peoria |
Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: A tornado crossed the Knox-Peoria County line 1.1 miles west of Elmwood, then continued southeastward through the town of Elmwood. Considerable structural damage occurred to 10 homes, 30 businesses and nearly two dozen vehicles in downtown Elmwood, amounting to approximately $85 million in damages. There was a total of about 80 people, some that were attending an outdoor festival in the downtown and some that were at a theater, that took shelter in the basement of the movie theater. As a result, there were no injuries. The tornado dissipated 1 mile east of Elmwood. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A stationary frontal boundary extending from southern Michigan across north-central Illinois served as the focus for severe thunderstorm development during the late afternoon and evening of June 5th. A vigorous upper-level disturbance tracking across the Upper Midwest added extra wind energy to the atmosphere, allowing supercell thunderstorms to develop along the front. Eight tornadoes were spawned by the storms, mainly along a Galesburg to Eureka line. An isolated tornado formed further south across eastern Logan and western DeWitt counties as well. No injuries were reported. | |||||||||||
26.6 | 1973-04-21 | 2 | 41°20'N / 90°39'W | 41°26'N / 90°25'W | 13.60 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 2 | 2.5M | 0 | Rock Island |
28.4 | 1959-09-26 | 2 | 41°10'N / 89°39'W | 41°12'N / 89°36'W | 1.90 Miles | 40 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Stark |
28.5 | 1974-06-14 | 3 | 41°23'N / 90°40'W | 41°18'N / 90°35'W | 6.80 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Rock Island |
29.5 | 1967-07-23 | 2 | 41°07'N / 89°41'W | 41°03'N / 89°31'W | 9.40 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Stark |
30.4 | 1975-06-13 | 3 | 40°41'N / 90°15'W | 40°40'N / 90°07'W | 6.60 Miles | 1300 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Fulton |
30.9 | 1998-06-18 | 2 | 41°06'N / 90°48'W | 41°11'N / 90°43'W | 6.00 Miles | 880 Yards | 0 | 0 | 110K | 0 | Mercer |
Brief Description: The tornado damaged several rural home sites. Northeast of Seaton damage was noted to farm buildings and a silo. South of Aledo seven power lines poles were snapped, and a farmhouse 4 miles west of Aledo was destroyed. The tornado also damaged or destroyed farm buildings, roofs and chimneys south of Aledo. | |||||||||||
31.0 | 1963-04-18 | 2 | 41°02'N / 90°45'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Warren | |||
31.5 | 1978-08-15 | 3 | 41°20'N / 90°41'W | 41°21'N / 90°42'W | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Rock Island | ||
31.5 | 1965-04-24 | 3 | 41°09'N / 89°37'W | 41°06'N / 89°30'W | 6.50 Miles | 43 Yards | 0 | 1 | 25K | 0 | Marshall |
31.6 | 1967-04-21 | 2 | 41°32'N / 89°58'W | 41°32'N / 89°52'W | 4.50 Miles | 300 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Henry |
31.6 | 1976-03-04 | 3 | 41°12'N / 89°34'W | 0.80 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Bureau | |
31.7 | 1966-04-19 | 3 | 41°30'N / 90°30'W | 2.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Scott | |
31.8 | 1976-06-29 | 4 | 40°48'N / 89°45'W | 40°50'N / 89°39'W | 4.90 Miles | 40 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Peoria |
32.2 | 1975-06-14 | 2 | 41°10'N / 89°33'W | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Bureau | |||
32.2 | 1978-08-15 | 3 | 41°16'N / 90°47'W | 41°20'N / 90°41'W | 6.40 Miles | 77 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Mercer |
32.6 | 1973-04-21 | 2 | 41°16'N / 90°50'W | 41°20'N / 90°39'W | 10.20 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Mercer |
34.8 | 1990-03-13 | 3 | 41°36'N / 90°17'W | 41°37'N / 90°20'W | 0.50 Mile | 73 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Scott |
35.0 | 1972-07-17 | 3 | 41°04'N / 89°38'W | 41°08'N / 89°21'W | 15.20 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Marshall |
36.6 | 1959-08-26 | 2 | 41°36'N / 90°17'W | 41°41'N / 90°14'W | 5.60 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Rock Island |
37.2 | 1965-09-14 | 3 | 40°45'N / 89°43'W | 40°44'N / 89°35'W | 6.60 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 30 | 2.5M | 0 | Peoria |
38.0 | 1990-06-19 | 2 | 40°34'N / 90°07'W | 0.30 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Fulton | |
39.2 | 1975-07-23 | 3 | 40°33'N / 90°20'W | 40°33'N / 90°07'W | 11.10 Miles | 2630 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Fulton |
39.5 | 1975-07-23 | 3 | 40°34'N / 90°11'W | 40°32'N / 89°55'W | 14.00 Miles | 2630 Yards | 2 | 69 | 25.0M | 0 | Fulton |
40.2 | 1990-03-13 | 3 | 41°37'N / 90°20'W | 41°46'N / 90°13'W | 12.00 Miles | 250 Yards | 0 | 1 | 2.5M | 0 | Rock Island |
40.8 | 1967-01-24 | 2 | 41°37'N / 90°35'W | 2.00 Miles | 250 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Scott | |
40.9 | 2001-06-14 | 2 | 41°28'N / 90°48'W | 41°28'N / 90°48'W | 0.10 Mile | 200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Muscatine |
Brief Description: An F2 tornado touched down at 501 pm CST, around a half mile east/northeast of Montpelier, near Highway 22 and the Muscatine/Scott County line. The tornado then tracked northeast into Scott County, was on the ground about 6.5 miles, and was 200 yards wide. The tornado ripped the roof off of three homes in Blue Grass, and produced lesser damage to many other homes. Three people in Blue Grass sustained minor injuries. The tornado produced F2 damage in the area around Normandy Street in Blue Grass, before lifting 2.5 miles northeast of the community at 506 pm CST. | |||||||||||
41.0 | 1999-04-05 | 2 | 40°38'N / 90°41'W | 40°41'N / 90°39'W | 3.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Warren |
Brief Description: The tornado first touched down along Highway 9 southwest of Good Hope snapping several trees. From there the tornado moved northeast across Town Fork Creek damaging several trees in a densely wooded area and snapping two large trees along a county road. Damage along this path was rated F0. As the tornado continued northeast it moved through plowed farmland and approached a homestead along north-south county road west of Good Hope. The house sustained no structural damage, but several outbuildings suffered substantial damage. An older concrete block hog house was destroyed while the roof and sides of a new machine shed were torn off. A grain bin was blown about 500 yards from the home site into a neighboring field. Damage along this path was rated F2. For the next several miles the tornado tracked through plowed farmland snapping a few trees and blowing over several fences. The tornado then approached US Highway 67 just south of the McDonough-Warren County line. The tornado snapped two very large oak trees at a homestead with one landing on the house. It continued on a northeast track snapping several trees and damaging a roof on a homestead just south of the county line. Damage along this path was rated F1. The tornado then crossed from McDonough county into Warren county just east of highway 67. As the tornado continued northeast it hit a group of farm buildings north of the county line. Three of the buildings sustained major damage. A corn crib was blown on it's side while the roof of a barn and shed were destroyed. Damage along this path was rated F1. The tornado tracked into the south side of Swan Creek destroying a grain elevator. Just northeast of the elevator the walls of a concrete block machine shop were blown in and the building was completely destroyed. As is continued northeast it toppled several trees and antennae. Other damage in Swan Creek included two porches torn off homesteads and two roofs lifted, but not pulled off homesteads. Damage along this path was rated F2. The tornado continued northeast and lifted just north of town. | |||||||||||
41.1 | 1967-01-24 | 2 | 40°51'N / 90°56'W | 40°55'N / 90°51'W | 5.70 Miles | 77 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Henderson |
41.4 | 2001-06-14 | 2 | 41°29'N / 90°47'W | 41°33'N / 90°44'W | 6.40 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Scott |
Brief Description: An F2 tornado touched down at 501 pm CST, around a half mile east/northeast of Montpelier, near Highway 22 and the Muscatine/Scott County line. The tornado then tracked northeast into Scott County, was on the ground about 6.5 miles, and was 200 yards wide. The tornado ripped the roof off of three homes in Blue Grass, and produced lesser damage to many other homes. Three people in Blue Grass sustained minor injuries. The tornado produced F2 damage in the area around Normandy Street in Blue Grass, before lifting 2.5 miles northeast of the community at 506 pm CST. | |||||||||||
42.1 | 1974-05-13 | 3 | 41°37'N / 90°36'W | 41°40'N / 90°33'W | 3.60 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Scott |
42.5 | 1976-08-11 | 2 | 40°30'N / 90°12'W | 0 | 1 | 250K | 0 | Fulton | |||
43.4 | 1981-03-29 | 4 | 41°41'N / 89°57'W | 41°45'N / 89°53'W | 5.10 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Whiteside |
43.7 | 1967-05-07 | 2 | 41°32'N / 90°54'W | 41°29'N / 90°45'W | 8.00 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Muscatine |
44.2 | 1967-04-21 | 2 | 41°15'N / 89°20'W | 0.30 Mile | 30 Yards | 0 | 1 | 3K | 0 | Putnam | |
44.4 | 1995-05-09 | 3 | 41°32'N / 90°49'W | 7.00 Miles | 500 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3.0M | 0 | Scott | |
Brief Description: This tornado destroyed 26 farm buildings, 20 of them with major damage. Nine homes were hit, one destroyed, two with major damage and six with minor damage. Seven of the nine homes were farmhouses. Roxanne Paper, with baby boy Logan in arm, was downstairs when the tornado struck. She reported that it sounded like something big was tearing through the house. The Gary Meincke farm was hit very hard. He and his wife watched the tornado touch down south of their farm at around 1630 CDT. Shortly after that they ran with their children to the basement. Debris from the Leroy Feldhahn farm near Stockton was spread over nearby Interstate 80 causing a two mile long traffic jam. Governor Terry Branstad later proclaimed a Disaster Emergency for Scott County. | |||||||||||
44.6 | 1960-05-16 | 2 | 40°36'N / 89°39'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Tazewell | |||
45.0 | 1990-03-13 | 3 | 41°46'N / 90°13'W | 41°46'N / 90°12'W | 3.00 Miles | 250 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Whiteside |
45.4 | 1960-05-25 | 2 | 40°39'N / 89°33'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Tazewell | |||
45.4 | 1967-01-24 | 2 | 40°48'N / 89°24'W | 2.50 Miles | 73 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Mclean | |
46.0 | 1959-09-27 | 2 | 40°28'N / 90°36'W | 40°33'N / 90°27'W | 9.40 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 1 | 250K | 0 | Mcdonough |
46.6 | 1999-04-05 | 2 | 40°32'N / 90°43'W | 40°37'N / 90°41'W | 6.40 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 6K | 0 | Mcdonough |
Brief Description: The tornado first touched down along Highway 9 southwest of Good Hope snapping several trees. From there the tornado moved northeast across Town Fork Creek damaging several trees in a densely wooded area and snapping two large trees along a county road. Damage along this path was rated F0. As the tornado continued northeast it moved through plowed farmland and approached a homestead along north-south county road west of Good Hope. The house sustained no structural damage, but several outbuildings suffered substantial damage. An older concrete block hog house was destroyed while the roof and sides of a new machine shed were torn off. A grain bin was blown about 500 yards from the home site into a neighboring field. Damage along this path was rated F2. For the next several miles the tornado tracked through plowed farmland snapping a few trees and blowing over several fences. The tornado then approached US Highway 67 just south of the McDonough-Warren County line. The tornado snapped two very large oak trees at a homestead with one landing on the house. It continued on a northeast track snapping several trees and damaging a roof on a homestead just south of the county line. Damage along this path was rated F1. The tornado then crossed from McDonough county into Warren county just east of highway 67. As the tornado continued northeast it hit a group of farm buildings north of the county line. Three of the buildings sustained major damage. A corn crib was blown on it's side while the roof of a barn and shed were destroyed. Damage along this path was rated F1. The tornado tracked into the south side of Swan Creek destroying a grain elevator. Just northeast of the elevator the walls of a concrete block machine shop were blown in and the building was completely destroyed. As is continued northeast it toppled several trees and antennae. Other damage in Swan Creek included two porches torn off homesteads and two roofs lifted, but not pulled off homesteads. Damage along this path was rated F2. The tornado continued northeast and lifted just north of town. | |||||||||||
47.1 | 1956-08-13 | 3 | 40°42'N / 89°30'W | 40°41'N / 89°25'W | 3.80 Miles | 27 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Tazewell |
47.3 | 1957-05-21 | 3 | 40°30'N / 90°48'W | 40°37'N / 90°35'W | 13.70 Miles | 120 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Mcdonough |
47.6 | 2010-06-05 | 2 | 40°45'N / 89°24'W | 40°45'N / 89°23'W | 1.00 Mile | 250 Yards | 0 | 0 | 560K | 30K | Tazewell |
Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: A tornado touched down 2.9 miles north of Washington in northern Tazewell County, then continued eastward to the Tazewell-Woodford County line. Numerous trees and power poles were snapped along the path of the tornado. Three large outbuildings and two hog sheds were destroyed. In addition, the roof of a farm house was lifted off, the roof of another house was severely damaged, a garage was destroyed, and a grain bin was blown one quarter of a mile into a field. The tornado then continued eastward into Woodford County. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A stationary frontal boundary extending from southern Michigan across north-central Illinois served as the focus for severe thunderstorm development during the late afternoon and evening of June 5th. A vigorous upper-level disturbance tracking across the Upper Midwest added extra wind energy to the atmosphere, allowing supercell thunderstorms to develop along the front. Eight tornadoes were spawned by the storms, mainly along a Galesburg to Eureka line. An isolated tornado formed further south across eastern Logan and western DeWitt counties as well. No injuries were reported. | |||||||||||
47.6 | 1962-05-07 | 3 | 41°40'N / 90°43'W | 10.00 Miles | 300 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Scott | |
48.0 | 1966-03-21 | 2 | 41°48'N / 90°00'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Whiteside | |||
48.4 | 1955-05-26 | 2 | 40°33'N / 89°37'W | 1.50 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 1 | 250K | 0 | Tazewell | |
49.0 | 1966-05-23 | 2 | 41°41'N / 90°44'W | 2.00 Miles | 250 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Scott | |
49.1 | 2010-06-05 | 2 | 40°45'N / 89°23'W | 40°45'N / 89°20'W | 2.00 Miles | 250 Yards | 0 | 0 | 70K | 0K | Woodford |
Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: A tornado crossed into Woodford County from Tazewell County approximately 3.2 miles south-southwest of Metamora. Several trees were snapped, five power poles were damaged, the metal roof of a barn was lifted off and windows were broken on a house. The tornado lifted 2.6 miles south-southeast of Metamora. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A stationary frontal boundary extending from southern Michigan across north-central Illinois served as the focus for severe thunderstorm development during the late afternoon and evening of June 5th. A vigorous upper-level disturbance tracking across the Upper Midwest added extra wind energy to the atmosphere, allowing supercell thunderstorms to develop along the front. Eight tornadoes were spawned by the storms, mainly along a Galesburg to Eureka line. An isolated tornado formed further south across eastern Logan and western DeWitt counties as well. No injuries were reported. | |||||||||||
49.6 | 2003-05-10 | 3 | 40°28'N / 89°41'W | 40°39'N / 89°27'W | 17.50 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 32 | 10.0M | 0 | Tazewell |
Brief Description: This long track tornado first touched down 3 miles southwest of South Pekin and traveled to the northeast. It destroyed several homes before reaching the eastern sections of South Pekin where it intensified to F3 strength. The tornado destroyed 50 homes, caused minor to major damage on an additional 80 homes before exiting the town. As the tornado approached Morton, it weakened briefly but quickly intensified again as it crossed the intersection of I-74 and I-155. When it crossed the highways, 8 vehicles were damaged and one injury was sustained when a car was overturned by the tornado as it crossed I-74. It destroyed several three story apartment buildings and severely damaged several others in the complex. A couple of businesses in the area were destroyed as well. It then moved through several subdivisions, damaging over 100 homes, some severely. The tornado eventually weakened and lifted 2.5 miles north of Morton. In all, 32 people were injured by the tornado, three seriously, but they have since recovered. |
* The information on this page is based on the global volcano database, the U.S. earthquake database of 1638-1985, and the U.S. Tornado and Weather Extremes database of 1950-2010.