Illinois, 1954

Tornadoes in Illinois, April 7, 1954

April 7, 1954 · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
1
Injuries
13
Property damage
$500,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

Event by event

2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Livingston

When
April 7, 3:00 PM CST
Where
Livingston County
Rating
F3
Path length
13 mi
Path width
400 yd
Property damage
$250,000
Coordinates
40.880, -88.420

Tornado, Kankakee

When
April 7, 3:16 PM CST
Where
Kankakee County
Rating
F3
Path length
29.6 mi
Path width
400 yd
Deaths
1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries
13 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$250,000
Coordinates
41.000, -88.220

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

EventDateAgeSexWhereKind
Tornado, Kankakee1954-04-07Direct

What these are

Tornado
A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10009737, 10010593.