Tornado, Lawrence
- When
- April 3, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 38.730, -87.680
Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 3, 1956
4 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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
4 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Will
- When
- April 3, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Will County
- Measured
- 95 kt (109 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.500, -88.080
Tornado, Ford
- When
- April 3, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ford County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.920, -88.200
Tornado, De Witt
- When
- April 3, 4:08 PM CST
- Where
- De Witt County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 9.5 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.100, -88.780
Tornado, Moultrie
- When
- April 3, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Moultrie County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.650, -88.500
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.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes in Michigan, April 3, 1956
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, April 3, 1956
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 3, 1956
- Tornadoes in Oklahoma, April 3, 1956
- Tornadoes in Kansas, April 3, 1956
- Tornadoes in Missouri, April 3, 1956
- Tornadoes in Kentucky, April 3, 1956
- Tornadoes in Indiana, April 3, 1956
- Tornadoes in Mississippi, April 3, 1956
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 3, 1956
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Ohio, April 3, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 3, 1956
More
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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: 10007476, 10007477, 10007478, 10007479, 10007480.