Tornado, St. Clair
- When
- February 25, 12:25 AM CST
- Where
- St. Clair County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 31.6 mi
- Path width
- 500 yd
- Deaths
- 6 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 20 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 38.500, -90.270
Tornadoes in Illinois, February 25, 1956
4 tornado, 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
- 6
- Injuries
- 22
- Property damage
- $10 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Clinton
- When
- February 25, 1:15 AM CST
- Where
- Clinton County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 9.7 mi
- Path width
- 500 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 38.620, -89.700
Tornado, Richland
- When
- February 25, 2:13 AM CST
- Where
- Richland County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 8.8 mi
- Path width
- 450 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 38.730, -88.080
Tornado, Lawrence
- When
- February 25, 2:33 AM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 14.6 mi
- Path width
- 450 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 38.750, -87.920
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.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Indiana, February 25, 1956
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Ohio, February 25, 1956
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, February 25, 1956
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, February 25, 1956
- Tornado in Oklahoma, February 25, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, February 25, 1956
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, February 25, 1956
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, February 25, 1956
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1956Every state in 1956This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Illinois, 1956
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: 10010874, 10010875, 10007255, 10007256.