Tornadoes in Illinois, February 10, 1959

Name: Tornadoes in Illinois, February 10, 1959
Start: 1959-02-10T02:15
End: 1959-02-10T04:30
Location: Illinois

February 10, 1959 · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

3 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

Open the live radar over this ground

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $525,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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

3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Madison

When: February 10, 2:15 AM CST
Where: Madison County
Rating: F4
Path width: 200 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 38.650, -90.180

Tornado, Washington

When: February 10, 2:30 AM CST
Where: Washington County
Rating: F1
Path length: 29.8 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 38.350, -89.400

Tornado, Crawford

When: February 10, 4:30 AM CST
Where: Crawford County
Rating: F1
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 39.000, -87.180

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

Every storm in Illinois in 1959 Every state in 1959 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Illinois, 1959

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: 10010916, 10010917, 10010918.