Tornado, Carroll
- When
- September 26, 1:05 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3.3 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.950, -90.100
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Illinois, September 26, 1959
12 tornado, 5 thunderstorm wind, 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 14
- Property damage
- $1.4 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 17
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
12 tornado, 5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Brown
- When
- September 26, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 18.8 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.930, -90.830
Tornado, Warren
- When
- September 26, 3:17 PM CST
- Where
- Warren County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4.9 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.900, -90.630
Tornado, Henry
- When
- September 26, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Henry County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 12.9 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 41.180, -90.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Adams
- When
- September 26, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Adams County
- Coordinates
- 39.880, -91.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Warren
- When
- September 26, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Warren County
- Coordinates
- 40.880, -90.580
Tornado, Stark
- When
- September 26, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Stark County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1.9 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.170, -89.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Rock Island
- When
- September 26, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Rock Island County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.500, -90.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Sangamon
- When
- September 26, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sangamon County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -89.680
Tornado, Lee
- When
- September 26, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.800, -89.500
Tornado, La Salle
- When
- September 26, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- La Salle County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.320, -89.130
Tornado, Boone
- When
- September 26, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Boone County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 42.200, -88.830
Tornado, Du Page
- When
- September 26, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Du Page County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 9.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 41.970, -87.970
Tornado, Cook
- When
- September 26, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cook County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 12.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 14 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.130, -88.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Cook
- When
- September 26, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cook County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.000, -87.900
Tornado, Perry
- When
- September 26, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Perry County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 130 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 38.030, -89.380
Tornado, Kendall
- When
- September 26, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Kendall County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.650, -88.350
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.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Warren | 1959-09-26 | Direct |
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 and Hail in Missouri, September 26, 1959
- Tornadoes in Arkansas, September 26, 1959
- Tornado in Tennessee, September 26, 1959
- Tornadoes in Wisconsin, September 26, 1959
- Tornado in Idaho, September 26, 1959
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, September 26, 1959
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, September 26, 1959
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Indiana, September 26, 1959
- Hail in Kansas, September 26, 1959
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1959Every state in 1959This day in weather historyThe 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: 10009815, 10009816, 10009817, 10009818, 10009819, 10009820, 10009821, 10009822, 10009823, 10009824, 10009825, 10009826, 10009827, 10009828, 10009829, 10009830, 10009831.