Tornado, Madison
- When
- June 30, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 16.9 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 17 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 38.900, -90.200
Tornado and Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 30, 1960
1 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
- 17
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- 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
1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Jersey
- When
- June 30, 3:05 AM CST
- Where
- Jersey County
- Coordinates
- 39.080, -90.400
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 Indiana, June 30, 1960
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, June 30, 1960
- Tornado in Florida, June 30, 1960
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 30, 1960
- Hail in Nebraska, June 30, 1960
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, June 30, 1960
- Hail in Maine, June 30, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 30, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 30, 1960
- Tornado in North Dakota, June 30, 1960
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: 10010988, 10010989.