Tornado, Fayette
- When
- June 4, 12:18 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.100, -89.200
Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, June 4, 1960
3 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, La Salle
- When
- June 4, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- La Salle County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 41.430, -88.770
Hail, Peoria
- When
- June 4, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Peoria County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.700, -89.680
Hail,
- When
- June 4, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.780, -90.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Champaign
- When
- June 4, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Champaign County
- Coordinates
- 40.080, -88.180
Tornado, McLean
- When
- June 4, 11:37 PM CST
- Where
- McLean County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 46.5 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.530, -89.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Macon
- When
- June 4, 11:40 PM CST
- Where
- Macon County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -88.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Morgan
- When
- June 4, 11:50 PM CST
- Where
- Morgan County
- Measured
- 67 kt (77 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.700, -90.180
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
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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: 10010951, 10010952, 10010953, 10010954, 10010955, 10010956, 10010957, 10010958.