Tornado, Jersey
- When
- December 21, 1:15 AM CST
- Where
- Jersey County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 127 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.100, -90.300
Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Illinois, December 21, 1967
4 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
- 2
- Property damage
- $3.0 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Clinton
- When
- December 21, 10:15 AM CST
- Where
- Clinton County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 38.630, -89.530
Tornado, Randolph
- When
- December 21, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Randolph County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 15.7 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 37.880, -89.830
Tornado, Perry
- When
- December 21, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Perry County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 7.9 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 38.020, -89.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- December 21, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.700, -89.180
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.
- 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 Damaging Winds in Missouri, December 21, 1967
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, December 21, 1967
- Tornadoes in Texas, December 21, 1967
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, December 21, 1967
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, December 21, 1967
- Tornado in Alabama, December 21, 1967
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, December 21, 1967
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, December 21, 1967
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, December 21, 1967
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: 10011145, 10011146, 10011147, 10011148, 10011149.