Tornado, Madison
- When
- August 10, 1:25 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.900, -89.780
Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 10, 1974
25 tornado, 1 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $38,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 26
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
25 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Macon
- When
- August 10, 1:40 PM CST
- Where
- Macon County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 39.850, -89.170
Tornado, Montgomery
- When
- August 10, 1:50 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2.7 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 39.150, -89.650
Tornado, Effingham
- When
- August 10, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Effingham County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 39.080, -88.500
Tornado, Ogle
- When
- August 10, 2:29 PM CST
- Where
- Ogle County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 42.130, -89.600
Tornado, Macon
- When
- August 10, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Macon County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.870, -88.980
Tornado, Macon
- When
- August 10, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Macon County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.870, -88.980
Tornado, Macon
- When
- August 10, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Macon County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.880, -89.020
Tornado, Macon
- When
- August 10, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Macon County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.880, -88.970
Tornado, Macon
- When
- August 10, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Macon County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.850, -89.030
Tornado, Macon
- When
- August 10, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Macon County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.930, -88.900
Tornado, Macon
- When
- August 10, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Macon County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.870, -88.800
Tornado, Moultrie
- When
- August 10, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Moultrie County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.720, -88.800
Tornado, Coles
- When
- August 10, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Coles County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.400, -88.270
Tornado, Coles
- When
- August 10, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Coles County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.400, -88.370
Tornado, Jasper
- When
- August 10, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Jasper County
- Rating
- F3
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.100, -88.330
Tornado, Macon
- When
- August 10, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Macon County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.770, -89.050
Tornado, Macon
- When
- August 10, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Macon County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.630, -89.000
Tornado, Coles
- When
- August 10, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Coles County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 39.580, -88.170
Tornado, Macon
- When
- August 10, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Macon County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.750, -88.780
Tornado, Macon
- When
- August 10, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Macon County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 39.770, -88.920
Tornado, Shelby
- When
- August 10, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 39.620, -89.020
Tornado, Coles
- When
- August 10, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Coles County
- Rating
- F3
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 39.550, -88.180
Tornado, Macon
- When
- August 10, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Macon County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.750, -88.780
Tornado, Douglas
- When
- August 10, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 11.5 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 39.800, -88.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Champaign
- When
- August 10, 7:19 PM CST
- Where
- Champaign County
- Coordinates
- 40.120, -87.950
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
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: 10009160, 10009161, 10009162, 10009163, 10009164, 10009165, 10009166, 10009167, 10009168, 10009169, 10009170, 10009171, 10009172, 10009173, 10009174, 10009175, 10007822, 10007823, 10008040, 10008041, 10008042, 10008043, 10008044, 10008045, 10008046, 10008047.