Illinois, 1974Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 8, 1974
June 8, 1974 · 6 events in 6 counties and zones
4 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Heat and drought
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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.
Thunderstorm Wind, Warren
- When
- June 8, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Warren County
- Coordinates
- 40.920, -90.630
Tornado, Clay
- When
- June 8, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.670, -88.480
Tornado, White
- When
- June 8, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- White County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.050, -88.200
Tornado, Peoria
- When
- June 8, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Peoria County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.720, -89.580
Tornado, Macon
- When
- June 8, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Macon County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.980, -88.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Stephenson
- When
- June 8, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Stephenson County
- Coordinates
- 42.280, -89.620
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 8, 197416 deaths · 294 injured · $117 million · F4 · 38 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 8, 19746 deaths · 177 injured · $50 million · F4 · 20 events
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 8, 19746 injured · $2.6 million · F1 · 21 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 8, 197461 kt wind · 4 events
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 8, 19744 events
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 8, 19742 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 8, 19740.75 in hail · 2 events
- Hail in Texas, June 8, 19743 in hail · 1 event
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: 10010188, 10010189, 10010190, 10010191, 10010192, 10010193.