Tornado, Saline
- When
- January 10, 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 587 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 37.820, -88.530
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Illinois, January 10, 1975
2 tornado, 2 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
- $253,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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
2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Gallatin
- When
- January 10, 11:32 AM CST
- Where
- Gallatin County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 37.700, -88.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence
- When
- January 10, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Coordinates
- 38.720, -87.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Cook
- When
- January 10, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cook County
- Coordinates
- 42.170, -87.770
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 Mississippi, January 10, 1975
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, January 10, 1975
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, January 10, 1975
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, January 10, 1975
- Tornadoes in Florida, January 10, 1975
- Tornado in North Carolina, January 10, 1975
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, January 10, 1975
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Indiana, January 10, 1975
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, January 10, 1975
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, January 10, 1975
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, January 10, 1975
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, January 10, 1975
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: 10008079, 10008080, 10008081, 10008082.