Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- June 21, 8:55 AM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.770, -89.130
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 21, 1981
6 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 12
- Property damage
- $5.0 million
- 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
6 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Hancock
- When
- June 21, 7:14 PM CST
- Where
- Hancock County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 40.350, -91.450
Tornado, Hancock
- When
- June 21, 7:47 PM CST
- Where
- Hancock County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 40.270, -91.080
Tornado, Schuyler
- When
- June 21, 7:56 PM CST
- Where
- Schuyler County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 8.8 mi
- Path width
- 880 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 12 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 40.230, -90.630
Tornado, McLean
- When
- June 21, 8:33 PM CST
- Where
- McLean County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.420, -89.000
Tornado, Adams
- When
- June 21, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Adams County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.150, -91.100
Tornado, McLean
- When
- June 21, 9:16 PM CST
- Where
- McLean County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.480, -88.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Champaign
- When
- June 21, 9:51 PM CST
- Where
- Champaign County
- Coordinates
- 40.320, -88.350
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Schuyler | 1981-06-21 | Direct |
What these are
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 21, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 21, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in West Virginia, June 21, 1981
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 21, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, June 21, 1981
- Tornadoes in Florida, June 21, 1981
- Tornado in New Jersey, June 21, 1981
- Tornadoes in Pennsylvania, June 21, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 21, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 21, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, June 21, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 21, 1981
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1981Every state in 1981This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Illinois, 1981
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: 10003396, 10003397, 10003398, 10003399, 10003400, 10003401, 10003402, 10003403.