Thunderstorm Wind, Randolph
- When
- April 5, 4:45 AM CST
- Where
- Randolph County
- Coordinates
- 38.050, -89.850
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Illinois, April 5, 1985
6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 3
- Property damage
- $2.8 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 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Randolph
- When
- April 5, 4:55 AM CST
- Where
- Randolph County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 38.200, -89.700
Tornado, Randolph
- When
- April 5, 4:58 AM CST
- Where
- Randolph County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1.8 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 38.220, -89.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- April 5, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Coordinates
- 38.330, -89.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton
- When
- April 5, 5:15 AM CST
- Where
- Clinton County
- Coordinates
- 38.580, -89.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- April 5, 9:45 AM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.780, -89.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- April 5, 10:02 AM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Coordinates
- 37.770, -89.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- April 5, 10:55 AM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Measured
- 78 kt (90 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.380, -88.370
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, Randolph | 1985-04-05 | 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
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- Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, April 5, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, April 5, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, April 5, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 5, 1985
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, April 5, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 5, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 5, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 5, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 5, 1985
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: 10006636, 10006637, 10006638, 10006639, 10006640, 10006641, 10006642, 10006643.