Thunderstorm Wind, Calhoun
- When
- May 12, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Calhoun County
- Coordinates
- 38.950, -90.550
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 12, 1990
7 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $750,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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
7 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Madison
- When
- May 12, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 38.970, -89.650
Tornado, Bond
- When
- May 12, 4:49 PM CST
- Where
- Bond County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 38.970, -89.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- May 12, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Coordinates
- 38.900, -90.170
Tornado, Montgomery
- When
- May 12, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.070, -89.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette
- When
- May 12, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Coordinates
- 38.970, -89.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Effingham
- When
- May 12, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Effingham County
- Coordinates
- 39.180, -88.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Cumberland
- When
- May 12, 7:05 PM CST
- Where
- Cumberland County
- Measured
- 72 kt (83 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.270, -88.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Clark
- When
- May 12, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County
- Coordinates
- 39.320, -87.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Crawford
- When
- May 12, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford County
- Coordinates
- 39.030, -87.730
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.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, May 12, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 12, 1990
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 12, 1990
- Hail in Kansas, May 12, 1990
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 12, 1990
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 12, 1990
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 12, 1990
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 12, 1990
- Tornado in Wyoming, May 12, 1990
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: 10004949, 10004950, 10004951, 10004952, 10004953, 10004954, 10004955, 10004956, 10004957, 10004958.