Illinois, 1996

Tornado in Illinois, April 19, 1996

April 19, 1996 · NWS LOT · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A small tornado uprooted 2 trees on the west side of State Road 251. East of 251 the tornado knocked down limbs, tore part of the roof off a large building and damaged a home and garage.

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

Open the live radar over this ground

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS LOT wrote it up.

A small tornado uprooted 2 trees on the west side of State Road 251. East of 251 the tornado knocked down limbs, tore part of the roof off a large building and damaged a home and garage.

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:39 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, La Salle

When
April 19, 4:40 PM CST to 4:41 PM CST
Where
La Salle County, Rutland
Rating
F1
Path length
0.5 mi
Path width
50 yd
Coordinates
40.980, -89.050

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Illinois in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Illinois, 1996Warnings in Illinois, April 1996

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: 5540436.