Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- April 19, 8:15 PM CST to 8:18 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Ina to 8 mi E of Ina
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Coordinates
- 38.150, -88.750
Tornadoes in Illinois, April 19, 1996
Total damage was estimated around 3 million dollars. The tornado destroyed 3 homes and caused moderate to severe damage to 50 others.
Where it happened
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- Wind
- Hail
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $3.2 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 PAH wrote it up.
Total damage was estimated around 3 million dollars. The tornado destroyed 3 homes and caused moderate to severe damage to 50 others. About 45 barns and outbuildings were damaged or destroyed, along with 60 to 70 grain bins. The small community of Piopolis was nearly devastated. The intensity of the tornado was just weak (F0 or F1) during most of its life, but it briefly reached F3 intensity.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Hamilton
- When
- April 19, 8:18 PM CST to 8:28 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County, Piopolis to 8 mi NE of Piopolis
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 13 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Property damage
- $2.8 million
- Coordinates
- 38.130, -88.700
Tornado, Wayne
- When
- April 19, 8:28 PM CST to 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County, Barnhill to 4 mi SW of Barnhill
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Coordinates
- 38.250, -88.420
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.
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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: 5543600, 5543601, 5543602.