Illinois, 1996

Tornado in Illinois, April 19, 1996

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

A tornado touched down 5 miles west southwest of Winchester and travelled to the east northeast for 2 miles before lifting. Just before it lifted the tornado split off part of a tree which landed on a car causing damage.

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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 ILX wrote it up.

A tornado touched down 5 miles west southwest of Winchester and travelled to the east northeast for 2 miles before lifting. Just before it lifted the tornado split off part of a tree which landed on a car causing damage. No one was injured and no damage estimate was available.

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:43 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Scott

When
April 19, 4:44 PM CST to 4:46 PM CST
Where
Scott County, Winchester to 5 mi WSW of Winchester
Rating
F0
Path length
2 mi
Path width
100 yd
Coordinates
39.600, -90.550

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.

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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: 5543733.