Tornado, Randolph
- When
- December 23, 2:55 PM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Randolph County, Evansville to 1 mi NE of Evansville
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 70 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.080, -89.930
Tornado in Illinois, December 23, 1996
A tornado initially touched down 1/2 mile southwest of Evansville, damaging 2 homes and a large utility building. Several large trees were uprooted and a church sustained minor roof damage.
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
- 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 LSX wrote it up.
A tornado initially touched down 1/2 mile southwest of Evansville, damaging 2 homes and a large utility building. Several large trees were uprooted and a church sustained minor roof damage. The tornado moved across the southern end of Evensville causing mainly tree damage. Two mobile homes suffered minor roof damage. The tornado continued northeast destroying a bowling alley on the east side of town. The tornado then crossed Shuline Road where it damaged 3 homes. One home lost its roof, another half its roof, and the third sustained only minor roof damage. The tornado dissipated about 1 mile northeast of town over open farmland.
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:56 UTC.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, December 23 to 24, 1996
- Blizzard in Minnesota, December 23, 1996
- Tornado in California, December 23, 1996
- Ice Storm in Wisconsin, December 23, 1996
- Winter Weather in Vermont, December 23, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, December 23, 1996
- Cold in Nebraska, December 23 to 24, 1996
- Cold in Iowa, December 23 to 24, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, December 23 to 24, 1996
- Cold in Nebraska, December 23 to 24, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, December 23 to 24, 1996
- Tornado in California, December 23, 1996
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Illinois, 1996Warnings in Illinois, December 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: 5576348.