Tornado, De Kalb
- When
- June 6, 3:15 PM CST to 3:17 PM CST
- Where
- De Kalb County, Malta to 3 mi W of Malta
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 41.930, -88.930
Tornado in Illinois, June 6, 1996
DeKalb County Sheriff's Deputy reported a tornado touched down at the intersection of Illinois 38 and Willrett Road, 3 miles west of Malta, causing no 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 LOT wrote it up.
DeKalb County Sheriff's Deputy reported a tornado touched down at the intersection of Illinois 38 and Willrett Road, 3 miles west of Malta, causing no damage.
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:17 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
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- Hail in Kansas, June 6, 1996
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Illinois, 1996Warnings in Illinois, June 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: 5551509.