Tornado, Adams
- When
- April 30, 12:25 PM CST to 12:33 PM CST
- Where
- Adams County, Quincy to 10 mi SE of Marcelline
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 8 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.030, -91.530
Tornado in Illinois, April 30, 1997
A small tornado formed just west of La Grange, Missouri and moved northeast into Illinois. In La Grange, some trees and power lines were downed, homes suffered minor roof damage and some windows were broken.
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 small tornado formed just west of La Grange, Missouri and moved northeast into Illinois. In La Grange, some trees and power lines were downed, homes suffered minor roof damage and some windows were broken. In Illinois, some outbuildings were destroyed near Marcelline.
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 165 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:23 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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- High Wind in Illinois, April 30, 1997
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- Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 30, 1997
- High Wind in Iowa, April 30, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, April 30, 1997
- Tornadoes in Illinois, April 30, 1997
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: 5596089.