Tornado, Madison
- When
- April 8, 9:18 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County, New Douglas to 1 mi S of New Douglas
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 75 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.950, -89.680
Tornado in Illinois, April 8, 1999
A small non-supercell tornado associated with a line of thunderstorms caused 1 injury and damage to 3 farms New Douglas area. Most of the damage was to barns and outbuildings.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- 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 non-supercell tornado associated with a line of thunderstorms caused 1 injury and damage to 3 farms New Douglas area. Most of the damage was to barns and outbuildings. One home had the roof and a couple of walls of an addition blown away. The garage was also severely damaged. One man suffered cuts and bruises when hit by flying debris.
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:20 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, April 8, 1999
- Tornado and Flood in Illinois, April 8, 1999
- Tornadoes in Illinois, April 8, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, April 8, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, April 8, 1999
- Tornado in Missouri, April 8, 1999
- Tornado in Missouri, April 8, 1999
- Hail in California, April 8, 1999
- Winter Storm in Utah, April 8 to 10, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, April 8, 1999
- High Wind in Colorado, April 8, 1999
- Tornado in Missouri, April 8, 1999
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Illinois, 1999Warnings in Illinois, April 1999
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: 5698521.