Tornado, Pike
- When
- February 11, 2:12 PM CST to 2:17 PM CST
- Where
- Pike County, Beecreek to 2 mi NE of Pearl
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 5.7 mi
- Path width
- 70 yd
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.400, -90.670
Tornado in Illinois, February 11, 1999
The Annada, MO tornado, which crossed Calhoun County, IL, then continued northeast crossing into southeast Pike County, IL west of Bee Creek. The tornado downed hundreds of trees as it tracked northeast to near Pearl.
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
- $200,000
- 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.
The Annada, MO tornado, which crossed Calhoun County, IL, then continued northeast crossing into southeast Pike County, IL west of Bee Creek. The tornado downed hundreds of trees as it tracked northeast to near Pearl. Here, part of the roof of a company was blown off causing at least $150,000 in damage. One home suffered roof damage, a barn was destroyed and several outbuildings damaged. At another home, windows on 3 sides were blown out and a trampoline was blown about 300 feet away.
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:12 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
- Wildfire and Dust Storm in California, February 11 to 12, 1999
- Tornado in Illinois, February 11, 1999
- Hail and High Wind in Kansas, February 11, 1999
- Tornado in Missouri, February 11, 1999
- Ice Storm in Iowa, February 11, 1999
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Illinois, February 11, 1999
- Flooding and Hail in Wisconsin, February 11, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, February 11, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, February 11, 1999
- Tornado in Missouri, February 11, 1999
- Tornado in Illinois, February 11, 1999
- Tornado in Illinois, February 11, 1999
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Illinois, 1999Warnings in Illinois, February 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: 5683650.