Tornado, Madison
- When
- February 27, 12:05 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County, 1 mi NW of Troy
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.750, -89.880
Tornado in Illinois, February 27, 1999
Law enforcement and several spotters reported a small tornado just northwest of Troy near the intersection of I-270 and I-55/70. The tornado was brief, formed in an open field and did 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 LSX wrote it up.
Law enforcement and several spotters reported a small tornado just northwest of Troy near the intersection of I-270 and I-55/70. The tornado was brief, formed in an open field and did no damage.
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:07 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 Missouri, February 27, 1999
- Tornado in Kentucky, February 27, 1999
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Alabama, February 27, 1999
- Hail in Missouri, February 27, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, February 27, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, February 27, 1999
- Hail in Texas, February 27, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, February 27, 1999
- Hail in Illinois, February 27, 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: 5683667.