Tornado, Alexander
- When
- January 21, 6:35 PM CST to 6:47 PM CST
- Where
- Alexander County, Thebes to 1 mi ENE of Mc Clure
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 7 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Property damage
- $150,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 37.220, -89.450
Tornadoes in Illinois, January 21, 1999
Top winds were estimated near 130 MPH. Damage was relatively light due to the track of the tornado over rural portions of those counties.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $170,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 PAH wrote it up.
Top winds were estimated near 130 MPH. Damage was relatively light due to the track of the tornado over rural portions of those counties. A few sheds and barns were destroyed, and a house sustained moderate damage. A fairly large metal barn, about 100 feet by 50 feet, was blown into a stand of trees, but remained fully intact in the upper reaches of the trees. Tree damage was complete along some wooded portions of the track. The tornado formed less than a half mile east of Thebes, and then tracked seven miles through the Shawnee National Forest. The damaged structures were near Thebes and Gale.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Union
- When
- January 21, 6:47 PM CST to 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Union County, Reynoldsville to 3 mi E of Reynoldsville
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 37.330, -89.370
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.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Flash Flooding in Ohio, January 21 to 22, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Indiana, January 21 to 23, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, January 21, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, January 21 to 22, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
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: 5682066, 5682067.