Illinois, 1999

Tornado in Illinois, June 12, 1999

June 12, 1999 · NWS LOT · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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.

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:44 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Iroquois

When
June 12, 2:45 PM CST
Where
Iroquois County, Wellington
Rating
F0
Path length
0.2 mi
Path width
30 yd
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
40.530, -87.670

There were public sightings of a tornado touching down briefly near Wellington. There was no damage.

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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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: 5708327.