Funnel Cloud, Whiteside
- When
- June 12, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Whiteside County, 1 mi E of Erie
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.756, -89.914 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado in Illinois, June 12, 1999
2 funnel cloud, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 3
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 Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:20 UTC.
Event by event
2 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Funnel Cloud, Whiteside
- When
- June 12, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Whiteside County, 1 mi SE of Prophetstown
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.756, -89.914 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado, Whiteside
- When
- June 12, 1:20 PM CST
- Where
- Whiteside County, 1 mi E of Prophetstown
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.670, -89.920
A tornado touched down briefly causing no injuries or damage.
What these are
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
- 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
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Michigan, June 12, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 12, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, June 12, 1999
- Flash Flood in Iowa, June 12, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 12, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 12 to 13, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 12, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 12, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 12, 1999
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 12, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, June 12, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 12, 1999
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Illinois, 1999Warnings in Illinois, June 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: 5716184, 5716186, 5716185.