Thunderstorm Wind, Livingston
- When
- June 4, 4:43 PM CST
- Where
- Livingston County, Pontiac
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.870, -88.620
Trees were blown down.
Tornado and Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 4, 1999
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- 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.
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:45 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Ford
- When
- June 4, 5:13 PM CST
- Where
- Ford County, 2 mi W of Roberts
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.620, -88.220
There were several reports of a tornado west of Roberts and near Melvin. No damage was reported.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- 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
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 4 to 5, 1999
- Tornado in Nebraska, June 4, 1999
- Tornado in Nebraska, June 4, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 4, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 4, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, June 4, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 4, 1999
- Tornado in South Dakota, June 4, 1999
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 4, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, June 4, 1999
- Flash Flood and Hail in Minnesota, June 4, 1999
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, June 4, 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: 5709886, 5709887.