Storms in Illinois in 2000

1,720 events in 469 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Illinois in 2000, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Illinois in 2000 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The year

Events: 1,720
Deaths: 9
Injuries: 37
Damage: $23 million
Episodes: 469

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.

By kind of event

Kind of event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Thunderstorm Wind	530	1	4	$2.2 million
Hail	347	0	1	$13 million
Winter Storm	175	1	3
Heavy Snow	175	1	9
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	76	2	0
Flash Flood	70	3	1	$2.7 million
Flood	68	1	0	$459,000
Tornado	58	0	14	$4.4 million
Dense Fog	50	0	0
Frost/Freeze	38	0	0
Winter Weather	27	0	0
Ice Storm	24	0	1
High Wind	19	0	0
Lightning	18	0	4	$118,000
Funnel Cloud	13	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	13	0	0
Blizzard	10	0	0
Heat	9	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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December 2000

Every year in Illinois Every state in 2000 Tornadoes in Illinois in 2000 Warnings in Illinois in 2000 1999 2001

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.