Illinois, 2000

Tornado in Illinois, July 31, 2000

July 31, 2000 · NWS LOT · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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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), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:47 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Ogle

When
July 31, 2:40 PM CST
Where
Ogle County, 1 mi NNW of Creston
Rating
F0
Path length
0.5 mi
Path width
50 yd
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
41.950, -88.967

There were several reports of funnel clouds relayed through the county sherrif. The funnels were associated with an area of developing showers and thunderstorms in a relatively cool unstable airmass. A small tornado touched down briefly at a farm and moved southeast producing a damage path about 1/2 mile long and up to 150 feet wide. It damaged the roof and doors of a barn, damaged a machine shed and damaged trees. The siding was peeled off another nearby farm house. Trees were also damaged.

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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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: 5165080.