Illinois, 2001Tornado in Illinois, April 10, 2001
April 10, 2001 · NWS LSX · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- $5.0 million
- 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS St. Louis, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 10, 2:45 PM CST, 5 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 2:45 PM CST, 5 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
345 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001
LATEST SFC ANLYS SHWG CDFNT STRETCHING FM NR KEMP TO NORTH OF KCOU
AND KSTL TO NR KLAF WITH LRG SCALE OUTFLOW BNDRY FM MRNG CNVCTN VERY
EVIDENT ON RADAR AND STLT FM JUST SOUTH OF KJEF THRU FRANKLIN CO TO
SOUTH OF KMVN. AMS SOUTH OF THE OB HAS BCM PRETTY UNSTBL WITH CAPES
AOA 2000 J/KG. SCT TSTRMS BGNG TO DVLP ON NWD MOVG OUTFLOW BNDRY
ATTM. OTW LINEAR CLUSTER OF STRMS FM NE KS THRU WC MO BGNG TO
INTERACT WITH OB ON THE WRN FRINGE. LLJ ALREADY BGNG TO BACK TO
MORE SLY AND THIS COMBINED WITH SOME ASCENT ASSOCD WITH THE SHRTWV
LIFTING THRU NE KS AND THE TWO BNDRYS SHUD LEAD TO BEST CNVCTV
THREAT OVR THE NRN HALF OF THE CWFA. CONVECTIVE TRENDS OVR SE MO/SW
IL A BIT VAGUE BUT LESSER THAN FURTHER NORTH. SOME HVY RN THREAT
OVR NE MO/WC IL BUT LONGEVITY AND FAST MVMNT PRECLUDING ISSUANCE OF
ANOTHER FFA ATTM. LCL HVY RAFL LAST NGT WAS PRETTY ISOLD...AND WL
LET EVNG SHIFT ASSESS THE NEED FOR AN FFA SHUD IT ARISE.
STILL LOOKS LIKE A PRETTY GOOD SQLN SHUD EVOLVE ACRS THE WRN PLAINS
THIS EVENING...SWEEPING EWD IN ADVANCE OF THE EJECTING SW UPR
LOW/TROF. BLV SQLN WL BE OVR ERN KS IN THE MRNG AND SHUD BE IN A
WKNG PHASE. EITHER NEW LN OR REINTENSIFICATION OF THIS OLD SQLN
SHUD OCCUR TMW IN ADVANCE OF THE DRYLN AS LRG SCALE FRCG INCRSS WITH
LIFTING UPR TROF AND LOW LVLS UNDERGO DIURNAL DESTABILIZATION. SVR
THREAT CERTAINLY BEARS WATCHING CLOSELY WITH STG WND FIELDS AND DP
SHEAR. OTHER THING TO WATCH ON WED IS WNDS. THEY CUD HIT ADVSRY
CRITERIA TMW AFT...SPCLY IN THE WAKE OF THE SFC DRYLN WHERE DP MXG
BENEATH MID LVL DRY SLOT WL ENHANCE ALREADY TIGHTNING PRES GRAD. WL
LET THE MID SHIFT ASSESS THIS NEED AS IT MAY BE NEEDED FOR EVNG AS
WELL. DRYLN SHUD BE BTWN COU-STL BY 00Z THURS AND WL CONT MENTION
OF EVNG POPS AS A RESULT.
STEADY AS SHE GOES LATER PDS WITH NEW A VN INDCTG BEST PCPN THREAT ON
FRI PROBABLY DURING THE NGT FM STL SWD. TMPS RETURN TO MORE
SEASONABLE NORMS FOR THE WKND.
.STL...NONE
GLASS
Tornado, Madison
- When
- April 10, 8:35 PM CST to 8:38 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County, Granite City
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $5.0 million
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 38.717, -90.133
The 6th and last tornado spawned by the Heavy Precipitation Supercell that moved across the NWS St. Louis, County Warning Area, formed on the east side of Granite City and moved east into south Pontoon Beach. The tornado first damaged an apartment complex near Worthen Park. Two buildings were destroyed with 4 others suffering major to minor damage. Several cars in the parking lot were damaged by flying debris. One person was injured by flying glass. The tornado caused intermittent damage as it moved east across the Legacy Golf Course. Trees were downed and 3 homes suffered roof damage. In southern Pontoon Beach, one house was destroyed as the attached garage was blown away and the entire roof blown off. About 20 other homes/businesses were damaged before the tornado dissipated.
- 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.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 10 to 11, 20011 death · 5 injured · $3.2 million · F2 · 63 events
- High Wind in Texas, April 10, 20011 death · 3 injured · $1.5 million · 62 kt wind · 2 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 10 to 11, 2001$1.1 million · F2 · 59 events
- Tornado in Missouri, April 10, 20011 death · 2 injured · $75,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Hail in Missouri, April 10, 2001$850 million · 2.75 in hail · 6 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 10, 20012 injured · $1.4 million · F2 · 20 events
- Hail in Nebraska, April 10, 20011 injured · $300 million · 1.75 in hail · 1 event
- Hail in Missouri, April 10, 2001$200 million · 2 in hail · 5 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 10, 2001$900,000 · F2 · 13 events
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, April 10, 20011 death · 1 injured · $20,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Illinois, April 10, 20011 death · 1 event
- Tornado in Missouri, April 10, 2001$5.0 million · F1 · 1 event
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: 5243225.