Illinois, 2002

Tornado in Illinois, June 11, 2002

June 11, 2002 · NWS LSX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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.

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 Jun 10, 7:15 PM CST, 19 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 7:15 PM CST, 19 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
815 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2002

AREA OF TSRA HAS WEAKENED AND MOVD E OF FA WITH MSTLY CLR SKIES
ATTIM. SUM CLDS OVR NW MO MAY MOV BACK INTO RGN AFT MDNGT. HV
REMOVED MENTN OF PCPN IN TNGT PDS ALL ZNS AND WL WORD FOR INCRG
CLDNS LATE. NO OTHR CHGS ATTIM.

.STL...NONE

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The radar

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Pike

When
June 11, 2:15 PM CST
Where
Pike County, Rockport
Rating
F0
Path length
0.7 mi
Path width
60 yd
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.533, -91.017

A small tornado hit the south side of the Rockport area. The roof of the Post Office was heavily damaged and several trees were downed.

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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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: 5298118.