Storm History: Clay County, Illinois

Events

447

Deaths

3

Injuries

21

Damage

$58 million

Episodes

291

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.

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• Winter Weather, December 8, 20081 death · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, December 16, 20161 death · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 17, 20191 death · 1 event here

• Drought, September 1, 2012$32 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 26, 2024$10 million · EF2 · 11 events here
• Flash Flood, June 23, 2013$9.0 million · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 15, 19988 injured · $2.2 million · F2 · 2 events here
• Blizzard, February 1, 2011$800,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 25, 2011$510,000 · EF2 · 3 events here
• Tornado, April 26, 1994$500,000 · F2 · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 20161 injured · $400,000 · 78 kt wind · 6 events here
• Tornado, December 18, 1957$250,000 · F5 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 2, 1990$250,000 · F4 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2018$250,000 · 61 kt wind · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 24, 2007$193,000 · 61 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, June 27, 2008$150,000 · 61 kt wind · 3 events here
• Tornado, May 18, 1995$100,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 9, 2013$100,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, April 26, 2016$100,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 26, 2010$83,000 · 52 kt wind · 3 events here
• Tornado, May 27, 2021$66,000 · EF0 · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, July 16, 2009$65,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, May 7, 2016$60,000 · 61 kt wind · 2 events here

• Hail, April 24, 20023.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 1, 2016$6,000 · 3 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, March 12, 20062.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 3, 19962.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, September 19, 19862.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, August 1, 20222 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 30, 2019$15,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 11, 20181.75 in hail · 6 events here
• Flash Flood, April 26, 2016$100,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, March 2, 20121.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, March 23, 2012$25,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 28, 20121.75 in hail · 6 events here
• Hail, May 4, 20121.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, February 27, 2011$15,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, April 22, 2011$2,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here

• Tornado, December 18, 1957$250,000 · F5 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 2, 1990$250,000 · F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 6, 1961$25,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 27, 1984F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 10, 2003F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, February 28, 2017EF3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, May 6, 1960$25,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 9, 1990F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 26, 1994$500,000 · F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 18, 1995$100,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 15, 19988 injured · $2.2 million · F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 1, 1999F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, October 24, 2001F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 23, 2004F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 25, 2011$510,000 · EF2 · 3 events here

Every tornado in Clay County, with its track

• Tornado, June 27, 2026EF0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 21, 2026EF2 · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, May 18, 20261 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, May 4, 20261.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, March 22, 20261.25 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 15, 202654 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 15, 2026EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 10, 2026EF1 · 3 events here
• Drought, March 1, 20261 event here
• Tornado, February 19, 2026$10,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Drought, February 1, 20261 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 26, 20261 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 24, 20261 event here
• Flash Flood, July 19, 20253 events here
• Tornado, April 20, 2025EF1 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 19, 202561 kt wind · 8 events here
• Tornado, April 2, 2025EF2 · 3 events here
• Heavy Snow, January 5, 20251 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 202461 kt wind · 3 events here
• Tornado, May 26, 2024$10 million · EF2 · 11 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 8, 202461 kt wind · 3 events here
• Excessive Heat, August 20, 20231 event here
• Tornado, August 6, 2023EF2 · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, August 3, 20233 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 202352 kt wind · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 27, 20231 event here
• Tornado, June 29, 2023EF2 · 2 events here
• Hail, March 23, 20231 in hail · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, December 22, 20221 event here
• Flash Flood, August 3, 202253 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 2, 20221 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 1, 20222 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 17, 2022EF1 · 10 events here
• Winter Storm, February 1, 20221 event here
• Flash Flood, August 30, 20211 event here
• Tornado, July 10, 2021EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 27, 2021$66,000 · EF0 · 4 events here
• Hail, May 9, 202152 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 6, 2021EF0 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 14, 20211 event here
• Hail, August 10, 202070 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 3, 20201 event here
• Flash Flood, July 19, 202052 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 201952 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 6, 20190.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 17, 20191 death · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 3, 201952 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, June 30, 2019$15,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 26, 20191.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 5, 20191 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 23, 2019EF0 · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 14, 2019$15,000 · 56 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, September 7, 20181 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 201852 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 11, 20181.75 in hail · 6 events here
• Hail, June 1, 2018$59,000 · 1 in hail · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2018$250,000 · 61 kt wind · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, November 18, 20170.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 201761 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 17, 20171 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 10, 2017EF0 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, May 4, 20172 events here
• Flood, May 1, 20171 event here
• Tornado, April 29, 2017EF0 · 1 event here
• Flood, April 29, 20171 event here
• Hail, April 26, 2017$45,000 · 1.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, February 28, 2017EF3 · 3 events here
• Winter Weather, December 16, 20161 death · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 13, 20161 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 20161 injured · $400,000 · 78 kt wind · 6 events here
• Hail, May 7, 2016$60,000 · 61 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, May 1, 2016$6,000 · 3 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, April 26, 2016$100,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, December 23, 2015$30,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 3, 20151 event here
• Flash Flood, July 1, 20152 events here
• Flash Flood, June 21, 20151 event here
• Flash Flood, June 19, 20152 events here
• Flash Flood, June 18, 201552 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 7, 2015$20,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 15, 20151 event here
• Flash Flood, September 2, 201452 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 23, 2014$25,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, August 20, 2014$58,000 · 52 kt wind · 4 events here
• Sleet, March 2, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 20141 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 4, 20141 event here
• Winter Storm, December 5, 20131 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 31, 2013$20,000 · 52 kt wind · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, July 1, 20131 event here
• Flash Flood, June 23, 2013$9.0 million · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 22, 20131 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2013$45,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 1, 201352 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 31, 2013$2,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 9, 2013$100,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, January 29, 2013$5,000 · 70 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, December 20, 20121 event here
• Hail, September 7, 2012$14,000 · 1.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 5, 2012$8,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, September 1, 2012$32 million · 1 event here
• Hail, August 16, 2012$7,000 · 1 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, August 8, 2012$49,000 · 1 in hail · 5 events here
• Drought, August 1, 20121 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 1, 20121 event here
• Drought, July 1, 20121 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 29, 20121 event here
• Drought, June 19, 20121 event here
• Hail, May 4, 20121.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 4, 20121.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, April 28, 20121.75 in hail · 6 events here
• Hail, March 23, 2012$25,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, March 17, 20120.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, March 2, 20121.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 12, 201152 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 25, 20111 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 21, 2011$15,000 · 61 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2011$3,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 17, 2011$2,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 20113 injured · $10,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 10, 2011EF0 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 5, 20110.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 25, 2011$510,000 · EF2 · 3 events here
• Hail, May 23, 2011$39,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, April 22, 2011$2,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 19, 2011$40,000 · EF1 · 3 events here
• Tornado, April 15, 2011$12,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, February 27, 2011$15,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Blizzard, February 1, 2011$800,000 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 20, 20111 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 26, 2010$83,000 · 52 kt wind · 3 events here
• Excessive Heat, August 9, 20101 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 3, 20101 event here
• Hail, July 19, 2010$24,000 · 1.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 18, 2010$3,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 15, 2010$13,000 · 1.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 14, 2010$20,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2010$5,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 30, 2010$22,000 · 52 kt wind · 4 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 24, 2010$2,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 16, 2009$65,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 19, 2009$6,000 · EF0 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 13, 2009EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, March 8, 2009$20,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Flood, February 11, 200952 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 26, 20091 event here
• Winter Weather, December 8, 20081 death · 1 event here
• High Wind, September 14, 2008$2,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 27, 2008$150,000 · 61 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, June 9, 20081.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, June 3, 2008$15,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 31, 20080.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, March 4, 20081 event here
• Ice Storm, February 21, 20081 event here
• Flash Flood, February 5, 2008$20,000 · 1 in hail · 3 events here
• Dense Fog, February 4, 20081 event here
• Hail, January 29, 2008$35,000 · 56 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, December 22, 2007$5,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 18, 2007$4,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20071 event here
• Drought, September 13, 20071 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 24, 2007$193,000 · 61 kt wind · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2007$8,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 17, 20071 in hail · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 5, 20071 event here
• Hail, April 3, 20071 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 200655 kt wind · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, August 9, 20061 event here
• Heat, August 1, 20061 event here
• Heat, July 30, 20061 event here
• Flash Flood, June 18, 200660 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 30, 2006F0 · 1 event here
• Hail, April 2, 20061.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, March 12, 20062.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, February 16, 200650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 26, 200550 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 200552 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 200555 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heat, July 22, 20051 event here
• Hail, June 30, 20051 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 8, 2005F0 · 1 event here
• Hail, May 19, 20051 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 22, 2005F0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 30, 2005F1 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, January 12, 200560 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 22, 20041 event here
• Flash Flood, July 11, 200460 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 30, 20043 injured · F1 · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, May 27, 20041.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, May 26, 20041.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 23, 2004F2 · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, January 25, 20041 event here
• Tornado, September 26, 2003F1 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 2, 20031.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 10, 2003F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 9, 2003F0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 8, 2003F0 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, May 6, 200360 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 28, 200352 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 24, 20031.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 4, 2003F1 · 1 event here
• Sleet, February 16, 20031 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 24, 20021 event here
• Hail, November 10, 20020.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, May 12, 20021 event here
• Flash Flood, May 8, 20021 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 6, 20021 event here
• Tornado, May 1, 2002F1 · 3 events here
• Tornado, April 27, 20025 injured · F1 · 2 events here
• Hail, April 24, 20023.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, April 21, 200250 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, April 12, 20021.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, October 24, 2001F2 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 200150 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 5, 200150 kt wind · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, December 13, 20001 event here
• Hail, October 4, 20000.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 23, 2000F1 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 20001 event here
• Flash Flood, July 4, 20001 event here
• Tornado, June 20, 2000F1 · 1 event here
• Flood, June 16, 200052 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 23, 20001 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 12, 2000F0 · 2 events here
• Hail, May 9, 20001.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 11, 20001 event here
• Heat, July 28, 19991 event here
• Heat, July 20, 19991 event here
• Flash Flood, July 1, 19991 event here
• Tornado, June 4, 1999F1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 1, 1999F2 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 17, 19991 event here
• Hail, May 5, 19991.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, February 27, 19991.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 19991 event here
• Winter Storm, January 1, 19991 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 199852 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 29, 1998F1 · 1 event here
• Heat, June 26, 19981 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 19981 event here
• Hail, June 18, 19981 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 19981 event here
• Tornado, June 14, 1998F0 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 12, 19981.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 22, 19981 event here
• Tornado, April 15, 19988 injured · $2.2 million · F2 · 2 events here
• Flood, February 18, 19981 event here
• Flood, January 8, 19981 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 30, 19971 event here

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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.