Storm History: Fulton County, Illinois
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Fulton County, Illinois: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.
The record
- Events
- 758
- Deaths
- 6
- Injuries
- 130
- Damage
- $73 million
- Episodes
- 462
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 265 | 2 | 124 | $41 million |
| Hail | 174 | 0 | 2 | $3.0 million |
| Flash Flood | 113 | 1 | 0 | $15 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 70 | 0 | 0 | $392,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 25 | 0 | 2 | |
| Winter Storm | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 17 | 1 | 0 | $11 million |
| Drought | 13 | 0 | 0 | $3.3 million |
| Ice Storm | 11 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| High Wind | 9 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 6 | 1 | 0 | $200,000 |
| Winter Weather | 6 | 1 | 2 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | $19,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, July 23, 1975
- Flash Flood, April 17, 2013
- Flood, April 18, 2013
- Tornado, May 13, 1995
- Flood, May 16, 2009
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Tornado, June 13, 1975
- Tornado, April 13, 1981
- Hail, April 10, 2017
- Flash Flood, April 18, 2013
- Tornado, June 29, 1998
- Tornado, June 18, 2021
- Flash Flood, May 11, 2002
- Tornado, April 30, 1997
- Tornado, December 1, 2018
- Tornado, May 23, 1966
- Tornado, February 19, 1971
- Tornado, August 11, 1976
- Tornado, March 8, 1990
- Tornado, June 19, 1990
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, August 26, 2000
- Flash Flood, May 7, 2023
- Hail, April 8, 2020
- Flash Flood, May 15, 2009
- Hail, August 29, 1990
- Hail, June 2, 1980
- Hail, March 31, 2024
- Hail, April 10, 2017
- Hail, June 7, 1982
- Hail, April 19, 2023
- Flash Flood, April 20, 2023
- Hail, June 4, 2010
- Hail, June 18, 2009
- Hail, May 13, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 4, 2002
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 3, 1981
- Tornado, May 13, 1995
- Tornado, July 23, 1975
- Tornado, May 14, 1961
- Tornado, June 14, 1974
- Tornado, June 13, 1975
- Tornado, March 4, 1976
- Tornado, May 9, 1995
- Tornado, May 10, 2003
- Tornado, August 19, 2009
- Tornado, December 1, 2018
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
- Tornado, April 4, 2023
- Tornado, June 11, 2026
- Tornado, July 23, 1967
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, June 11, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2026
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2026
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2026
- Winter Weather, March 15, 2026
- Hail, March 6, 2026
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- Drought, February 1, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 2026
- Tornado, December 28, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 18, 2025
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2025
- Drought, December 1, 2025
- Heavy Snow, November 29, 2025
- Drought, November 1, 2025
- Drought, October 1, 2025
- Drought, September 1, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2025
- Hail, April 22, 2025
- Tornado, April 20, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 21, 2025
- Tornado, March 19, 2025
- High Wind, March 14, 2025
- Tornado, March 14, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 12, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 21, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 5, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 14, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 27, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 30, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2024
- Tornado, July 15, 2024
- Hail, June 25, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2024
- Hail, May 7, 2024
- Hail, May 2, 2024
- Hail, March 31, 2024
- Tornado, March 14, 2024
- Hail, March 13, 2024
- Tornado, February 8, 2024
- Ice Storm, January 22, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 13, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 8, 2024
- Tornado, August 26, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 20, 2023
- Hail, August 17, 2023
- Flood, August 11, 2023
- Drought, August 1, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 27, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2023
- Drought, July 1, 2023
- Tornado, June 29, 2023
- Drought, June 12, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 7, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2023
- Flash Flood, April 20, 2023
- Hail, April 19, 2023
- Hail, April 15, 2023
- Tornado, April 4, 2023
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 5, 2022
- Tornado, September 18, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 2, 2022
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2022
- Tornado, March 5, 2022
- Heavy Snow, February 17, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 1, 2022
- Flash Flood, October 24, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 24, 2021
- Tornado, June 18, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2021
- Ice Storm, January 1, 2021
- Hail, August 10, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2020
- Hail, June 20, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2020
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2020
- Hail, April 8, 2020
- Tornado, March 28, 2020
- High Wind, November 27, 2019
- Tornado, September 29, 2019
- Tornado, September 27, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2019
- Hail, June 25, 2019
- Tornado, June 15, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 28, 2019
- Tornado, May 25, 2019
- Tornado, May 24, 2019
- Tornado, May 22, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2019
- Tornado, December 1, 2018
- Blizzard, November 25, 2018
- Tornado, August 16, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2018
- Hail, June 10, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2017
- Tornado, July 10, 2017
- Hail, June 14, 2017
- Tornado, May 26, 2017
- Strong Wind, May 17, 2017
- Hail, May 17, 2017
- Tornado, April 29, 2017
- Flood, April 29, 2017
- Hail, April 10, 2017
- Tornado, March 6, 2017
- Hail, November 2, 2016
- Hail, August 24, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2016
- Tornado, April 27, 2016
- Tornado, March 15, 2016
- Ice Storm, December 28, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 11, 2015
- Tornado, August 18, 2015
- Tornado, July 16, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2015
- Tornado, June 7, 2015
- Hail, May 4, 2015
- Tornado, April 9, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2015
- Flash Flood, September 9, 2014
- Hail, June 21, 2014
- Hail, June 1, 2014
- Hail, April 28, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 4, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 4, 2014
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2013
- Hail, June 25, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 26, 2013
- Hail, May 20, 2013
- Flood, May 1, 2013
- Flash Flood, April 18, 2013
- Flood, April 18, 2013
- Flash Flood, April 17, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 24, 2013
- Blizzard, December 20, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 26, 2012
- Hail, August 16, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 1, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2012
- Hail, June 16, 2012
- Winter Weather, January 12, 2012
- Hail, September 3, 2011
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2011
- Tornado, June 10, 2011
- Hail, June 4, 2011
- Tornado, May 25, 2011
- Hail, May 22, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 22, 2011
- Tornado, April 19, 2011
- Tornado, April 15, 2011
- Blizzard, February 1, 2011
- Heavy Snow, December 24, 2010
- Blizzard, December 12, 2010
- Hail, November 22, 2010
- Strong Wind, October 26, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2010
- Excessive Heat, August 9, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 9, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 24, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 19, 2010
- Hail, July 19, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2010
- Tornado, June 21, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2010
- Hail, June 4, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2010
- Hail, April 4, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2010
- Tornado, August 19, 2009
- Hail, August 4, 2009
- Hail, July 24, 2009
- Hail, June 27, 2009
- Tornado, June 19, 2009
- Hail, June 18, 2009
- Flood, May 16, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 15, 2009
- Tornado, May 13, 2009
- Winter Weather, March 29, 2009
- High Wind, March 24, 2009
- Flood, March 10, 2009
- Hail, March 8, 2009
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2009
- Flash Flood, December 27, 2008
- Ice Storm, December 18, 2008
- Flash Flood, September 13, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2008
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2008
- Tornado, July 21, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2008
- Tornado, June 15, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2008
- Hail, May 13, 2008
- Dense Fog, February 4, 2008
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2008
- Heavy Snow, January 31, 2008
- Tornado, January 7, 2008
- Ice Storm, December 1, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2007
- Hail, June 21, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 15, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, April 5, 2007
- Ice Storm, February 24, 2007
- Blizzard, February 12, 2007
- Ice Storm, January 12, 2007
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2006
- Winter Storm, November 29, 2006
- Hail, September 22, 2006
- Flash Flood, September 11, 2006
- Heat, August 1, 2006
- Heat, July 30, 2006
- Hail, July 19, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2006
- Tornado, June 22, 2006
- Hail, May 30, 2006
- Tornado, May 24, 2006
- Tornado, April 13, 2006
- Hail, April 2, 2006
- Blizzard, March 21, 2006
- Hail, March 11, 2006
- Hail, September 19, 2005
- Hail, September 18, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 13, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 8, 2005
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Fulton CountyEvery warning in Fulton County since 1986Every county in Illinois
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.