Storm History: Henderson County, Illinois
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Henderson 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
- 410
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $34 million
- Episodes
- 337
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 69 | 0 | 0 | $11 million |
| Winter Storm | 61 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 48 | 0 | 0 | $1.7 million |
| Flash Flood | 45 | 0 | 0 | $850,000 |
| Tornado | 38 | 0 | 0 | $8.4 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 36 | 0 | 1 | $222,000 |
| Winter Weather | 26 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Drought | 17 | 0 | 0 | $12 million |
| Heavy Snow | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 13 | 0 | 0 | $14,000 |
| Dense Fog | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 6 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Blizzard | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 5 | 0 | 0 | $330,000 |
| Heat | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hail, May 8, 2003
- Drought, August 1, 2005
- Tornado, April 19, 1996
- Drought, July 1, 2005
- Flood, May 20, 2003
- Flash Flood, May 4, 2003
- Frost/Freeze, May 3, 2005
- Tornado, April 29, 1984
- Flood, June 22, 2010
- Flood, April 16, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 17, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2003
- Flood, July 25, 2010
- Hail, July 9, 2003
- High Wind, April 6, 1997
- Flood, October 1, 2016
- Tornado, May 11, 1993
- Flash Flood, May 14, 2003
- Hail, April 4, 2010
- Hail, August 23, 2007
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, May 8, 2003
- Hail, November 22, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2002
- Hail, April 8, 2020
- Flash Flood, September 27, 2019
- Hail, April 4, 2010
- Hail, June 15, 2008
- Hail, April 2, 2006
- Hail, August 18, 2004
- Flood, April 5, 2001
- Hail, April 18, 1996
- Hail, June 2, 1996
- Hail, April 9, 1995
- Hail, June 23, 1992
- Hail, September 24, 1984
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, June 17, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 4, 2026
- Hail, March 31, 2026
- Blizzard, March 15, 2026
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2025
- Tornado, June 3, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 14, 2025
- Ice Storm, December 14, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2024
- Tornado, July 15, 2024
- Flood, July 2, 2024
- Tornado, March 14, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 11, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 8, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2023
- Hail, June 4, 2023
- Flood, April 22, 2023
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
- Blizzard, December 21, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 5, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2022
- High Wind, December 15, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 7, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2020
- Tornado, November 10, 2020
- Hail, September 8, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2020
- Winter Storm, April 16, 2020
- Flood, April 11, 2020
- Hail, April 8, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 26, 2019
- Winter Weather, October 30, 2019
- Flood, October 8, 2019
- Flash Flood, September 27, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2019
- Flood, June 1, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2019
- Flood, May 26, 2019
- Flood, May 19, 2019
- Flood, May 1, 2019
- Flood, April 25, 2019
- Flood, April 1, 2019
- Flood, March 16, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 11, 2019
- Blizzard, November 25, 2018
- Flood, October 8, 2018
- Flood, September 9, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2018
- Winter Weather, April 8, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 24, 2017
- Hail, August 18, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2017
- Tornado, February 28, 2017
- Flood, October 1, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2016
- Ice Storm, December 28, 2015
- Hail, September 10, 2015
- Tornado, July 16, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 20, 2015
- Hail, June 10, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2015
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2015
- Winter Weather, November 15, 2014
- Flood, June 26, 2014
- Hail, May 7, 2014
- Hail, April 27, 2014
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 4, 2014
- Winter Storm, December 21, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 13, 2013
- Drought, October 1, 2013
- Drought, September 3, 2013
- Heat, August 26, 2013
- Flood, June 27, 2013
- Flood, June 1, 2013
- Tornado, May 30, 2013
- Flood, May 29, 2013
- Tornado, May 19, 2013
- Flood, April 18, 2013
- Flash Flood, April 17, 2013
- Winter Weather, March 24, 2013
- Winter Storm, February 26, 2013
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2013
- Blizzard, December 19, 2012
- Dense Fog, November 21, 2012
- Dense Fog, November 20, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- Drought, August 7, 2012
- Drought, July 17, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 4, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, April 12, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, April 10, 2012
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2011
- Drought, September 1, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2011
- Hail, April 22, 2011
- Flood, April 16, 2011
- Hail, February 27, 2011
- Blizzard, February 1, 2011
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2011
- Winter Weather, January 10, 2011
- Winter Storm, December 23, 2010
- Blizzard, December 11, 2010
- Hail, November 22, 2010
- Flood, October 2, 2010
- Flood, July 25, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2010
- Flood, June 22, 2010
- Hail, May 25, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2010
- Hail, April 4, 2010
- Winter Weather, March 19, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2010
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2010
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2010
- Ice Storm, January 20, 2010
- Dense Fog, January 17, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 25, 2009
- Winter Storm, December 7, 2009
- Flash Flood, August 9, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2009
- Tornado, June 1, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2009
- Flood, April 30, 2009
- Hail, March 7, 2009
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2009
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2009
- Dense Fog, December 26, 2008
- Ice Storm, December 18, 2008
- Winter Weather, December 16, 2008
- Winter Weather, December 3, 2008
- Winter Weather, November 29, 2008
- High Wind, October 26, 2008
- Hail, September 20, 2008
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2008
- Hail, June 15, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2008
- Flood, June 1, 2008
- Flood, May 1, 2008
- Frost/Freeze, April 29, 2008
- Flood, April 1, 2008
- Winter Weather, February 28, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2008
- Dense Fog, February 4, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 3, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2008
- Winter Weather, January 31, 2008
- Winter Weather, January 29, 2008
- Winter Weather, January 20, 2008
- Heavy Snow, December 31, 2007
- Heavy Snow, December 28, 2007
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2007
- Dense Fog, December 20, 2007
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2007
- Ice Storm, December 10, 2007
- Winter Weather, December 6, 2007
- Ice Storm, December 1, 2007
- Hail, August 23, 2007
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, April 3, 2007
- Hail, March 31, 2007
- Hail, March 1, 2007
- Ice Storm, February 24, 2007
- Winter Weather, February 16, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2007
- Winter Weather, February 6, 2007
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 2, 2007
- Winter Weather, January 20, 2007
- Ice Storm, January 12, 2007
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2006
- Winter Storm, November 30, 2006
- Hail, April 15, 2006
- Hail, April 6, 2006
- Tornado, April 2, 2006
- Hail, April 2, 2006
- Winter Weather, March 21, 2006
- Flash Flood, March 12, 2006
- Drought, March 1, 2006
- Ice Storm, February 15, 2006
- Drought, February 1, 2006
- Ice Storm, January 20, 2006
- Drought, January 1, 2006
- Winter Weather, December 8, 2005
- Drought, December 1, 2005
- Drought, November 1, 2005
- Drought, October 1, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 8, 2005
- Drought, September 1, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2005
- Drought, August 1, 2005
- Drought, July 1, 2005
- Drought, June 15, 2005
- Tornado, June 8, 2005
- Hail, June 8, 2005
- Frost/Freeze, May 3, 2005
- Ice Storm, January 5, 2005
- Hail, August 18, 2004
- Flood, June 1, 2004
- Flood, May 24, 2004
- Hail, July 9, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2003
- Flood, May 20, 2003
- Flash Flood, May 14, 2003
- Hail, May 8, 2003
- Flash Flood, May 4, 2003
- Tornado, April 30, 2003
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2003
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2003
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2002
- Hail, May 31, 2002
- Hail, May 11, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 11, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 9, 2002
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2002
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2002
- Flash Flood, August 3, 2001
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2001
- Flood, May 1, 2001
- Strong Wind, April 23, 2001
- Flood, April 14, 2001
- Flood, April 5, 2001
- High Wind, February 25, 2001
- Flood, February 24, 2001
- Ice Storm, January 28, 2001
- Heavy Snow, January 26, 2001
- Heavy Snow, December 28, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 2000
- Heavy Snow, December 20, 2000
- Heavy Snow, December 18, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 16, 2000
- Ice Storm, December 15, 2000
Earlier years, state by state:
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Tornadoes in Henderson CountyEvery warning in Henderson 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.