Storm History: Henry County, Illinois
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Henry 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
- 905
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 16
- Damage
- $157 million
- Episodes
- 550
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 | 224 | 2 | 4 | $76 million |
| Tornado | 217 | 0 | 11 | $37 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 125 | 0 | 0 | $149,000 |
| Flash Flood | 96 | 0 | 1 | $5.7 million |
| Winter Storm | 71 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 35 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 28 | 0 | 0 | $742,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 20 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Ice Storm | 15 | 0 | 0 | $18,000 |
| Drought | 15 | 0 | 0 | $35 million |
| Dense Fog | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 9 | 0 | 0 | $250,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 6 | 0 | 0 | $1.8 million |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 3 | 0 | 0 | $75,000 |
| Strong Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sleet | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hail, July 20, 2003
- Drought, July 1, 2005
- Tornado, April 19, 1996
- Tornado, April 30, 2003
- Drought, August 1, 2005
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2010
- Tornado, April 21, 1973
- Frost/Freeze, May 3, 2005
- Hail, May 10, 2003
- Tornado, May 10, 2003
- Hail, June 18, 2009
- Flash Flood, March 12, 2006
- Tornado, July 15, 2024
- Tornado, April 21, 1967
- Tornado, June 20, 1974
- Tornado, April 26, 1956
- Tornado, September 26, 1959
- Tornado, May 28, 1962
- Tornado, April 24, 1965
- High Wind, April 6, 1997
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, March 10, 2026
- Tornado, May 7, 2023
- Hail, May 15, 2025
- Hail, November 22, 2010
- Hail, April 30, 1973
- Hail, June 19, 1964
- Hail, June 16, 2024
- Hail, August 17, 2023
- Tornado, August 25, 2021
- Hail, April 8, 2020
- Flash Flood, September 27, 2019
- Hail, March 19, 2017
- Hail, July 13, 2015
- Hail, April 2, 2014
- Hail, May 11, 2014
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 21, 1967
- Tornado, April 24, 1965
- Tornado, April 18, 1975
- Tornado, July 23, 1975
- Tornado, May 9, 1995
- Tornado, April 19, 1996
- Tornado, April 26, 1956
- Tornado, September 26, 1959
- Tornado, May 28, 1962
- Tornado, April 23, 1965
- Tornado, April 21, 1973
- Tornado, December 4, 1973
- Tornado, April 21, 1974
- Tornado, May 16, 1974
- Tornado, June 22, 1974
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, June 17, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2026
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 4, 2026
- Tornado, April 17, 2026
- Tornado, April 2, 2026
- Hail, March 31, 2026
- Blizzard, March 15, 2026
- Hail, March 10, 2026
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 20, 2025
- Hail, May 15, 2025
- Tornado, April 20, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 14, 2025
- Hail, October 24, 2024
- Tornado, July 15, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2024
- Hail, June 16, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 2024
- Tornado, May 24, 2024
- Hail, May 21, 2024
- Hail, May 7, 2024
- Hail, April 16, 2024
- Tornado, March 4, 2024
- Tornado, February 27, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 11, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 8, 2024
- Hail, August 17, 2023
- Tornado, July 28, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2023
- Tornado, May 7, 2023
- Tornado, April 20, 2023
- Tornado, April 5, 2023
- Hail, April 4, 2023
- Tornado, April 4, 2023
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
- Blizzard, December 21, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 5, 2022
- Hail, September 18, 2022
- Tornado, August 20, 2022
- Hail, August 1, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 5, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2022
- Hail, June 6, 2022
- Hail, May 26, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 20, 2022
- Tornado, March 5, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 28, 2021
- Tornado, August 25, 2021
- Hail, August 11, 2021
- Tornado, August 9, 2021
- Winter Storm, March 15, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2020
- Tornado, November 10, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 6, 2020
- Funnel Cloud, August 24, 2020
- Tornado, August 10, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2020
- Hail, July 11, 2020
- Tornado, July 8, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2020
- Tornado, May 14, 2020
- Winter Storm, April 16, 2020
- Hail, April 8, 2020
- Tornado, March 28, 2020
- Winter Storm, January 17, 2020
- Winter Weather, October 30, 2019
- Flash Flood, September 27, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2019
- Tornado, June 15, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 2019
- Flood, June 1, 2019
- Flood, May 26, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2019
- Hail, May 16, 2019
- Flash Flood, April 30, 2019
- Flash Flood, April 22, 2019
- Flood, March 14, 2019
- High Wind, February 24, 2019
- Flood, February 24, 2019
- Ice Storm, February 11, 2019
- Flash Flood, February 6, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 11, 2019
- Blizzard, November 25, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 28, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2018
- Tornado, June 26, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2018
- Hail, June 6, 2018
- Hail, May 14, 2018
- Hail, May 12, 2018
- Winter Weather, April 8, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 23, 2018
- Heavy Snow, February 5, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 24, 2017
- Hail, August 10, 2017
- Hail, June 19, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 2017
- Hail, June 14, 2017
- Tornado, May 17, 2017
- Hail, March 19, 2017
- Tornado, February 28, 2017
- Winter Storm, December 4, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 28, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2016
- Tornado, March 15, 2016
- High Wind, February 19, 2016
- Ice Storm, December 28, 2015
- Winter Storm, November 20, 2015
- Tornado, November 11, 2015
- Wildfire, October 12, 2015
- Hail, July 13, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2015
- Hail, June 29, 2015
- Tornado, May 26, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2015
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2015
- Hail, September 9, 2014
- Hail, August 25, 2014
- Tornado, July 12, 2014
- Flood, July 1, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 29, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 1, 2014
- Hail, May 12, 2014
- Hail, May 11, 2014
- Hail, April 28, 2014
- Hail, April 2, 2014
- Winter Weather, March 5, 2014
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 4, 2014
- Winter Storm, December 21, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 13, 2013
- Hail, November 17, 2013
- Drought, October 1, 2013
- Drought, September 17, 2013
- Heat, August 26, 2013
- Tornado, June 24, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 24, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 26, 2013
- Tornado, May 19, 2013
- Flood, April 18, 2013
- Flash Flood, April 17, 2013
- Hail, April 6, 2013
- Winter Weather, March 24, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 4, 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
- Hail, September 17, 2012
- Drought, August 7, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2012
- Drought, July 17, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 4, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 28, 2012
- Hail, May 15, 2012
- Hail, May 6, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 3, 2012
- Hail, April 14, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, April 12, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, April 10, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, April 10, 2012
- Winter Weather, February 23, 2012
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 23, 2011
- Hail, August 8, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2011
- Hail, June 8, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2011
- Hail, May 22, 2011
- Hail, April 19, 2011
- Hail, April 15, 2011
- Strong Wind, April 15, 2011
- Hail, April 3, 2011
- Hail, February 27, 2011
- Blizzard, February 1, 2011
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2011
- Winter Storm, December 23, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 20, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2010
- Blizzard, December 11, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 3, 2010
- Hail, November 22, 2010
- Lightning, September 18, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2010
- Flood, July 27, 2010
- Flood, July 25, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2010
- Hail, July 11, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2010
- Hail, June 4, 2010
- Flood, May 15, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 30, 2010
- Flash Flood, April 24, 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
- Ice Storm, December 23, 2009
- Winter Storm, December 7, 2009
- Flash Flood, August 19, 2009
- Lightning, August 7, 2009
- Tornado, July 24, 2009
- Flood, June 22, 2009
- Hail, June 18, 2009
- Flood, May 1, 2009
- Flood, April 1, 2009
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2009
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Henry CountyEvery warning in Henry 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.