Illinois

Storm History: Logan County, Illinois

423 episodes, 684 events since 1951

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Logan 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
684
Deaths
14
Injuries
99
Damage
$111 million
Episodes
423

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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Every year

From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Tornado255180$61 million
Hail16901$12 million
Flash Flood8500$2.6 million
Thunderstorm Wind5301$289,000
Heavy Snow2424
Winter Storm1802$550,000
Drought1700$34 million
High Wind1200$102,000
Heat720
Ice Storm711
Excessive Heat700
Flood610
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill600
Blizzard403$100,000
Winter Weather420
Dust Storm306
Cold/Wind Chill200
Dense Fog210
Frost/Freeze100
Lightning100$8,000
Heavy Rain141

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Logan County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Logan CountyEvery warning in Logan 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.