Storm History: Morgan County, Illinois
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Morgan 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
- 476
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 21
- Damage
- $215 million
- Episodes
- 354
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 | 172 | 0 | 12 | $7.6 million |
| Hail | 83 | 0 | 0 | $12 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 57 | 0 | 1 | $321,000 |
| Flash Flood | 57 | 1 | 0 | $151 million |
| Heavy Snow | 21 | 0 | 1 | |
| Winter Storm | 16 | 0 | 1 | |
| Flood | 12 | 0 | 1 | $45,000 |
| Drought | 10 | 0 | 0 | $43 million |
| High Wind | 9 | 0 | 1 | $12,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 9 | 1 | 0 | |
| Heat | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 5 | 0 | 0 | $220,000 |
| Ice Storm | 5 | 0 | 4 | $410,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2011
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Hail, August 12, 1999
- Tornado, May 24, 2004
- Tornado, August 19, 2009
- Hail, August 13, 2011
- Ice Storm, December 8, 2007
- Tornado, April 19, 1996
- Tornado, June 14, 1957
- Tornado, April 24, 1961
- Tornado, August 31, 2012
- Blizzard, February 1, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2011
- Tornado, July 11, 2015
- Tornado, May 10, 2017
- Tornado, May 30, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 17, 2002
- Flash Flood, July 24, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2011
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, March 14, 2024
- Hail, April 8, 2020
- Tornado, July 26, 1978
- Hail, July 5, 1975
- Flash Flood, May 15, 2009
- Hail, August 18, 1999
- Hail, August 13, 2011
- Hail, July 9, 1992
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2002
- Hail, April 19, 1964
- Flash Flood, May 14, 2023
- Flash Flood, October 24, 2021
- Hail, March 2, 2012
- Hail, March 15, 2012
- Hail, April 28, 2012
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, June 14, 1957
- Tornado, April 17, 1963
- Tornado, April 21, 1967
- Tornado, May 5, 1977
- Tornado, April 24, 1961
- Tornado, August 6, 1977
- Tornado, May 1, 1983
- Tornado, May 9, 1995
- Tornado, August 19, 2009
- Tornado, December 31, 2010
- Tornado, December 1, 2018
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
- Tornado, June 11, 2026
- Tornado, May 26, 1955
- Tornado, June 4, 1960
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, June 11, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 16, 2026
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- Drought, February 1, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 26, 2026
- Heavy Snow, January 24, 2026
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2025
- Drought, December 1, 2025
- Heavy Snow, November 29, 2025
- Drought, November 1, 2025
- Drought, October 1, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 21, 2025
- Tornado, June 18, 2025
- Tornado, May 20, 2025
- Dust Storm, March 28, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 12, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 5, 2025
- Excessive Heat, August 27, 2024
- Hail, March 14, 2024
- Ice Storm, January 22, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 13, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 20, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 27, 2023
- Drought, July 1, 2023
- Tornado, June 29, 2023
- Drought, June 12, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 14, 2023
- Hail, April 15, 2023
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2022
- Tornado, September 18, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 29, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2022
- Tornado, June 17, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 25, 2022
- Tornado, March 5, 2022
- Heavy Snow, February 17, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2022
- Tornado, December 10, 2021
- Flash Flood, October 24, 2021
- Tornado, October 11, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2021
- Tornado, July 10, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2021
- Tornado, May 27, 2021
- Hail, May 9, 2021
- Ice Storm, January 1, 2021
- Tornado, July 15, 2020
- Flood, May 16, 2020
- Flash Flood, May 16, 2020
- Hail, April 8, 2020
- High Wind, November 27, 2019
- Hail, June 28, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2019
- Hail, June 1, 2019
- Tornado, May 22, 2019
- Flood, May 1, 2019
- High Wind, February 24, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2019
- Tornado, December 1, 2018
- Heavy Snow, November 15, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2018
- Flash Flood, October 14, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2017
- Flash Flood, May 18, 2017
- Tornado, May 10, 2017
- Tornado, April 29, 2017
- Flood, April 29, 2017
- Tornado, March 6, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2016
- Hail, March 30, 2016
- Tornado, March 15, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 19, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2015
- Tornado, July 11, 2015
- Hail, June 20, 2015
- Hail, June 12, 2015
- Tornado, April 9, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 20, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2014
- Hail, April 28, 2014
- Tornado, February 20, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 4, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 4, 2014
- Flood, May 1, 2013
- Flood, April 18, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 24, 2013
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2013
- Blizzard, December 20, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 5, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Tornado, August 31, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 1, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 20, 2012
- Hail, May 4, 2012
- Hail, April 28, 2012
- Hail, March 15, 2012
- Hail, March 2, 2012
- Hail, August 13, 2011
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2011
- Tornado, June 10, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2011
- Hail, May 28, 2011
- Tornado, May 25, 2011
- Hail, May 22, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 22, 2011
- Tornado, April 19, 2011
- Hail, April 19, 2011
- Tornado, April 15, 2011
- Hail, February 27, 2011
- Blizzard, February 1, 2011
- Tornado, December 31, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2010
- Blizzard, December 12, 2010
- Flood, August 20, 2010
- Excessive Heat, August 9, 2010
- Excessive Heat, August 3, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 24, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2010
- Ice Storm, January 20, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 25, 2009
- Flash Flood, September 20, 2009
- Tornado, August 19, 2009
- Hail, August 4, 2009
- Hail, August 3, 2009
- Hail, June 27, 2009
- Tornado, June 19, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 15, 2009
- Tornado, May 13, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2009
- High Wind, March 24, 2009
- Flash Flood, September 13, 2008
- Flash Flood, September 11, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2008
- Hail, June 22, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2008
- Tornado, May 30, 2008
- Dense Fog, February 4, 2008
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2008
- Heavy Snow, January 31, 2008
- Tornado, January 7, 2008
- Heavy Snow, December 15, 2007
- Ice Storm, December 8, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 18, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, April 5, 2007
- Tornado, March 1, 2007
- Blizzard, February 12, 2007
- Ice Storm, January 12, 2007
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2006
- Winter Storm, November 29, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2006
- Heat, August 1, 2006
- Heat, July 30, 2006
- Hail, July 19, 2006
- Tornado, May 24, 2006
- Tornado, April 18, 2006
- Hail, April 2, 2006
- Blizzard, March 21, 2006
- Tornado, March 12, 2006
- Tornado, March 12, 2006
- Tornado, March 12, 2006
- Hail, November 5, 2005
- Hail, September 19, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 8, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 19, 2005
- Heat, July 22, 2005
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2005
- Hail, May 19, 2005
- Flash Flood, May 11, 2005
- Hail, April 12, 2005
- Flash Flood, January 12, 2005
- Winter Storm, November 24, 2004
- Hail, October 29, 2004
- Flash Flood, August 25, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2004
- Tornado, May 24, 2004
- Tornado, May 23, 2004
- Hail, August 3, 2003
- Hail, June 29, 2003
- Tornado, May 10, 2003
- Tornado, May 9, 2003
- Tornado, May 8, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 16, 2003
- Tornado, April 4, 2003
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2003
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 17, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2002
- Hail, June 25, 2002
- Tornado, June 11, 2002
- Flood, June 1, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2002
- Flood, May 12, 2002
- Flood, May 12, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 8, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2002
- Tornado, May 1, 2002
- Flash Flood, April 27, 2002
- Hail, July 17, 2001
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2001
- Tornado, August 23, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2000
- Tornado, June 20, 2000
- Flood, June 12, 2000
- Hail, June 4, 2000
- Tornado, May 26, 2000
- Tornado, May 8, 2000
- Tornado, April 20, 2000
- Hail, April 16, 2000
- Heavy Snow, March 11, 2000
- Hail, February 29, 2000
- Hail, August 18, 1999
- Hail, August 12, 1999
- Heat, July 28, 1999
- Heat, July 20, 1999
- Hail, June 11, 1999
- Tornado, April 8, 1999
- Tornado, April 8, 1999
- Heavy Snow, March 8, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 11, 1999
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 1999
- Winter Storm, January 1, 1999
- High Wind, November 10, 1998
- Tornado, June 29, 1998
- Heat, June 26, 1998
- Hail, June 18, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 22, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 20, 1998
- Hail, May 12, 1998
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Morgan CountyEvery warning in Morgan 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.