Storm History: Rock Island County, Illinois
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Rock Island 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
- 872
- Deaths
- 7
- Injuries
- 47
- Damage
- $28 million
- Episodes
- 597
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 | 193 | 0 | 17 | $13 million |
| Hail | 156 | 0 | 0 | $694,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 118 | 0 | 1 | $340,000 |
| Flash Flood | 90 | 0 | 7 | $1.3 million |
| Flood | 84 | 2 | 0 | $2.9 million |
| Winter Storm | 73 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 42 | 1 | 20 | |
| Heavy Snow | 17 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Drought | 15 | 0 | 0 | $9.2 million |
| High Wind | 14 | 0 | 1 | $265,000 |
| Ice Storm | 13 | 0 | 1 | $1,000 |
| Dense Fog | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 8 | 2 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 6 | 0 | 0 | $495,000 |
| Heat | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 4 | 2 | 0 | $11,000 |
| Strong Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Debris Flow | 1 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Sleet | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Drought, July 1, 2005
- Tornado, April 21, 1973
- Tornado, May 16, 1974
- Tornado, April 4, 1981
- Tornado, March 13, 1990
- Drought, August 1, 2005
- Flood, May 20, 2003
- Tornado, March 15, 2016
- Flash Flood, February 20, 1997
- Tornado, June 12, 2008
- Tornado, April 30, 2003
- Frost/Freeze, May 3, 2005
- Hail, July 20, 2003
- Flash Flood, March 12, 2006
- Flood, July 27, 2010
- Tornado, August 15, 1978
- Tornado, August 20, 1979
- High Wind, April 6, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 1997
- Flood, June 22, 2009
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 21, 1967
- Tornado, June 13, 1976
- Tornado, May 14, 1961
- Tornado, April 24, 1965
- Tornado, May 15, 1968
- Tornado, June 14, 1974
- Tornado, June 13, 1975
- Tornado, July 23, 1975
- Tornado, August 15, 1978
- Tornado, August 5, 1979
- Tornado, March 13, 1990
- Tornado, May 9, 1995
- Tornado, April 27, 1956
- Tornado, August 26, 1959
- Tornado, September 26, 1959
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, June 17, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 4, 2026
- Tornado, April 2, 2026
- Blizzard, March 15, 2026
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2025
- Tornado, June 3, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 20, 2025
- Tornado, April 20, 2025
- Ice Storm, December 14, 2024
- High Wind, December 4, 2024
- Tornado, July 15, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2024
- Flood, July 2, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2024
- Hail, June 16, 2024
- Tornado, May 24, 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
- Tornado, July 28, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2023
- Tornado, May 7, 2023
- Flood, April 22, 2023
- Tornado, April 4, 2023
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
- Winter Storm, March 24, 2023
- Blizzard, December 21, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 5, 2022
- Hail, September 18, 2022
- Funnel Cloud, July 17, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2022
- Hail, June 6, 2022
- Hail, June 6, 2022
- High Wind, March 25, 2022
- Tornado, March 5, 2022
- Hail, February 22, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 18, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 28, 2021
- High Wind, December 15, 2021
- Hail, August 11, 2021
- Winter Storm, March 15, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2021
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2020
- Tornado, November 10, 2020
- Tornado, August 10, 2020
- Hail, July 11, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2020
- Flood, May 21, 2020
- Winter Storm, April 16, 2020
- Hail, April 8, 2020
- Hail, April 7, 2020
- Flash Flood, March 27, 2020
- Winter Storm, January 17, 2020
- Winter Weather, November 10, 2019
- Winter Weather, October 30, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 2019
- Flood, June 1, 2019
- Flood, June 1, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 28, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2019
- Flood, May 26, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2019
- High Wind, May 21, 2019
- Hail, May 16, 2019
- Flood, May 1, 2019
- Flood, April 25, 2019
- Flash Flood, April 22, 2019
- Flood, April 1, 2019
- Flood, March 22, 2019
- Flood, March 14, 2019
- High Wind, February 24, 2019
- Flood, February 24, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 5, 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
- Flood, October 8, 2018
- Flood, October 8, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 25, 2018
- Flood, September 6, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2018
- Hail, June 8, 2018
- Hail, May 26, 2018
- Hail, May 25, 2018
- Winter Weather, April 8, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 23, 2018
- Flood, February 22, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 24, 2017
- Funnel Cloud, August 28, 2017
- Flood, July 21, 2017
- Tornado, July 21, 2017
- Hail, June 19, 2017
- Hail, June 17, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 2017
- Hail, June 14, 2017
- Tornado, May 17, 2017
- Tornado, March 6, 2017
- Tornado, February 28, 2017
- Flood, January 20, 2017
- Winter Storm, December 4, 2016
- Tornado, October 6, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2016
- Tornado, June 22, 2016
- Strong Wind, April 1, 2016
- Tornado, March 15, 2016
- High Wind, February 19, 2016
- Ice Storm, December 28, 2015
- Tornado, December 23, 2015
- Winter Storm, November 20, 2015
- Tornado, November 11, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2015
- Hail, August 2, 2015
- Tornado, July 16, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2015
- Tornado, June 22, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2015
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2015
- Winter Weather, November 15, 2014
- Hail, August 25, 2014
- Hail, August 1, 2014
- Flood, July 1, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 29, 2014
- Flood, June 26, 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
- Ice Storm, December 19, 2013
- Hail, November 17, 2013
- Drought, October 1, 2013
- Drought, September 10, 2013
- Heat, August 26, 2013
- Hail, July 22, 2013
- Flood, July 1, 2013
- Flood, June 27, 2013
- Tornado, June 24, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 24, 2013
- Tornado, May 30, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 26, 2013
- Tornado, May 19, 2013
- Flood, April 18, 2013
- High Wind, April 18, 2013
- Winter Weather, March 24, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2013
- Winter Storm, February 26, 2013
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2013
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 27, 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
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 28, 2012
- Hail, May 26, 2012
- Hail, May 15, 2012
- Hail, April 14, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, April 12, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, April 10, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, April 10, 2012
- Winter Weather, March 2, 2012
- Winter Weather, February 23, 2012
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 23, 2011
- Hail, August 8, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2011
- Flood, April 16, 2011
- Hail, April 10, 2011
- Hail, April 9, 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
- Flood, October 2, 2010
- Hail, September 21, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 5, 2010
- Flood, July 27, 2010
- Flood, July 25, 2010
- Flood, July 25, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2010
- Hail, May 25, 2010
- Flood, May 15, 2010
- Hail, April 6, 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
- Ice Storm, December 23, 2009
- Winter Storm, December 7, 2009
- Tornado, July 24, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2009
- Flood, June 22, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2009
- Hail, June 18, 2009
- Tornado, May 8, 2009
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Rock Island CountyEvery warning in Rock Island 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.