Storm History: Scott County, Illinois
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Scott 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
- 256
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 10
- Damage
- $25 million
- Episodes
- 220
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 | 63 | 1 | 9 | $1.2 million |
| Flash Flood | 42 | 0 | 0 | $1.3 million |
| Hail | 37 | 0 | 0 | $2.9 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 22 | 0 | 0 | $89,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 10 | 0 | 0 | $19 million |
| Excessive Heat | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 4 | 0 | 0 | $21,000 |
| Ice Storm | 4 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Hail, August 12, 1999
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 19, 2015
- Tornado, August 29, 1955
- Tornado, April 24, 1961
- Tornado, April 8, 1999
- Tornado, June 10, 2011
- Tornado, August 19, 2009
- Ice Storm, December 8, 2007
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2008
- Hail, April 19, 2011
- Flash Flood, December 27, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2015
- Flash Flood, September 13, 2008
- Blizzard, February 1, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2014
- Tornado, June 19, 2009
- Hail, February 27, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2016
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 24, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 15, 2009
- Hail, March 12, 2006
- Hail, September 19, 1986
- Hail, April 10, 2017
- Hail, July 17, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2002
- Flash Flood, June 4, 2002
- Hail, June 8, 1995
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2024
- Hail, February 27, 2011
- Hail, May 28, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 26, 2010
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, May 5, 1977
- Tornado, April 24, 1961
- Tornado, June 14, 1974
- Tornado, August 19, 2009
- Tornado, February 28, 2017
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
- Tornado, May 24, 2004
- Tornado, August 29, 1955
- Tornado, April 2, 1964
- Tornado, March 29, 1974
- Tornado, April 5, 1988
- Tornado, May 8, 2000
- Tornado, May 23, 2004
- Tornado, March 12, 2006
- Tornado, May 25, 2011
Every episode, newest first
- 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
- Tornado, June 18, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 12, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 5, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 27, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 21, 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
- Hail, July 17, 2023
- Drought, July 1, 2023
- Tornado, June 29, 2023
- Drought, June 12, 2023
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2022
- Tornado, September 18, 2022
- Tornado, June 17, 2022
- Heavy Snow, February 17, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2021
- Ice Storm, January 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, May 16, 2020
- High Wind, November 27, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2019
- Heavy Snow, November 15, 2018
- Hail, July 23, 2017
- Tornado, April 29, 2017
- Flood, April 29, 2017
- Hail, April 10, 2017
- Tornado, February 28, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2016
- Tornado, March 15, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 19, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2015
- Tornado, July 11, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 20, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 5, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 3, 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
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 1, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2012
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2011
- Tornado, June 10, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2011
- Hail, May 28, 2011
- Tornado, May 25, 2011
- Hail, April 19, 2011
- Hail, February 27, 2011
- Blizzard, February 1, 2011
- Excessive Heat, August 9, 2010
- Excessive Heat, August 3, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 26, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2010
- Flash Flood, September 20, 2009
- Tornado, August 19, 2009
- Hail, August 3, 2009
- Tornado, June 19, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 15, 2009
- Tornado, May 13, 2009
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2009
- Flash Flood, December 27, 2008
- Flash Flood, September 13, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2008
- Hail, June 22, 2008
- Tornado, June 3, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2008
- Hail, April 25, 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
- Blizzard, February 12, 2007
- Ice Storm, January 12, 2007
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2006
- Winter Storm, November 29, 2006
- Heat, August 1, 2006
- Heat, July 30, 2006
- Hail, July 19, 2006
- Hail, April 2, 2006
- Blizzard, March 21, 2006
- Tornado, March 12, 2006
- Tornado, March 12, 2006
- Hail, March 12, 2006
- Hail, March 11, 2006
- Heat, July 22, 2005
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2005
- Winter Storm, November 24, 2004
- Hail, October 29, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2004
- Tornado, May 24, 2004
- Tornado, May 23, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 28, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2003
- Tornado, July 8, 2003
- Tornado, May 10, 2003
- Tornado, May 9, 2003
- Hail, May 4, 2003
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2003
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 17, 2002
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2002
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2002
- Tornado, June 12, 2002
- Tornado, June 11, 2002
- Flash Flood, June 4, 2002
- Flood, June 1, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2002
- Flood, May 12, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2002
- Flash Flood, April 27, 2002
- Hail, April 24, 2002
- Hail, September 6, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 2001
- Hail, July 17, 2001
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2000
- Tornado, June 20, 2000
- Tornado, May 26, 2000
- Tornado, May 8, 2000
- Tornado, April 20, 2000
- Hail, April 16, 2000
- Hail, February 29, 2000
- Hail, August 12, 1999
- Heat, July 28, 1999
- Heat, July 20, 1999
- Tornado, April 8, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 11, 1999
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 1999
- Winter Storm, January 1, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 10, 1998
- High Wind, November 10, 1998
- Tornado, June 29, 1998
- Heat, June 26, 1998
- Hail, June 4, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 22, 1998
- Hail, May 12, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 27, 1998
- Winter Storm, March 8, 1998
- Winter Storm, January 14, 1998
- Heavy Snow, January 8, 1998
- Heavy Snow, December 30, 1997
- Heavy Snow, December 9, 1997
- High Wind, September 29, 1997
- Heat, July 26, 1997
- High Wind, April 30, 1997
- High Wind, April 6, 1997
- Flood, March 1, 1997
- Flood, February 21, 1997
- Winter Storm, January 26, 1997
- Winter Storm, January 24, 1997
- Winter Storm, January 15, 1997
- Heavy Snow, January 8, 1997
- High Wind, October 30, 1996
- Hail, May 27, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 19, 1996
- Hail, April 19, 1996
- Tornado, April 19, 1996
- Hail, April 18, 1996
- High Wind, March 25, 1996
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 2, 1996
- Winter Storm, January 18, 1996
- Winter Storm, January 4, 1996
- Hail, June 8, 1995
- Tornado, August 23, 1993
- Tornado, July 2, 1992
- Tornado, March 6, 1992
- Hail, May 4, 1991
- Tornado, May 25, 1989
- Tornado, April 5, 1988
- Hail, May 21, 1987
- Hail, September 19, 1986
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 1986
- Hail, June 8, 1982
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 1981
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 1980
- Tornado, May 5, 1977
- Tornado, June 14, 1974
- Tornado, March 29, 1974
- Tornado, April 2, 1964
- Tornado, April 24, 1961
- Tornado, August 29, 1955
More
Tornadoes in Scott CountyEvery warning in Scott 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.