Storm History: Tazewell County, Illinois
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Tazewell 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
- 913
- Deaths
- 10
- Injuries
- 216
- Damage
- $1.1 billion
- Episodes
- 498
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 | 387 | 3 | 196 | $988 million |
| Hail | 188 | 0 | 6 | $386,000 |
| Flash Flood | 114 | 0 | 0 | $32 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 89 | 0 | 8 | $1.1 million |
| Heavy Snow | 21 | 2 | 2 | $60,000 |
| Winter Storm | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 17 | 0 | 0 | $36 million |
| High Wind | 12 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 |
| Ice Storm | 12 | 1 | 1 | $1.4 million |
| Flood | 10 | 0 | 0 | $22 million |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 9 | 2 | 0 | |
| Heat | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| Strong Wind | 5 | 0 | 0 | $17,000 |
| Blizzard | 4 | 0 | 0 | $400,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Dust Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, November 17, 2013
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Flash Flood, April 17, 2013
- Flood, May 1, 2013
- Tornado, May 10, 2003
- Tornado, May 13, 1995
- Tornado, June 29, 1998
- Tornado, September 29, 1986
- Tornado, June 19, 1990
- Tornado, November 27, 1990
- Tornado, July 16, 2015
- Ice Storm, December 28, 2015
- Tornado, May 9, 1995
- Tornado, April 19, 1996
- Tornado, April 20, 2000
- Tornado, June 5, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 27, 1998
- Blizzard, February 1, 2011
- Tornado, March 6, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2015
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, November 17, 2013
- Hail, April 24, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 7, 2023
- Hail, June 29, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 20, 2022
- Tornado, July 26, 1978
- Hail, March 19, 2017
- Hail, March 12, 2006
- Hail, August 29, 1990
- Hail, September 19, 1986
- Hail, June 2, 1980
- Hail, July 11, 2020
- Hail, April 10, 2017
- Hail, August 13, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 20, 2023
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, November 17, 2013
- Tornado, May 13, 1995
- Tornado, August 13, 1956
- Tornado, January 24, 1967
- Tornado, May 15, 1968
- Tornado, June 14, 1974
- Tornado, April 18, 1975
- Tornado, November 15, 1988
- Tornado, May 9, 1995
- Tornado, April 19, 1996
- Tornado, May 10, 2003
- Tornado, August 19, 2009
- Tornado, December 1, 2018
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
- Tornado, June 11, 2026
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, June 21, 2026
- Tornado, June 17, 2026
- Tornado, June 11, 2026
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2026
- Flash Flood, May 18, 2026
- Hail, March 31, 2026
- Strong Wind, March 15, 2026
- Winter Weather, March 15, 2026
- Tornado, March 10, 2026
- Hail, March 6, 2026
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- Tornado, February 19, 2026
- Drought, February 1, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 8, 2026
- Drought, January 1, 2026
- Tornado, December 28, 2025
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2025
- Drought, December 1, 2025
- Heavy Snow, November 29, 2025
- Drought, November 1, 2025
- Drought, October 1, 2025
- Drought, September 1, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2025
- Tornado, June 18, 2025
- Tornado, May 20, 2025
- Tornado, April 20, 2025
- Tornado, April 2, 2025
- Tornado, March 19, 2025
- High Wind, March 14, 2025
- Tornado, March 14, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 12, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 21, 2025
- Excessive Heat, August 27, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 2024
- Tornado, July 15, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2024
- Tornado, June 13, 2024
- Hail, May 27, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 21, 2024
- Dust Storm, May 21, 2024
- Hail, May 7, 2024
- Flood, May 4, 2024
- Strong Wind, March 3, 2024
- Hail, February 22, 2024
- Tornado, February 8, 2024
- Ice Storm, January 22, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 13, 2024
- Hail, September 26, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 20, 2023
- Flood, August 11, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 27, 2023
- Drought, July 1, 2023
- Tornado, June 29, 2023
- Hail, June 29, 2023
- Drought, June 12, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 7, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2023
- Flash Flood, April 20, 2023
- Hail, April 15, 2023
- Hail, April 5, 2023
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2022
- Tornado, September 18, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 20, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 2, 2022
- Tornado, August 1, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 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
- Flash Flood, October 7, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 24, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2021
- Tornado, June 18, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2021
- Ice Storm, January 1, 2021
- Hail, August 10, 2020
- Tornado, July 15, 2020
- Hail, July 11, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2020
- Strong Wind, June 9, 2020
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2020
- Tornado, May 23, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 25, 2020
- High Wind, November 27, 2019
- Tornado, September 29, 2019
- Tornado, September 27, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2019
- Hail, June 30, 2019
- Tornado, June 15, 2019
- Tornado, May 29, 2019
- Tornado, May 28, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 28, 2019
- Tornado, May 25, 2019
- Tornado, May 24, 2019
- Tornado, May 22, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 14, 2019
- High Wind, March 14, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2019
- Tornado, December 1, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 5, 2018
- Tornado, June 10, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2018
- Hail, May 28, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 23, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2017
- Tornado, July 10, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2017
- Tornado, May 26, 2017
- Tornado, April 29, 2017
- Flood, April 29, 2017
- Hail, April 10, 2017
- Hail, April 5, 2017
- Hail, March 19, 2017
- Tornado, March 6, 2017
- Hail, November 2, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2016
- High Wind, April 2, 2016
- Hail, March 31, 2016
- Tornado, March 15, 2016
- Ice Storm, December 28, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 11, 2015
- Tornado, August 18, 2015
- Tornado, July 16, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2015
- Hail, June 20, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2015
- Tornado, June 7, 2015
- Hail, April 8, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 2015
- Hail, August 25, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 23, 2014
- Hail, August 4, 2014
- Hail, July 14, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 30, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 12, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 4, 2014
- Winter Weather, December 21, 2013
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2013
- Hail, November 17, 2013
- Tornado, November 17, 2013
- Drought, November 1, 2013
- Drought, October 1, 2013
- Drought, September 19, 2013
- Hail, June 25, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 24, 2013
- Tornado, May 31, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2013
- Hail, May 20, 2013
- Flood, May 1, 2013
- Flash Flood, April 18, 2013
- Flood, April 18, 2013
- Flash Flood, April 17, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 24, 2013
- Blizzard, December 20, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Hail, September 7, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 1, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2012
- Drought, June 19, 2012
- Hail, June 16, 2012
- Hail, April 3, 2012
- Hail, April 1, 2012
- Winter Weather, January 12, 2012
- Hail, August 23, 2011
- Hail, August 13, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2011
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2011
- Hail, June 4, 2011
- Tornado, May 25, 2011
- Tornado, May 25, 2011
- Hail, May 22, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2011
- Hail, May 11, 2011
- Tornado, April 15, 2011
- Hail, April 10, 2011
- Hail, February 27, 2011
- Blizzard, February 1, 2011
- Heavy Snow, December 24, 2010
- Blizzard, December 12, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 26, 2010
- Excessive Heat, August 9, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2010
- Tornado, June 5, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2010
- Tornado, May 25, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2010
- Hail, May 12, 2010
- Hail, May 6, 2010
- Hail, April 4, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2010
- Ice Storm, January 20, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2010
- Hail, September 27, 2009
- Tornado, August 19, 2009
- Hail, August 4, 2009
- Hail, July 24, 2009
- Hail, June 27, 2009
- Tornado, June 19, 2009
- Hail, June 18, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2009
- Hail, April 25, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 23, 2009
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2009
- Ice Storm, December 18, 2008
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2008
- Heavy Snow, November 30, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2008
- Tornado, July 21, 2008
- Lightning, June 26, 2008
- Tornado, June 15, 2008
- Tornado, June 4, 2008
- Tornado, June 3, 2008
- Tornado, May 30, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 25, 2008
- Hail, May 13, 2008
- High Wind, May 11, 2008
- Dense Fog, February 4, 2008
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2008
- Heavy Snow, January 31, 2008
- Tornado, January 7, 2008
- Ice Storm, December 8, 2007
- Ice Storm, December 1, 2007
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Tazewell CountyEvery warning in Tazewell 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.