Illinois

Storm History: Wabash County, Illinois

738 episodes, 776 events since 1958

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Wabash 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
776
Deaths
1
Injuries
58
Damage
$45 million
Episodes
738

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
Dense Fog10000
Flood9910$2.9 million
Hail6600$692,000
Winter Weather6500
Strong Wind6100$68,000
Tornado55051$34 million
Frost/Freeze5000$2.4 million
Heat4403
Thunderstorm Wind4204$664,000
Winter Storm3400$50,000
Excessive Heat3100
Flash Flood3000$200,000
Drought2600$3.5 million
Cold/Wind Chill2100
Heavy Snow1700
High Wind1100$133,000
Heavy Rain800$50,000
Ice Storm600$20,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Freezing Fog200
Funnel Cloud200
Dust Storm100$1,000
Lightning100$50,000

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 Wabash County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Wabash CountyEvery warning in Wabash 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.