Tornadoes · United States · Illinois

2006 tornadoes in Illinois

119 tornadoes touched down in Illinois in 2006, 191 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 1 people and injured 46.

2005 2007 The whole country in 2006

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

F040 to 72 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
F173 to 112 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
F2113 to 157 mph
Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.
F3158 to 206 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
F4207 to 260 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
F5261 to 318 mph
Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.
Unrated
The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

Every tornado in Illinois in 2006

January 2 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
January 2	8:02 AM CST	F1	Shelby	0.1	35			$10,000

February 16 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 16	4:35 PM CST	F1	Iroquois	0.1	25			$20,000

March 11 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
March 11	5:15 PM CST	F0	Pike	0.1	40
March 11	5:20 PM CST	F0	Pike	0.1	50
March 11	9:46 PM CST	F1	Monroe	2.4	100
March 11	11:26 PM CST	F1	Wayne	1.0	600	$70,000

March 12 12 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
March 12	5:31 AM CST	F0	Massac	0.9	50		$50,000
March 12	7:04 PM CST	F2	Calhoun	67.0	880	20
March 12	7:20 PM CST	F1	Greene	3.5	100	2
March 12	7:25 PM CST	F1	Greene	11.8	75
March 12	7:58 PM CST	F1	Morgan	12.0	440
March 12	8:24 PM CST	F2	Sangamon	4.0	400
March 12	8:32 PM CST	F2	Sangamon	12.5	200	4
March 12	8:57 PM CST	F2	Logan	2.5	400
March 12	9:00 PM CST	F2	Logan	3.5	200
March 12	9:03 PM CST	F1	Macon	10.0	400
March 12	9:16 PM CST	F1	Macon	8.0	600
March 12	10:56 PM CST	F0	Ford	2.0	30

March 30 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 30	10:55 PM CST	F1	Pike	4.5	200
March 30	11:10 PM CST	F1	Pike	2.7	250

April 2 36 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 2	5:15 PM CDT	F2	Saint Clair	7.0	100	1	11
April 2	5:15 PM CDT	F0	Macoupin	2.0	30
April 2	5:15 PM CDT	F0	Macoupin	0.5	30
April 2	5:16 PM CDT	F0	Henderson	0.0	25
April 2	5:20 PM CDT	F1	McDonough	12.0	233			$150,000
April 2	5:21 PM CDT	F0	Madison	16.0	50
April 2	5:30 PM CDT	F1	Madison	2.0	100
April 2	5:35 PM CDT	F0	Macoupin	0.1	20
April 2	5:41 PM CDT	F0	Montgomery	1.0	50
April 2	5:46 PM CDT	F1	Sangamon	0.5	200
April 2	5:49 PM CDT	F1	Sangamon	2.0	100
April 2	5:50 PM CDT	F2	Montgomery	20.0	200
April 2	5:56 PM CDT	F1	Sangamon	1.0	100
April 2	5:56 PM CDT	F1	Montgomery	2.2	100
April 2	5:58 PM CDT	F1	Sangamon	1.0	100
April 2	5:59 PM CDT	F0	Sangamon	1.3	50
April 2	6:06 PM CDT	F1	Sangamon	0.8	50
April 2	6:08 PM CDT	F1	Christian	6.3	300		1
April 2	6:13 PM CDT	F1	Sangamon	1.5	100		1
April 2	6:14 PM CDT	F1	Christian	6.0	150
April 2	6:17 PM CDT	F0	Christian	0.1	50
April 2	6:20 PM CDT	F1	Christian	1.0	100
April 2	6:22 PM CDT	F0	Menard	0.3	40
April 2	6:30 PM CDT	F0	Macon	0.1	30
April 2	6:30 PM CDT	F2	Macon	4.5	300
April 2	6:32 PM CDT	F0	Logan	1.0	80
April 2	6:36 PM CDT	F0	Logan	2.5	50
April 2	6:36 PM CDT	F1	Macon	7.5	150		3
April 2	6:42 PM CDT	F0	Cumberland	0.8	100
April 2	7:01 PM CDT	F0	DeWitt	0.1	30
April 2	7:08 PM CDT	F0	McLean	0.1	30
April 2	7:12 PM CDT	F0	McLean	0.5	50
April 2	7:13 PM CDT	F1	McLean	1.0	50
April 2	7:15 PM CDT	F0	Champaign	0.1	30
April 2	7:22 PM CDT	F0	McLean	2.6	50
April 2	7:25 PM CDT	F0	Champaign	0.3	50

April 13 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 13	9:29 PM CDT	F1	Mercer	13.0	880	$20,000
April 13	9:57 PM CDT	F1	Mercer	1.5	100	$50,000
April 13	10:07 PM CDT	F2	Mercer	2.0	50	$30,000
April 13	10:12 PM CDT	F1	Mercer	0.8	200	$100,000
April 13	12:25 AM CDT	F0	Logan	0.1	100
April 13	12:27 AM CDT	F0	Logan	3.8	125	$2.5 million

April 14 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 14	6:33 PM CDT	F0	LaSalle	0.5	25

April 16 14 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 16	2:35 PM CDT	F1	Macon	1.0	100
April 16	2:53 PM CDT	F0	Christian	0.1	30
April 16	3:05 PM CDT	F0	Christian	0.1	30
April 16	3:07 PM CDT	F0	Christian	0.1	30
April 16	4:57 PM CDT	F0	Ford	0.5	40	$10,000
April 16	5:09 PM CDT	F2	Effingham	4.0	200
April 16	5:15 PM CDT	F1	Coles	5.0	150
April 16	5:18 PM CDT	F2	Jasper	1.5	150
April 16	5:25 PM CDT	F0	Coles	1.0	50
April 16	5:41 PM CDT	F0	Iroquois	0.5	25
April 16	6:09 PM CDT	F0	Crawford	0.1	30
April 16	6:20 PM CDT	F0	Iroquois	0.5	25
April 16	6:56 PM CDT	F0	Iroquois	0.5	25
April 16	7:06 PM CDT	F1	Crawford	0.1	75

April 18 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 18	11:19 PM CDT	F0	Logan	0.1	50		2

April 30 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 30	4:15 PM CDT	F0	Logan	0.7	50

May 10 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 10	5:40 PM CDT	F0	White	2.5	50

May 24 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 24	4:05 PM CDT	F1	Christian	3.8	150	$100,000
May 24	5:10 PM CDT	F0	Madison	0.2	50	$20,000
May 24	5:20 PM CDT	F1	Kankakee	1.5	50	$70,000
May 24	5:35 PM CDT	F0	Coles	0.2	50
May 24	5:51 PM CDT	F0	Bond	1.3	100
May 24	5:53 PM CDT	F0	Bond	1.2	75
May 24	5:54 PM CDT	F0	Bond	1.3	100

May 31 9 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
May 31	2:20 PM CDT	F0	Champaign	1.2	50
May 31	2:25 PM CDT	F0	Piatt	0.4	30
May 31	2:33 PM CDT	F0	Champaign	0.4	50
May 31	2:34 PM CDT	F0	Douglas	0.6	50
May 31	2:39 PM CDT	F0	Douglas	1.0	50
May 31	2:39 PM CDT	F0	Douglas	0.6	50
May 31	2:39 PM CDT	F0	Douglas	0.6	50
May 31	2:41 PM CDT	F0	Douglas	0.1	30
May 31	2:43 PM CDT	F0	Champaign	0.4	50

June 2 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 2	2:20 PM CDT	F0	McLean	0.2	30

June 22 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 22	8:13 AM CDT	F0	Tazewell	0.1	30

July 12 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 12	2:32 PM CDT	F0	Macon	0.1	10

July 19 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 19	6:50 PM CDT	F0	Macoupin	0.2	20
July 19	7:25 PM CDT	F0	Madison	0.2	20

July 21 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
July 21	11:37 AM CDT	F0	Madison	4.0	50
July 21	11:38 AM CDT	F0	Madison	5.5	50
July 21	11:42 AM CDT	F0	Saint Clair	6.0	60
July 21	11:55 AM CDT	F1	Clinton	2.5	60
July 21	12:05 PM CDT	F0	Washington	7.0	100

July 26 8 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
July 26	7:00 PM CDT	F0	Macon	0.1	30
July 26	7:10 PM CDT	F0	Piatt	0.1	30
July 26	7:15 PM CDT	F1	Vermilion	2.8	50	$40,000
July 26	7:22 PM CDT	F0	Piatt	0.1	20
July 26	7:25 PM CDT	F0	Piatt	0.1	20
July 26	7:30 PM CDT	F0	Vermilion	0.1	30
July 26	7:50 PM CDT	F0	Piatt	0.1	30
July 26	7:51 PM CDT	F0	Piatt	0.1	30

September 22 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
September 22	3:20 PM CDT	F3	Massac	3.5	125	2	$500,000
September 22	4:02 PM CDT	F1	Livingston to KY	9.3	500		$365,000
September 22	4:55 PM CDT	F0	Washington	0.1	20
September 22	5:20 PM CDT	F0	Pike	0.1	20
September 22	6:02 PM CDT	F0	Cook	0.3	50

Crossed into Illinois

Tornadoes that touched down in a neighboring state and ran into Illinois. They are counted under the state they began in.

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
March 11	9:42 PM CST	F3	Monroe, MO to IL	5.1	200
March 13	1:20 AM CST	F3	Montgomery, MO to IL	44.5	300	6	$2.7 million
April 13	9:13 PM CDT	F0	Muscatine, IA to IL	6.4	220		$15,000
September 22	4:13 PM CDT	F4	Crosstown–Murphysboro tornado, Missouri and Illinois	27.5	225	6	$7.8 million

Nearby

Every tornado in Illinois since 1950 Warnings in force in Illinois The live radar over Illinois

What this means

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

Sources

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.