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2010 tornadoes in Illinois

52 tornadoes touched down in Illinois in 2010, 27 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 1 people and injured 40.

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The rating scale

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

EF065 to 85 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
EF186 to 110 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
EF2111 to 135 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.
EF3136 to 165 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
EF4166 to 200 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
EF5over 200 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 2010

April 5 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 5	4:14 PM CDT	EF0	Montgomery	0.2	10

April 7 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 7	4:28 PM CDT	EF0	Jackson	1.9	50			$5,000

April 30 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 30	8:50 PM CDT	EF2	Monroe	7.2	350
April 30	8:57 PM CDT	EF0	Monroe	0.1	50

May 21 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 21	12:20 PM CDT	EF0	Edgar	0.1	10
May 21	12:40 PM CDT	EF0	Edgar	0.1	10

May 25 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 25	2:10 PM CDT	EF0	Peoria	0.7	15

May 26 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 26	6:45 PM CDT	EF0	Livingston	0.4	30

June 3 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 3	1:06 PM CDT	EF0	Christian	0.1	15

June 5 23 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 5	7:34 PM CDT	EF0	Knox	0.1	10
June 5	7:56 PM CDT	EF2	Knox	5.7	50			$420,000
June 5	8:04 PM CDT	EF2	Peoria	2.1	50			$85 million
June 5	8:10 PM CDT	EF1	Peoria	4.9	100			$85,000
June 5	8:10 PM CDT	EF2	Putnam	8.0	880			$1.0 million
June 5	8:18 PM CDT	EF1	Peoria	3.9	75			$170,000
June 5	8:28 PM CDT	EF0	LaSalle	1.3	30			$5,000
June 5	8:32 PM CDT	EF0	LaSalle	0.2	50
June 5	8:32 PM CDT	EF0	Peoria	2.0	100			$100,000
June 5	8:34 PM CDT	EF2	Marshall	17.6	800		17	$7.0 million
June 5	8:50 PM CDT	EF0	LaSalle	0.1	20
June 5	8:51 PM CDT	EF2	Tazewell	0.8	250			$560,000
June 5	8:53 PM CDT	EF2	Woodford	2.3	250			$70,000
June 5	8:58 PM CDT	EF3	Livingston	8.6	440			$750,000
June 5	9:12 PM CDT	EF2	Livingston	6.0	300	1	13	$3.0 million
June 5	9:16 PM CDT	EF0	Livingston	2.4	20			$100,000
June 5	9:31 PM CDT	EF0	Livingston	3.8	20			$20,000
June 5	10:02 PM CDT	EF1	Kankakee	0.6	30			$500,000
June 5	10:08 PM CDT	EF0	Livingston	0.4	50			$2,000
June 5	10:18 PM CDT	EF3	Kankakee	7.8	175		1	$600,000
June 5	10:19 PM CDT	EF1	Kankakee	0.6	50			$75,000
June 5	10:57 PM CDT	EF0	Logan	5.9	300			$80,000
June 5	11:06 PM CDT	EF0	DeWitt	5.9	300			$90,000

June 21 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 21	4:58 PM CDT	EF0	Ford	0.2	20
June 21	6:22 PM CDT	EF0	Vermilion	0.4	50
June 21	6:24 PM CDT	EF0	Iroquois	0.3	20
June 21	7:02 PM CDT	EF0	Vermilion	0.6	50
June 21	7:30 PM CDT	EF0	McDonough	0.6	25	$5,000

June 23 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 23	6:26 PM CDT	EF1	Cook	2.4	200			$100,000

June 27 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 27	9:05 PM CDT	EF0	Jefferson	0.3	50			$2,000

July 12 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 12	4:03 PM CDT	EF0	Stephenson	0.1	25

July 21 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 21	1:24 PM CDT	EF0	Vermilion	0.1	10

October 26 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
October 26	5:41 AM CDT	EF1	Lee	1.1	50		$100,000
October 26	6:55 AM CDT	EF1	Kane	0.9	20		$100,000
October 26	7:23 AM CDT	EF0	Wabash	1.4	50		$4,000
October 26	7:29 AM CDT	EF1	Wabash	1.5	75		$8,000
October 26	7:40 AM CDT	EF2	Will	2.3	200	2	$500,000

November 22 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 22	3:00 PM CST	EF2	Boone	18.1	200		6	$5.0 million
November 22	3:31 PM CST	EF1	Walworth to WI	5.5	100			$1.0 million

December 31 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
December 31	11:56 AM CST	EF0	Calhoun	3.6	50
December 31	12:30 PM CST	EF0	Saint Clair	0.1	50
December 31	12:37 PM CST	EF3	Menard	3.6	200	1	$12 million
December 31	1:05 PM CST	EF0	Bond	1.7	100

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.