Tornadoes · United States · Illinois · 2010
EF1 tornado, Elmwood to Sherwood Forest, Illinois, June 5, 2010
From Elmwood to Sherwood Forest, this EF1 tornado ran 3.9 miles across Peoria County on June 5, 2010, touching down at 8:18 PM CDT and reaching 75 yards wide. It killed nobody, and did $170,000 of property damage.
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 mphthis tornado
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.
The record
- Rating
- EF1
- Date
- June 5, 2010
- Touchdown
- 8:18 PM CDT (01:18 UTC)
- Lifted
- 8:24 PM CDT (01:24 UTC)
- On the ground
- 6 minutes
- Path length
- 3.9 miles (6.2 km)
- Path width
- 75 yards (69 m)
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $170,000
- County
- Peoria County
- Touchdown point
- 40.762, -89.817
- Lift-off point
- 40.756, -89.744
- Record number
- 1006051918-01
What the Weather Service recorded
A stationary frontal boundary extending from southern Michigan across north-central Illinois served as the focus for severe thunderstorm development during the late afternoon and evening of June 5th. A vigorous upper-level disturbance tracking across the Upper Midwest added extra wind energy to the atmosphere, allowing supercell thunderstorms to develop along the front. Eight tornadoes were spawned by the storms, mainly along a Galesburg to Eureka line. An isolated tornado formed further south across eastern Logan and western DeWitt counties as well. No injuries were reported.
A tornado crossed the Knox-Peoria County line 1.1 miles west of Elmwood, then continued southeastward through the town of Elmwood. Considerable structural damage occurred to 10 homes, 30 businesses and nearly two dozen vehicles in downtown Elmwood, amounting to approximately $85 million in damages. There was a total of about 80 people, some that were attending an outdoor festival in the downtown and some that were at a theater, that took shelter in the basement of the movie theater. As a result, there were no injuries. The tornado dissipated 1 mile east of Elmwood.
A tornado touched down 2.6 miles east of Elmwood, then continued eastward across southern Peoria County. Numerous trees and tree limbs were blown down along the path of the tornado. In addition, shingles were stripped off a home, a small shed was destroyed, and a grain bin was blown one quarter of a mile into a field. The tornado lifted 4.1 miles west-southwest of Kickapoo.
A tornado touched down 4 miles west-southwest of Kickapoo, then continued eastward across southern Peoria County, eventually lifting 0.7 miles north of Edwards. Numerous trees and tree branches were blown down along the path of the tornado. A large barn was destroyed and the siding was stripped off the east side of another barn. In addition, large trees were blown down onto two homes, causing considerable roof damage.
A tornado touched down 6.5 miles northwest of Peoria then continued northeastward through the Bridalwood Drive neighborhood just east of Route 6. Numerous trees were snapped and several homes experienced shingle damage.
From NOAA NCEI's Storm Events Database, the narrative the local forecast office wrote for Storm Data.
The forecast that day
The Storm Prediction Center had this point in a Moderate Risk, with a 0.10 chance of a tornado within 25 miles, in the hatched area where significant tornadoes were expected. The outlook in force was issued at 01:06 UTC.
SPC's Day 1 convective outlook as it stood when the tornado began, read at the touchdown point. The same archive is on the radar archive.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the tornado touched down, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the tornado touched down at Jun 5, 6:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 6:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 638 PM CDT SAT JUN 5 2010 .DISCUSSION... ISSUED 300 PM CDT SAT JUN 5 2010 SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY... CONVECTION IS BEGINNING TO INITIATE OVER NORTHERN IOWA INTO NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD BUILD WITH TIME AS IT MOVES EAST AND SOUTHEAST INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY 23Z-01Z. AIRMASS DOWNSTREAM OVER ILLINOIS HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY OVERTURNED BY REMNANTS OF PREVIOUS THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING...AND LIGHT SHOWERS ARE CONTINUING TO MOVE FROM NORTHEAST MISSOURI INTO WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THIS IS SERVING TO HINDER AIRMASS RECOVERY. SHORT RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE SEVERE POTENTIAL...BUT THE BIGGEST QUESTION WILL BE WHETHER THE AIRMASS WILL RECOVER BY THE TIME CONVECTION ARRIVES. IRREGARDLESS...POPS WILL BE HIGHEST OVER THE NORTHWEST HALF BEFORE 06Z AND OVER THE SOUTHEAST AFTERWARD. ALL OF THE ACTIVITY SHOULD BE PAST THE AREA BY 12Z SUN...WITH DECREASING CLOUDS FOLLOWING. SOME AREAS OVER THE NORTH PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA HAVE ALREADY SEEN MORE THAN INCH OF RAIN FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING...SO WITH ADDITIONAL CONVECTION ON THE WAY TONIGHT...WE HAVE EXTENDED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO CONTINUE UNTIL 06Z TONIGHT. THE WESTERN END OF TONIGHTS COLD FRONT WILL STALL OUT OVER THE PLAINS AND BEGIN COMING NORTHWARD AGAIN MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. THIS WILL BRING THE NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN WHICH SHOULD MOVE INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE GFS IS SHOWING SOME GRIDSCALE CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK IN ITS QPF FIELDS...BUT THE NAM ALSO INDICATES THE POTENTIAL FOR AN MCS WITH THE ASSOCIATED THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG AND NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT AS IT MOVES THROUGH. WILL PUT IN SOME CHANCE POPS FOR LATE MONDAY NIGHT...THEN 40-60 PCT POPS TUESDAY WITH THIS SYSTEM. LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... THE CHANCES FOR RAIN/CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY AS MOST OF THE MODEL OUTPUT SUGGESTS A SHORTWAVE AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE WAVE MOVING THROUGH ILLINOIS ALONG THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL THEN MOVE TEMPORARILY SOUTH OF THE AREA BRINGING A LULL IN THE PRECIPITATION THURSDAY BEFORE MOVING NORTH AGAIN FRIDAY. BY SATURDAY...VERY WARM TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY AS THE WARM FRONT MOVES UP INTO THE GREAT LAKES AND THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM DEEPENS OVER THE WESTERN PLAINS. && .AVIATION... ISSUED 640 PM CDT SAT JUN 5 2010 CONVECTION TIMING AND COVERAGE THE MAIN CHALLENGE THIS FORECAST PERIOD. MAIN BAND OF STRONG CONVECTION ACRS EAST CENTRAL IOWA WILL SHIFT EAST AND SOUTHEAST ACRS THE TAF SITES BETWEEN 00Z-04Z WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. WE WILL ALSO SEE A PERIOD OF MVFR CIGS IN THE HEAVY RAIN...AND MODELS SUGGEST A BAND OF STRATOCU/MVFR CIGS BEHIND THE ACTUAL COLD FRONT. ALL THE RAIN SHOULD BE EAST OF THE TAF SITES BY 04Z WITH SFC WINDS SWITCHING FROM SOUTHWEST THIS EVENING TO THE NORTHWEST JUST AFTR FROPA AFTR 05Z. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES IN FROM THE WEST. SOUNDINGS ON SUNDAY INDICATE SOME WIND GUSTS BTWN 20-25 KTS BY AFTERNOON OUT OF THE NW...WHICH WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH BY SUNSET. SMITH && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR ILZ027>031-036>038. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 3:03 PM CDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 303 PM CDT SAT JUN 5 2010 ILZ027>031-036>038-062015- FULTON-KNOX-MARSHALL-MCLEAN-PEORIA-STARK-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD- 303 PM CDT SAT JUN 5 2010 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTHEAST INTO THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL... WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ALSO EXPECTED. A FEW TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY REACH UP TO 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...CAUSING PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING. THE ILLINOIS RIVER IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OR GET INTO FLOOD FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THE SPOON RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CLIMB BACK ABOVE FLOOD STAGE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATER MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. HEAVY RAINS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 4 PM AND 11 PM. ILZ040-041-047-062015- CASS-MASON-SCHUYLER- 303 PM CDT SAT JUN 5 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTHEAST INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ALSO EXPECTED. A FEW TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY REACH UP TO ONE INCH OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...CAUSING PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS. THE ILLINOIS RIVER IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OR GET INTO FLOOD FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THE SPOON RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CLIMB ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AGAIN TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATER MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. HEAVY RAINS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 5 PM AND MIDNIGHT. ILZ042>046-048>057-061-062015- CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-COLES-DE WITT-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-LOGAN-MACON- MENARD-MORGAN-MOULTRIE-PIATT-SANGAMON-SCOTT-SHELBY-VERMILION- 303 PM CDT SAT JUN 5 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING... AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATER THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ALSO EXPECTED. A FEW TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY REACH UP TO 1 INCH OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...CAUSING PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATER MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. HEAVY RAINS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 6 PM AND 1 AM. ILZ062-063-066>068-073-062015- CLARK-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE- 303 PM CDT SAT JUN 5 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT... AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS OVERNIGHT. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 1 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...CAUSING PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 9 PM AND 3 AM TONIGHT. ILZ071-072-062015- CLAY-RICHLAND- 303 PM CDT SAT JUN 5 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...AS A COLD FRONT FRONT MOVES INTO SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS OVERNIGHT. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 1 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...CAUSING PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 9 PM AND 3 AM TONIGHT. HUETTL
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
815 PM CDT SAT JUN 05 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0814 PM TORNADO 2 S BRIMFIELD 40.81N 89.88W
06/05/2010 PEORIA IL EMERGENCY MNGR
TORNADO JUST SOUTH OF ROUTE 8.
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JRPThe air that afternoon
The radiosonde launches on either side of the tornado, from the nearest station that was launching then, drawn and analyzed the way Storm Lab does: the same diagram, the same parcel and shear definitions SPC's mesoanalysis uses.
Davenport, (KDVN), 00:00Z
1.3 hours before the tornado, 113 km from the path. June 6, 2010.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2295 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Surface CAPE
- 3065 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 624 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 324 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.8
- Supercell composite
- 19.2
- 0-3 km lapse rate
- 5.7 K/km
The surface observations
Peoria (PIA), 13 km from the path, in the two hours either side.
| Time (UTC) | Temp (°F) | Dew point (°F) | Wind | Gust (kt) | Pressure (mb) | Weather |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 UTC |
From the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of airport observations.
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 01:15 UTC.
Open the radar archive at this moment, over the track
Reflectivity and velocity, decoded from the Level II archive in the browser. Volumes take a few seconds to open the first time.
This ground now
The live radar over the trackEvery 2010 tornado in IllinoisEvery tornado in Illinois since 1950Warnings in force in Illinois nowThe forecast where you are
The other tornadoes of June 5, 2010
42 more were confirmed in the United States that day.
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 5 | 1:46 PM EDT | EF0 | Richland, OH | 0.5 | 20 | $35,000 | ||
| June 5 | 2:30 PM EDT | EF1 | Orleans, VT | 2.1 | 83 | $25,000 | ||
| June 5 | 2:40 PM EDT | EF1 | Holmes, OH | 12.8 | 100 | $550,000 | ||
| June 5 | 4:14 PM EDT | EF0 | Coos, NH | 0.1 | 40 | |||
| June 5 | 5:19 PM EDT | EF1 | Oxford, ME | 4.2 | 300 | |||
| June 5 | 6:11 PM CDT | EF0 | Warren, IA | 1.1 | 30 | |||
| June 5 | 7:34 PM CDT | EF0 | Knox, IL | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| June 5 | 7:40 PM CDT | EF1 | Jackson, IA | 2.2 | 150 | 1 | $250,000 | |
| June 5 | 7:56 PM CDT | EF2 | Knox, IL | 5.7 | 50 | $420,000 | ||
| June 5 | 8:00 PM CDT | EF0 | Clinton, IA | 0.4 | 100 | |||
| June 5 | 8:04 PM CDT | EF2 | Peoria, IL | 2.1 | 50 | $85 million | ||
| June 5 | 8:10 PM CDT | EF1 | Peoria, IL | 4.9 | 100 | $85,000 | ||
| June 5 | 8:10 PM CDT | EF2 | Putnam, IL | 8.0 | 880 | $1.0 million | ||
| June 5 | 8:28 PM CDT | EF0 | LaSalle, IL | 1.3 | 30 | $5,000 | ||
| June 5 | 8:32 PM CDT | EF0 | LaSalle, IL | 0.2 | 50 | |||
| June 5 | 8:32 PM CDT | EF0 | Peoria, IL | 2.0 | 100 | $100,000 | ||
| June 5 | 8:34 PM CDT | EF2 | Marshall, IL | 17.6 | 800 | 17 | $7.0 million | |
| June 5 | 8:50 PM CDT | EF0 | LaSalle, IL | 0.1 | 20 | |||
| June 5 | 8:51 PM CDT | EF2 | Tazewell, IL | 0.8 | 250 | $560,000 | ||
| June 5 | 8:53 PM CDT | EF2 | Woodford, IL | 2.3 | 250 | $70,000 | ||
| June 5 | 8:58 PM CDT | EF3 | Livingston, IL | 8.6 | 440 | $750,000 | ||
| June 5 | 9:12 PM CDT | EF2 | Livingston, IL | 6.0 | 300 | 1 | 13 | $3.0 million |
| June 5 | 9:16 PM CDT | EF0 | Livingston, IL | 2.4 | 20 | $100,000 | ||
| June 5 | 9:31 PM CDT | EF0 | Livingston, IL | 3.8 | 20 | $20,000 | ||
| June 5 | 10:38 PM EDT | EF2 | Fulton, OH | 7.2 | 700 | $500,000 | ||
| June 5 | 11:00 PM EDT | EF1 | Lucas, OH | 3.4 | 100 | $75,000 | ||
| June 5 | 10:02 PM CDT | EF1 | Kankakee, IL | 0.6 | 30 | $500,000 | ||
| June 5 | 10:08 PM CDT | EF0 | Livingston, IL | 0.4 | 50 | $2,000 | ||
| June 5 | 10:18 PM CDT | EF3 | Kankakee, IL | 7.8 | 175 | 1 | $600,000 | |
| June 5 | 10:19 PM CDT | EF1 | Kankakee, IL | 0.6 | 50 | $75,000 | ||
| June 5 | 11:20 PM EDT | EF4 | Millbury tornado, OH | 8.8 | 400 | 7 | 28 | $102 million |
| June 5 | 11:28 PM EDT | EF2 | Berrien, MI | 3.4 | 200 | $150,000 | ||
| June 5 | 11:36 PM EDT | EF1 | Berrien, MI | 1.4 | 100 | $100,000 | ||
| June 5 | 10:57 PM CDT | EF0 | Logan, IL | 5.9 | 300 | $80,000 | ||
| June 5 | 11:59 PM EDT | EF2 | Cass, MI | 2.7 | 200 | $100,000 | ||
| June 5 | 12:03 AM EDT | EF1 | Calhoun, MI | 1.6 | 300 | $2.0 million | ||
| June 5 | 11:06 PM CDT | EF0 | DeWitt, IL | 5.9 | 300 | $90,000 | ||
| June 5 | 12:32 AM EDT | EF2 | Saint Joseph, MI | 10.7 | 200 | $300,000 | ||
| June 5 | 1:03 AM EDT | EF1 | White, IN | 12.6 | 150 | 2 | $600,000 | |
| June 5 | 1:25 AM EDT | EF1 | Carroll, IN | 6.3 | 150 | 1 | $185,000 | |
| June 5 | 1:41 AM EDT | EF3 | Miami, IN | 7.5 | 250 | 1 | $875,000 | |
| June 5 | 1:48 AM EDT | EF1 | Lenawee, MI | 2.5 | 250 | $500,000 |
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.