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Tornadoes in Illinois
11 federal tornadoes disaster declarations in Illinois since 1953.
Tornadoes — Illinois — federal disaster declarations per year
19652021
Counties most affected
Vermilion County4Champaign County4Will County3Wabash County3Pike County3Wayne County3Fayette County3Adams County2Bond County2Cass County2Coles County2De Witt County2Douglas County2Edwards County2Effingham County2Fulton County2Hamilton County2Jasper County2Jersey County2Kane County2Lake County2LaSalle County2Logan County2Macon County2Macoupin County2Madison County2Mason County2Massac County2McHenry County2McLean County2Menard County2Montgomery County2Morgan County2Moultrie County2Perry County2Piatt County2Pope County2Shelby County2St. Clair County2Washington County2White County2Williamson County2Kendall County1Pulaski County1Randolph County1Lawrence County1Richland County1Rock Island County1Saline County1Sangamon County1Marion County1Schuyler County1Scott County1McDonough County1Whiteside County1Alexander County1Clark County1Clay County1Clinton County1Tazewell County1Cook County1Crawford County1Cumberland County1Mercer County1Monroe County1DuPage County1Edgar County1Union County1Calhoun County1Christian County1Ford County1Franklin County1Brown County1Gallatin County1Greene County1Grundy County1Woodford County1Hancock County1Hardin County1Henderson County1Iroquois County1Jackson County1Boone County1Jefferson County1Carroll County1Jo Daviess County1Johnson County1Winnebago County1
Declarations
December 13, 2021Tornado14 counties
SEVERE STORMS, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, AND TORNADOES
November 26, 2013Tornado15 counties
SEVERE STORMS, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, AND TORNADOES
May 21, 2002Tornado68 counties
SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES AND FLOODING
August 29, 1990Tornado3 counties
TORNADOES
January 13, 1989Tornado5 counties
SEVERE STORMS & TORNADOES
June 5, 1982Tornado2 counties
SEVERE STORMS & TORNADOES
July 25, 1975Tornado1 counties
TORNADO
April 11, 1974Tornado4 counties
TORNADOES
June 5, 1968Tornado8 counties
TORNADOES, SEVERE STORMS & FLOODING
April 25, 1967Tornado9 counties
TORNADOES
April 25, 1965Tornado10 counties
TORNADOES, SEVERE STORMS & FLOODING
Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries. History is not a forecast.