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Total Tornadoes: 69
EF0 (29)
EF1 (32)
EF2 (6)
EF3 (1)
EF4 (1)
EF5 (0)
Previous Years:
2014 2013 2012 2011
2010 2009 2008 2007
 
 

 

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About This Map:
This is an interactive mapping of the tornadoes that occurred across Illinois in 2015. Mouse over each icon to view more information on that tornado, which will appear in the box to the right. A season summary and table of these tornadoes is provided below. Detailed KMZ files for many of the tracks can be downloaded by clicking on the appropriate icon in the table below. To download the full year map shown above, click the download button below.

Please note: Track lines and contours are often interpolated and may not encompass the full extent of the damage. Surveying procedures vary between NWS offices. Downloadable tracks may not be available for weak tornadoes that were not surveyed.

 

Format credit for this page:  National Weather Service, Des Moines, IA

 

 

  #      Date    Time - Local
(CDT/CST)
Counties Start Location EF
Rating
Path
Length
Deaths/
Injuries
View
Map
KMZ
File
1 4/9/15 1:32 pm - 1:33 pm Peoria 3.1 ENE Dunlap EF0 0.1 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
2 4/9/15 5:54 pm - 6:00 pm Whiteside Fulton EF1 3.9 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
3 4/9/15 6:02 pm - 6:15 pm Whiteside, Carroll 5 NE Fulton EF1 8.3 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
4 4/9/15 6:37 pm - 6:40 pm Winnebago, Boone 2.9 S Cherry Valley EF0 2.9 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
5 4/9/15 6:39 pm - 7:20 pm Lee, Ogle, De Kalb, Boone 2.0 NNE Franklin Grove EF4 30.1 mi. 2/11 Map icon KMZ icon
6 4/9/15 7:05 pm - 7:08 pm Ogle 3.0 ENE Lindenwood EF0 1.9 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
7 4/9/15 7:15 pm - 7:21 pm De Kalb, Boone 3.1 NW Kirkland EF1 4.0 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
8 4/9/15 7:24 pm - 7:25 pm Boone 3.0 S Belvidere EF0 0.4 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
9 4/9/15 7:25 pm - 7:31 pm Boone 6.0 SE Belvidere EF1 3.9 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
10 4/9/15 7:47 pm - 7:48 pm Christian 2.6 SSE Tovey EF0 0.1 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
11 4/9/15 7:50 pm - 7:51 pm McHenry 4.4 ESE Harvard EF1 0.3 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
12 5/24/15 6:50 pm - 7:00 pm Mercer 6.8 NW Joy EF2 6.8 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
13 5/26/15 9:59 am - 10:04 am Henry 6.8 SSW Atkinson EF1 4.0 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
14 5/26/15 10:46 am - 10:49 am Bureau 2.0 NE Kasbeer EF1 2.4 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
15 5/26/15 1:08 pm - 1:09 pm Cook Summit EF0 0.4 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
16 5/29/15 11:20 pm - 11:34 pm Greene 3.1 SW Carrollton EF1 4.7 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
17 6/7/15 8:22 pm - 8:23 pm Menard 8.0 E Petersburg EF0 0.1 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
18 6/7/15 9:03 pm - 9:07 pm Piatt, Champaign 4.4 E Monticello EF0 2.7 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
19 6/11/15 5:25 pm - 5:37 pm Mercer 5.3 W Matherville EF1 5.9 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
20 6/15/15 7:32 pm - 7:39 pm Will 1.0 ESE Symerton EF1 4.1 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
21 6/19/15 12:30 pm - 12:34 pm Marion 4.7 SW Iuka EF1 1.7 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
22 6/19/15 2:26 pm - 2:27 pm Lawrence 7.1 ESE Lawrenceville EF0 0.1 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
23 6/19/15 3:13 pm - 3:23 pm White 3.0 W Norris City EF0 4.9 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
24 6/19/15 3:57 pm - 3:58 pm Johnson 2.0 ESE Goreville EF1 0.4 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
25 6/19/15 4:45 pm - 4:46 pm Richland 1.4 NW Olney EF0 0.1 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
26 6/19/15 4:50 pm - 4:53 pm Richland 2.3 NNW Olney EF0 0.5 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
27 6/19/15 4:51 pm - 4:53 pm Franklin 2.2 SW West Frankfort EF1 0.9 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
28 6/19/15 4:53 pm - 4:54 pm Jackson 1.0 ESE Murphysboro EF1 0.2 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
29 6/19/15 5:30 pm - 5:31 pm Hamilton 6.8 WSW Diamond City EF0 0.5 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
30 6/19/15 6:01 pm - 6:01 pm Perry 4.0 ENE Sunfield EF0 0.1 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
31 6/22/15 7:14 pm - 7:18 pm Whiteside 1.0 NE Rock Falls EF1 2.2 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
32 6/22/15 7:15 pm - 7:23 pm Rock Island 1.0 WNW Edgington EF2 4.2 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
33 6/22/15 7:16 pm - 7:21 pm Whiteside, Lee 1.8 ESE Whiteside
County Airport
EF1 2.5 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
34 6/22/15 7:28 pm - 7:40 pm Lee 2.5 NW Harmon EF1 7.4 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
35 6/22/15 7:53 pm - 8:11 pm Lee 4.0 S Amboy EF2 7.8 mi. 0/7 Map icon KMZ icon
36 6/22/15 8:19 pm - 8:24 pm La Salle Mendota EF1 1.5 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
37 6/22/15 8:50 pm - 9:02 pm La Salle 8.0 NNE Ottawa EF1 6.1 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
38 6/22/15 9:17 pm - 9:29 pm La Salle, Grundy 5.6 N Seneca EF1 7.4 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
39 6/22/15 9:43 pm - 9:46 pm Grundy 3.5 NE Mazon EF0 0.8 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
40 6/22/15 9:45 pm - 10:12 pm Grundy, Will 4.0 WNW Carbon Hill EF3 16.5 mi. 0/7 Map icon KMZ icon
41 6/22/15 10:08 pm - 10:12 pm Kankakee 2.1 NW Bourbonnais EF1 2.3 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
42 6/22/15 11:46 pm - 11:48 pm Kankakee 4.7 SE Herscher EF0 1.0 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
43 7/8/15 8:44 pm - 8:47 pm Alexander 0.7 SW Thebes EF1 2.1 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
44 7/11/15 8:25 pm - 8:26 pm Macon Forsyth EF0 0.1 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
45 7/16/15 6:09 pm - 6:12 pm Henderson 1.1 E Lone Tree EF1 0.8 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
46 7/16/15 6:49 pm - 6:51 pm Warren 2.4 N Smithshire EF1 1.4 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
47 7/16/15 7:00 pm - 7:03 pm Rock Island 0.5 SE Port Byron EF1 1.1 mi. 0/0 Map logo KMZ icon
48 7/16/15 7:09 pm - 7:13 pm Warren 2.6 E Kirkwood EF2 1.7 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
49 7/16/15 7:13 pm - 7:34 pm Warren 6.0 E Monmouth EF2 6.0 mi. 0/1 Map icon KMZ icon
50 7/16/15 7:48 pm - 7:49 pm Whiteside 2.0 SSW Whiteside
County Airport
EF0 0.6 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
51 7/16/15 11:39 pm - 11:46 pm Tazewell 0.6 S Delavan EF2 2.4 mi. 0/2 Map icon KMZ icon
52 7/18/15 2:19 pm - 2:20 pm McHenry 1.9 NE Harvard EF0 0.1 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
53 7/18/15 2:38 pm - 2:39 pm McHenry 2.8 SW Hebron EF0 0.1 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
54 8/2/15 8:38 pm - 8:53 pm Lake 0.5 E Round Lake EF1 7.5 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
55 8/18/15 4:32 pm - 4:32 pm Livingston 1.0 SE Cornell EF0 0.1 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
56 8/18/15 5:05 pm - 5:05 pm Livingston 2.0 N Chenoa EF0 0.1 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
57 8/18/15 6:09 pm - 6:11 pm Tazewell 1.7 ESE Mackinaw EF0 2.0 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
58 8/18/15 7:55 pm - 8:00 pm Will, Du Page 2.0 NW Bolingbrook EF0 3.0 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
59 8/18/15 8:06 pm - 8:06 pm Du Page Downers Grove EF0 0.3 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
60 9/10/15 4:45 pm - 4:46 pm Mason 3.5 SW Kilbourne EF0 0.2 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
61 9/18/15 4:44 pm - 4:53 pm Will 5.0 S Frankfort EF1 2.6 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
62 11/11/15 6:37 pm - 6:38 pm Rock Island Osborn EF0 0.4 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
63 11/11/15 6:39 pm - 6:45 pm Henry 3.0 N Geneseo EF1 4.7 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
64 12/23/15 11:15 am - 11:20 am Jackson 1.0 E Ava EF0 6.0 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
65 12/23/15 11:23 am - 11:28 am Perry 4.5 E Pickneyville EF1 6.0 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
66 12/23/15 12:25 pm - 12:28 pm White 1.5 W. Carmi EF1 1.2 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
67 12/23/15 12:30 pm - 12:35 pm Wayne, Edwards 1.5 SSE Golden Gate EF1 5.0 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
68 12/23/15 4:15 pm - 4:30 pm McDonough, Warren 1.5 SSW Sciota EF1 10.9 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon
69 12/23/15 4:33 pm - 4:46 pm Mercer, Rock Island 5.6 WSW Reynolds EF0 10.7 mi. 0/0 Map icon KMZ icon