Marshall County Tornadoes Since 1950

Marshall County tornadoes since 1950

12 TORNADOES were reported in Marshall County, Illinois between 01/01/1950 and 12/31/2023.

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Magnitude
Deaths
Injuries
Property Damage
Crop Damage


Location or County	Date	Time (CST)	Mag	Inj	PrD	CrD
1 Wenona	05/14/1961	08:35 PM	F0	0	0.3K	0
2 MARSHALL	04/24/1965	01:40 AM	F3	1	25K	0
3 MARSHALL	07/23/1967	06:00 PM	F2	0	N/A	N/A
4 MARSHALL	07/17/1972	04:15 PM	F3	0	2.5M	0
5 Camp Grove	07/06/1975	03:10 PM	F1	0	3K	0
6 Camp Grove	04/09/2001	05:28 PM	F0	0	0	0
7 Camp Grove	04/20/2004	04:06 PM	F1	0	250K	0
8 Henry	05/07/2004	04:42 AM	F0	0	0	0
9 Wenona	06/05/2010	07:34 PM	EF1	0	40K	0
10 Pattonsburg	09/01/2012	11:08 AM	EF0	0	0	0
11 Hopewell	09/01/2012	11:32 AM	EF0	0	0	0
12 La Rose	02/28/2017	05:31 PM	EF2	0	500K	0
TOTALS:				1	3.32M	0

Details:

5/14/1961: This tornado touched down 3 miles north of Eureka (Woodford County), and moved northeast 20 miles to Wenona. Damage was minor.
4/24/1965: This tornado was on the ground for 7 miles, touching down just east of Camp Grove and moving northeast to near Whitefield. Four empty railroad cars, each weighing about 24 tons, were blown over; the next 8 cars on the train remained upright, with the following 5 also blown over. Nearly all farms along the path had major damage.
7/23/1967: This tornado touched down just east of Castleton in Stark County, and moved southeast into western Marshall County.
7/17/1972: While this particular tornado was on the ground for 15 miles, the overall system produced several intermittent tornado touchdowns all the way to Joliet, 90 miles northeast. This tornado touched the ground near Camp Grove, and traveled to just north of Henry.
7/6/1975: Touched down 4 miles east of Camp Grove, damaging 2 corn fields, but missing any outbuildings.
4/9/2001: Touched down in an open field 7 miles east-southeast of Camp Grove, lasting for 5 minutes.
4/20/2004: Moved in from Stark County, near Camp Grove. It destroyed a shed and pole barn, causing $250,000 damage to farm equipment inside. The tornado was on the ground for 8 miles, lifting in Bureau county near Whitefield.
5/7/2004: Brief touchdown in Henry, damaging the roof of a storage building.
6/5/2010: This tornado touched down 3.8 miles north-northwest of Wenona, blowing down several trees and power lines before moving into LaSalle County.
9/1/2012: This tornado was one of two that occurred in Marshall County as a result of the remnants of Hurricane Isaac. It originally touched down in Woodford County, then moved northwest before dissipating in far southeast Marshall County 0.8 miles east-southeast of Pattonsburg. No damage was reported in Marshall County.
9/1/2012: The second of two tornadoes in Marshall County on this date, it briefly touched down on the Illinois River about 1.6 miles south-southeast of Hopewell.
2/28/2017: This tornado moved in from Woodford County, and passed near La Rose before moving into LaSalle County. Click here for more details.