Stark County Tornadoes Since 1950

Stark County tornadoes since 1950

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

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Magnitude
Deaths
Injuries
Property Damage
Crop Damage

**Illinois**
Location or County	Date	Time (CST)	Mag	Inj	PrD	CrD
1 Bradford	09/26/1959	03:45 PM	F2	0	25K	0
2 Wyoming	05/14/1961	07:30 PM	F3	N/A	N/A	N/A
3 Castleton	07/23/1967	05:00 PM	F2	0	25K	0
4 Toulon	07/17/1972	06:06 PM	F1	0	2.5M	0
5 Toulon	07/23/1975	05:05 PM	F0	0	3K	0
6 Duncan	04/30/1997	02:30 PM	F0	0	0	0
7 La Fayette	08/03/1997	04:04 PM	F0	0	0	0
8 Wyoming	04/20/2004	04:05 PM	F1	0	0	0
9 Wyoming	09/01/2012	12:08 PM	EF0	0	0	0
10 Castleton	09/01/2012	12:11 PM	EF0	0	0	0
11 Modena	09/01/2012	12:24 PM	EF0	0	0	0
12 Bradford	06/14/2016	06:15 PM	EF0	0	0	0
13 Castleton	02/28/2017	04:12 PM	EF1	0	100K	0
TOTALS:				0	2.65M	0

Details:

9/26/1959: Touched down on the east side of Bradford, and traveled 2 miles northeast into Bureau County.
5/14/1961: Originally reported as a single tornado which touched down near Hannibal, MO, this tornado was part of a small family of tornadoes. This particular tornado passed through parts of McDonough, Fulton, and Knox Counties, before moving northeast through Stark County and dissipating near Castleton.
7/23/1967: This tornado was on the ground for 9 miles. It touched down just east of Castleton, and moved southeast into western Marshall County. Several barns were destroyed, and a farm house was torn apart.
7/17/1972: This tornado, on the ground for 33 miles, touched down a few miles west of Toulon, and moved northeast to Princeton, in central Bureau County.
7/23/1975: Touched down a few miles southwest of Toulon, and was on the ground for 1 mile.
4/30/1997: This tornado, part of a storm system which had produced tornadoes in Fulton, Knox and Peoria Counties, touched down in far northern Peoria County and moved near Duncan to 2 miles east of Wyoming. It damaged 3 homes, destroyed a machine shed, and blew roofs off several barns and silos.
8/3/1997: Brief touchdown in an open field.
4/20/2004: This tornado touched down 6.5 miles east of Wyoming, and moved into Marshall County. It blew out 5 windows from a house and damaged a barn.
9/1/2012: This was one of 3 tornadoes to affect Stark County as part of the remnants of Hurricane Isaac. It touched down 4.6 miles east-southeast of Wyoming, and moved northwest for 1.3 miles, causing no damage.
9/1/2012: The second of 3 tornadoes on this date in Stark County touched down about 4 miles southeast of Castleton, and moved northwest for 1.1 miles, causing no damage.
9/1/2012: The third of 3 tornadoes on this date, touched down 4 miles north of Wyoming and moved northwest for about a mile, causing no damage.
6/14/2016: A brief touchdown occurred in an open field 3 miles west-southwest of Bradford, causing no damage.
2/28/2017: This tornado was part of an unseasonably early tornado outbreak, touching down about 1 mile southwest of Castleton. Click here for more details.