Jersey County

Jersey County, IL

Data available through 1/1/2013

Date

Time (CST)

F/EF-Scale

Length (Miles)

Maximum Width (Yards)

Killed

Injured

Property Damage

Source*

4/24/1880

6:10 PM

F4

18

500

1

n/a

n/a

G

Moved NE along  the Jersey/Greene County border, from 4 miles NW of Jerseyville and then moved into Macoupin County 9 miles N of Medora.  A total of 10 people were injured.

5/18/1883

8:15 PM

F2

3

50

2

15

n/a

G

Touching down on an island in the Mississippi River, the tornado struck Simms Hollow near Grafton.  Three homes were destroyed and loaded railroad cars were overturned.  Two people were killed in one of several small homes leveled at a stone quarry.  One of their children may also have died.  Household goods were carried 2 miles.  Touchdown may have been in MO.

3/18/1927

11:55 PM

F2

0.1

30

0

0

$2,000

G

Touching down briefly 3 miles N of Jerseyville, this tornado unroofed a "substantial" farm home.

4/19/1941

12:30 PM

F2

0.5

50

0

1

n/a

G

Moved NE, unroofing or damaging 10 homes at Grafton.  A houseboat was overturned in the river.

3/26/1948

1:45 PM

F2

14

100

0

n/a

$75,000

G

Tornado formed in St. Charles County, MO causing $65,000 and then crossed the Mississippi River SE of Elsah.   A total of 4 people were injured by the tornado.

3/30/1949

9:15 PM

F2

10

400

0

0

n/a

G

Formed near Kemper and quickly moved NE into Macoupin County.  Five buildings in Kemper had roof damage.  Five farms lost barns or other buildings.  This tornado produced a total of $35,000 damage.

3/6/1961

1:30 AM

F1

118

75

0

1

n/a

NCDC 

A tornado had an intermittent path from Jerseyville to Greenup.  The tornado damaged a service station at Jerseyville before moving into Macoupin County.

9/24/1961

5:00 PM

F1

n/a

n/a

1

0

>$500

NCDC 

Tornado sighted 3 miles W of Grafton.  Woman drowned when trapped under cabin cruiser which was capsized.  

12/21/1967

1:15 AM

F1

1.5

125

0

0

>$5,000

NCDC 

Major roof damage and destruction of several farm outbuildings.  

6/1/1970

5:35 PM

F1

0.25

20

0

0

>$5,000

NCDC 

Pictures were taken of tornado as it moved north in and near Jerseyville.  Tornado struck two hog barns.

5/1/1983

5:15 PM

F2

0.2

17

0

1

>$500,000

NCDC 

A tornado touched down briefly destroying 4 mobile homes at Jerseyville.

5/1/1983

5:23 PM

F2

0.5

75

0

1

>$500,000

NCDC 

Eight mobile homes and a number of trees were severely damaged when a tornado touched down at New Delhi.

11/15/1988

9:15 PM

F1

0.2

50

0

0

>$50,000

NCDC 

A small tornado hit the Jerseyville Aviation Center and damaged 12 aircraft and severely damaged 7 hangers.  Six aircraft were destroyed.

11/17/1990

3:20 PM

F1

0.5

400

0

0

>$50,000

NCDC 

A tornado touched down on the eastern bank of the Illinois River and moved eastward across the southern edge of Pere Marquette State Park.  It tore the roof off a house, destroyed several outbuildings at a farm, and destroyed several sheds and many trees at the Park.  It was apparently a short-lived event.

7/18/2000

6:30 PM

F0

0

40

0

0

$0

NCDC 

Storm spotters reported a brief tornado which only damaged a few trees. 

6/13/2009

4:20 PM

F0

1

40

0

0

NCDC

A weak tornado formed in rural east Jersey County on Gun Club Road and 1500 North. The tornado traveled east northeast and damaged large trees and some power poles.

9/6/2007

1:15 PM

EF0

1

50

0

0

NCDC

A tornado touched down near the intersection of Woodlawn Park Drive and Lakeview Drive in the Crystal Lake Subdivision. Numerous trees and tree limbs were blown down in the subdivision. Also, one home sustained minor soffit and siding damage. The tornado continued to the northeast, blowing down additional tree limbs and a couple of acres of corn on the south side of Sunderland Road as well as tree limbs on the north side of the road before lifting and dissipating.Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed over the region ahead of an upper level system.

3/8/2009

9:56 AM

EF2

1

100

0

0

NCDC

The tornado touched down along the eastern shore of the Illinois River in the Hadley Landing Public Access Area. Two cabins sustained minor roof and siding damage while a third cabin sustained severe damage. A fourth cabin was totally destroyed. Numerous large trees were also severed or snapped off near the base of the trunk just east of the cabin. Debris from the destroyed cabin extended over 300 yards to the east northeast. The damage over this area was rated low end EF2. The tornado travelled northeastward and caused additional tree damage in the flood plain. The tornado approached the intersection of Illinois Route 100 and Coon Creek Road. A farmstead at this location sustained varying degrees of damage. One machine shed sustained roof and side damage while a small garage was totally destroyed. The farm home sustained minor roof damage before the tornado lifted and dissipated.A strong cold front moved through the region triggering showers and thunderstorms. Damaging winds, large hail and tornadoes were reported with the storms.

3/8/2009

9:57 AM

EF0

4

40

0

0

NCDC

A tornado touched down about a quarter of a mile north of Rosedale. The roof of a machine shed was lifted off and tossed 50 to 75 yards to the north northeast. The tornado then skipped along and north of Fieldon Rosedale Road. There was mainly large limb and isolated tree damage along this path. One area of large tree damage was located southwest of the intersection of Fieldon Rosedale Road and Otter Creek Road. A water pump house was nearly destroyed at this location before the tornado lifted and dissipated.A strong cold front moved through the region triggering showers and thunderstorms. Damaging winds, large hail and tornadoes were reported with the storms.

*Sources

G - Grazulis, T. P., 1993: Significant Tornadoes 1680-1991.  A Chronology and Analysis of Events. Environmental Films, Tornado Project, St. Johsnbury, VT.

NCDC - National Climatic Data Center U.S. Local Storms Events Data (www.ncdc.noaa.gov)