Tornado History Map

Clark County, Illinois tornado history

14 tornadoes recorded in or across Clark County from 1970 to 2025, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Clark County

The Storm Prediction Center records 14 tornadoes whose paths touched Clark County, Illinois between 1970 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 5 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF2 on 2 April 2025. The most recent was on 16 May 2025.

  • 14tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 279per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Clark County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0857%
F1 / EF1536%
F2 / EF217%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Clark County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 3 in 1980s.1970s21980s31990s32000s22010s12020s3

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1970s2
1980s3
1990s3
2000s2
2010s1
2020s3
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar1Apr2May4Jun5Jul1Aug0Sep1Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr2
May4
Jun5
Jul1
Aug0
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Clark County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Illinois tornado2 April 2025, EF2, 48.9 miles long
  • Most recent: Illinois tornado16 May 2025, EF1, 10.7 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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