What the record says
On 29 May 1982, a tornado touched down near Marion, Illinois. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 17 miles long and up to 400 yards wide, rated F4 on the Fujita (F) scale. It killed 10 people and injured 181.
- F4Fujita rating
- 10deaths
- 181injuries
- 17 mipath length
- 400 ydmaximum width
It has its own page because it was rated 4 or 5 and it killed three or more people.
This page gives the official record's figures. Numbers of deaths and injuries are sometimes revised after a survey, and they cannot convey what the day was like for the people who lived through it.
Counties it crossed
The start point was at 37.80, -89.13 and the end point at 37.72, -88.83 (latitude, longitude).
How to read this path
The Storm Prediction Center records most tornadoes as a straight line from the point where they touched down to the point where they lifted. The real path usually curved and was not the same width all the way along. The width given is the widest part. Older records are less precise, and the record starts in 1950.
Source: the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database, public domain.
Other notable tornadoes in Illinois
- Orland Park, Illinois tornado21 April 1967, F4, 33 deaths, 500 injuries, 15 miles long
- Joliet, Illinois tornado28 August 1990, F5, 29 deaths, 350 injuries, 16.4 miles long
- Woodstock, Illinois tornado21 April 1967, F4, 24 deaths, 450 injuries, 25.5 miles long
- St. Louis, Missouri tornado10 February 1959, F4, 21 deaths, 345 injuries, 23.9 miles long
- Carbondale, Illinois tornado18 December 1957, F4, 11 deaths, 200 injuries, 28.3 miles long
- Carrier Mills, Illinois tornado29 February 2012, EF4, 8 deaths, 108 injuries, 26.1 miles long
Other notable tornadoes of 1982
- Paris, Texas tornado2 April 1982, F4, 10 deaths, 170 injuries, 23 miles long
- Fulton, Arkansas tornado2 April 1982, F3, 5 deaths, 4 injuries, 18 miles long
- Horatio, Arkansas tornado2 April 1982, F4, 3 deaths, 23 injuries, 45 miles long
- Carthage, Mississippi tornado2 April 1982, F3, 3 deaths, 40 injuries, 42 miles long
- Bakersfield, Missouri tornado2 April 1982, F4, 2 deaths, 28 injuries, 20 miles long
All tornadoes of 1982 · Illinois tornado history · All notable tornadoes