Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F1 tornado, De Witt County, Illinois, August 21, 1955
RatingF1
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length2 mi
Width500 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (40.13, -88.97) to the end point (40.13, -88.97), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- August 21, 1955, 6:15 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F1
- States
- Illinois
- Counties
- De Witt County
- Near the path
- Clinton (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
- Path
- 2 miles long, up to 500 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.