Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F2 tornado, Richland County, Illinois, February 25, 1956
RatingF2
Deaths0
Injuries2
Length23.4 mi
Width450 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (38.73, -88.08) to the end point (38.80, -87.65), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- February 25, 1956, 2:13 AM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F2
- States
- Illinois
- Counties
- Richland County, Lawrence County
- Near the path
- Olney (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
- Path
- 23.4 miles long, up to 450 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 2 injuries
Other tornadoes on February 25, 1956
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 1956 | F2 | Indiana | 1 mi | 70 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 25, 1956 | F2 | Indiana | 21 mi | 900 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Feb 25, 1956 | F2 | Missouri | 6.4 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 25, 1956 | F2 | Ohio | 0.5 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 25, 1956 | F2 | Ohio | 1 mi | 500 yd | 0 | 5 |
| Feb 25, 1956 | F2 | Indiana | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 25, 1956 | F2 | Indiana | 2 mi | 60 yd | 0 | 3 |
| Feb 25, 1956 | F2 | Ohio | 0.3 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 25, 1956 | F2 | Indiana | 2 mi | 300 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 25, 1956 | F1 | Missouri | 0.2 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 25, 1956 | F1 | Missouri | 0.5 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 25, 1956 | F1 | Indiana | 2 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 25, 1956 | F1 | Indiana | 4.7 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 25, 1956 | F1 | Indiana | 2 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 25, 1956 | F0 | Oklahoma | 6.6 mi | 400 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 25, 1956 | F0 | Indiana | 0.3 mi | 57 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.