Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F4 tornado, Jackson County, Illinois, December 18, 1957

RatingF4

Deaths11

Injuries200

Length28.3 mi

Width300 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (37.70, -89.48) to the end point (37.88, -89.02), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: December 18, 1957, 4:45 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F4
States: Illinois
Counties: Jackson County, Williamson County, Franklin County
Path: 28.3 miles long, up to 300 yards wide
Casualties: 11 deaths, 200 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on December 18, 1957

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Dec 18, 1957	F5	Illinois	5.4 mi	200 yd	1	6
Dec 18, 1957	F4	Illinois	16.8 mi	250 yd	1	45
Dec 18, 1957	F3	Illinois	20.2 mi	10 yd	0	0
Dec 18, 1957	F3	Illinois	17.7 mi	10 yd	0	0
Dec 18, 1957	F3	Illinois	2.5 mi	10 yd	0	1
Dec 18, 1957	F3	Illinois	5.7 mi	10 yd	0	0
Dec 18, 1957	F3	Illinois	19.6 mi	200 yd	0	1
Dec 18, 1957	F3	Illinois	4.5 mi	10 yd	0	0
Dec 18, 1957	F3	Illinois	2.5 mi	150 yd	0	3
Dec 18, 1957	F3	Illinois	19.8 mi	10 yd	0	4
Dec 18, 1957	F2	Missouri	2.7 mi	33 yd	1	1
Dec 18, 1957	F2	Missouri	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
Dec 18, 1957	F2	Illinois	1 mi	10 yd	0	1
Dec 18, 1957	F2	Illinois	4.5 mi	10 yd	0	2
Dec 18, 1957	F2	Illinois	5.4 mi	10 yd	0	0
Dec 18, 1957	F2	Illinois	11.6 mi	200 yd	0	0
Dec 18, 1957	F2	Missouri	15.8 mi	700 yd	0	1
Dec 18, 1957	F2	Missouri	1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Dec 18, 1957	F2	Missouri	0.5 mi	33 yd	3	1
Dec 18, 1957	F2	Illinois	1.5 mi	10 yd	0	5
Dec 18, 1957	F2	Illinois	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Dec 18, 1957	F1	Missouri	0.3 mi	100 yd	0	1
Dec 18, 1957	F1	Illinois	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	1
Dec 18, 1957	F1	Illinois	3 mi	60 yd	0	0

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Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.