Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F2 tornado, Macoupin County, Illinois, August 4, 1959
RatingF2
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length26.7 mi
Width10 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (39.45, -89.78) to the end point (39.20, -89.40), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- August 4, 1959, 6:15 AM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F2
- States
- Illinois
- Counties
- Macoupin County, Montgomery County
- Near the path
- Girard, Raymond, Irving (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
- Path
- 26.7 miles long, up to 10 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.