Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, Warren County, Illinois, September 26, 1959

RatingF2

Deaths1

Injuries0

Length4.9 mi

Width300 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (40.90, -90.63) to the end point (40.95, -90.55), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: September 26, 1959, 3:17 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Illinois
Counties: Warren County
Near the path: Monmouth (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
Path: 4.9 miles long, up to 300 yards wide
Casualties: 1 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on September 26, 1959

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
Sep 26, 1959	F4	Missouri	7.8 mi	100 yd	0
Sep 26, 1959	F3	Arkansas, Tennessee	35.2 mi	667 yd	21
Sep 26, 1959	F2	Missouri	5.4 mi	50 yd	0
Sep 26, 1959	F2	Illinois	3.3 mi	40 yd	0
Sep 26, 1959	F2	Illinois	12.9 mi	10 yd	0
Sep 26, 1959	F2	Illinois	1.9 mi	40 yd	0
Sep 26, 1959	F2	Illinois	5.1 mi	10 yd	0
Sep 26, 1959	F2	Illinois	9.3 mi	10 yd	0
Sep 26, 1959	F2	Idaho	1 mi	10 yd	0
Sep 26, 1959	F2	Wisconsin	1.5 mi	33 yd	3
Sep 26, 1959	F1	Missouri	0.2 mi	10 yd	3
Sep 26, 1959	F1	Missouri	1.9 mi	50 yd	0
Sep 26, 1959	F1	Missouri	0.2 mi	10 yd	0
Sep 26, 1959	F1	Illinois	18.8 mi	10 yd	0
Sep 26, 1959	F1	Illinois	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
Sep 26, 1959	F1	Illinois	3 mi	10 yd	0
Sep 26, 1959	F1	Illinois	12.1 mi	10 yd	14
Sep 26, 1959	F1	Wisconsin	19.4 mi	50 yd	2
Sep 26, 1959	F1	Illinois	0.3 mi	130 yd	0
Sep 26, 1959	F1	Illinois	3 mi	10 yd	0
Sep 26, 1959	F1	Indiana	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
Sep 26, 1959	F0	Missouri	0.1 mi	10 yd	0

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