Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F1 tornado, Perry County, Illinois, September 26, 1959

RatingF1

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length0.3 mi

Width130 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (38.03, -89.38) to the end point (38.03, -89.38), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: September 26, 1959, 7:00 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F1
States: Illinois
Counties: Perry County
Path: 0.3 miles long, up to 130 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on September 26, 1959

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Sep 26, 1959	F4	Missouri	7.8 mi	100 yd	0	0
Sep 26, 1959	F3	Arkansas, Tennessee	35.2 mi	667 yd	0	21
Sep 26, 1959	F2	Missouri	5.4 mi	50 yd	0	0
Sep 26, 1959	F2	Illinois	3.3 mi	40 yd	0	0
Sep 26, 1959	F2	Illinois	4.9 mi	300 yd	1	0
Sep 26, 1959	F2	Illinois	12.9 mi	10 yd	0	0
Sep 26, 1959	F2	Illinois	1.9 mi	40 yd	0	0
Sep 26, 1959	F2	Illinois	5.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Sep 26, 1959	F2	Illinois	9.3 mi	10 yd	0	0
Sep 26, 1959	F2	Idaho	1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Sep 26, 1959	F2	Wisconsin	1.5 mi	33 yd	0	3
Sep 26, 1959	F1	Missouri	0.2 mi	10 yd	0	3
Sep 26, 1959	F1	Missouri	1.9 mi	50 yd	0	0
Sep 26, 1959	F1	Missouri	0.2 mi	10 yd	0	0
Sep 26, 1959	F1	Illinois	18.8 mi	10 yd	0	0
Sep 26, 1959	F1	Illinois	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Sep 26, 1959	F1	Illinois	3 mi	10 yd	0	0
Sep 26, 1959	F1	Illinois	12.1 mi	10 yd	0	14
Sep 26, 1959	F1	Wisconsin	19.4 mi	50 yd	0	2
Sep 26, 1959	F1	Illinois	3 mi	10 yd	0	0
Sep 26, 1959	F1	Indiana	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Sep 26, 1959	F0	Missouri	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

Perry County

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