Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F3 tornado, Montgomery County, Illinois, May 29, 1982
RatingF3
Deaths0
Injuries7
Length10 mi
Width200 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (38.03, -89.67) to the end point (38.07, -89.47), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- May 29, 1982, 1:05 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F3
- States
- Illinois
- Counties
- Montgomery County, Perry County
- Path
- 10 miles long, up to 200 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 7 injuries
Other tornadoes on May 29, 1982
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 1982 | F4 | Illinois | 17 mi | 400 yd | 10 | 181 |
| May 29, 1982 | F2 | Colorado | 1.5 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 29, 1982 | F2 | Colorado | 1 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 29, 1982 | F1 | Missouri | 0.1 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 29, 1982 | F1 | Ohio | 0.3 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 29, 1982 | F1 | Colorado | 0.5 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 29, 1982 | F1 | Indiana | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 29, 1982 | F1 | Nebraska | 0.5 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 29, 1982 | F1 | Nebraska | 0.3 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 29, 1982 | F0 | Illinois | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 29, 1982 | F0 | Illinois | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.