Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F1 tornado, Piatt County, Illinois, May 16, 1986

RatingF1

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length0.5 mi

Width10 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (40.22, -88.57) to the end point (40.22, -88.57), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 16, 1986, 5:15 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F1
States: Illinois
Counties: Piatt County
Path: 0.5 miles long, up to 10 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 16, 1986

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width
May 16, 1986	F1	Kansas	18 mi	100 yd
May 16, 1986	F1	Kansas	9 mi	100 yd
May 16, 1986	F1	Kansas	0.2 mi	100 yd
May 16, 1986	F1	Oklahoma	5 mi	30 yd
May 16, 1986	F1	Oklahoma	0.2 mi	50 yd
May 16, 1986	F1	Texas	2 mi	150 yd
May 16, 1986	F1	Oklahoma	2 mi	50 yd
May 16, 1986	F1	Oklahoma	0.5 mi	73 yd
May 16, 1986	F1	Oklahoma	0.5 mi	73 yd
May 16, 1986	F0	Illinois	0.2 mi	10 yd
May 16, 1986	F0	Illinois	0.2 mi	10 yd
May 16, 1986	F0	Illinois	0.2 mi	10 yd
May 16, 1986	F0	Texas	0.2 mi	30 yd
May 16, 1986	F0	Texas	11 mi	100 yd
May 16, 1986	F0	Texas	22 mi	100 yd
May 16, 1986	F0	Texas	0.2 mi	30 yd
May 16, 1986	F0	Texas	0.2 mi	30 yd
May 16, 1986	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	50 yd
May 16, 1986	F0	Texas	5 mi	200 yd
May 16, 1986	F0	Texas	5 mi	150 yd
May 16, 1986	F0	Oklahoma	0.2 mi	23 yd
May 16, 1986	F0	Oklahoma	0.5 mi	50 yd
May 16, 1986	F0	Texas	0.2 mi	10 yd
May 16, 1986	F0	Texas	0.2 mi	10 yd
May 16, 1986	F0	Texas	0.2 mi	10 yd
May 16, 1986	F0	Texas	0.2 mi	10 yd
May 16, 1986	F0	Oklahoma	0.2 mi	50 yd
May 16, 1986	F0	Texas	0.2 mi	10 yd
May 16, 1986	F0	Oklahoma	0.2 mi	50 yd
May 16, 1986	F0	Oklahoma	0.2 mi	50 yd
May 16, 1986	F0	Oklahoma	0.2 mi	73 yd

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