Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F1 tornado, Fulton County, Illinois, April 30, 1997

RatingF1

Deaths0

Injuries2

Length7 mi

Width100 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (40.63, -90.17) to the end point (40.70, -90.10), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: April 30, 1997, 1:55 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F1
States: Illinois
Counties: Fulton County
Path: 7 miles long, up to 100 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 2 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on April 30, 1997

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
Apr 30, 1997	F1	Missouri	15 mi	100 yd	1
Apr 30, 1997	F1	Illinois	2 mi	20 yd	0
Apr 30, 1997	F1	Illinois	0.1 mi	20 yd	0
Apr 30, 1997	F1	Oregon	3 mi	30 yd	0
Apr 30, 1997	F1	Indiana	15 mi	50 yd	0
Apr 30, 1997	F0	Illinois	1 mi	50 yd	0
Apr 30, 1997	F0	Missouri	1 mi	50 yd	0
Apr 30, 1997	F0	Illinois	8 mi	50 yd	0
Apr 30, 1997	F0	Illinois	13 mi	50 yd	0
Apr 30, 1997	F0	Illinois	1 mi	20 yd	0
Apr 30, 1997	F0	Illinois	12 mi	10 yd	0
Apr 30, 1997	F0	Illinois	17 mi	10 yd	0
Apr 30, 1997	F0	Illinois	1 mi	10 yd	0
Apr 30, 1997	F0	Illinois	7 mi	50 yd	0
Apr 30, 1997	F0	Iowa	10 mi	20 yd	0
Apr 30, 1997	F0	Illinois	0.1 mi	23 yd	0
Apr 30, 1997	F0	Illinois	24 mi	50 yd	0
Apr 30, 1997	F0	Illinois	0.5 mi	50 yd	1
Apr 30, 1997	F0	Iowa	3 mi	20 yd	0
Apr 30, 1997	F0	Illinois	2 mi	10 yd	0
Apr 30, 1997	F0	Illinois	1 mi	50 yd	0
Apr 30, 1997	F0	Illinois	0.1 mi	50 yd	0
Apr 30, 1997	F0	Illinois	14.5 mi	50 yd	0
Apr 30, 1997	F0	Illinois	0.1 mi	50 yd	0
Apr 30, 1997	F0	Iowa	2 mi	20 yd	0
Apr 30, 1997	F0	Iowa	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
Apr 30, 1997	F0	Iowa	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
Apr 30, 1997	F0	Iowa	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
Apr 30, 1997	F0	Oregon	1 mi	20 yd	0

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