Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F2 tornado, Clay County, Illinois, April 15, 1998
RatingF2
Deaths0
Injuries8
Length9.5 mi
Width150 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (38.65, -88.53) to the end point (38.70, -88.38), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- April 15, 1998, 7:45 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F2
- States
- Illinois
- Counties
- Clay County
- Path
- 9.5 miles long, up to 150 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 8 injuries
Other tornadoes on April 15, 1998
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 1998 | F2 | Illinois | 5.5 mi | 250 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Apr 15, 1998 | F2 | Illinois | 4 mi | 300 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 15, 1998 | F2 | Illinois | 16 mi | 130 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 15, 1998 | F2 | Indiana | 4 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 15, 1998 | F1 | Illinois | 2 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 15, 1998 | F1 | Illinois | 9 mi | 250 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 15, 1998 | F1 | Missouri | 12 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 15, 1998 | F0 | Illinois | 0.1 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 15, 1998 | F0 | Illinois | 0.1 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 15, 1998 | F0 | Illinois | 0.1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 15, 1998 | F0 | Illinois | 0.2 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 15, 1998 | F0 | Illinois | 0.2 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 15, 1998 | F0 | Illinois | 1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 15, 1998 | F0 | Illinois | 16 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 15, 1998 | F0 | Missouri | 0.2 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 15, 1998 | F0 | Illinois | 0.3 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 15, 1998 | F0 | Arkansas | 2 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 15, 1998 | F0 | Illinois | 0.4 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.