Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F1 tornado, Clay County, Illinois, April 27, 2002
RatingF1
Deaths0
Injuries5
Length5 mi
Width200 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (38.65, -88.52) to the end point (38.63, -88.45), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- April 27, 2002, 11:05 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F1
- States
- Illinois
- Counties
- Clay County
- Path
- 5 miles long, up to 200 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 5 injuries
Other tornadoes on April 27, 2002
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 2002 | F3 | Missouri | 4 mi | 200 yd | 1 | 16 |
| Apr 27, 2002 | F2 | Missouri | 1.5 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 27, 2002 | F1 | Nebraska | 4.5 mi | 40 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 27, 2002 | F1 | Illinois | 1.7 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 27, 2002 | F0 | Nebraska | 0.1 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 27, 2002 | F0 | Kansas | 0.5 mi | 25 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 27, 2002 | F0 | Iowa | n/a | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 27, 2002 | F0 | Iowa | n/a | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 27, 2002 | F0 | Iowa | n/a | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.