Tornado History Map

Whiteside County, Illinois tornado history

46 tornadoes recorded in or across Whiteside County from 1959 to 2024, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Whiteside County

The Storm Prediction Center records 46 tornadoes whose paths touched Whiteside County, Illinois between 1959 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 11 tornadoes. The strongest was an F4 on 29 March 1981. The most recent was on 24 May 2024.

  • 46tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 5injuries
  • 672per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Whiteside County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01635%
F1 / EF12146%
F2 / EF2511%
F3 / EF312%
F4 / EF412%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating24%

Whiteside County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 12 in 2010s.1950s11960s61970s11980s21990s112000s22010s122020s11

The 2020s only run to 2024, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s6
1970s1
1980s2
1990s11
2000s2
2010s12
2020s11
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 11 in May.Jan0Feb1Mar8Apr4May11Jun8Jul8Aug1Sep2Oct0Nov3Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb1
Mar8
Apr4
May11
Jun8
Jul8
Aug1
Sep2
Oct0
Nov3
Dec0

Records for Whiteside County

  • Strongest: Prophetstown, Illinois tornado29 March 1981, F4, 5.1 miles long
  • Longest path: Illinois tornado21 July 1961, F1, 147.4 miles long
  • Most recent: Illinois tornado24 May 2024, Unknown rating, 1 mile long

Notable tornadoes in Whiteside County

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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