Kankakee County, Illinois
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1950 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
70
Tornado reports
138
Hail reports
56
Floods since 1996
698
All events
7
Deaths
$41.0M
Property damage
Tornado paths in Kankakee County
The part of each tornado’s path NOAA recorded in this county, 69 in all. Zoom in and the paths widen to their surveyed width.
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NOAA's storm database records tornadoes back to 1950 and hail and thunderstorm wind back to 1955, but floods only from 1996 on. Older floods are missing here. For those, the U.S. Geological Survey's stream gauge records and flood reports are the place to look.
Most significant events
The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.
A destructive EF-3 tornado with peak winds of 160 mph impacted portions of central and eastern Kankakee County before moving into northwest Indiana. The most notable damage caused by this tornado in Kankakee County occurred in the Aroma Park area. This tornado began just north of…
The tornado began 3 miles northwest of St. Anne in Kankakee county. The tornado developed just west of 6000E Road and tracked to the east, where it produced damage to a home and a garage along the road. At this location, a single family home collapsed upon itself, leaving it inha…
Tornado F3 Tornado
A man's truck ran off the road and he walked to the nearest house for help, about one half mile away. He was found frozen to death the next morning by the owner of the house he walked to.
Numerous roads in Kankakee County were flooded and several roads were closed. Storm total rainfall amounts included 5.73 inches in St. Anne and 3.39 inches in Kankakee. Approximately 110 homes throughout the county were affected by flood waters.
Hail to the size of tennis balls was reported covering the ground near Main Street and Route 50. School roofs were damaged including heating and cooling units. Two school greenhouses were also damaged. Windows were also broken on some houses and businesses.
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Trees and power lines were blown down.
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A tree was blown down onto power lines.
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Trees and power lines were blown down.
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A tree was blown down onto a driveway.
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A tree was blown down across a road.
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A few trees were blown down.
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A tree was blown down onto power lines.
Tornado EFU Tornado
Based on photos and reports from trained spotters, a brief tornado touched down in a field south of E 6000S Road. This tornado did not produce any known damage.
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A pine tree was blown down.
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A personal weather station measured a wind gust to 62 mph.
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Tree limbs were blown down.
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Widely scattered broken tree limbs were reported in and near Kankakee.
Tornado EF0 Tornado
A brief EF-0 tornado started near Farr Creek in the small community of Eldridge within unincorporated Momence. Along the path, a combination of scattered tree damage and outbuilding roof damage was noted. As the tornado tracked north of the center of Momence, multiple power poles…
Tornado EF0 Tornado
This tornado began just west of the Illinois-Indiana state line near CR 9000N in northeast Kankakee County. The first instances of damage included uprooted softwood trees, downed large branches from hardwood trees, and minor structural damage noted near Stateline Rd on either sid…
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Photos shared via social media showed downed power poles and trees in Bonfield.
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Tree damage was reported around Manteno.
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Extensive tree damage was noted around Kankakee, including downed branches up to one foot in diameter.
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Photos shared showed snapped softwood trees and damaged fences in Momence.
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A personal weather station measured a wind gust to 58 mph.
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Two utility poles were blown down.
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Three utility poles were snapped at their base and a tree of unknown size was blown down.
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Tornado EFU Tornado
Two separate storm chaser videos showed a brief EF-U tornado occurring in a field near Kensington Avenue and S 1000W Road in Kankakee Township. Swirl patterns identified in a field from Gray Sky satellite imagery were used to approximate the start and end locations of the tornado…
Tornado EFU Tornado
Three separate storm chaser videos showed a brief EF-U tornado occurring in a field north of W 3500S Road and east of Illinois State Route 115. Swirl patterns noted in a field from Gray Sky satellite imagery were used to identify the start and end locations of the tornado. There …
Tornado EF1 Tornado
An EF-1 tornado that was a satellite to the impactful Aroma Park area EF-3 tornado formed northeast of Aroma Park. High-resolution satellite imagery, storm chaser video, and radar data all depicted a generally southward-moving satellite tornado. Storm chaser video looking southea…
Tornado EFU Tornado
Video shared on social media taken on S 8250E Road approximately three quarters of a mile south of IL-17 showed a ground circulation occurring in a field to the west, coincident with a brief circulation noted in radar imagery. Swirl patterns were also identified in Gray Sky satel…
Tornado EFU Tornado
Video taken from S 13000E Road south of E 1000S Road looking west showed a brief anticyclonic tornado occurring in a field. Video time stamp and location matches an area of anticyclonic rotation seen on radar imagery. There is no known damage that was caused by the tornado.
Tornado EF0 Tornado
An anticyclonic satellite tornado occurred north of Hopkins Park. High-resolution satellite imagery depicted swirl marks across multiple fields in the general vicinity of Baseline, S 13000E, and N 13500E Roads in a counter-clockwise looping path. Based on radar imagery and swirl …
Hail Hail
A few hail reports from north and northwest of Buckingham ranged in size from 2.5 to 3.5 inches in diameter.
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A couple of reports of 1 to 2 inch hail came out of Bonfield.
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Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 52 | 10 |
| 2025 | 29 | 0 |
| 2024 | 30 | 5 |
| 2023 | 16 | 4 |
| 2022 | 29 | 0 |
| 2021 | 14 | 0 |
| 2020 | 32 | 1 |
| 2019 | 25 | 0 |
| 2018 | 13 | 0 |
| 2017 | 11 | 0 |
| 2016 | 13 | 1 |
| 2015 | 15 | 2 |
| 2014 | 29 | 11 |
| 2013 | 27 | 2 |
| 2012 | 15 | 0 |
| 2011 | 16 | 2 |
| 2010 | 21 | 3 |
| 2009 | 22 | 2 |
| 2008 | 36 | 1 |
| 2007 | 15 | 1 |
| 2006 | 26 | 1 |
| 2005 | 14 | 0 |
| 2004 | 15 | 3 |
| 2003 | 31 | 1 |
| 2002 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 19 | 2 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 9 | 0 |
| 1997 | 10 | 0 |
| 1996 | 10 | 2 |
| 1995 | 4 | 1 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 9 | 2 |
| 1990 | 4 | 1 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 1 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 1 |
| 1976 | 1 | 1 |
| 1975 | 6 | 0 |
| 1974 | 5 | 1 |
| 1973 | 3 | 1 |
| 1970 | 1 | 0 |
| 1969 | 1 | 1 |
| 1968 | 2 | 0 |
| 1967 | 1 | 0 |
| 1966 | 1 | 0 |
| 1965 | 4 | 0 |
| 1963 | 1 | 1 |
| 1962 | 1 | 0 |
| 1961 | 3 | 0 |
| 1960 | 3 | 1 |
| 1957 | 2 | 1 |
| 1955 | 1 | 1 |
| 1954 | 1 | 1 |
| 1950 | 1 | 1 |
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