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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Chebanse, IL

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

3 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Chebanse, Illinois since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ike in 2008. Since 1950, 111 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 8 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
3

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
111

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
8

4 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Chebanse

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Chebanse, Illinois, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2008IkeSep 1461 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1941Unnamed 1941 stormSep 2541 miTropical storm (44 mph)Category 3
1932Unnamed 1932 stormSep 337 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Chebanse: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Chebanse

By decade

  • 2020s17
  • 2010s24(2 EF3+)
  • 2000s25
  • 1990s12
  • 1980s5(1 EF3+)
  • 1970s12(1 EF3+)
  • 1960s7(2 EF3+)
  • 1950s9(2 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near Chebanse, Illinois
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Apr 17, 1963F411 mi57.3 mi1 / 70
Mar 12, 1976F311 mi38.5 mi1 / 15
Apr 7, 1954F39 mi42.6 mi1 / 13
Jun 22, 2015EF318 mi16.26 mi0 / 7
Jun 5, 2010EF39 mi7.75 mi0 / 1
Apr 2, 1982F35 mi12 mi0 / 15
Apr 23, 1961F318 mi51.7 mi0 / 4
Mar 6, 1956F319 mi9.4 mi0 / 6
Oct 26, 2010EF223 mi2.32 mi0 / 2
Jun 7, 2008EF225 mi2.16 mi0 / 0
Jun 7, 2008EF221 mi14.52 mi0 / 0
Apr 20, 2004F216 mi3 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 111, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Chebanse while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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