National Storms

Flora, IL tornado history

21 tornadoes have passed within 10 miles of the center of Flora, IL from 1950 through 2025, according to the NOAA Storm Prediction Center, ranking 289th of 441 Illinois cities with a tornado on record. 2 were rated F3/EF3 or stronger by the National Weather Service. The most recent was on May 26, 2024 (EF2, 8.3-mile path); the strongest, on June 2, 1990, was rated F4. SPC also logged 1 preliminary tornado report within 10 miles of the center of Flora, IL in 2026.

21tornadoes since 1950
42016–2025
F4/EF4strongest rating
0deaths
18injuries
May 26, 2024most recent
Rating: 012345 unknown or preliminaryLines run from the start to the end point of each path; dots mark where each tornado touched down.

Dashed circle: 10 miles from the city's Census center point. A tornado counts when its recorded path passes inside the circle. Paths run straight from start to end point, as SPC records them.

1950s: 21960s: 21970s: 11980s: 01990s: 52000s: 62010s: 12020s: 41950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020smax 6
Tornadoes within 10 miles of the center of Flora, IL, by decade

Source: National Storms (nationalstorms.com), CC BY 4.0, data from NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports.

Every tornado within 10 miles of the center of Flora, IL

DateRatingPath lengthDeaths / injuriesStarted inClosest to center
Jun 21, 2026Prelim. report––Clay County, IL5.7 mi
May 26, 2024EF28.3 mi0 / 0Marion County, IL8.9 mi
May 27, 2021EF02.8 mi0 / 0Clay County, IL9.2 mi
May 27, 2021EFU0.2 mi0 / 0Clay County, IL6.5 mi
May 6, 2021EF00.5 mi0 / 0Wayne County, IL7.0 mi
May 25, 2011EF11.0 mi0 / 0Clay County, IL5.7 mi
Mar 8, 2009EF25.6 mi0 / 0Wayne County, IL9.7 mi
Mar 8, 2009EF114.4 mi0 / 1Wayne County, IL8.8 mi
May 30, 2004F00.2 mi0 / 0Clay County, IL6.8 mi
May 30, 2004F00.2 mi0 / 0Clay County, IL0.4 mi
May 8, 2003F00.1 mi0 / 0Clay County, IL9.2 mi
Apr 27, 2002F15.0 mi0 / 5Clay County, IL1.9 mi
Jun 14, 1998F00.1 mi0 / 0Clay County, IL3.4 mi
Apr 15, 1998F216.0 mi0 / 0Clay County, IL6.3 mi
Apr 15, 1998F29.5 mi0 / 8Clay County, IL0.2 mi
Apr 19, 1996F02.0 mi0 / 0Clay County, IL9.5 mi
Jun 2, 1990F423.0 mi0 / 2Wayne County, IL6.0 mi
Jun 8, 1974F00.1 mi0 / 0Clay County, IL0.4 mi
Mar 5, 1961F124.6 mi0 / 0Clay County, IL0.4 mi
May 6, 1960F11.0 mi0 / 0Clay County, IL1.7 mi
Jul 11, 1958F232.9 mi0 / 1Wayne County, IL8.3 mi
Dec 18, 1957F319.6 mi0 / 1Wayne County, IL3.5 mi

More: Clay County tornadoes · Illinois tornado history · Flora hail history · Illinois damaging wind

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center (SPC) Severe Weather Database (SVRGIS) tornado file, 1950–2025, and SPC preliminary storm reports for 2026 (data through November 6, 2026). Ratings are the ones the National Weather Service assigned: Fujita (F) scale before Feb 1, 2007, Enhanced Fujita (EF) after. Paths are drawn as straight lines from the start to the end point SPC records; real paths curve. City and county boundaries: US Census Bureau.

NWS Damage Survey Paths Near Flora

The National Weather Service mapped the path of 5 tornadoes within 10 miles of Flora in damage surveys (1 EF2, 1 EF1, 2 EF0, 1 EFU). On the map, those paths follow the survey, colored by the EF rating of each stretch, instead of a straight line from start to end.

DateRatingPeak windPath lengthMax widthDeaths / injuriesOn the groundSurveyed by
Jun 21, 2026EF1100 mph7.4 mi200 yd0 / 020:30–20:39 UTCNWS Lincoln
May 26, 2024EF2115 mph8.3 mi500 yd0 / 000:29–00:43 UTCNWS ILX,
May 27, 2021EF080 mph2.8 mi50 yd0 / 020:43–20:49 UTCNWS Lincoln
May 27, 2021EFU–0.2 mi10 yd0 / 020:29–20:31 UTCNWS Lincoln
May 6, 2021EF065 mph0.5 mi30 yd0 / 022:00–10:36 UTCNWS Paducah

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Damage Assessment Toolkit (DAT): the tornado paths and EF-rating zones NWS survey teams mapped after each storm. Survey data are preliminary and can be revised; NOAA's official record is Storm Data (NCEI). Paths are simplified to about 30 m. Times are when the tornado was on the ground, in UTC.