Twenty years ago on Saturday, May 29, 1982, an F4 tornado claimed 10 lives and injured nearly 200 as it ripped a 17-mile path across Williamson County, Illinois.  This National Weather Service web site was created to commemorate this tragic event and help promote severe weather awareness.  The site is organized into ten sub-page sections which are detailed below.  At the top of each section is a quick-select menu that not only gives you an idea of where you are, but also allows you to browse the entire site without having to go back to the home page.

The information provided herein provides only a small piece of a much larger puzzle.  For more information on this event, we encourage you to research other related web sites and articles in local newspapers, where you will find many more pictures and first-hand accounts of this event.